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THURSDAY. JANUARY 24, 2008
Hansbrough leads Tar Heels to road win
Junior forward scores 35 in UNC win
BY NICOLE LUKOSIUS
SENIOR WRITER
CORAL GABLES. Fla. - The
first half of Wednesday night's
game between North Carolina and
Miami w ent just as planned for
the Hurricanes.
Another pesky ACC adversary.
Miami forced
the No. 5 Tar
Heels to take
tough shots and
made them pay
down low on
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Miami 82
the defensive end.
But then speed specialist Ty
Lawson took off down the right side
of the court after a Brian Asbury
missed 3-pointer. The sophomore
point guard completed the fast
break sinking a floater while fall
ing out of bounds and drawing a
foul with just about a second left
in the half. And with that, he sent
a message to UM that UNC (19-1.
4-1 in the ACC) really was all it’s
cracked up to be.
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Lawson, who was 5-for-9 from
the field in the opening period,
drained the ensuing free throw
and sent the Hurricanes to the
locker room down seven.
But if Miami (14-4, 1-3) was
looking to turn things around
in the second half, it just wasn’t
going to happen as the Tar Heels
took over and claimed the victory
98-82.
“I think we needed this one."
UNC coach Roy Williams said. “I
think we needed to play well on
the road, and fortunately I really
thought we did."
After Saturday's two-point loss
to Maryland at home that halted
an 18-game winning streak. North
Carolina needed a win to get back
on its feet —and avoid losing its
second game in a row after
already losing its previously held
No. 1 ranking.
“I was really pleased with
our guys mentally, bouncing
back after the Maryland game,"
Sports
Williams said. “We had two really
good days of practice, and 1 think
it showed the way we played out
there today."
If scrappy play and tough
breaks characterized the first 20
minutes, then the next half would
be no different.
The Tar Heels came out firing
with an energy that seemed to be
somewhat intermittent through
out the first half. They appeared
to be more focused on defense and
were able to convert Miami turn
overs into easy baskets while not
allowing the Hurricanes the same
option the Tar Heels commit
ted a season-low seven turnovers
in the game.
And although Miami's Lance
Hurdle and Raymond Hicks
combined for 37 points on the
night, it was no match for Tyler
Hansbrough's game-high 35
points 27 of which came in the
second half.
“I feel like things were just fall
ing my way, and my teammates got
me some open shots." Hansbrough
said.
“T> with his penetration did a
lot of things for me. and I feel like
we moved the ball a little bit better
tonight"
And move the ball is exactly
what Lawson did. He finished the
game with a double-double con
sisting of 23 points and 10 assists,
while only having one turnover.
“I was going to the basket and
trying to score in the first half,"
Lawson said. “But in the second
half, I was just trying to get every
one involved."
The game commemorated the
Hurricanes’ five-year anniversary
of playing in Bank United Center,
and it was just what North Carolina
should have expected —another
super-charged battle on the road.
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wins at Georgia Tech and Clemson,
the Tar Heels were able to put
together a strong showing and pick
up another conference win before
going on an eight-day hiatus.
“I’m glad we finished it with a
win," Hansbrough said. “For us
to finish a game out shows that
playing against legit teams, we
can put them away if we do things
right."
Contact the Sports Editor
at sports@unc.edu.
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North Carolina junior Tyler Hansbrough (pictured in Saturday's loss to
Maryland) scored a game-high 35 points in UNC's 98-82 win at Miami.
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