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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 2008
North Carolina ekes out road win
BY JESSE BAUMGARTNER
SENIOR WRITER
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
Thanks to additional injuries,
foul trouble and players testing out
new positions. No. 5 North Carolina
was anything but conventional
Wednesday night at Virginia.
But as has become the norm the
past two games, the Tar Heels (23-
2, 8-2 ACC) were able to embrace
the new identity and piece together
MEN'S a nail-biting
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UNC 75 John Paul Jones
Virginia 74 Arena.
With 22 sec
onds remaining and the Cavaliers
(11-12, 1-9) down by two, it was
fittingly a banged-up Marcus
Ginyard who was questionable
with a sprained ankle until tipoff
finding TVler Hanshmugh down
low for the decisive two points.
A Sean Singletary 3-pointer with
10 seconds left gave the Cavaliers
hope, but they took seven seconds
to foul Wayne Ellington and failed
to control his missed free throw as
the clock ran out.
“Well, we feel very fortunate, and
I have no problem saying that," UNC
coach Roy Williams said afterward.
The ailing Ginyard ran the offense
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for large portions of both halves with
senior Quentin Thomas on the bench
in foul trouble.
While Ginyard might never earn
Jason Kidd-esque grades in offensive
administration, he displayed more
confidence with the ball and allowed
the Tar Heels to survive the absence
of a true ball handler by dishing out
three assists and surrendering only
two turnovers in 35 minutes.
“(Ginyard) came up big for us,"
Danny Green said. “Had a couple
of turnovers here and there, but he
did a good job. ... He's been con
trolling the team for us."
Ginyard said he gets input from
injured point guard Bobby Frasor
as he learns the new position.
“It definitely is interesting it’s
all an experience for me," he said.
“And I’m just taking it in as much
as 1 can, really trying to learn as
much as I can. I’m out there mak
ing mistakes here and there, but
the biggest thing is just trying to
give the best effort that I can."
Although Ginyard survived his
stint as point guard, neither he nor
any other Tar Heel could slow down
Singletary. Whether he was stroking
a 3-pointer or setting up a teammate'
in the Cavaliers’ stagnant offense,
Singletary kept hLs team in the game
all night and ended with 27 points
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and seven assists.
“He’s really a good player,"
Williams said of Singletary. ‘You
look at all those charts in the
Virginia history, where he is in
points, assists, rebounds, all those.
... He’s a big-time player."
Using 17 first-half points from
Hansbrough as well as Ellington's
rejuvenated 3-point stroke, the Tar
Heels jumped out to an early advan
tage and finished the half strong to
lead 38-31 at intermission.
But UNC’s already limited depth
took another hit early in the half
after Thomas and Green each
picked up his fourth foul.
Despite acceptible production
from Ellington and Deon Thompson
who limped through the second
half with an injured left knee the
Tar Heels struggled to pull away
from a Virginia team that commit
ted no turnovers after halftime.
But even at the end of the game
with the score close, UNC held true
to its mix-and-match formula.
With the shot clock winding
down, it was the perimeter-orient
ed Ellington who caught the ball
in the post and jumped between
two Virginia defenders for a hard
nosed layup to put UNC up 73-68
with 1:30 left.
“I am extremely proud of how
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North Carolina's Danny Green
slams home a two-handed dunk
in UNC's 75-74 win at Virginia.
Green finished with nine points.
tough our kids arc," Williams said.
“1 am not extremely proud of how
we handle the ball and those kinds
of things, but that is a tough bunch
of kids in that locker room."
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Injured Heels lean
on Hansbrough
BY GREGG FOUND
SENIOR WRITER
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. -
While Quentin Thomas has played
more minutes and Marcus Ginyard
has switched positions, it’s Tyler
Hansbrough who has really picked
up the slack during TV Lawson's
absence.
Averaging just more than 21
points before last Wednesday's game
against Duke. Hansbrough scored 28
against the Blue Devils then followed
it up with 39 against Clemson.
At Virginia. Hansbrough racked
up the points when his team need
ed them the most.
As North Carolina clung to a
two-point lead and tried to run
down the clock, Hansbrough
dropped in one of his signature
shots to extend the Tar Heel lead
to four points with just 22 seconds
left.
“Tyler Hansbrough was some
thing else again." UNC coach Roy
Williams said, "'cause they aimed
their defense at him to say the
least and he still came through
for us.”
A day after sitting out of prac
tice because of an ingrown toenail
Williams said it was one of the
few practices he could remember
Hansbrough missing he showed
no ill effects.
The way he scored his final bas
ket, a one-arm shot with his shoul
ders sideways to the hoop, was vin
tage Hansbrough.
“We like to think it’s a jump hook,
but it’s not," Williams said. “It's a
shot put, jump hook, Hansbrough
special. Whatever you want to call
it."
Regardless of verbiage, the shot
capped another fierce Hansbrough
performance, albeit one that was
derailed for a long stretch in the
second half.
Hansbrough roared to 17 first
half points on a mix of his typical
inside moves and several jump
shots from all across the court.
Well on his way to another
high-scoring performance, the
power forward came out of the
locker room at halftime and didn’t
score a point for 15 minutes.
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Tyler Hansbrough rises above a
Virginia defender and releases
the ball en route to 23 points to
lead the way for the Tar Heels.
After demanding the ball in the
post, his teammates found him
again with five minutes left in the
game.
He converted a spin move into a
layup, and less than a minute later
he hit two free throws to get him
self firmly back on track.
“My team needed me in that
situation." Hansbrough said.
“Coach said get the ball inside,
so I took it upon myself to get the
ball and do some things inside."
Not usually one to attempt to
block many shots. Hansbrough
swatted away two of Sean
Singletary’s tries the second
leading to a fast-break layup for
Ginyard.
And though his stats were
atypieally low' for rebounds
(seven) and free throws (3-for
-5), Williams was proud of the way
Hansbrough again led the team in
Lawson’s absence, finishing with
23 points.
"The bottom line is, the sucker
can really play," Williams said. “He's
been a load for a lot of people."
Contact the Sports Editor
at sports@ unc.edu.