Beokts W IH ! ! Ill Photo by Robert Lucfcey Besides averaging more than 23 points in the last five games, senior Sam Perkins has become UNC's emotional catalyst. Basketball ticket distribution schedule GAME Ga. Tech (Jan. 28) Louisiana St. (Jan. 29) N.C. State (Feb. 18) Maryland (Feb. 19) Duke (March 3) UPI poll 1. North Carolina (41)124 2. DePaul 13-0 3. Kentucky (1) 12-1 4. Texas-El Paso 15-0 5. Houston 15-2 6. Georgetown 13-2 7. Maryland 11-2 8. Nevada-Las Vegas. 14-1 ,?, Illinois... ......... 12-2 10. Oregon State..'. . .7,9-2 U.UCLA.. 10-2 12. Tulsa ............ 15-0 13. Wake Forest 12-2 629 569 500 430 421 358 317 225 193 168 156 153 109 95 90 74 73 72 61 48 14. 15. . Purdue 11-3 Fresno State 11-3 St. John's 11-2 .Oklahoma 13-2 16. 17. 18. , LSU 9-3 19. Arkansas 13-2 20. Boston College 11-3 game Heels in a zone defense, Page hit a pair of jumpers from the outside, the last at the 5:45 mark to put the Wolfpack up 60-56. When the three Tar Heel starters returned with 5:33 to play, North Carolina switched to man-to-man defense for the final assault. "We felt we Could keep it steady with those three out," Alley said. "We've used the bench all year, and we have confi dence in them. We switched from zone to man-to-man when they came back in because they were killing us with outside shooting." After scoring just two points in the first half, the Wolfpack's leading scorer, Lin da Page, poured in 19 second-half points, including eight during the streak that gave the Wolfpack the lead, to take scoring honors with 21. Leake led the Tar Heels with ,18, while Hammond added 16. Brown, the ACC's leading scorer coining into the game, finished with 12. UNC coach Jennifer Alley said she had no play set up for the game's final seconds. "I told them that whoever got the re bound and could dribble should go down and shoot it," Alley said. "We just told them that whoever got it should take it the length of the court and shoot it. The ball handler had to take it all the way. "Pam's had trouble the past couple of weeks taking the ball up after dribbling merchandiso limited to stock on sale ends January 21st 20 to 50 OFF selected warm ups rain sear shorts Open Week Nights til 8 pm i irJivzPQiTV cm iaps mevt tn r. ra ni 1 1 p Tnvvp rl u A "v! fisr- ?J ! tin?; 5r A ? i K 11 -it rfxWMMHaT vJj8tMwi iff DATE AND TIME Saturday, Jan. 21,2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11,9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 9 a.m. AP poll 1. North Carolina (62)12-0 2. DePaul 13-0 3. Kentucky 12-1 4. Houston 16-2 5. Texas-El Paso 14-0 6. Georgetown 13-2 7. Maryland ....11-2 8. Nev. Las Vegas.... 14-1 9. UCLA 10-2 10. Illinois 12-2 11. Oregon St 9-2 12. Wake Forest 11-2 13. Tulsa 15-0 14. St. John's 11-3 15. Louisiana St 10-3 16. Boston College 11-3 17. Fresno St 11-3 18. Memphis St 11-3 19. Purdue 11-3 20. Oklahoma 13-2 1240 1160 1074 1015 953 846 820 720 , 568 523 520 493 455 324 301 254 244 228 205 189 From page 1 the ball up the court with speed, but the real competitive edge was there and the pressure was there. That was all natural. There was no thought involved." Leake agreed. "I wasn't really thinking about anything," she said. "I was coming up the court and I looked over at (UNC assistant) Kevin (Kane) and he said, 'Go down and shoot,' so I just went down and shot it. It felt good and it went in." "We've run so many sprints that I know it takes five seconds to get down the court. I knew I'd have at least a se cond or so to shoot, so I didn't rush my shot. "I was behind the goal when I shot it," Leake added. "I practice those all the time, but they never go in. But I was concentrating- so hard it didn't really matter." . The Tar Heels' 4-0 mark in the ACC includes victories over Maryland, Virginia and N.C. State, all three of which have been ranked in the Top 20 this season. Still, North Carolina has yet to appear in the polls. "I don't know what it will take to get us in the polls," Alley said. "The poll is a very prestigious thing, but it's also a very frustrating thing. Right now we are work ing just for self-pride. This win definitely gives our team a reaffirmed belief that they are a good team." IBM hand :: i mm Perkins lets By ROBYN NORWOOD SUfT Writer It's hard to tell just who is going to have the toughest time keeping up with Sam Perkins' newfound emotionalism opponents or TV cameramen who have to chase those flailing 41-inch arms. Midway through the second half of North Carolina's 70-62 victory over Wake Forest Saturday, Perkins was sent sprawling to the floor. But instead of pulling himself up slowly from the court in a move as typical of Perkins as his left handed jump hook, the 6-9 senior jumped up, swung his arms around and let out a whoop. "I was trying to flatten their emotional momentum," Perkins said"I thought that was the first big play. I got fouled and I couldn't believe we got the three point play." Perkins had 17 points and 1 1 rebounds in the win over Wake Forest and scored 26 points against Maryland at College Park earlier in the week to take ACC player of the week honors for the second week running. Perkins said he didn't just sit down and decide to play with emotion. "I think it's that the games are more intense. Teams are coming at us even more, I guess." So. Perkins has replaced his somewhat lethargic "old style" he likes to call it "passive intensity" with the New Emotionalism. "I guess it was always a quiet 10 points or a quiet 20 points," Perkins said. "I tend to look at the (video) tape (of the game) and I feel I'm not in the game. I tend to see what other people see." What other people have been seeing in UNC's last five games is a lot of Sam Perkins. He has made 44 of 62 field goal attempts and 29 of 33 free throws since the Tar Heels' victory over St. John's Dec. 29. And he's pulled in 43 of something he likes more than a dunk and almost as much as shooting his hook: re bounds. "I like rebounding and getting it to the guards," Perkins said. "I guess sometimes people think I say strange things." Perkins' quiet court demeanor reflects his background. "People always say you should be seen and not heard," he said. "I've always kept that in mind." The way I was brought up I just kind of kept to myself I used to go out and ride my bike and take long trips," Perkins said. Perkins lived in Brooklyn until he was a high school junior, when he moved to Heels try to avoid let down From staff and wire reports The top-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels take on the Virginia Cavaliers at 9 tonight in Carmichael Auditorium in a game to be telecast by ESPN. "I'm certainly concerned about a let down," said UNC coach Dean Smith. The Tar Heels, 1 1-0, are coming off three consecutive ACC road wins. "I hope our players don't start listening to the nice things people are going to say about us," Smith said. "I remember last year when Virginia opened its ACC season with three wins on the road. They went home and we beat them, 101-95." The Cavaliers are 11-1, the lone loss a 78-72 setback at the hands of Duke. Virginia has two freshmen in its starting lineup: 6-9 forward Tom Sheehey (10.8 points per game) and 6-11 center Olden Polynice (5.9 points a game). Othell Wilson and Rick Carlisle start at guard for the Cavaliers, while Jim Miller fills the other forward spot. Virginia boasts balanced scoring: four players are averaging in double figures. But the high scorer for the Cavaliers, Wilson is averaging less than 15 points a game. Sam Perkins, UNC's leading scorer, is scoring at a 17.7 points per game clip. Michael Jordan follows Perkins with a 15.3 average. Polynice, Virginia's leading rebounder, averages five rebounds a game. Even though UVa has held its opponents to just 57.3 points a game, the Cavaliers will have to outdo themselves on the boards to have a chance of upsetting the Tar Heels, who are averaging 79.2 points a game. Tonight's is the first meeting of the two teams since Ralph Sampson's graduation. "It's not gonna be less of a rivalry because of the fact that he (Sampson) is away," Perkins said. SKKMDSlQffi 942-1078 emotions go Latham, N.Y. "In New York, people because there are so many let you have a private life. In New York they won't make a big thing. "Here, if there's a few tickets they'll do so much to get a little ticket in the stands. Then they'll realize they spent so much and maybe the game didn't come out like they wanted. It's just one of those things. I won't ever understand." Neither will a lot of people, Sam. But what Perkins obviously understands very well is basketball. And unless The Day After comes before the day of the NBA draft, Perkins will be sitting pretty in the professional ranks come next year. "I dreamt about it (playing pro ball) when I was younger," he said. "I was a (New York) Knicks fan at the time." Perkins sees something he's familiar, with in the pros besides good basketball. "They don't have too much emotion. They make it look easy, but I know it's a hard profession." After he's through with basketball, Perkins, an RTVMP major, would like to do commercials, "anything from cat litter on," he said. But for now, North Carolina's basketball team is all that mat ters. And as far as that's concerned Perkins isn't the only one who's been getting emotional. "Everybody's been getting ex cited," he said. I've been having fun because I know it's my senior year. Besides intimidating opponents, Perkins' emotionalism is a way he shows his leadership. "If I see Matt (Doherty) or Brad (Daugherty) or Kenny Smith or Mike (Jordan) get fired up, it gets me fired up," he said. "I guess they (the team) are used to seeing me do nothing. I guess they like it when I get excited." Perkins has displayed his fist-clenching emotionalism for two straight games now. "As long as you see those teams coming after us I'll try to do as much as possible," he said. Which means the cameramen will still be trying to chase down those 41-inch arms. But, Perkins reminds you, "a few inches here and there reaching a ball before it goes out of bounds helps. They're long and they're all right with me." Perkins has used his arms in soms fine and inspired play in the last five games, scoring 117 points for a 23.4 average in that stretch to remind everyone that there's only one Silent Sam on the UNC campus and he never goes anywhere close to Carmichael Auditorium. Georgia Tech freshman guard Bruce Dalrymple has been named the ACC rookie of the week for the third time this season. Dalrymple, a 6-3, 200-pounder from New York City, scored 40 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in three games as Georgia Tech defeated South Carolina State and N.C. State and lost to Clem son. Dalrymple is averaging 14.9 points and 8.4 rebounds a game. Earlier, North Carolina's Perkins was selected the ACC player of the week for his efforts in the top-ranked Tar Heels' two conference victories last week. North Carolina's two-time defending ACC champion baseball team has been ranked fourth in Baseball America's preseason top 10. The Tar Heels have seven starters in addition to most of the nation's fifth-rated pitching staff back from the team that went 42-10 in 1983. Sophomore catcher B.J. Surhoff, a member of the 40-man U.S. Olympic Team was tabbed a first-team preseason Ail-American by the publication. 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On Sunday, however, the foil fencers dropped all three of their matches. "It was a disappointing finish," coach Ron Miller said. "We fenced well against Perm State (a 5-0 loss) and fenced well at times against Illinois (a 5-2 loss), but we fenced poorly with Northwestern (a 5-3 upset defeat)." "I was real happy with my perfor mance, but we didn't perform as well as we could have," Rossabi said. "To finish there was good, but I've got a lot of work to do." What is one to make of the surpris ing performance by a sabre squad with several injured fencers? The sabre team finished fifth in the team tournament, losing only to Penn sylvania in the first match on Sunday. Lonnie McCullough placed 12th in the individual competition, followed by Richard Hoile in 20th and Greg Bur cher in 23rd. "I thought he would do a little better actually," Miller said of McCullough's finish. "Greg fenced exceptionally well over the whole weekend." While Hoile fenced with a nagging injury, Tony Sharpe was forced to sit out with his injury. What happened to the epee team, considered to be the Tar Heels' most powerful division? Virginja forward Jim Miller Is one that Ralph Is out of the picture. . 3t3& If) v. ifcisrr-- rr w & ir..w . m J fa ; J V Ail H , ... ij ' - I J- BROADWAY ON TOUR YOU WANT TO FLY? ; ; y, wings Check it out today Pilot Selections Being Made Now. Don't Walt At New Location In Wednesday, January 18, 19847The Daily tar Heel7 "It was disappointing that the epee team didn't get to the team competi-. tion, I'm sure they would have done well," Miller said. Maybe it was the 18-hour drive to Chicago in just two vans, or perhaps it was the high level of competition, or maybe it was just dumb luck, but the epee squad missed out on the team tourney by a single touch. "In the long run it might help us," Miller said. "They will work harder now, since they have something more to prove." Can the women's foil continue to do as well as it did in Chicago, and can it get better? This is a tough question to answer, but there's no doubt that the women did extremely well at times. Karen Marnell placed 10th in the women's foil and Beth McMahon finished 19th as UNC came away with fifth-place honors in the team competi tion. Marnell beat defending Olympic fencer Jana Angelakis of Perm State, 5-2, in an early round, and later de feated Sweden's Under-20-national-champion Pia Albertson of Notre Dame. Losses to Anne Richter of Ohio State, who finished second, and Mindy Wichick of Temple, who placed third, kept Marnell from moving up a couple of notches. The tournament provided North Carolina with the opportunity to find out a little about its progress to this point in the season. And it pointed out some areas of concern that hadn't yet been detected. "Overall we did very well," Miller said. "We had a legitimate shot at finishing first. 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