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North Carolina (12-7, 5-2 ACC) at Wake Forest (14-4, 6-1 ACC)
Tuesday, Jan. 21 — 9 p.m.
Winston-Salem, N.C. — Joel Coliseum
TV: ESPN (Dave O'Brien, Cory Alexander, Myron Medcalf)
Radio: Tar Heels Sports Network (Jones Angell, Tyler Zeller)
UNC Tar Heels:
Cadeau #3 P = 10, E = 10, I = 25, X = 15
Davis #4 P = 100, E = 95, I = 90, X = 95
Jackson #11 P = 30, E = 60, I = 10, X = 20
Washington #13 P = 95, E = 10, I = 45, X = 70
Powell #9 P = 20, E = 5, I = 80, X = 50
Trimble #7 P = 0, E = 0, I = 90, X = 45
Withers #24 P = 45, E = 100, I = 20, X = 30
Lubin #22 P = 70, E = 20, I = 80, X = 75
Tyson #5 P = 15, E = 0, I = 80, X = 45
Claude #0 P = 50, E = 40, I = 85, X = 65
Brown #2 P = 15, E = 100, I = 100, X = 55
Coach Davis Wisdom = 95
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
4 EFTON REID III P = 0, E = 30, I = 95, X = 45
25 TRE'VON SPILLERS P = 100, E = 50, I = 20, X = 60
8 TY-LAUR JOHNSON P = 15, E = 100, I = 0, X = 5
6 CAMERON HILDRETH P = 0, E = 55, I = 95, X = 45
23 HUNTER SALLIS P = 15, E = 0, I = 25, X = 20
2 JUKE HARRIS P = 0, E = 85, I = 10, X = 5
7 PARKER FRIEDRICHSEN P = 100, E = 10, I = 0, X = 50
1 DAVIN COSBY P = 100, E = 90, I = 50, X = 75
Coach Steve Forbes Wisdom = 70
Look-In: Wake students have been warned not to rush the court after they win tonight. Carolina has lost 3 straight at Lawrence Joel but UNC shellacked the deacs last time out in Chapel Hill behind 36 points from R.J. Davis. This year, as last, Wake Forest is led by Hunter Sallis (6-5, #23) who is elite, scoring 19.5 ppg, rebounding (4rpg), and passing (3apg). A three-guard line-up means that Cameron Hildreth (6-4, 14 ppg, Sr/4 years at the same school) is on the wing and Ty-Laur Johnson (#8, 6-0 Soph – 5ppg) will man the point. None of them shoot well from distance. The team makes 6.2 Threes per game (UNC hits 7.3) and shoots 28.7% overall (UNC shoots 32.6%). They’ve got a big man in 7-0 Efton Reid who scores at 7 a game and rebounds at 6. Their real board man is Tre’von Spiller, who at 6-7 grabs 9 caroms a contest and scores 10 a game with accurate shooting (55%). Past those five the Demon Deacs are shallow – Parker Friedrichsen has fallen off the pace from last year when he was a spark off the bench but he still gets his 18 minutes per game while Davin Crosby is a promising gunner with a sore toe. Freshman Juke Harris of Salisbury will see the most time in the frontcourt (6-7, 6 ppg, 3 rpg). Sallis is a star and can hit for 30+ on any given night and he has the Green Light from anywhere in Winston-Salem. Coach Forbes is a cagey customer.
Frontcourt: Washington has the physical and Lubin joins him in that category adding in sagacity. Withers is much fired up. Ty Claude languishes with solid arcs and young James Brown is a smart guy.
Wings: Powell is a thinker and Jackson has much zeal. Tyson is brainy.
Guards: Low marks for Cadeau and soaring ones for Davis meet a sharp Trimble.
Overall: Wake plays tough defense and they hold teams to 66 a game. Carolina scores 82 a game. Something has to give. This game has massive implications for BOTH teams: The league race, a potential tie-breaker in a couple of places, the post-season – Oh, and despite most Tar Heel fans’ general indifference toward the Baptists (or perhaps because of it) – they hate Carolina as much as anyone, even wolpfackers and dookies. Vitriol will be thick and deep over there tonight. If the Biorhythms are any indication this is an R.J. Davis game with some heady play from his supporting crew. Would love to see Washington and Lubin on the court together (very unlikely) but both should play well. Powell and Trimble look to be stoppers. Jackson did not show out against Stanford and his rhythms are not outstanding tonight – but he does have good positive energy and that can mean solid team ball (the great ones can take a single good arc and make a game of it – such has been the lessons of the past). It is going to be hellish hostile over there. Man it looks close…Carolina by 2.
