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floor. The Tar Heels attempted 3-
pointers on five of their last 11 pos
sessions of regulation and missed
all of them.
The change in strategy coincided
with Georgetown’s switch to a zone
defeftse. With 7-foot-2 center Roy
Hibbert clogging the lane he fin
ished with 13 points, 11 rebounds
and six blocks the Tar Heels
resorted to jumpers.
“Our game plan was to get the
ball inside and they went to a zone
and made us change,” sophomore
Danny Green said. “We didn’t
adjust very well at the end.”
With 31.2 seconds to play,
Jonathan Wallace nailed a 3 to tie
the game at 81.
“Wallace hit a tough shot,” UNC
point guard Ty Lawson said. “I had
a hand in his face and everything.”
UNC coach Roy Williams then
called a timeout to set up a final
play. He called for Lawson to pen
etrate, and if it wasn’t there look
for Terry or Wayne Ellington for a
jump shot.
Lawson dribbled the clock down
to eight seconds, then went to the
right wing and flipped the ball back
to Ellington. The freshman, who
finished the game 2-of-ll from the
floor, launched a 3 that clanged off
the back of the rim.
Patrick Ewing Jr. soared to snare
the rebound with 2.0 seconds left.
The Hoyas called a timeout, but
Wallace was too late and too short
with a desperation 3, and the game
went into overtime.
In the extra frame the Tar
Heels never stood a chance. Hoya
forward Jeff Green, who finished
with 22 points and nine rebounds,
fed Wallace for a backdoor layup
on the Hoyas’ first possession,
then Hibbert forced a jump ball
—with the arrow to the Hoyas
on the other end with a block
on Terry.
A meaningless Lawson 3 with
eight seconds left were the only
points UNC would earn in over
time. Before that, the Tar Heels
had missed 21 of their last 22
shots.
“It’s a little more than a min
ute to go (in regulation) and you
feel like if Wallace misses a shot
we can secure the game,” Ginyard
said.
“Before you know it you’re sitting
on the bench and you are watch
ing them shoot free throws to put
them up five, six, seven points and
the game is away from you at that
point. It’s crazy how fast it turns
.abound.”
GREEN
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going, though, and he finished the
first period with nine points.
But most importantly, it was
Green who kick-started the Hpyas’
improbable comeback in the sec
ond half. With 6:02 remaining
in the game, he made one of two
free throws to make the score 75-
66. During the next three and a
half minutes, he got two defensive
boards, a layup and an assist to
help his team slash the Tar Heels’
once 10-point lead to one.
“He made some tough plays,”
said Danny Green. “But sometimes
on defense we aren’t as patient, and
we gave in a little bit, and they got
a lot of back-door layups.”
Even though the Tar Heels were
able to contain Jeff Green in the first
half, his performance in the second
period paralleled UNC’s collapse.
Marcus Ginyard said he didn’t feel
like his team eased up when it had
its 10-point lead, but rather just
started making mistakes.
“(Green) just got loose on us in the
second half and gave that Big East
Player of the Year effort,” Ginyard
said. “It really helped turn around
the game for the Hoyas.”
Georgetown finished the game
shooting 57-6 percent from the floor,
and it is only the second time this
season a UNC opponent has shot 55
percent or better. The Tar Heels, on
the other hand, went cold at the end
of the game and in overtime, mak
ing only one shot in the final 6:41.
“I think our defensive effort
kinda slipped away a little bit, and
offensively we just didn’t execute as
well as we did earlier in the game,”
Wayne Ellington said.
The lack of rebounding at the
end of the game also spelled disaster
for the Tar Heels. In the final seven
minutes of regulation, Georgetown
outrebounded UNC 10-2.
“That was one of the things that
coming into this game that we
had to do well,” Jeff Green said.
“Watching a lot of tape from North
Carolina’s previous games, that’s
one thing they did, go to the offen
sive boards.”
His nine boards were second
only to Hibbert’s 11 on the team.
“It was a great game between
two competitive teams trying to
make it to the next step,” the junior
said. “A lot of talent on the floor
and the key guys stepped up at the
right point. So hopefully down the
road everybody will look back at
this game and say it was a classic
game.”
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Summers 35 7-10 4-4 0-6 0 1 20
Wallace 38 7-11 2-2 2-3 7 1 19
Sapp 36 5-8 3-6 2-4 8 3 16
Hibbert 31 6-10 1-1 6-tl 4 4 13
Ewing Jr. 17 2-6 00 0-2 2 4 4
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Thempson 21 6-7 2-2 4-6 0 1 14
Terry 29 4-13 0 0 2-6 0 2 10
Ellington 24 2-11 0-0 1-2 0 2 6
Lawson 40 2-9 00 00 6 3 5
Green 9 OO 34 1-1 0 2 3
Miller 14 11 00 OO 1 0 3
Ginyard 18 OO 2-2 08 2 0 2
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Hansbrough. Thompson). Steals - 8 (Swann 4, Thornton.
Johnson. Galloway. Mims)
Technical fouls - Georgetown 1. Attendance
- 19.667
The meltdown ending overshad
owed the Tar Heels’ efficiency for
most of the game. They steadily
built a lead by feeding the ball to
Hansbrough (26 points) and fresh
man Brandan Wright (14), and by
attacking the glass for offensive
rebounds (21).
They scored on their first seven
possessions on their way to a 50-
44 halftime lead. Hibbert was in
persistent foul trouble, but he
remained in the game with four
fouls in crunch time, becoming
the anchor in the Hoyas’ deadly
zone.
“We were able to slow down their
transition a little bit, and we were
able to stay in front of them,” said
Georgetown coach John Thompson
111, whose team advances to play
Ohio State on Saturday in the Final
Four.
“We were able to make them
make tough, contested shots. That’s
kind of what changed.”
Williams has never been one
for deep strategic analysis and
didn’t dissect the Hoyas’ zone or
his team’s X’s and O’s too much in
his postgame remarks. His team’s
collapse could be explained much
easier than that.
“It gets to the point that basket
ball, you have to understand, it’s
a pretty simple game,” Williams
said.
“You have to get better shots than
the other team does and hopefully
get more of them. I think that’s
what happened down the stretch, is
they got better shots than we did....
It’s what gives coaches gray hairs.
Georgetown deserved to win.”
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Golden Fleece society inducts new members
BYALLIE ROSENBAUM
STAFF WRITER
Twenty-seven members of the
UNC community were tapped in
a public ceremony for the Order
of the Golden Fleece on Sunday
afternoon.
They join notable alumni such
as Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm and
William Friday as members of the
oldest honorary society on campus.
Ivory Latta, point guard for the
women’s basketball team; James
Allred, student body president;
Joseph Schwartz, editor in chief of
The Daily Tar Heel; and Chancellor
James Moeser were some of the
renowned inductees in the 103rd
year of the society.
Established by a few law stu
dents in 1904, the Order of the
Golden Fleece is one of the highest
honors at the University.
This year the order reached its
1,800 member mark.
“The Order’s existence and focus
over the decades has been a source
of comfort and inspiration through
its mission,” said General Alumni
Association President Doug Dibbert,
who was tapped in the late 19605.
Individuals who possess exem-'
plary character and have made a
RAMESES
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“We put him there in a leader
ship position because we knew he
had the kind of personality to draw
people to him,” Jolley said.
Sophomore Tyler Treadaway,
who also portrays Rameses, said
that Ray has been like a big broth
er to him and sophomore Brad
Lockwood, the third man behind
the ram.
“When I’ve got problems with
Rameses or problems with some
thing ... Jason’s always looking out
for us.
“It’s like having a big brother. I
don’t have one, so he’s the closest
thing.”
Ray told The Daily Tar Heel in
February that he’s enjoyed his time
as Rameses.
“I decided I was going to make
it worthwhile,” Ray said about the
Rameses job. “I just act like a big
cartoon character.”
With the most experience as
Rameses under his belt, Ray is
the leader of the three mascots.
Together, they help coordinate
schedules.
Lockwood was in Texas this
weekend for the women’s basket
ball tournament, while TVeadaway
remained in Chapel Hill to partici
pate in Relay for Life.
As word of the accident leaked
out, friends mobilized to support
each other and Ray.
Members of the UNC cheerlead
ing squad decided to sport stickers
saying “We heart JR” during the
men’s basketball game against
Georgetown on Sunday.
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significant, lasting contribution to
the University are tapped through
a selective process.
The nominating committee meets
in January and does a thorough job
of examining potential members,
said Stephen Lassiter the Jason, or
presiding officer of the group.
The tapping ceremony started
with the banging of a gong as the
neophytes, or new inductees, filed
into the Forest Theatre. After a
welcome message from Lassiter,
about 20 society members, known
as argonauts, stood on stage and
introduced themselves.
Argonauts in attendance includ
ed Executive Associate Provost
Steve Allred, journalism professor
Chuck Stone, former Student Body
President Seth Dearmin and Campus
Y Director Virginia Carson.
After the introductions, all new
members were addressed individu
ally as their contributions to UNC
were listed. They were assigned
their argonaut numbers, which will
be used to identify their place in the
order for the rest of their lives.
The Golden Fleece serves as a
bridge to connect current and past
campus leaders.
“I am so honored to stand with so
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Friends of Jason Ray sign posters expressing concern for his recovery
Sunday during a vigil in his name, which was organized by Inter Varsity.
Inter Varsity had a prayer service
Sunday night, which was attended
by more than 100 students.
“Our job tonight is to fight with
(Ray),” said Alex Kirk, campus
minister for Inter Varsity.
Students hung three posters out
side the auditorium that read, “Our
prayers of hope and love for our
brother Jason from his UNC fam
ily.” As people filtered in, they wrote
messages to Ray and his family.
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Stephen Lassiter, the current Jason of the Order of the Golden Fleece,
congratulates newly inducted argonauts at the Forest Theatre on Sunday.
many accomplished students and
administrators,” James Allred said
after the ceremony. “Just being rec
ognized with people like Chancellor
Moeser and everyone else makes me
feel like people are making a differ
ence on this campus every day.”
George Lensing, the society’s fac
ulty adviser, said he is confident that
this year the correct people were
selected and that they will maintain
the order as a high honor at UNC.
“Please know that you and your
family are in our prayers. I know
God is capable of pulling you
through this,” one message read.
The posters will be taken to
New Jersey by others who plan to
travel there and will be given to
Ray’s family.
At the service, students sang songs
and prayed. Some were embracing,
and many huddled together, whis
pering or silently praying.
“These students and faculty
have been selected after a thor
ough selection process,” Lensing
said. “Because each of them has
made a generous and outstanding
contribution to the University.”
A private induction for the
members will be held Friday eve
ning at an undisclosed location.
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“For our community, we needed
to come together,” Kirk said.
The men’s basketball team was
informed of the accident after their
victory against USC.
“It’s very, very difficult, what’s
happening. I did know the young
ster, but not on a personal basis,”
coach Roy Williams said Saturday.
“He came up to me and said,
‘Hey, I’m the guy that wears the
suit.’ So we had a conversation.
Most every game I would come
by the bench, and I would shake
hands with him.”
Athletics Director Dick Baddour
also released a statement Friday
night expressing his support.
“We are deeply saddened by this
tragic accident,” he said in the state
ment. “Our hearts go out to Jason
and his family, and our prayers are
with them.”
Treadaway said most are just
waiting, hoping for the best possible
outcome. “You can’t ask for a better
person,” TVeadaway said. “He’s the
epitome of being a mascot.”
Senior writer Daniel Malloy
contributed to this report.
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