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MCCANTS
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“I think Rashad was focused,”
Williams said. “He had 20 at half
time, 28 for the game, so he accom
plished more in a couple of minutes
here today than he did last year in
the whole game.”
McCants also gave a strong effort
on the defensive end. He hustled back
to stuff 6-foot-10 Randolph Morris
on a fast-break dunk attempt
In the first half, McCants picked
the ball from his man and raced
down the court for a left-handed
slam to put the Tar Heels up 24-6
their biggest lead of the game.
But it is McCants’ prodigious
scoring ability that made him the
center of attention at the postgame
press conference and the focal
point of the UNC offense.
McCants has been sinking 3-
pointers with lethal accuracy, con
necting on 53.5 percent of his shots.
He hit 4-of-7 attempts against
Kentucky from behind the arc.
“I feel like whenever I shoot the
ball, it’s got a 50 percent chance of
going in maybe more now,” said
McCants, who raised his scoring
average to 20.3. “I feel comfort
able just shooting the 3 right now,
but I want to add more and more
to my game.”
But McCants was wreaking
havoc in the paint as well. When
he wasn’t scoring, he was getting to
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win on Saturday afternoon. He also gathered 19 rebounds, a season high.
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the free throw line. After struggling
from the line earlier in the year, he
took advantage of his opportunities
Saturday, going 10 for 11.
“Rashad, he’s a scorer, that’s
what he does,” said UNC forward
David Noel. “He can put the ball
in the cupboard any given time,
and that’s what we need from him.
He stops a lot of their runs with a
deep 3-ball or a drive to the basket
or getting fouled.”
McCants knocked down a 3 with
four seconds left in the first half to
stake UNC to a 15-point lead.
And when Kentucky responded
with a 9-0 run after the break,
McCants killed the Wildcats’
momentum with a twisting layup
off a lob from Sean May.
“I’m looking to penetrate to
(McCants’) side, hoping his guy
will come help, and I can kick it
to him for an open 3,” said point
guard Raymond Felton. “If I’m try
ing to get a jump shot, then yes, I’m
going to Rashad’s side because he’s
a very good shooter under pressure
and in big parts of games.”
McCants’ only misstep came
when Felton was out of the game
midway through the second half
because he reinjured his left wrist.
McCants walked the ball up the
floor and tried to squeeze off a shot
through a triple team without pass
ing the ball.
Williams sat McCants immedi
ately after the sequence. It was a
Sports
scheduled rest McCants played
a team-high 34 minutes —but
Williams said he still was annoyed
by the lack of ball movement.
Three minutes later, McCants
was back in, and on the first pos
session, he wound up matched up
with Morris on the perimeter. After
lulling Morris with the dribble, the
6-foot-4 McCants drained a 3 over
the Kentucky center.
“He’s playing a lot more com
fortable in his second year under
Coach Williams,” said Kentucky
coach Thbby Smith. “He’s under
standing where to take his shot,
and he’s patient. We didn’t really
have an answer for him.”
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PENN STATE
FROM PAGE 14
we actually believed it When some
body said it, we believed we were
going to get that stop, and they
weren’t going to get any closer.”
Erlana Larkins scored 15 points
for the Tar Heels, who jumped
out to a seven-point lead when
La’Tangela Atkinson stole an
errant pass from Harris and made
a layup 6:11 in.
But the Lions came back and
took their first lead, 23-21, on
Harris’ 3-pointer from the top of
the key with 8:56 left in the half.
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WRESTLING
FROM PAGE 14
who survived Mock’s trial by fire
is Drew Forshey, who had a strong
performance Saturday.
Although he lost to Christian
Staylor from Old Dominion in the
125-pound semifinals, Forshey
showed promise.
After falling behind 4-0, Forshey
battled back, but Staylor stalled
enough to earn the 5-2 victory.
“Drew looked phenomenal in
that match,” Mock said. “(Staylor
KENTUCKY
FROM PAGE 14
behind the arc.
“It cuts down on the other team’s
momentum, just like if the oppos
ing team hits 3s on us, it’s going to
stop our momentum,” said swing
man Jackie Manuel. “Rashad hit
ting threes helped us out a lot.”
But McCants wasn’t the only
one getting good looks from
deep range freshman Marvin
Williams nailed the first trey of
his career seven minutes into the
second half to answer a Kentucky
run that closed the scoring gap to
six points.
“We got it to six there, and I
thought that we came down and
took a couple of ill-advised shots
that were out of our offense,” said
Kentucky coach I\ibby Smith. “The
leadership that we needed at that
point in time, it just wasn’t there.”
The man who provides that
leadership for the Tar Heels (6-1),
Jawad Williams, posted 19 points
and 7 rebounds.
He also kept Chuck Hayes,
Kentucky’s leading scorer, in foul
trouble. Hayes fouled out with 1
minute, 35 seconds remaining and
was one of three Wildcats to be dis
qualified.
Guards Rajon Rondo and Ramel
Bradley fouled out within 20 sec
onds of each other with five min
utes remaining largely because
of the efforts of UNC point guard
Raymond Felton, who began play
ing like a man possessed after
Rondo struck his injured wrist
with 15 minutes remaining.
Felton appeared to be in extreme
pain, grimacing while hunched
over the ball before a timeout was
called.
The crowd seemed to think
the blow was intentional, boo
ing Rondo heartily every time he
touched the ball for the remainder
of the game. Felton said he didn’t
believe the contact was mali
cious.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2004
is) one of the best kids in the coun
try, and as far as I’m concerned, he
didn’t lose he ran out of time.”
UNC was able to pick up the
slack for Evan Sola, the team lead
er and 2003 All-American, after he
injured his shoulder last weekend.
Mock said he was not going to
take chances with his star.
“In the preseason, if they are
hurt, we pull them out, don’t wres
tle them,” Mock said.
Although the season has tech
nically started, Mock still refers to
this part of the schedule as the pre
“Were good, and
we know we’re
good, and we
know everything
we have to do”
DAVID NOEL, JUNIOR
“I don’t think he’s that type of
player,” Felton said. “I don’t know
the kid that well, but I don’t think
he was trying to do that.”
Felton took out any frustrations
on the court by attacking the bas
ket vigorously when he returned
three minutes later.
“I was sort of angry a little bit,”
he said. “Not necessarily angry at
the fact that he hit my arm, but
that it hurt. Of course I came out
and played harder.”
That latter statement also could
have been applied to Sean May as
he rebounded literally from
his poor showing at Indiana.
May was monstrous on the
boards, snatching 19 rebounds in
the game. He also ran the floor
with abandon, finishing five fast
breaks for UNC, four of them with
dunks.
Three of those buckets and an
assist came during a two-minute
stretch early in the second half that
extended North Carolina’s lead to
10 after a brief Wildcat run to open
the period.
May and his Tar Heel team
mates passed every test Kentucky
provided and are starting to get a
handle on their full potential.
“We’re good, and we know we’re
good, and we know everything we
have to do,” said forward David
Noel. “We have to go out and play
defense every night, and if we can
do that every night... hopefully
the outcome will be like it was
tonight.”
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season. The Tar Heels will wrestle in
two more large tournaments before
the dual-meet season opens.
And for a program looking to turn
itself around, efforts like Saturday
will pay dividends in ACC play.
“We don’t worry about win
ning or losing,” Mock said. “Tbis
is a preseason tournament; that’s
what these are, up until we get into
January. What they are for is to get
better and improve.”
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at sports@unc.edu.
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