{"id":4618,"date":"2012-11-09T21:45:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T02:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2012-11-09T21:45:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T02:45:11","slug":"cold-shooting-heels-open-with-easy-expected-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=4618","title":{"rendered":"Cold-shooting Heels open with easy, expected win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>North Carolina started the season with an expected win over Gardner Webb 76-59, and as expected James Michael McAdoo led the way with 26 points.<\/p>\n

What wasn\u2019t expected was the Tar Heels\u2019 cold shooting from the outside. It has been expected that the three-point shot would be more prominent in the Heels\u2019 arsenal with experience long-range shooters.<\/p>\n

But Carolina only managed to hit one three in 13 attempts. The triple by Reggie Bullock gave the Heels its largest lead of the game at that point 43-28 less than two minutes into the second half. Sophomore P.J. Hairston missed all five of his three-point shots.<\/p>\n

Dexter Strickland, back after missing much of last season with a torn ACL, was back to his slashing-to-the-basket ways in route to 13 points. He and McAdoo were the only Heels in double figures.<\/p>\n

Carolina only shot 41 percent compared to 46 percent by the Bulldogs but the Heels got off 16 more shots \u2013 many coming on offensive rebounds. UNC outrebounded Gardner-Webb 48-32.<\/p>\n

McAdoo led all rebounders with 14. Both his scoring and rebounding totals were career highs for the sophomore. A low-key McAdoo said of his effort, \u201cI thought it was ok.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Heels started sloppy with a number of turnovers that kept the game close early but the Heels got the lead to double figures at 32-22 late in the first half and increased the lead from there.<\/p>\n

However, after a brief run, the Bulldogs closed to within nine at 63-54 with five minutes left in the game. Leslie McDonald, himself coming off an ACL tear, drained a long two from the corner to stop the bleeding and gave the Heels a 65-54 lead with 4:34 left.<\/p>\n

An 11-5 Carolina run ended the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was disappointed in how we played but not disappointed in my team,\u201d UNC coach Roy Williams said. <\/p>\n

Williams said that freshman point guard Marcus Paige, taking over for Kendall Marshall, will get better and Bullock will be fine from the three-point line. Bullock ended with just five points on four shots while Paige, considered more of a scorer than Marshall, scored six.<\/p>\n

Williams did said it was a good test for the Tar Heels, who host Florida Atlantic Sunday at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have a zone defense so it\u2019s hard to practice against a zone,\u201d Williams said. \u201cSo, that was good to play against a zone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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