Joel Berry The Rim Protector?

Posted Feb 18, 2018
Ray Spalding is 6-foot-10 and athletic. So when the Louisville junior broke free for an uncontested dunk to cut UNC’s lead to 6 with 2:31 remaining Saturday, it brought down the house filled to the rafters with over 21,000 fans at KFC Yum! Center. Only it didn’t work out that way. Joel Berry, North Carolina’s little-big engine that seemingly always can, did once again. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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