UNC 41, MSU 33 (HALFTIME)
Tyler Hansbrough has been the story of the first half. He has played like a man possessed. He started off playing with a mask, but took it off at the 12 minute mark. He leads all scorers with 19 points. Overall, we are playing pretty well. MSU going 5-10 from the 3 point line has kept them in the game.
MSU started racking up fouls toward the end of the half. They have 2 players with 2 fouls and 1 with 3. Minute-wise, both teams are playing their players about the same minutes, so I don't think we'll wear them down in the second half (except for maybe Neitzel and Walton who played all but 1 minute each).
MSU is touted as a good rebounding team, but we are beating them 21-14 on the boards. We need to keep it up.
Reyshawn Terry didn't have a good half. We'll need him to step up like in previous games to pull this out. I have a feeling this one will go down to the wire.
First half notes:0:10. 41-33. We get a steal and a fast break Hansbrough dunk to close out the half!
2:26. 36-33. MSU has a spurt of their own to cut the lead to 3.
5:03. 34-26. A little spurt gets us our biggest lead.
9:39. 25-20. Hansbrough is pumped! 11 points so far. I wish we could get Wright into the game too.
11:28. 19-18. I love our scrappiness! We just got 3 offensive rebounds before Hansbrough was fouled. We have to stop MSU's Neitzel. He has 8 points already.
12:21. 19-15. Hansbrough comes back in with his MASK OFF and scores.
13:19. 17-12. Wright picks up his second foul and comes out.
14:06. F**kin CBS!!! They cut to the Pitt game! I hate CBS this time of year.
15:11. 12-7. Followed by Ellington for a 3!
15:33. 9-4. Lawson from deep!
16:03. 6-4. Hansbrough is 2-2 so far.
