They held a 49-32 rebounding advantage and tallied 17 total assists.
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Against MI, the Tar Heel goal came in the 23rd minute, on the team’s first penalty corner of the game. The Tar Heels have flown under the radar since their loss to the Gamecocks but their blowout win against the Blue Devils last Saturday put them back into the forefront of college football bettors.
The Tar Heels travel to Blacksburg next Saturday to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies for a noon kickoff while the Hurricanes play Georgia Tech at home for a 12:30 p.m. kickoff. “Everybody’s there to pick each other up … they’re doing the things that a team does”. Britt on Sunday led UNC with 17 points, which tied his career high, and he thrived on Sunday after scoring 15 points during the Tar Heels’ season-opening 91-67 victory against Temple Friday. Coleman, a 6-3 lefty out of Friends’ Central, averaged under four points per game in his first season at Temple last year; he spent the first two years of his college career at Clemson before transferring home in 2013.
The Badgers looked like a different team offensively after hitting less than 36 percent of their shots from the field and 64 percent from the free throw line and allowing Western IL to shoot 54 percent from the field in Friday night’s loss. Kennedy Meeks stepped up and filled the role, putting up 26 points and 11 rebounds.
Daniel Ochefu, the Wildcats’ senior center, had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds as all five Villanova starters finished in double figures.
“I thought they did a really good job, all three of them”, the 11th-year head coach said.
I think he’s comfortable, he’s confident. “That’s a tremendous learning experience, for those three guys especially”.
Justin Jackson continued his rough start to the season.
Even a lackluster performance by the forward group isn’t a huge red flag, at least not yet. Brice Johnson was the most impressive rebounder on defense and the Heels noticeably missed Johnson when he had to leave the game for foul trouble.
Linebacker Jeff Schoettmer and cornerbacks Des Lawrence and M.J. Stewart led a smothering Tar Heels defense that contained and minimized the Hurricanes’ ability to get any production offensively until the third quarter.
“I expect we’ll see a lot (of zone) unless it’s a stubborn coach like me”, Williams said.
It was a rough night for Temple’s starting forwards, both seniors.
That’s what happens when you score 125 combined points in two games-people start to notice.
“So we’re like 11, 12-point underdogs”, Kaaya said.
Temple played without 6-9 sophomore Obi Enechionyia, who suffered a right ankle injury in practice Monday. He made 6-8 FTs and was 1-3 from three.
“He just challenged us: If we loved the game, why are we playing like that?”
What can Brown do for you? Despite a little batch of first game jitters, the freshmen came into their own and showed promise for the rest of the season. He also threw just his fourth interception of the season for good measure.
“I’m extremely proud of what those guys have accomplished on that side of the ball”, Fedora says. “It’s just definitely something that you just don’t brush by or pretend that it’s not happening or not hurting us”.
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As linebacker Shakeel Rashad put it: “We’re going to go out and try to win our game either way, so I don’t think it’ll be a problem with people focusing at all”.
