{"id":7903,"date":"2015-01-18T21:20:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T02:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7903"},"modified":"2015-01-18T21:25:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T02:25:35","slug":"unc-uses-height-advantage-to-handle-hokies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7903","title":{"rendered":"UNC uses height advantage to handle Hokies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Justin Jackson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>North Carolina used its height advantage to handle Virginia Tech 68-53 and move to 4-1 in the ACC and 14-4 overall. <\/p>\n

The Tar Heels out rebounded the Hokies by 27 boards and put in 15 second-chance points to make the difference in the game.<\/p>\n

Carolina also held Tech to less than 36 percent from the floor. Still UNC coach Roy Williams wasn’t satisfied as the game never really got into a fast-paced flow that he likes plus the Tar Heels turned the ball over 17 times.<\/p>\n

He said it was an ugly win and as a result the Tar Heels, who were not scheduled to practice Monday, will practice at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Carolina players did make some sloppy entry passes, let VT’s defense bother them and perhaps took ill-advised long shots considering the height advantage inside.<\/p>\n

However, the game never really seemed in doubt. Carolina got out to a quick 7-0 lead and never trailed.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels led by as many as 15 points in the first half at 34-19 before settling for a 34-21 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

The lead varied from 11 points to 17 points through much of the second half.<\/p>\n

Carolina got it’s biggest lead at 54-36 with 6:41 left after a pair of free throws from Justin Jackson, who led the Tar Heels in scoring with 16 points.<\/p>\n

Over a two-minute period late, Carolina turned the ball over three out of four possessions and Virginia Tech went on a 10-2 run to cut it to eight points at 61-53 with two minutes left.<\/p>\n

But the Tar Heels scored the last seven points of the game to win by 15.<\/p>\n

UNC’s J.P. Tokoto, who had 10 points and four assists, had a pair of steals that ended in highlight reel dunks. The Tar Heels as a team slammed down eight dunks.<\/p>\n

Brice Johnson, who had two alley-oop dunks, finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech, led by Adam Smith’s 11 points off the bench, fall to 8-9 and 0-4 in the ACC.<\/p>\n

The flow of the game was marred by a number of stoppages of play to clean up blood from VT’s Will Johnston, who had a bloody nose, a bloody mouth and a bloody elbow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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