No pain is a gain

Posted Jan 4, 2007

As always, the music before the opening tip blared over the speakers courtesy of House of Pain. But this time, there was one more dancer in the group of head-bobbers on North Carolina's bench. The reason Bobby Frasor was able to "jump around" was because he felt no pain in his right foot. With point guard Ty Lawson ailing with a sore right wrist, Frasor and Quentin Thomas returned to the court after long layoffs to help UNC defeat Penn 102-64. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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