College of Charleston 70, UNC 108
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RecapWe returned to our winning ways Wednesday night against the College of Charleston. We ran the floor well. We shot the ball. We were very aggressive. It was not the same team that lost badly to BC on Sunday. Did we just have a brain fart against BC? Let's hope it was just an anomaly. I don't mind losing when we play the way we should, but when you lose after playing unlike you have all season (just like against Kansas last year), it is hard to swallow.
Across the board our stats were impressive against CoC. Tyler Hansbrough led all scorers with 24 points. Deon Thompson got out of his recent funk and dominated in the first half. Great to see him back. Wayne Ellington shot well from outside. Ty Lawson played better. Danny Green had his usual solid performance. I thought Larry Drew did a really nice job as well as Ed Davis. The future is bright for UNC.
One note, Marcus Ginyard did not play. This is what Roy had to say about it:
"I didn't feel like playing him tonight. He's been struggling quite a bit and he's just not where we want him to be at this time, so I decided not to play him."
Hmm, doesn't sound good. I wonder what is going on behind the scenes?? Maybe they are still talking about redshirting him this season. (it would be great to have him next year)
All-in-all there wasn't much to complain about (other than us allowing CoC to score so many three pointers in the first half). We are going to need every bit of this kind of performance against upstart
Wake Forest on Sunday. It should be a good game!
