{"id":6665,"date":"2014-02-04T22:58:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T03:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6665"},"modified":"2014-02-04T22:59:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T03:59:20","slug":"confident-tar-heels-win-fourth-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6665","title":{"rendered":"Confident Tar Heels win fourth straight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brice Johnson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>North Carolina raced out to a 19-3 lead in the first five minutes and held off Maryland 75-63 for the Tar Heels fourth straight victory Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

“It was a lot of fun the first four or five minutes,” UNC coach Roy Williams said. “But then it got a lot like work.”<\/p>\n

It was the last time Maryland will come to Chapel Hill as a member of the ACC and with the Heels up late, the Carolina fans let them know about it with chants of A-C-C.<\/p>\n

Despite double-digit leads for much of the game, UNC saw Maryland cut it to three in the first half before taking a 39-27 halftime lead and saw Maryland cut it to six in the second half before winning by 12.<\/p>\n

Brice Johnson, off the bench, led the 11-2 late first half run with three buckets while Marcus Paige led the charge in the second half with 18 of his game-high 25 points.<\/p>\n

Johnson had his best game in a long time, maybe all year, with an eight of eight performance for 19 points in 22 minutes of play.<\/p>\n

An active James Michael McAdoo, along with a three by Leslie McDonald, highlighted the first couple of minutes as the Heels got out to a 12-0 lead and extended the margin to 19-3 after just five minutes.<\/p>\n

The Terps went on a 16-3 run of their own to get back in the game. The Heels led by 13 early in the second half before Maryland went on a 14-8 run to get back in it again.<\/p>\n

“They kept coming at us but we kept answering,” Coach Williams said, adding that his players are much more confident than they were a few games ago.<\/p>\n

“They’ve bought into the sense of urgency issue that we’ve been preaching all year long,” he added.<\/p>\n

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