(Eijr fiaily (Jar Urd North Carolina outlasts Deacs for ACC road win Pringle, McCants pace UNC effort BY POWELL LATIMER ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR When the final buzzer sounded, the North Carolina women’s bas ketball team was just better. Wake Forest clawed, fought and hustled for 40 minutes, but it couldn’t stop the Tar Heels (19-2, 6-0 ACC) from coming away with the 76-55 victory. “1 have to give Wake Forest a lot of credit for hanging tough in there and playing us tough,” coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “We started off not real good but finally got going." WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UNC 76 WFU 55 UNC struggled to pull away for most of the first half as Wake Forest double-teamed Erlana Larkins every time she touched the ball in the post. The Deamon Deacons were successful in that regard as Larkins only scored two points on 1-3 shooting. Not help ing the cause was a struggling Rashanda McCants, who regis tered two points and three fouls in the first half. But even with two of their main scoring options shut down, UNC kept right on rolling. When Wake Forest double-teamed Larkins, it often left LaToya Pringle wide open in the lane, and eventually Larkins found her fellow senior. “I think we kind of had to get used to it," Pringle said of the Wake Forest trap. “I think in the second half, me and Erlana found each other more, and we kind of got it figured out where we needed to be so she could find me on the double team." Pringle certainly reaped the benefits, leading all scorers with 23 points her third straight game with 20 or more points. THE LOWDOWN ON SUNDAY'S GAME No. 4 North Carolina at (and K N r Florida State Mm V Donald L. Tucker Center, 2 p.m. MF J sJ Broadcast: FSN (20-1.5-1 ACC) Radio: 1360 WCHL (13-9,2-5 ACC) HEAD-TO-HEAD FSU has four guards that average 11 or more points per game, but none more f x—i N Backcourt than 14.3. UNC’sTy Lawson and Wayne ((JkN T Ellington, who combine for 30.7 points per V game, should handle business. Edge: UNC FSU’s top btg man, Uche Echefu, scores 11.3 ■ / ' s > points per game, and his 7.3 rebounds are no. f Front court 10 in the ACC. but UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough (OkN U scores 22 and grabs 10.1 rebounds both V tops in the conference. Edge: UNC v/- 1 -v* FSU brought in six players off the bench in •/**> Tuesday's loss to Virginia Tech. Only one f S Bench of them scored any points. UNC sixth man f(] iN Danny Green continues to play like a starter, \ leading a solid Tar Heel bench. Edge:UNC The Seminoles are 2-5 in the ACC, and those ■ r ' two victories are by a total of four points. f Intangibles UNC looked strong against Boston College ((J k ’ after an seven-day layoff and will continue \ that trend in Tallahassee. 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But UNC also had one weapon that the Deacons (13-10, 0-8) couldn't stop no matter how hard they tried: the one-woman fast break of Cetera DeGraffenreid. Of DeGraffenreid's 15 points, 14 came on fast-break layups, and the one other point came from a foul shot resulting from a fast break. "Coach told me to push the ball and keep pushing it," DeGraffenreid said. “She was putting me and Italee (Lucas) in there sometimes so that we would both be able to push it at points.' With UNC nursing an eight point lead heading into the half, the team needed a characteristic second-half burst to put the game away. They got it in the form of an re-energized McCants, who scored 12 points in the second half to put the game out of reach. Defensively, UNC struggled to stop Wake Forest from scoring the Deacons drained mid-range Regal cinemas TIMBERLYNE 6 weaver P,rry a? 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However, the Tar Heels found success in pres suring Wake Forest ballhandlers to the tune of 13 steals and 22 takeaways. However, the game was also marred by two serious inju ries. First, UNC forward Iman McFarland went for a layup and came crashing down on her left arm. “We don’t know about Iman’s arm, probably not good," Hatchell said. Hatchell also said McFarland couldn't feel her arm after the fall. Even worse, after a McCants layup. Wake Forest guard Brittany Waters blacked out and collapsed on the floor. Waters regained con sciousness and could move her legs and arms but appeared to have trouble breathing and was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, a member of the Wake Forest ath letic association said. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. jjpSET I 7:10, 9:10, SAT-SUN 1:45, 4:00 | 7:10, 9:20, SAT-SUN 2:15, 4:40 ATONEMENT 7:00, 9:30, SAT-SUN 2:00, 4:30 NO COUNTRY 4 OLD MEN 6:50, SAT-SUN 1:50 DIVING BELL/BUTTERFLY 9:10, SAT-SUN 4:20 DTH CLASSIFIEDS McCants fuels strong second half BY MIKE EHRUCH ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR In the first period, North Carolina’s Rashanda McCants was out of rhythm, out of sorts and— as she put it just plain out of it The junior scored just two points in the period, turned the ball over three times and committed three fouls. She dribbled the ball off her leg, missed passes out of bounds and looked uncharacteristically overwhelmed. *1 was a little frustrated in the first half," she said. “1 couldn’t get into my rhythm. It was real physi cal, and I was just really out of it’ Her struggles have been a nag ging problem of late. After begin ning the year on fire, McCants has cooled recently. She would recover in the second half of UNC’s 76-55 victory against Wake Forest though. She largely abandoned her out side shot choosing to put the ball on the floor and get into the lane. That aggression resulted in 12 second half points. Just as importantly, she did not commit any more fouls and turned the ball over just once more. “That’s my counter when my shot's not going,’ she said. “I’ve got to take it to the basket and be more aggressive. When they respect the games "4 | 81 1 9 3 6 819 6 7 749 3 5 . . - , • 5 1 l_ 1 7 8 | j 5 4 9 H Mention this ad and oet *2.00 off vour order! B Have food from your favorite restaurants I wHSF, A . 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"1 tried not to put any pressure on her and just told her that we need her,” she said. “We need her to get going and all that stuff" But even with the strong second period, her 14 points still fell two below her season average. And it is the third straight game she has scored 14 or fewer points. “I’ve been struggling right now trying to get my rhythm back," she said. “I think I’ve been thinking too much. I need to not think about it and just go out there and play." But where she lacked on the offensive side of the floor, McCants picked up the slack on defense. Of the many Tar Heels Hatchell threw at the Deacon’s biggest scoring threat, Alex Tchangoue, she said. McCants did the best job. McCants had three steals and six rebounds and used her size to guard the smaller Tchangoue. “I take pride in my defense," she said. “I knew from the scouting report her weakness, and 1 think I was really effective making her do things she wasn’t really comfort able doing.” Sudoku By The Mepham Group © 2007 The Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All nghts reserved Complete the grid so each row. column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) con tains every digit 1 to 9 For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www. sudoku org.uk. Solution to Thursday's puzzle 1 3 2 41 7 1 51e e 9 86192 4 7 5 3 57963 8 1 2 4 215487936 64739 1 2 8 5 9385624 17 492156378 153879642 [786243591 13 Add herbs 21 Old Testament prophet 22 Try to get ones goat 23 Interim worker 24 Jacob's twin 29 Deadlock 30 Magic incantation 32 Bleached out 34 In the past 36 Profession 38 Leaflet handout 39 Hillary Clinton, Rodham 40 Pigs out ■TBr" ■ n ppi==l=i3En= ■Hffr T~ k LlIlEIJ&IJBli "I T 9 "40 “ “ mm 7 wM~' ® 47 mi ' ™ j ] ■“ ™ 'bßi' S' E 5 DTH/KATE NAPIER North Carolina's Rashanda McCants shoots over a Wake Forest defender. She scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half. With Duke looming as UNC’s next challenge, they might need McCants to break out of her slump. “She just needs to relax and play," Hatchell said. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. Funds unfrozen ANJ. student newspaper comes to a publishing agreement with its stu dent government. See pg. 5 for stun. 'Rat' auction An auction of Rathskeller items will be held Saturday morning. See pg. 3 for story. Kisses for soldiers UPS offers free postage for care packages to soldiers. Go online for story. Pell Grants for Kids President Bush’s voucher pro posal is drawing debate. Go online for story. Final countdown As of today, seniors have 100 days until their graduation. See pg. 1 for story .