Defense Fuels UNC Spurt
Posted Oct 27, 2012
Sometimes fear is the most effective motivator. Trailing 43-41 at the first media timeout of the second half, the Tar Heels decided they didn’t want to be a national headline and proceeded to lock down Shaw over the final 15:27. “It was just like the team clicked,” UNC sophomore guard P.J. Hairston said.
(Inside Carolina)
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