Player of the game: Wisconsin at North Carolina

Posted Dec 1, 2011
North Carolina coach Roy Williams said he ran into Harrison Barnes’ mother Wednesday morning. He told her he had a feeling his son would have a “big-time” game later that night against Wisconsin in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. Good call. Barnes came through for the Tar Heels, scoring 14 of his game-high 20 points during a second half that saw No. 6 North Carolina fight off a the determined ninth-ranked Badgers. (Fayetteville Observer)

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