Marcus Paige scored a career high 32 points and the Tar Heels played with fantastic energy to withstand Russ Smith’s 36 points for Louisville and get a statement win.
The Tar Heels improved to 6-5 and gained bowl eligibility with a school record 80 points and an emphatic 80-20 victory over Old Dominion in front of the home crowd.
It took more than 15 minutes for the Tar Heels to get going, but the No. 24 UNC men’s basketball team bounced back from it’s first loss of the season with a ten-point win in the semifinal of the Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic against Richmond, 82-72.
Crystal Dunn and Paige Nielseneach scored a goal and assisted on another and Satara Murray assisted on a pair of tallies to power fifth-ranked North Carolina to a 4-0 victory over Indiana Friday night in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament before 2,019 fans at Fetzer Field.
North Carolina’s 2013 field hockey season came to an end Friday evening in the NCAA Championship semifinals at L.R. Hill Sports Complex, where the No. 3 Tar Heels fell to No. 4 Connecticut 2-1 after a penalty shootout.
WCHL’s Matt Oakes had the chance to chat with Old Dominion Head Coach Bobby Wilder as his team prepares for its regular season finale against the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill.
“It should get our guys’ attention that the team that beat us lost to the guys we’re getting ready to play next. Chris [Richmond coach] does a really nice job with his team, he always has. They play more of a half-court game,” Coach Williams says.