Heels Clamp Down On Hoos

Posted Feb 8, 2009
If Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington keep it up, the Tar Heels are starting to look poised for a deep run. Paced by the tandem’s poised dominance, Carolina fought through a sub par offensive outing to grind out a 76-61 win over the Virginia Cavaliers. On an afternoon that UNC honored its eight members of the Basketball Hall of Fame with a rousing halftime ceremony, the current crop of Tar Heels did not exactly produce a game for the ages. (Inside Carolina)

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