UNC 102, Long Island 87
There are advantages to being taller and quicker than the other team in basketball. For one, it's very easy to score, as John Henson and Tyler Zeller demonstrated over and over again. Henson had...
Blackbirds (87) @ Tar Heels (102)
Friday, Mar 18, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Warner Cable Arena - Charlotte, North Carolina
| Final - 3.18.2011 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Island U. Blackbirds | 42 | 45 | 87 |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 53 | 49 | 102 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Island U. | 42 | 45 | 87 |
| North Carolina | 53 | 49 | 102 |
| Long Island U. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Olasewere | 22 | 7-17 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 5-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5-1 | 15 |
| Julian Boyd | 28 | 7-15 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 12-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Kyle Johnson | 20 | 1-9 | 0-5 | 6-6 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 8 |
| C.J. Garner | 28 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 16 |
| David Hicks | 25 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5-0 | 6 |
| Jason Brickman | 24 | 1-8 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Arnold Mayorga | 8 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Michael Culpo | 24 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Kenny Onyechi | 21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-0 | 8 |
| Joel Gierbolini | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Troy Joseph | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Milos Nikolic | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kurt Joseph | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Robinson Odoch Opong | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Booker Hucks | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-85 | 8-31 | 17-25 | 39-16 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 28-1 | 87 | |
| .365 | .258 | .680 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| North Carolina | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henson | 28 | 10-16 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 11-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3-0 | 28 |
| Harrison Barnes | 35 | 9-19 | 2-10 | 4-6 | 16-3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 24 |
| Tyler Zeller | 34 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 14-19 | 9-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-0 | 32 |
| Dexter Strickland | 30 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 2-1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Kendall Marshall | 31 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Leslie McDonald | 21 | 0-7 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Daniel Bolick | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Van Hatchell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| David Dupont | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Justin Watts | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Justin Knox | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| D.J. Johnston | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Reggie Bullock | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Stewart Cooper | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Patrick Crouch | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Larry Drew II | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-67 | 3-17 | 31-42 | 54-12 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 19-0 | 102 | |
| .507 | .176 | .738 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Doug C. Shows, Ed E. Hightower, Lamont Simpson
Duration:
Officials: - Doug C. Shows, Ed E. Hightower, Lamont Simpson
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