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Cadeau #3 P=85, E=90, I=20, X=50

Intel arc caught up with Cadeau at the end of the 16 pt win was likely.

But we live and we learn.
 
Trimble #7 P=45, E=100, I=85, X=65

Seth was riding high emotionally and intellectually and it showed on the court. I know I kept thinking what if we kept him in the game down the stretch against Bama last year.
 
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Musings in which The Trinity Tossers Figure in. As a homegrown Tar Heel I’ve always harkened to the trumpeting of the prose styling of Thomas Wolfe. I admit that I’ve not read every word of ‘Look Homeward Angel.’ THERE - I said it. I have, however, read a good deal of the book - most recently, the account of the death of Ben Gant, the older brother of Eugene, the main character and narrator, of the ‘Spanish Flu.’ Years ago I also mined the book for mentions of UNC and Chapel Hill. I have some plans to do both again soon. We’ve all got plans to read - and sometimes to write.



Wolfe was six-foot-seven. There was a basketball team when he was at Carolina - the year that Wolfe graduated - 1920 - UNC beat Trinity College 36-25. Trinity, having moved from Asheboro to Durham in 1892, would soon (1924) be renamed for its new owners, the Duke family. That 1920 contest was the one of the first Carolina/Duke basketball games even though the private school was still thrashing about for funds and identity and yet to be bequeathed its present four-letter name.



Billy Carmichael scored 14 points in the Carolina victory while guard Douglass and center Lipfert were cited for their solid play as well. Carolina posted a 7-9 record overall that season. In 1922 Carmichael’s brother Cartwright joined the team and in ‘23 and ‘24 was All-American. In 1922 and ‘24 the team took the Southern Conference Crown. There was no March Madness in those days but in 1943 the 26-0 Heels were retroactively named National Champions. The one-time home of the Heels men’s team and present stomping ground of the women, was named for Billy Carmichael who went on to serve as vice president of the university.



Carolina also went 14-2 versus Duke during from 1920 through 1924. Wolfe, despite his towering height did not play basketball but he was the editor of ‘The Tar Heel’ campus newspaper (just like Eugene Gant in ‘Look Homeward Angel’) which published an account of the 1920 win on page 5 of its January 30 edition. So Wolfe certainly knew of that result — I like to think of him savoring that senior year victory.



On October 18, 1929 #ThomasWolfe’s #LookHomewardAngel was published. #Altamont (actual #Asheville) & Dixieland, (actual #OldKentuckyHome) the boarding house operated by the mother of the protagonist-Eugene Gant-were the setting and an angelic gravestone and the real town’s characters inspired the plot and prose. Thomas Wolfe and “The Old Kentucky Home”



A monument at Wolfe’s stonecutter father’s Pack Square tombstone shop gave the tome its unique title. Wolfe left #AVL and only visited just before his too young death. He is buried @RiversideCemNC there and the boardinghouse is now a State Historic Site. The Thomas Wolfe Memorial of Historic Asheville, NC | Historic Victorian Home in Downtown Asheville, NC



Poignantly, on October 19 in 1918, the real Ben Gant — Ben Wolfe — the author’s older brother actually did die in an upstairs room in their mother’s Asheville boarding house — a victim of the pandemic then sweeping the planet.

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No.9 North Carolina (0-0) vs. Johnson C. Smith (0-0)
Sunday, October 27 — 2:00 pm
Dean E. Smith Center
A live stream will be available on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX).

UNC Tar Heels:
Cadeau #3 – P = 25, E = 0, I = 40, X = 30
Davis #4 – P = 45, E = 100, I = 0, X = 20
Tyson #5 – P = 15, E = 0, I = 0, X = 10
Jackson #11 – P = 5, E = 45, I = 55, X = 30
Washington #13 – P = 70, E = 0, I = 25, X = 45
Powell #9 – P = 15, E = 20, I = 0, X = 10
Trimble #7 – P = 60, E = 0, I = 0, X = 30
Withers #24 – P = 50, E = 50, I = 100, X = 75
Lubin #22 – P = 0, E = 5, I = 0, X = 0
Claude #0 Will Not Play
Brown #2 – P = 10, E = 90, I = 5, X = 5
E.Davis #6 – P = 55, E = 60, I = 10, X = 30
Hawkins #14 – P = 100, E = 20, I = 85, X = 90
Holbrook #15 – P = 100, E = 20, I = 15, X = 55
Mayo #30 – P = 25, E = 70, I = 10, X = 15
Coach Davis, Wisdom = 55


Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls
#0, Javon Anderson, Grad, 6-2, 6.2 ppg
#1, Anthony Williams, Jr., 6-1, 10.1 ppg (Butler CC)
#2, Javian Cannady, Jr., 6-2, 2.2 ppg
#3, Ford Cooper, Grad, 6-4, 2.6 (Hampton)
#5, Justin Bumbray, Fr, 6-5
#10, Tyson Bates, Jr., 6-1, 0.7 ppg
#12, Jamauri Bryant, Sr., 6-4, 6.8 ppg
#13, Jeremee Bryant, Sr., 6-4, 7.2 ppg
#15, Cameron McDonald, Jr., 6-6, 2.3 ppg
#21, Asa White, So., 6-9, 4.2 ppg
#22, Ashton Sherrell, Sr., 6-8, 8.5 ppg
#23, Orlando Hudson, Fr., 6-1
#24, Christopher Ealy, Sr., 6-3, 2.5 ppg
#25, Jared Davis, So., 6-6, 2.5 ppg
#35, Travon Gray, Fr., 6-5
Coach Antwain Banks

Look-In: The Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith are a Division 2 member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). JCSU is an HBCU, founded in 1867 as Biddle Institute, they are affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It is located in Charlotte. Two of the most famous alumni are Rep. Eva Clayton and long-time Harlem Globetrotter Legend, Curly Neal. Many professional football players were Golden Bulls. Civil Rights leaders from JCSU abound. This year’s men’s Golden Bulls basketball team is picked to finish 7th in the CIAA. This is Coach Antwain Banks’ first year. He follows Steven Joyner, who retired after 36 years at JCS, compiling 600 wins. This year’s team returns no one averaging in double figures. Potential stars are Ashton Sherrell (6-8, #22) and the 6-4 twins, Jamauri and Jeremee Bryant. Asa White is a 6-9 Sophomore from Raleigh.

Tar Heels
Frontcourt: Jalen Washington has a solid Physical, as does Jae’Lyn Withers. James Brown is fired up but Ven-Allen Lubin is in the doldrums.

Wings: A smart Ian Jackson hits the court but Cade Tyson and Drake Powell have unimpressive rhythms.

Guards: R.J. Davis appears rarin’ to go and physically middlin while Elliott Cadeau has subpar arcs. Seth Trimble is physical.

Overall: The Tar Heels have very poor biorhythms for today’s 2 pm tip against the Golden Bulls. Such things won’t matter on the scoreboard as Carolina will overpower a weak Division 2 Johnson C. Smith with ease. There is a danger here of UNC playing down to the level of their opponent and emerging with an overall negative experience. Making sure that does not happen is on the coaching staff, in particular Coach Davis. It is a tall order frankly. The Golden Bulls are made up of a cast of smallish but no doubt hungry and quick young men eager to show-out on the oversize stage in the Dean E. Smith Center court. Given the low marks for the Heels and the potential excitement for the Bulls this game could be a disappointing one if you want to see a highlight reel from Carolina…at least for the first 15 minutes. Washington and Withers will ultimately dominate and the sheer athleticism and height of the Heels will win the day and likely bring some Big Plays to boot. Hopefully Coach Davis can use this contest to the benefit of the team in some not-so-spectacular ways. Ultimately, teaching moments are everywhere. Unlikely stars are likely. May fortune shine on our own freshmen and newcomers in particular today as they take the court at home for the first time.IMG_5385.jpeg
 
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I know it is JC Smith but we’ve been coasting this game and still have 113 points with 3:50 left and have been efficient on offense.

Nice to see Captain Jack break out. He looked tentative against Memphis and started this game that way once he got on the court. But getting the start in the second half seemed to be a spark for him. Lots to work on — especially ball handling and decision making. But the dude can finish at the rim.
 
That's Holbrook, a 6-8 walk-on freshman from Hickory with the finishing dunk...Drake Powell kicked the play off with the two-handed block and pass out.




Holbrook won't see many minutes this year.
 
Drake Powell University of North Carolina Men’s Basketball v Johnson C. Smith Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC Sunday, October 27, 2024
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October 27, 2024 | Men's Basketball, Featured Writers, Adam Lucas

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Quick takeaways from the final exhibition game.
By Adam Lucas

1. Carolina put six players in double figures on the way to a 127-63 exhibition win over Johnson C. Smith. Ian Jackson led Carolina with 21 points, and Seth Trimble and RJ Davis added 15 points apiece. Ven-Allen Lubin added Carolina's only double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds.

2. As always in this type of game, it's less about what Carolina specifically did against Johnson C. Smith and more about what Carolina did overall that could be replicated against any opponent. The Tar Heels are, obviously, more gifted and talented than the Golden Bulls, which showed up in some of the overall figures. The Heels shot 62 percent from the field while holding the Golden Bulls below 35 percent, had a 26-6 edge in points off turnovers, and had a 70-24 edge in points in the paint with a 53-23 rebounding lead.

3. Carolina's starters were Elliot Cadeau, Seth Trimble, RJ Davis, Cade Tyson and Jalen Washington. The first reserve was Ven-Allen Lubin, who entered the game for Washington. Proving there are still more minutes to be earned, the second half starters were different, as Davis and Tyson joined Jackson, Jae'Lyn Withers and Ven-Allen Lubin.

4. There will be plenty of deserved attention for Seth Trimble's improved offensive game, but he also showed a playmaking knack in the first half. The junior had an angle to drive to the basket, but instead chose to take one dribble and then hit Cade Tyson for a wide open corner three-pointer. That's a play the Tar Heels need Trimble to make--and a shot they need Tyson to make. Both of those things happened on that sequence. Trimble also ran a nice two-on-one fast break with Davis in the second half and threaded a bounce pass through traffic. Davis was fouled on the shot attempt, but as Dean Smith would've said, it was an "assist the way we keep them." Even without that one, Trimble had two assists and no turnovers.

5. That would be a huge bonus to add to Trimble's scoring. Put the shot-making of he and RJ Davis with the distribution of Cadeau (eight assists) and it's easy to understand how someone could make a case for Carolina possessing one of the nation's best backcourts.

6. While Tyson's numbers weren't huge, his two made three-pointers were exactly the shots he was brought to Chapel Hill to make--an open corner three-pointer and a hit-ahead from Davis in transition after a made Johnson C. Smith basket. If he makes those shots, gets to the free throw line fairly consistently, and rebounds, he's doing exactly what the Heels need.

7. Those free throw numbers were another encouraging area. Carolina hit 30-for-37 from the charity stripe. They have the potential to be a very good free throw shooting team, with Davis one of the best free throw shooters in school history and Tyson, Trimble and Jackson all potentially very good at the line.

8. The space around the basket as Carolina frequently plays without a traditional post man on the block created lots of room for Cadeau and Washington to work together with Washington setting screens and then rolling to the rim. Hubert Davis called his use it or lose it timeout before the end of the first half and drew up just such a set; Cadeau hit Washington for an easy basket and a 25-point halftime lead.

9. There should also be plenty of easy baskets in transition. With Trimble, Jackson and Drake Powell, the Tar Heels have some very exciting finishers on the break. Jackson ignited the crowd by attempting a second half dunk over a Golden Bulls defender that didn't connect, but then a couple trips later he threw down an open court windmill jam. It's easy to see why Hubert Davis wants to push the pace--the Heels have the pieces to play well at a fast tempo.

10. Powell is going to get transition opportunities because he's such a unique defensive piece. He's spent some time in practice guarding the opposing point guard, and has a knack for getting into passing lanes near midcourt and creating steals that lead to easy baskets.

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