From: Curt.Hill@launchpad.unc.edu (Curt Hill)
Subject: UNC vs USL in Rainbow Classic
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:10:47 GMT


UNC vs University of Southwestern Louisiana
Monday, December 28, 1992
Blaisdell Arena
Honolulu, Hawaii


A few quick notes and box for those who won't be able to see it.

USL played a very competitive game, never letting UNC get more than 5
points up until 5 or so minutes into the second half.  The first half
was ugly even listening on the radio.  Lots of missed shots by both
team and too many outside shots by Carolina.  Whenever Woody Durham says,
"Lynch with a 17-footer.." more than once in a half, bad things are
happening.

It appeared that UNC was forces too much from the outside versus the USL
zone in the first half.  Both teams shot below 40% from the field in the
first half and didn't do much better from the free throw line.


Michael Allen, USL's excellent shooting guard, was 2 for 11 (both really
long, though) from 3 point range.  UNC long-range gun Donald Williams
was 0-6 from 3 point land.


USL coach Marty Fletcher attributed the loss to "...a combination of their
physical strength, power, and quickness that wore us down."


USL played a fine game for 30 minutes, then UNC made a run.  An answering
surge by USL was quieted by a 17-4 run by UNC at the end of the game.  USL
is a good team and should make the NCAA's if they win the Sun Belt regular
season title, regardless of what they do in the Sun Belt tournament.


UNC's next game is versus #6 Michigan tonight at 6pm Hawaii time.


Good points:

Phelps - solid defense on Allen helped Allen's poor shooting night and
Derrick stuck 2-3 3pt shots.

Calabria - played about 5 minutes of tough defense on Allen when Phelps
went out for a bit with a scraped shin.

Lynch - recovered from a poor first half to play well.

Montross - 7-10 with a solid second half effort.

Sullivan - played what appeared to be a very solid game.


Bad points:

Poor shot selection.

Poor shot selection.

Bad free throw shooting.


Ugly points:

See the bad points.


Box score:


UNC 80, USL 59

UNC (8-0)

Rodl 4-6 0-3 9, Lynch 8-17 1-2 17, Montross 7-10 3-5 17, Phelps 4-6 0-0 10,
Reese 2-8 0-2 4, Sullivan 4-6 2-2 10, Cherry 0-0 2-2 2, Williams 2-11 3-3 7,
Calabria 1-2 0-0 2, Salvadori 1-6 0-0 2, Stephenson 0-0 0-0 0,
Geth 0-0 0-0 0, Wenstrom 0-0 0-0 0.  Totals 33-72  11-19  80.


USL (5-2)

Starks 7-14 1-2 15, Hill 5-13 0-0 11, Boudreaux 2-4 0-0 4, Allen 7-22 1-2 17,
Mackyeon 3-4 0-1 6, Moore 0-5 0-0 0, Griggs 1-1 0-0 2, Collins 2-4 0-2 4.
Totals 27-67  2-7  59.


Halftime - UNC 31 USL 30.  3-Point Goals - UNC 3-15 (Phelps 2-3, Rodl 1-2,
Sullivan 0-1, Lynch 0-1, Reese 0-2, Williams 0-6), USL 3-14 (Allen 2-11,
Hill 1-2, Moore 0-1).  Rebounds - UNC 44 (Lynch 9)  USL 34 (Hill 9).
Assists - UNC 17 (Phelps 6) USL 9 (Allen 4).  Total fouls - UNC 15,
USL 22.  A - 7,634.


(Thanks to AP for the box and quotes.)



Curtis Hill
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