White-out: Freshman boosts Tar Heels past Syracuse

Posted Feb 27, 2019
Coby White snapped out of a mini-slump in a major way Tuesday. The freshman guard pumped in 34 points, heating up to deliver his highest scoring output thus far in a season marked by explosive performances, and fueling fifth-ranked North Carolina’s 93-85 defeat of Syracuse in ACC basketball at the Smith Center. “He was rolling,” Cameron Johnson said. (Burlington Times News)

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