Friday, February 16, 1973
Heels take Maryland, 95- 85
eras receive warm welcome
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The Daily Tar Heel
by Winston Cavin
Sports Editor
When Lefty Driesell and his Maryland
Terrapins were introduced to the Carolina
home crowd, they received a loud volley
of applause. It proved to be the high
point of the night for the visitors.
The Terps should have left Carmichael
after that moment of glory. What
followed turned out to be nothing but a
nightmare for the men from College Park.
Carolina blistered the Terrapins with a
65 per cent shooting spree and made 29
of 34 free throws to bury the visitors,
95-85, and send Driesell and company
tumbling in the ACC standings. The win
gave Carolina second place with a 6-3
record (19-4 overall), while Maryland fell
to a third-place tie (AA, 16-4).
The Tar Heels put on a dazzling
display of power basketball in avenging a
94-88 loss in College Park. Both teams
made 33 field goals, but Carolina won the
game on the charity stripes by making an
astounding 85.3 per cent for the game.
While Carolina was blistering the nets,
Maryland was having problems. The Terps
shot a mediocre 45 per cent (68 per cent
on free throws) and found themselves
trailing throughout the game.
The Heels were unstoppable all night,
running up a 23-12 lead before the Terps
knew what had hit them. It was 51-37 at
the half, and the Carolina lead ballooned
to 17 at 72-55 with 13:23 to go.
Maryland rallied to cut it to 78-73 with
4:38 to go, but the Heels spurted again to
put it out of reach.
The Tar Heels were devastating in all
phases of the game but one-rebounding.
Maryland outrebounded Carolina, 38-23,
but the Heels came out on top in every
other-statistical category. Carolina led in
assists, 23-14, and committed 26 fouls to
Maryland's 27. Only one Tar Heel fouled
out, while the Terps lost three men to
fouls.
Carolina coach Dean Smith .was
delighted by his team's performance
against the nation's seventh-ranked team.
"We're very pleased with the win," he
said. "This was the type of game where
we needed more depth."
The Tar Heels put together a solid
team victory, as Smith was forced to use
his bench liberally. Brad Hoffman came
6ff the bench to score 12 points,
including four-for-four from the field.
Hoffman and Ray Hite were instrumental
.built
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by Carl Neal
Assistant Sports Editor
It wasn't Lefty Driesell at his best.
But there aren't many college coaches
that would be at their best after watching
their team claw within five points of
Carolina only to slip and end up a long
ten points back. And that was the story
written by Maryland Wednesday night
when they lost to the Tar Heels, 95-85.
Lefty Driesell, head coach of the
ill-fated squad, had to put in a post-game
show for the press. Driesell chose to start
Lefftty
imJmappy
in Carolina's four-corner offense near the
end, handling the ball with authority and
hitting the free throws.
George Karl led all scorers with 22, and
Darrell Elston had a new career high of
20. Bobby Jones was tops in rebounding
with eight and Mitch Kupchak had six.
The Terps were led by freshman guard
John Lucas, who was the sparkplug
behind Maryland's brief comeback. He
had 18 points, mostly from outside. Jim
O'Brien, the hero of Maryland's previous
win over Carolina, made only seven of 16
shots and tallied 18. Elmore led in
rebounds with nine. -
McMillen was disappointed. "I don't
think we' played as well as we did in
College Park," he said. "The home court
is a big advantage."
The tall Pennsylvanian was asked
about the Carolina crowd, which
abstained from the unsportsmanlike
conduct common in the ACC. "It's no
different from any other ACC crowd," he
said. "They're all the same to me. They're
all again' ya."
off talking about the uproar he had
started the night before: "Maryland is not
leaving the ACC. I never mentioned that.
I'd be just as happy not to be in the ACC.
The conference causes the crowd
problems. That is true about any
conference, not just the ACC."
Driesell made it clear that he meant
what he said to apply to every conference
and not just the ACC. "Any conference
makes the crowds heat up, makes the
coaches hate each other more and makes
players dislike each other," Driesell said.
"Conferences just lead to trouble. I don't
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The part of
basketball game,
the junior varsity
the one Wednesday
night in which Carolina beat Louisburg
College 17-59, that is the part in the
beginning and middle, was an excellent
display of quiet, team basketball.
The contest started evenly, the Tar
Heels scoring first on a fifteen foot
jumper by David Hanners in the first
minute. Bill Chambers made it a four
point lead seconds later, and from there,
for the next 24 minutes, it was an even
game. -
When Louisburg took its only lead of
the game, 24-23 with 3:49 left in the
half, Bob Singletary came up with his
usual big plays to get Carolina going
Terras
again. At 1:58, he hit on a 15-foot
jumpshot. Twenty seconds later, he made
a steal and hit Charles Waddell for the
layup, and when the Hurricanes brought
the ball down the court, he stole it again
and took it in himself.
Carolina maintained its five-point
halftime lead five minutes into the second
half, when Danny Davis drew his fourth
foul. Left without a ballhandler,
Louisburg was forced into several of their
1 1 second half turnovers, as the Tar Heels
started to pull away. -
High scorer for the Tar Heels was
Waddell, with 14. Tony Shaver added 12,
while Mickey Bell had 10, plus grabbing
nine rebounds. ' '
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Still staying away from the game at
hand, Driesell started adding air to the
rumors that this will be his last year at
-Maryland. "I never know what I'll do
from one year to the next," he said. "I
don't know if I'll leave or not."
Now the controversial Maryland coach
touched on the game. "North Carolina
really put a beating on us. Both our and
their press hurt us. We just didn't handle
them that well," Driesell said. "They won
with the four-corners."
Driesell claimed that he wasn't
disappointed by the loss. "Nobody
expected us to win tonight. We didn't do
that bad out there," Driesell said. "I still
believe we'll be in St. Louis (the site of
the NCAA finals this year). The only loss
that disappointed me was State at home."
Maryland star John Lucas had more to
say after the game. "I don't think anyone
can beat North Carolina when they're
playing like they played tonight. And
they're capable of doing this away from
home."
Lucas said that he couldn't pinpoint
any one thing that cost them the game.
"We kept putting them on the line and
they shot well,' Lucas said. "It was as
rough out there as the number of fouls
(53) indicated."
Lucas' coach found one reason to
pinpoint. "Our defense needs improving
if we're going to win in this league."
Jim O'Brien, who scored eighteen
points and sparked the Maryland . rally,
agreed with his coach. "Our defense is a
little slack at times," O'Brien said. "You
can't give a team like North Carolina 95
points and win." ;
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McMillen
O. Brown
Elmore
Bodell
Lucas
O'Brien
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CAROLINA
Johnston
Stahl
Jones
Elston
Karl
Hoffman
O'Donneil
Kupchak
Hite
Waddell
Totals
FG FT
5-10
2-3
4-9
2- 4
8-15
7-18
3- 7
2-8
1-1
33-73
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3-4
3- 3
4- 7
4-5
3-5
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19-28
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3- 3 0-1
5-10 10-12
9-14 4-5
4- 4 4-4
2-4 0-0
1-3 O-O
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hands of Carolina Wednesday night Tar Heel Bobby Jones and Terrapin Len Elmore
try to get their hands on the ball. - (Staff photo by Scott Stewart)
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