Tyler Zeller's 32 points gives Heels 102-87 win over LIU

Posted Mar 18, 2011
Junior forward Tyler Zeller – who played a total of 32 minutes during UNC’s six-game national title run in 2009 – scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half of the second-seeded Tar Heels’ 102-87 victory over No. 15 seed Long Island University. Carolina (27-7) will either face either seventh-seeded Washington or No. 10 seed Georgia in Sunday’s third round for the right to advance to the Sweet 16. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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