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#12 UNC (11-1) v ECU (5-7)
8:00 pm Dean E. Smith Center
TV = ACCN
Radio = 97.9 The Hill WCHL - Chapelboro.com
UNC Tar Heels:
#1 Kyan Evans P = 45, E = 100, I = 100, X = 70
#7 Seth Trimble P = 90, E = 0, I = 45, X = 65
#8 Caleb Wilson P = 35, E = 60, I = 65, X = 50
#44 Luka Bogavac P = 70, E = 95, I = 95, X = 80
#13 Henri Veesaar P = 95, E = 40, I = 30, X = 60
#15 Jarin Stevenson P = 35, E = 95, I = 75, X = 50
#11 Jonathan Powell P = 50, E = 40, I = 45, X = 45
#3 Derek Dixon P = 55, E = 30, I = 30, X = 40
#2 James Brown P = 95, E = 95, I = 65, X = 80
#1 Zayden High P = 100, E = 20, I = 15, X = 55
#4 Jaydon Young 10/5/03 P = 0, E = 0, I = 20, X = 10
#5 Isaiah Denis 2/9/06 P = 55, E = 90, I = 20, X = 35
Coach Davis Wisdom = 90
ECU Pirates
#43 Luke Davis 6-8 Sr 3.4 ppg 4.3 rpg (UNO) Winterville
#7 Giovanni Emejuru 6-10 Sr 13.6 ppg 9.2 rpg (Sam Houston, Siena, Geo Mason) Leicester, Eng.
#6 Corey Caulker 6-0 Jr 7.3 ppg 3.3 apg
#4 Tybo Bailey 6-2 So 9.1 ppg Winston-Salem
#12 Jordan Riley 6-5 Sr 21.7 ppg 5.4 rpg (GTWN, Temple)
#23 Reid Cason 6-10 So 3.8 ppg 2.7 rpg
#2 Isaiah Mbeng 6-1 So 5.5 ppg 2.6 apg (W&M)
#11 Vito Perkovic 6-10 Fr 3.8 ppg 2.2 rpg Croatia
#10 Paddy D’Arcy 6-6 Fr 1.3 ppg Australia
Coach Michael Schwartz
The third UNC System School on Carolina’s schedule this season (WSSU [4-5], NC Central [4-10]), ECU [5-7] joins their sister schools in being nigh onto zero threat to Carolina. The woes of the lower to mid-major schools are evident in those squads filled with journeymen and hope-filled junior college emergeants. ECU has two players of note in senior (third school) New Yorker #12 Jordan Riley who plays a tough mid-range game, producing 21.7 ppg and leading the Pirates in rebounding at 6-5 grabbing 5.4 caroms a game. Englishman Giovanni Emejuru is in the pivot at 6-10 after stints at Sam Houston, Siena, and George Mason and has respectable numbers at 13.8 and 9.2. His future in the Super League of England and Scotland is secure for sure. After that Winston-Salem’s Tybo Bailey scores 9 ppg from the backcourt. The Downeasterners have wins over Georgia Southern, Elizabeth City State, U of Maryland Eastern Shore, Buffalo, and Presbyterian. This game will add nothing to the Tar Heel resumé. Coach Michael Schwartz is a Rick Barnes scion and that is the biggest reason to crush this squad…though anyone recollecting East Carolina’s Pat Dye might find other motivations.
Frontcourt: Caleb Wilson is smart while Veesaar, Brown, and High are all athletic.
Wings: Stevenson has good motivational arcs while Bogavac has good marks across the board (time for him to emerge from the funk) and Powell is a solid middlin’ look.
Guards: Evans has the most fire on the team while Trimble is physical but even-tempered. Dixon is level and Young bottomed out.
Overall: ECU scores 68 points per game, shoots 41% from the field overall, and 26% from Three. They hit at 71% from the charity stripe and average 14 turnovers. It is hard to say much positive about this match-up. The Heels need to leave this court this evening healthy. It is eight days hence before they take on the 6-6 Florida State Seminoles in Chapel Hill. It is difficult not to look ahead to the holiday (what will our men from so very far away – Croatia, Montenegro, Estonia, Minnesota do? With 6 native Tar Heels on the team one hopes that homes are open to the migrants and the time will be happy for all). The Gamblers call this one a 27.5 win for the University of North Carolina. The Biorhythms have no quibble with that but would, in the spirit of Pat Dye, appreciate just a bit more if at all possible.
