Oral Roberts 84, UNC 100
Oral Roberts was never in striking range of UNC, but they also never collapsed. In fact, they scored more points than us in the second half (54 vs 46), but that includes UNC's subs in for the last couple minutes of the game. Overall we looked pretty good especially considering we hadn't played in 10 days.
Hansbrough scored 26 and will undoubtedly break Phil Ford's career scoring record when
UNC plays Evansville on Thursday. The game was so lopsided that the commentators spent a lot of air time debating whether ol Roy would leave Tyler in so he could break the record against Oral Roberts. Smart money was "no" because Phil Ford wasn't in attendance, but plans to be against Evansville. Ahh, the kind of things one has to worry about when you are the prohibitive favorite from day 1 to win the National Championship.
While both Tyler and Ty Lawson played very well, my game ball goes to Deon Thompson. Deon scored 22 points after going 10-12 from the floor! I've heard it discussed during several games now, and I tend to agree that Deon should be in consideration for most improved player in the nation. He's playing like an all-star. If Tyler is the #1 post player in the ACC, who is #2? Deon has to be in the running. His has a flow to his game that is enjoyable to watch. He takes shots sometimes I question (mainly the turnaround shots), but he's shooting at such a high percentage, it is hard to argue.
On the injury front, both Marcus Ginyard and Mike Copeland suited up for this game, but did not play. Reportedly, Marcus will start to get some playing time soon, but Copeland is still a few weeks off.
Danny Green banged heads with a Golden Eagle and required 5 stitches to close the wound. I bet that hurt the next day. Tyler ran into the scorers table and got a gash in his leg which required 2 stitches.
If we can just make it to the end of the season with at least 5 players we might have a chance!!
