Ginyard out, but Tar Heels in with win over Rutgers and Wake tops UNCG at the Greensboro Coliseum

from www.theacc.com:

North Carolina 81
Rutgers 67

Wake Forest 75
UNCG 60

No. 9 North Carolina Defeats Rutgers, 81-67
Freshman Dexter Strickland scored a season-high 18 points, including a key 3-pointer late, to help No. 9 North Carolina beat Rutgers 81-67 on Monday night.

Deon Thompson added 14 points for the Tar Heels (10-3), who played without injured fifth-year senior Marcus Ginyard. North Carolina turned in a relatively ho-hum performance coming out of a five-day Christmas break, gradually increasing a six-point halftime lead to 17 points midway through the second half.

But the Tar Heels never put away Rutgers (9-3), which hung in and even inched as close as four points with about 2 minutes left. Strickland responded by burying a 3 with 1:54 left that pushed the margin to 74-67 and ultimately helped the Tar Heels pull away late.

Wake Forest Defeats UNC Greensboro, 75-60
Al-Farouq Aminu had 23 points and 17 rebounds and Wake Forest blocked a school-record 16 shots in a 75-60 victory against North Carolina-Greensboro on Monday night.

Ari Stewart and L.D. Williams had 11 points apiece for the Demon Deacons (9-2). Wake Forest shot 44.6 percent, hit 37.5 percent of its 3-pointers and used a late 16-6 run to break open a surprisingly tight game and win its fifth straight.

Ben Stywall had 13 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Spartans (2-9). They shot 30 percent and lost their fifth straight, at least in part because they at times struggled to generate good looks against Wake Forest’s block-happy front line.

4 thoughts on “Ginyard out, but Tar Heels in with win over Rutgers and Wake tops UNCG at the Greensboro Coliseum

  1. UNCG played Wake tough, but Wake had too much length. I think Wake had four starters taller than the Spartans tallest player.

  2. You are on to something. I read one write up on the game and it said Wake set a team record for blocked shots with something like 16 blocks and Aminu had 6, which was his personal high for one game and the guard at 6-feet(maybe 5’11 in reality), Ish Smith had 4 blocks.

    There is definitely something to be said for what you are talking about. That length you speak of, must have been a killer…..

  3. I heard the man Will Graves got 30 pts in 10 minutes or 10 pts in 30 minutes last night for UNC. Anybody know?

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