From: Curt.Hill@launchpad.unc.edu (Curt Hill)
Subject: UNC Blue-White Game
Summary: for jim (who cares) whitehead
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:35:04 GMT


UNC vs UNC
Friday, November 20, 1992, 7:30 pm
Dean E. Smith Center
Chapel Hill, NC


A short summary of the Blue-White game for Carolina.  I don't have the box
score handy, unfortunately, but do remember some of the key stats.  This will
be written in a player-by-player evaluation and a short section on the
highlights of the game.

Blue - Calabria, Montross, Geth, Rodl, Sullivan, Lynch, Cherry
White - Phelps, Williams, Reese, Salvadori, Wenstrom, Davis

Zwikker - ankle injury

(I hope those are right.  It's all from memory.)


George Lynch - played well.  Hit a couple of nice outside shots, missed a
couple with a lot of rim, and rebounded exceptionally well.  Good defense
by George, too.

Henrik Rodl - didn't get a good feel for Henrik's game.  Played some solid
defense and I believe he had a three.  A steadying influence.

Scott Cherry - pretty solid game.  He was the human punching bag, getting
knocked and banged around quite a bit.  Still not much chance of pt for Scott.

Matt Wenstrom - not a bad game.  Missed some shots, but none were too easy.
Got to bang against Montross some.  Should get some backup minutes in the
less competitive games.  Didn't hurt himself.


Derrick Phelps - still shaky from the outside.  One airball, but the rest
of his shots drew iron and weren't that bad.  Excellent defense, especially
on denying the interior pass (at least 4 steals) and denying the drive.  Was
frustrated for much of the night because his big men had trouble converting

Brian Reese - looked a bit out of it due, I hope, to missing a week of
practice with a groin injury.  Nice job on defense, even getting plowed by
Montross a couple of times inside when Brian ended up covering Eric on
a switch.  Had trouble converting drives to the hoop.

Pat Sullivan - looked good.  Played some real nice defense and popped a couple
of outside (~15 feet) shots.  Very nice playing.

Kevin Salvadori - had trouble operating inside much of the time, but did put
a nice move on Montross once.  Altered plenty of shots.  Spent much of his

Eric Montross - 25 pts 11 rebounds.  Nice game.  Hit several left handed hook
shots, a couple from about 8 feet out.  Strong presense on the boards, causing
the white team to try and knock the ball outside for rebounding.


Donald Williams - tried to take over the game sometimes due to the white
team's inability to score.  He did take over for a bit and scored 8 or 9
consecutive points.  Had 21 points on 7-14 shooting.  A couple of nice 3's.

Ed Geth - looks like Sam Perkins, has a body like JR Reid, plays like a
stiff.  Seriously, he was pretty mobile.  Made some dumb fouls and had a
couple of marginal calls go against him.  Could be a solid rebounder. But
not this year.

Larry Davis - tried to score too much and had numerous passes stolen.  Played
like a freshman.  Probably trying too hard.  However, he didn't help his
playing chances any.  Good quickness and he can penetrate defenses.

Dante Calabria - very, very good.  Handles the ball very well, bringing it
up against Phelps without great difficulty.  Shoots well (3-3, 2-2 ft) and
passes well.  OK on defense, but not too quick.  Very heady player.  Really
looks like he'll get some playing time, maybe some at shooting guard or
wing.  Needs to lose the 90210 sideburns.


Highlights and observations:

The blue team played really good defense.

Phelps was very frustrated.


Montross was a one-man wrecking crew, literally.

   o TKO'd Salvadori while trying to stop a drive.  Sal's legs came out from
     under him and he was down for about a couple of minutes.  Just knocked
     his head.

   o With 36 seconds, he almost destroyed Phelps' knee as Phelps ran right
     up against him, hitting his knee laterally.  Phelps walked off with
     either a sprained knee or a bad Charlie Horse (my guess).

   o Crunched Reese on the inside a couple of times.


Eric provided the humor for the evening in an episode with Scott Cherry.
Scott had been plowed over and was laying on his back.  Eric stood over
him, reached under his arms, and picked Scott up like a rag doll.  Scott's
ARMS were noticeably red from my vantage point.

Next most humorous was a look by Reese in the second half.  He stepped up
on Calabria.  Dante went ahead and popped a three over him.  Brian looked
back after Dante shot, saw it go in, and gave the crowd a, "Who IS this kid?"
look.

The best play of the night was a cross-court give-and-go by Phelps and Reese.
Phelps tossed it from the left foulline extended to Reese, who was right
foulline extended.  Reese tossed it back.  There was eyecontact, then
suddenly Reese was pursuing the ball underneath the basket.  Reese grabbed the
ball, stopped, and elevated for a reverse dunk.  I believe Calabria was
schooled on this move.


Overall, it was a sloppy night.  About all I got out of it was:

  o  Montross proved he could score over seven-footers.  His defense is
     somewhat better.  If refs let him play physically, he'll be hard
     to contain.  Eric was very aggressive, both on offense and defense.

  o  Calabria is a player.  Very surprising.  Could be a big help in providing
     rest for Phelps and some outside pop.

  o  Williams is looking like he can start.

  o  Sullivan is improved.

  o  This team could play some suffocating defense.


Carolina plays High Five America Tuesday night in Chapel Hill and the
Australian Nationals (not Canberra, I hope) this Saturday.


Curtis HIll
star3!walt!chill@mcnc.org


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