Heels D-UNC Elon after impressive first half

The North Carolina Tar Heels used a couple of dominating D’s in the first half – defense and dunks – on their way to whipping Elon 100-62 at home.

The Tar Heels held Elon scoreless for more than eight minutes as the Phoenix scored just 19 points in the first half and were held to just 20 percent shooting.

Meanwhile, Carolina used a 23-0 run and a slew of dunks, six of them by John Henson, to take commanding 53-19 halftime lead. Henson had a double-double in the first half alone with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

UNC won the second half by just four points as Elon shot better and second and third team players saw lots of action for the Heels.

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