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| Terry then made two foul shots with 1:40 left, but Strawberry countered with a layup. Ibekwe followed with a steal and sank two free throws to give the Terrapins a three-point cushion with 1:11 to go.
It was 89-84 before North Carolina's Wayne Ellington made a 3-pointer. The Tar Heels got the ball back after a Maryland turnover, setting up Wright's missed free throws. Hansbrough scored 22 points and Ellington had 17 for North Carolina, which went 8-for-17 at the foul line. "I don't think we are showing what we need to be showing right now to achieve our goals," Terry said. Roy Williams was seeking his 100th win in 127 games with North Carolina; no coach has ever been quicker to get 100 wins at an ACC school. The record is 128 games, held by Vic Bubas of Duke. A sellout crowd of 17,950 assembled on a snowy day to see if the Terrapins could extend their longest ACC winning streak since 2003 and end their lengthy skid against North Carolina. Early on, it appeared that neither would occur. Maryland missed 10 of its first 13 shots as North Carolina built a 13-point lead 7 minutes into the game. The Terrapins eventually found the mark, however, and got within three at halftime before pulling even early in the second half. Three straight baskets by Strawberry made it 48-all with 17:24 left, the first tie since the opening tip. North Carolina then got two straight baskets before Maryland did the same. Wright followed with a dunk and Danny Green made a layup, igniting an 8-1 spurt that made it 60-53. It was 62-57 before successive baskets by Alex Stepheson and Ellington put the Tar Heels up by nine. The margin swelled to 12 before Maryland launched its comeback. Ellington scored 12 points, and the Tar Heels overcame a 29-15 rebounding deficit to take a 44-41 halftime lead. After Hansbrough opened the scoring with a basket and Maryland answered with a free throw, Ellington made two foul shots and added a 3-pointer for a 7-1 lead. Five more points by Ellington made it 12-5, and Maryland's Greivis Vasquez hit a runner in the lane before Hansbrough sank a layup to start an 8-0 run that put North Carolina up by 13. It was 34-25 before the Terrapins recharged the crowd with seven straight points, including a dunk by Gist and a three-point play by Strawberry. |
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| Tar Heels Basketball Tickets. With one matchup against a Top Ten opponent out of the way, North Carolina can turn its attention to Saturday's game at No. 4 Wake Forest. It will be the first meeting ever with both teams in the top five.
"I'm going to enjoy this one," Roy Williams said. "Georgia Tech is a big-time freakin' team." Felton and the other starters had plenty of help from the bench in this one, led by Marvin Williams. In the first half, the Tar Heels' reserves outscored their counterparts 21-0, and it was much the same after the break until both coaches cleared the benches. A 10-0 run that was capped by Felton's 3-pointer put North Carolina ahead 17-5, its first double-digit lead of the game. "We started off the first couple of possessions fine, but every knows you have to play the whole game," Jack said. "That's the one thing we didn't do, we didn't play hard for 40 minutes." |