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12 Thursday, March 2, 2000 Forte Helps Send Tar Heel Seniors Out With Win Freshman Joseph Forte hit a leaner with 51 seconds left in overtime to push UNC past Georgia Tech. Bv Evan Markfield Senior Writer In the final seconds of regulation, it looked like Senior Night at the Smith Center might come to a fitting end. North Carolina senior point guard Ed Cota had the ball in his hands with a chance to win it for his team. Instead the Men’s Basketball J Georgia Tech ... .72 j UNC 74 I I game went to overtime, and the game winner went to a freshman, as Joseph Forte's layup with 51 seconds remaining in the extra period gave the Tar Heels a 74-72 win against Georgia Tech on Wednesday night in their home finale. Forte had to put the up-and-under layup past 7-foot Yellow Jacket center Jason Collier with fi ll Alvin Jones approaching fast Jason Parker Makes Trip To Chapel Hill See Page 13. “Forte made a heck of a shot,” Tech coach Bobby Cremins said. “Not many freshmen can make moves like that. He turned the corner on us, we tried to trap him, and he beat the trap. That was the one we had to stop. You have to give that fresh man a lot of credit.” Although Forte ended up the hero, Cota had his chance as the clock wound down in regulation. Holding for the final shot, Cota drove the lane as the seconds ticked away only to be stopped by the Tech defense. “I thought it was going to be over,” " " BRAKES " " i 50% OFF i Pads and Shoes EXPIRES 5/15/00 EXHAUST f I S2O OFF | I any exhaust that consists of | muffler & tailpipe L EXPIRES 5/15/00 THIS SUMMER [you pick] M, GO TO UPSTAGE.COM FOR DETAILS UPSTAGE ALL THE WEB’S A STAGE’" "HB J u r . Senior pomt guard Ed Cota had ~ assists and one turnover in his fj na | re gular-season home game, Cota said. “I could n't think of a better ending. But 1 drove past my man, and there was another man there.” While Cota had his chance, the Yellow Jackets also had an opportuni ty to come up with a game-win " u ner, though theirs came after Fortes bucket near the end of the extra stanza. But junior Shaun Fein’s 3-point attempt with seconds remaining didn’t go, and the Tar Heels escaped. “We have a (3-point) play, and Shaun Fein can shoot,” said Cremins, who received a warm welcome from UNC’s fans in his final Smith Center appearance. “So \ eah, we were going for the win. Why not?” At first, it appeared there would not even be a chance for last-second drama for either team. Down just tw o points at halftime, the Tar Heels came out of the blocks scorching in the second half. A one handed stuff from Julius Peppers capped an 11-0 run in the first 4:20 of the half, and it appeared UNC was on its way to a repeat of its last matchup with the Yellow Jackets. In Atlanta on Jan. 29, the teams were knotted at 28 at the half before the Tar Heels blew up to take the game 70-53. Things looked to be heading in the same direction after Peppers’ rim-rock ing antics. “We started to collapse in the second half,” Cremins said. “I thought it might be a blowout, but we hung in for once. We fought. We looked like a basketball team.” Winter Specials meineke Discount Mufflers and Brakes 407 E. Main Street • Carrboro 933-6888 Ask How To Receive A FREE Meineke* T-Shirt cf!) f? P I X TjdJM h SMn t * *ipi J ▼ > ——— DTH/SEFTONIPOCK UNC freshman guard Joseph Forte squeezes off a floater. Forte scored 19 points, including the game-winning bucket, in the Tar Heels' win. The reason Georgia Tech hung in was Collier. With 4:27 remaining in the second half, the big man drained a 3-pointer to cap a personal 8-2 run against UNC and pull thejackets with in two at 59-57. ' " SHOCKS " ' I Buy 3 and Get One FREE j • (right rear) or 25 % OFF the I | second shock with purchase of 2 | EXPIRES 5/15/00 ' OIL CHANCE f | $19.95 Oil Change OR ■ $9.95 with any Brake, Shock ■ or Exhaust Service Lb _ m*m Sports The Tar Heels might have avoided the overtime altogether if they had snagged a few offensive boards late in the second half. UNC had just two offensive rebounds in the second half and eight overall, allowing the Yellow Jackets to hang close despite shooting just 32.3 percent in the second half. Only the fact that the Tar Heels did n’t turn the ball over much- quite a feat considering their penchant for losing the handle of late - kept them ahead. And Cota, though he didn’t get his storybook ending of hitting the win ning shot on Senior Night, had 10 assists and no turnovers in the second half and overtime. The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. Still Accepting Applications for Fall 2000 UNC Semester in London -Applications still being accepted through UNC Study Abroad- Fall 2000 and Spring 2001 programs are still open and will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis for eligible* applicants. nm ;CV INFORMATIONSESSION Wednesday, March 8 at 4:30 Graham Memorial Building, Room 039 Program Info and Application instructions: http://study-abroad.unc.edu All students in the UNC Honors Program; All Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors with 3.0+ GPA and with approval of the resident directors listed below. Contact them NOW for an interview. Fall 2000: Professor Donald Searing, Pol. Science (ddsearin@email.unc.edu) Spring 2001: Professor David D. Dill, Public Policy (david_dill@unc.edu) Study Abroad Office bmm g 12 Caldwell Hall /SI La J -w" a a w y Open M-F 12-5 Aj I |1 I I 1/ UNC's Peppers Checks In With Clutch Performance By Brian Murphy Senior Writer Julius Peppers snuck a peek at the scorers table. Another look. And another. Still no Kris Lang. With Lang, North Carolina’s starting power forward, nursing a strained left quadriceps, Peppers knew he would have to stick it out. “I don’t know what happened to Kris,” Peppers said following UNC’s 74-72 overtime victory Wednesday night at the Smith Center. “I was looking for him a couple of times, but he didn’t come back. So I knew it was up to me.” Peppers played the final 3:35 of reg ulation and all five overtime minutes in his 23 minutes of work. But it wasn’t just minutes Peppers was providing. The walk-on defensive end scored a career-high 14 points on 6-of-7 shoot ing. Of his six baskets, three were dunks, including a monster left-handed stuff down the lane. “When I get the ball, I usually look to pass,” Peppers said. “Tonight, I was trying to go to the rack.’ And when Peppers, all 6-foot-8, 270 pounds of him, decides he wants to go to the basket, standing in front of him is not a pleasant option. With the game tied at 59, Peppers decided he wanted to take it to the bas ket. Off a timeout, UNC’s top reserve told Fid Cota, the team’s senior point guard, of his plans. “I told him to come to my side and throw me the lob,” Peppers said. When Peppers speaks, people listen. Cota obliged with the pass, and Peppers stuffed it home and drew the fourth foul on Georgia Tech’s Jason Collier. Collier, who scored a game-high 25 points, was Peppers’ responsibility most of the night. At 6-11, Collier pre sents matchup problems with his abili ty to shoot from outside. Peppers was able to move him from the paint area and limit Collier to six boards, three below his ACC-leading average. aljf Saily (Ear Hrri “It’s tough job,” Peppers said. “He’s one of the best big men in the country.” While Collier was giving the Tar Heels fits on one end, Peppers was doing the same to the Yellowjackets. “He’s a big kid, a strong kid, very physical, and he played well tonight," Collier said. With Lang listed as day-to-day, Peppers will have to continue to play well if the Tar Heels hope to advance in the ACC and NCAA tournaments. “He gave us a lot of energy. He can help us out a lot,” Cota said. Then he smirked. “He has a hard time guarding 6-11 guys, but he can help us a lot.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. UNC 74, Georgia Tech 72 Box Score Ga. Tech 32 32 8 72 UNC 30 34 10 74 ot{7J) (9 ft rt> min m-e m-a o-t a pf Ip Floyd 27 5-10 00 2-6 1 4 12*/ CoSer 42 714 9-10 1-6 1 4 2V Jones 40 2-9 5£ 2-10 3 4 9 s Fein 39 4-12 2-2 1-6 5 2 13 ' Aktns 37 4-9 OO 0-1 2 2 11 Vines 22 0-2 00 1-2 3 2 0 Moore 18 1-2 00 1-4 2 3 2 Total 225 23-58 16-18 8-36 17 21 72 Percentages FG .397. FT .889. 3-point goals lO-28 .357 (Floyd 2-6, Colter 2-4. Fern 3-9. Akins 3-8. Moore 0-1). Team rebounds - 2 Blocked shots -3 (Moore. Colter. Jones) Turnovers l6 (Jones 7, Fein 3. Vines 2. Akins. Collier, Floyd. Moore). Steals 5 (Akins 2, Colter, Fein. Moore) UNC (74) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Cape! 41 3-8 50 1-7 4 4 11 laczkowski 1 00 00 00 0 1 0 Haywood 41 5-9 2-5 3-8 1 4 12 Newby 6 01 00 00 0 0 0 Cota 43 2-8 1-2 0-7 11 0 6 tang 23 4-9 4-4 0-1 0 2 12 Forte 39 7 19 44 3-5 0 2 19 Peppers 23 6-7 2-3 14 1 3 14 Holmes 2 OO 00 00 0 0 0 Melendez 1 0-1 00 OO 0 0 0 Everett 1 OO OO 00 0 10 Johnson 1 0-0 00 00 0 0 0 Owens 3 0-1 OO 00 0 0 0 Total 225 27-83 18-24 8-32 17 17 74 Percentages -FG 429. FT .750 3-point goals - 2-11 182 (Capel 0-2. Cota 1-2, Forte 1-6, Melendez 0-1) Team rebounds 2 Blocked shots - 2 (Haywood. Forte) Turnovers - 9 (Capel 3. Peppers 2, Cota, Haywood. Lang Melendez). Steals - 11 (Forte 6. Cota 2, Capel Newby. Peppers) Technical fouls None Attendance 20.455 Officials: Larry Rose. Zetton Steed. Bryan Kersey. Abroad _
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