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Carolina Cagers Take Two From Virginia

Nationally Ranked Tar Heels Pull Away
In Rough Second Half To Win, 99-76

By Bruce Franzel
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Before 8,500 partisan fans, the
largest crowd to see a basketball
game in the history of University
Hall, the University of North
Carolina defeated Virginia's
Cavaliers, 99-76.

Scott Leads Scoring

The Tar Heels were led to their
fifteenth victory against one defeat
by junior Charlie Scott, who sank
11 of 21 from the floor and five of
nine from the charity stripe for a
27 point total. Scott, who played
for the United States in the
Olympics at Mexico City last
summer, entered the game with a
22.7 average, tops on the Tar Heel
squad.

Despite losing their eighth game
in 17 contests, the Cavaliers proved
once again that the old Virginia
tradition of lying down when the
going gets rough is a thing of the
past. Against North Carolina, rated
number two in the nation by the
national newspaper polls, the
Cavaliers trailed by only six points
at the end of the half.

Case Returns to Lincup

Virginia's strong showing in the
first half may be greatly attributed
to the fine play and inspirational
leadership of co-captain Chip Case,
making his first starting appearance
since his knee injury suffered in the
George Washington University
game. Case was Virginia's leading
scorer at the end of the half with
12 points and he registered five
assists.

Wilkes Leads Cavaliers

Mike Wilkes, the Cavaliers'
leading scorer with a 16.4 average,
led Virginia in scoring again last

night with an 18 point total. Wilkes
sank seven of ten field goals and
four of six foul shots, remaining the
Cavaliers most consistent player
having been out of double figures
only twice in 17 games.

Excellent First Half

In the first half Virginia
matched Carolina basket for basket
until the Heels switched to a full
court press late in the period.
Against the Carolina press, one of
the most effective in the nation, the
Cavaliers became a bit ruffled and
began making mistakes. Virginia's
30 turnovers in the game as
compared to 16 for the Tar Heels,
was a big factor in the final score.

Virginia made 15 of 23 shots
from the floor in the first half for
an excellent 65.2 percent. In the
same category the Tar Heels sank
19 of 45 for a 42.2 mark. The story
was reversed in he second half, with
North Carolina shooting 62.5
percent from the floor as compared
to Virginia's 45.2 average.

Both teams played a hard
aggressive game and when Carolina
began the full court press, playing
became even more aggressive and
tempers flared. In the second half,
Charlie Scott and John Gidding
both dove for a loose ball and came
off of the floor swinging. No fouls
were called and both players were
allowed to continue in the game
after the teams had a few minutes
to cool off.

Norm Carmichael who has been
averaging 12 points a game could
muster only one field goal in three
attempts and three of four free
throws for a five point total.
Carmichael played a strong
defensive game and was tied for the
lead in rebounds at the end of the
half.

Chip Case Goes In For Easy Layup As UNC's Dick Grubar Looks On

Even Case's Inspired Playmaking Could Not Overcome Nation's No. Two Team

Happy With Hustle

Cavalier coach Bill Gibson was
quite happy with the hustle
demonstrated by his team
throughout the game. Gibson
commented that the great number
of turnovers hurt a great deal in
both the first and second halves.
"We knew we had to get a superb,
perfect game to pull the upset and
beat them", Gibson said "but we
just couldn't get it".

The Cavaliers play North
Carolina State and V.P.I. in their
next two games on the road, and
then return to University Hall for a
regionally televised game against
Maryland on the fifteenth of
February.

North Carolina suffered its only
defeat at the hands of St. Johns of
New York in the Holiday Festival
at Madison Square Garden. The Tar
Heels lead the Atlantic Coast
Conference with a 6-0 mark and
they are 15-1 over-all. Carolina
coach Dick Smith, who has led his
team to two consecutive ACC
championships and finished second
in the nation last year, said he feels
the Tar Heels have improved
defensively over last year but the
offense has not been as consistent.