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©|p iatty (Tar Hppl Freshman shows he’s no longer green BY BRIAN MACPHERSON SENIOR WRITER Want to be compared to Kirk Hinrich and Paul Pierce? There’s a simple formula miss a few shots, throw a few bad passes and ignore a few defensive assign ments. That’s what it took for North Carolina coach Roy Williams to compare Danny Green’s early struggles to his former Kansas stars. “They had some really bad games,” Green said. “He was just making a point that you’re going to have bad games shake it off and play the next game, play hard er, and don’t worry about the last game.” Green, touted as a wing player with a strong outside shot, hit just seven 3-pointers in his first 13 games. But in the Tar Heels’ last four games, he’s shot 11-for-17 from behind the arc. In the Tar Heels’ 86-69 win against Arizona on Saturday, he hit five of his six shots from the field, including three of his four 3-point attempts. The game also epitomized the up-and-down nature of Green’s rookie season. During one two-minute stretch early in the second half, Green scored six points and blocked two shots but also threw what his coach called “two brain-dead passes.” Right after the second pass found the hands of an Arizona defender, forward Reyshawn Terry —as if reading Williams’ mind jogged to the scorer’s table to substitute for Green. “It’s not OK to say, ‘Well, I strug gled because I’m a freshman,’ but you’ve got to understand that they bounce back from it,” Williams said. “Danny took that to heart more than anybody.” Miller continues to shine Guard Wes Miller, playing on his 23rd birthday, started for the third straight game and continued to shoot well from the perimeter, while playing tough defense. He scored 14 points, the second time in three games he has scored in double figures, on 5-of-7 shoot ing (including 4-of-5 from 3-point t*EGAL. 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He drained a layup on a fast break after a David Noel steal, his first non-3-point field goal since the Tar Heels’ win at Kentucky on Dec. 3. In that time, Miller had hit 28 3-pointers without sinking a shot from inside the arc. At the other end, the 5-foot-ll Miller defended 6-foot-3 guard Mustafa Shakur for much of Saturday’s game. Shakur led the Wildcats with 18 points, but he hit only one of his three 3-point attempts. “It was as hard to stay in front of him as it was for me to ever stay in front of anybody,” Miller said. “He’s got the ball on a string, and he’s super quick.” Miller also earned an ovation from the Smith Center crowd with five minutes remaining in the game —and with the Tar Heels ahead by 17 points when he dove on the floor for a loose ball and called a timeout to secure possession. “He’s epitomized by that dive on the floor, picking up the loose ball and calling a timeout,” Williams said. “He’s a kid who’s worked his tail off” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. 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Larkins wasn’t really taking it seriously, but Latta who knows a thing or two about 3s consider ing she has made one in 48 straight games saw something more. So while Larkins was stretching before Sunday night’s epic Duke- North Carolina matchup, Latta bounded up to her with a mes sage. “E, go ahead,” Latta said. “If they give you that shot, take it.” Now, a battle of the last two unbeaten teams in the country with SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Wrestling vs. Duke, 7:30 p.m. Carmichael Auditorium THURSDAY Men's basketball at Maryland, 7 p.m. College Park, Md. Women's basketball vs. N.C. State, 7 p.m. Carmichael Auditorium Wrestling at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. Richmond, Va. | . FRIDAY Men's swimming and diving vs. N.C. State, 7 p.m. Koury Natatorium Women's tennis vs. Oklahoma, all day Madison, Wis. 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Great location, just off Cameron Avenue on Bas night Lane. Charming 2BR cottage. Rent $ I,IX. No pets. Available June 1. Calle Tom 942-2438. CLOSE TO CAMPUS IBR. 2BR, and 3BR apartments and duplex. Fireplace, decks, storage, appliances. From SSX/month. Call 619-3788. Sports ESPN2 cameras bearing down isn’t exactly a time for joking around. But thoughts that Larkins, who was l-for-7 from behind the arc for her career heading into Sunday’s game, would be an outside threat were pretty laughable to the Blue Devils. “We knew they would give us the 3-point shot in our motion offense because they didn’t respect our post players (from outside),” Larkins said after the game. The result of that disrespect: two tide-turning treys in the beginning of the second half that jump-started a dominant 20 minutes from Larkins and a miraculous UNC comeback. Less than a minute into the half, Larkins nailed a step-back 3 at the top of the key. “Just something told me to take it because we were down by (12),” Larkins said Monday. “I was like, ‘Well, it won’t hurt. I’m wide open, and I’ll probably get yelled at if I don’t take it.’” A minute later, she hit another to cut the Duke advantage to 44- 36, and it was the Duke defend ers yelling at each other for leav ing Larkins open. What was once a 16-point deficit had been sliced in half, and Duke’s confidence had been cut down with it. And after her brief outside shooting spree opened up the mid dle, Larkins went back to her bread and butter in the paint. Twice she beat the entire Duke defense down the court for transi tion layups. With 7:21 to play she cut the Blue Devil lead to four when she laid in a lob from Latta further exciting the surprisingly loud Tar Heel fans in Cameron Indoor Stadium. But two minutes later, disaster nearly struck as Larkins picked up her fourth foul, forcing her to the bench. She sat for a minute while sophomore LaToya Pringle who is a shoo-in for most improved Tar Heel this season chipped in two free throws and a layup to tie the game at 62. Then Larkins came back to carry the rally to its conclusion. She hit two free throws to give UNC its first lead since 14-13. And with less than 30 seconds to play on the most crucial possession of the game she picked up a loose ball and fired a pass to La’Tangela Atkinson who hit a layup to put the | For Rent | Find it Only at THE VILLAGES Join the waitlist now a receive special pre-leasing rate guarantees. - II floorplans to choose from - - Studios, Lofts,Townhomes - - Directly on ] Busline - <um> www.villagesofchapeihill.com 866-692-9539 | For Rent | FOR RENT: 1,2.3.4 & 5 BEDROOM condos & hous es. All WALKING DISTANCE to campus. Apply today. 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