With a share of the ACC title on the line and Senior Day in Chapel Hill, the third-ranked Tar Heels welcomed the old nemesis from down the road to close out their regular season.
Heels Beat Duke, 72-62; Clinch Championship Tie
Last Half Rally By Blue Devils Falls Short
By RUSTY HAMMOND
Carolina, led by sparkplug Harvey Salz's 21 points, jumped into a tie with State for the regular season championship of the ACC here yesterday by whipping arch-rival Duke 72-62.
The Tar Heels led by as much as 12 points in the first half, but Duke came charging back and tied the count at one time until Salz took personal charge and engineered the Carolinians back into a commanding lead.
The Carolina victory gave the Heels a 12-2 ACC records for the year, identical to that of N. C. State. A drawing will be held in Raleigh tomorrow morning to determine first place seeding in the conference tournament. The Tar Heels finished the season with an 18-3 overall record.
Dukes loss created another tie as it dropped the Devils to a third-place standoff with Maryland. The two have identical 7-7 league records.
Carolina jumped right into the lead and held it uncontested throughout the first half. They led at 11-5 and built their lead steadily until it was 33-21 at the half.
Doug Moe electrified the crowd in the first half when he hit a driving lay-up and fell heavily to the floor. It appeared that Moe was injured but it was only a bruise and he played all the second half.
The trouble started at the beginning of the second stanza. After Moe's two free throws made it 34-21 Carolina, the Dukes scored 7 straight points to pull within four points. The Carolina lead then shifted from 4-6 points until Jack Boyd's push moved the Devils within 2 at 43-41.
The team exchanged several baskets, than two straight lay-ups by Duke's Carroll Youngkin tied the count at 49-49.
But from that point Harvey Salz took the law into his own hands and guided his mates to a big
spread. The Heels hit eight straight markers, with Salz nailing in six himself. That gave the Tar Heels a commanding 57-49 lead with a little over six minutes left.
Duke staged a brief rally but to no avail as the Tar Heels hung on for the important win.
Dick Kepley, in addition to scoring 14 points, did a beautiful defensive job on Duke's Carroll Youngkin. The Heels collapsed from their man-to-man defense on Youngkin every time he got his hands on the ball.
Captain Danny Lotz who played the last game of his career received two standing ovations from the Tar Heel fans--one when he was introduced and one when he fouled out with 2:24 left in the game.
Doug Moe was second high scorer for the Heels with 18 points.
Duke was led by Youngkin with 18 and Jack Boyd with 15.
DUKE G F P T
Kistler O 1-2 1 1
Hurt 3 2-3 4 8
Youngkin 6 6-12 3 18
Frye 1 4-7 5 6
Boyd 7 1-1 4 15
Watson 0 1-2 1 1
Robertson 1 2-3 3 4
Kast 4 1-3 3 9
Totals 22 18-33 24 62
CAROLINA G F P T
Shaffer 3 0-0 4 6
Moe 6 6-17 4 18
Kepley 5 4-4 3 14
Larese 3 0-3 5 6
Salz 7 7-9 2 21
Lotz 1 2-2 5 4
Stanley 0 3-3 0 3
Crotty 0 0-0 0 0
Totals 25 22-38 23 72
[From The Daily Tar Heel, March 1, 1959]
Friday, February 28, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
57 Since '57-February 26, 1957 -- North Carolina 69-Wake Forest 64
On February 26, 1957, the last team to win a game against the Tar Heels on the hardwood welcomed them to their gym in hopes of ending UNC's undefeated season...and their own frustration. Then lightning struck.
First, we have a preview of the contest, then game reports. We continue our series looking back at the 1957 National Champions, 57 years ago.
How About Deacs, Duke?
'The Pressure's Off' Happy McGuire Claims
By The Associate Press
"The pressure's off," says Coach Frank McGuire of the unbeaten North Carolina basketball team.
Although he has a lot of respect for Wake Forest, host to the nationally top-ranked Tar Heels in an Atlantic Coast Conference game tonight, McGuire says his team already has done what it most wanted to do this season--win the ACC regular season title, and cop more than 18 games. The club has a 22-0 over-all record, 12 wins in the conference.
The team long since has cinched the regular season title--the crown ultimately will go to the school which wins the ACC tournament in Raleigh next week.
The Demon Deacons, who lost 72-69 at Chapel Hill two weeks ago, will be at full strength tonight, protecting a record of nine victories against only one defeat at home. Over-all, Wake Forest is 18-6 and has a 7-5 conference record.
Four Deacon starters will be playing their last home game--guards Jackie Murdock and Ernie Wiggins, center Jim Gilley and forward Jack Williams. Williams has a 16-point per game average to lead the team, while Murdock has 15.1, Wiggins 13.3 and Gilley 13.1. Fillling out the starting squad will be junior Wendell Carr.
North Carolina, on the other hand, has temporarily lost it 6-9 center, Joe Quigg, who became ill with a virus Friday. Coach McGuire said Bob Young, Danny Lotz and Ken Rosemond would be expected to fill the gap.
[from The Wilmington News, February 26, 1957]
Tar Heels Stage Last-Minute Finish to Get Win 23 Over Scrappy Deacons, 69-64
Kearns, Rosy, And Brennan Combine To Assure Carolina Win
By LARRY CHEEK
Special to The Daily Tar Heel
WINSTON-SALEM---Carolina's wonderful Tar Heels staged another miracle finish here last night as they came roaring from behind in the last minute of play to whip the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 69-64. in a pressure-packed ACC thriller played before 8.200 howling fans in Memorial Coliseum.
The win. achieved in the face of almost insurmountable odds, was UNC's 23rd of the season without a loss, and kept them snugly in their place as the nation's number one team.
With one minute to go in the free-swinging donnybrook. Wake Forest led, 64-63. But then with forty six seconds to go, sure-fingered Lennie Rosenbluth was fouled while attempting a shot. Lennie. never calmer, pushed in both free throws to give the Tar Heels a one point margin. 65-64.
Wake put the ball in play, but UNC guard Bob Cunningham stole a pass and flipped to Peter Brennan who was fouled. Brennan sank one to make the score 66-64. Then a few moments later, Cunningham tossed a long pass to Tommy Kearns for an easy snowbird. Fouled on the play, Kearns added the free throw, then the final score read, UNC 69, Wake Forest 64.
Rosenbluth hit 10 of 15 from the floor and 10 of 12 from the line to accumulate 30 points. Brennan followed with 16.
The Tarheels, playing without the services of Joe Quigg, led at the intermission 33-32, but fell behind by eight points midway the second half. With Rosenbluth leading the way, they gradually pulled back into contention, and finally iced the game inn the dying seconds.
Wake Forest's chances for an upset received a severe jolt in the second half when starters Jack Williams and Wendell Carr fouled out. Carr went out with 9:29 left, while Williams bowed out with 9:38 remaining.
Carolina, also guilty of bad passes in the game's early moments, hit 19 of 38 shots from the floor for 50 per cent accuracy. The Deacons had 22 for 47.
[From The Daily Tar Heel, February 27, 1957]
These Victories Come With Perspiration
By BILL KING
Special To The Daily Tar Heel
WINSTON-SALEM, February 26, 1957
Different dressing room, same scene. Frank McGuire stood outside the Carolina dressing room last night wiping the perspiration from his face. His Tar Heels had chalked up number 23, but what a time they had doing it. "You know," McGuire said, "I was kissing that one goodbye for a while there."
The Tar Heels 69-64 win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons was probably the sweetest of the season, although McGuire wouldn't admit it. As for being up for the Deacs, "we like to play Wake Forest, but we weren't especially up for it. They're all tough now," McGuire stated.
"If you think we weren't tense," said the Tar Heel mentor, "you should have seen the expression of the stands. That's really great for basketball when you can get entertainment like that for two bucks."
McGuire readily agreed that the loss of center Joe Quigg was a tremendous blow, but "the others (Rosemond, Young and Lotz) played a fine game. Our bench depth is pitiful," he continued. "Why we couldnn't scrimmage last night because we only had nine men." Asked about Quigg's condition, McGuire said that he was still pretty sick and "it's doubtful that he will play in the Duke game Friday."
The smiling freshman called Bob Cunningham, the unsung hero of our ball club, Bob has been play some great ball for us," he stated.
As for tension this is bound to grip a team that has won 23 straight, McGuire said, " the worst part is the waiting; I wish that we could play Duke tomorrow afternoon."
[From The Daily Tar Heel, February 27, 1957]
They Came Close
Deacons Again Lose To Carolina In Thriller
Ask the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Like the two-dollar horse player who hopes to make a killing, it's sort of an obsession. He'd like to keep trying it from now to doomsday, but it keeps licking him.
In the Deacons' case, it's the Tar Heels who furnish the frustration. Three time this season now Wake Forest has come oh, so close to beating the nation's No. 1 basketball team, only to lose to is Atlantic Coast Conference rival by margins of 8, 3, and 5 points.
Last night, on their home court, the Deacons held a 64-63 lead over their chief rivals with 46 seconds left. Then -- something like the New York baseball Yankees and their seventh-inning lightning -- the Tar Heels struck to put it away. Lennie Rosenbluth hit on two free throws, Pete Brennan added a free throw and a field goal and Tommy Kearns a free throw. It was all over for Wake Forest.
For North Carolina, which salted away its 23rd win against no losses, Rosenbluth again was the big gun with 30 points. Brennan had 16 and Tommy Kearns 15. UNC meets Duke at Durham on Friday night, the remaining obstacle to an undefeated regular season for the Tar Heels.
Wake Forest was left with a 7-6 ACC record -- which dropped the Deacons to fourth place behind Duke -- and 18-7 over-all mark, and a consuming desire to get at North Carolina just once more in the ACC tourney at Raleigh next week.
Jackie Murdock topped Wake Forest with 15 points, while Ernie Wiggins and Jack Williams had 14 each.
[From Lexington Dispatch, Febraury 27, 1957.]
First, we have a preview of the contest, then game reports. We continue our series looking back at the 1957 National Champions, 57 years ago.
How About Deacs, Duke?
'The Pressure's Off' Happy McGuire Claims
By The Associate Press
"The pressure's off," says Coach Frank McGuire of the unbeaten North Carolina basketball team.
Although he has a lot of respect for Wake Forest, host to the nationally top-ranked Tar Heels in an Atlantic Coast Conference game tonight, McGuire says his team already has done what it most wanted to do this season--win the ACC regular season title, and cop more than 18 games. The club has a 22-0 over-all record, 12 wins in the conference.
The team long since has cinched the regular season title--the crown ultimately will go to the school which wins the ACC tournament in Raleigh next week.
The Demon Deacons, who lost 72-69 at Chapel Hill two weeks ago, will be at full strength tonight, protecting a record of nine victories against only one defeat at home. Over-all, Wake Forest is 18-6 and has a 7-5 conference record.
Four Deacon starters will be playing their last home game--guards Jackie Murdock and Ernie Wiggins, center Jim Gilley and forward Jack Williams. Williams has a 16-point per game average to lead the team, while Murdock has 15.1, Wiggins 13.3 and Gilley 13.1. Fillling out the starting squad will be junior Wendell Carr.
North Carolina, on the other hand, has temporarily lost it 6-9 center, Joe Quigg, who became ill with a virus Friday. Coach McGuire said Bob Young, Danny Lotz and Ken Rosemond would be expected to fill the gap.
[from The Wilmington News, February 26, 1957]
Tar Heels Stage Last-Minute Finish to Get Win 23 Over Scrappy Deacons, 69-64
Kearns, Rosy, And Brennan Combine To Assure Carolina Win
By LARRY CHEEK
Special to The Daily Tar Heel
WINSTON-SALEM---Carolina's wonderful Tar Heels staged another miracle finish here last night as they came roaring from behind in the last minute of play to whip the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 69-64. in a pressure-packed ACC thriller played before 8.200 howling fans in Memorial Coliseum.
The win. achieved in the face of almost insurmountable odds, was UNC's 23rd of the season without a loss, and kept them snugly in their place as the nation's number one team.
With one minute to go in the free-swinging donnybrook. Wake Forest led, 64-63. But then with forty six seconds to go, sure-fingered Lennie Rosenbluth was fouled while attempting a shot. Lennie. never calmer, pushed in both free throws to give the Tar Heels a one point margin. 65-64.
Wake put the ball in play, but UNC guard Bob Cunningham stole a pass and flipped to Peter Brennan who was fouled. Brennan sank one to make the score 66-64. Then a few moments later, Cunningham tossed a long pass to Tommy Kearns for an easy snowbird. Fouled on the play, Kearns added the free throw, then the final score read, UNC 69, Wake Forest 64.
Rosenbluth hit 10 of 15 from the floor and 10 of 12 from the line to accumulate 30 points. Brennan followed with 16.
The Tarheels, playing without the services of Joe Quigg, led at the intermission 33-32, but fell behind by eight points midway the second half. With Rosenbluth leading the way, they gradually pulled back into contention, and finally iced the game inn the dying seconds.
Wake Forest's chances for an upset received a severe jolt in the second half when starters Jack Williams and Wendell Carr fouled out. Carr went out with 9:29 left, while Williams bowed out with 9:38 remaining.
Carolina, also guilty of bad passes in the game's early moments, hit 19 of 38 shots from the floor for 50 per cent accuracy. The Deacons had 22 for 47.
[From The Daily Tar Heel, February 27, 1957]
These Victories Come With Perspiration
By BILL KING
Special To The Daily Tar Heel
WINSTON-SALEM, February 26, 1957
Different dressing room, same scene. Frank McGuire stood outside the Carolina dressing room last night wiping the perspiration from his face. His Tar Heels had chalked up number 23, but what a time they had doing it. "You know," McGuire said, "I was kissing that one goodbye for a while there."
The Tar Heels 69-64 win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons was probably the sweetest of the season, although McGuire wouldn't admit it. As for being up for the Deacs, "we like to play Wake Forest, but we weren't especially up for it. They're all tough now," McGuire stated.
"If you think we weren't tense," said the Tar Heel mentor, "you should have seen the expression of the stands. That's really great for basketball when you can get entertainment like that for two bucks."
McGuire readily agreed that the loss of center Joe Quigg was a tremendous blow, but "the others (Rosemond, Young and Lotz) played a fine game. Our bench depth is pitiful," he continued. "Why we couldnn't scrimmage last night because we only had nine men." Asked about Quigg's condition, McGuire said that he was still pretty sick and "it's doubtful that he will play in the Duke game Friday."
The smiling freshman called Bob Cunningham, the unsung hero of our ball club, Bob has been play some great ball for us," he stated.
As for tension this is bound to grip a team that has won 23 straight, McGuire said, " the worst part is the waiting; I wish that we could play Duke tomorrow afternoon."
[From The Daily Tar Heel, February 27, 1957]
They Came Close
Deacons Again Lose To Carolina In Thriller
Ask the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Like the two-dollar horse player who hopes to make a killing, it's sort of an obsession. He'd like to keep trying it from now to doomsday, but it keeps licking him.
In the Deacons' case, it's the Tar Heels who furnish the frustration. Three time this season now Wake Forest has come oh, so close to beating the nation's No. 1 basketball team, only to lose to is Atlantic Coast Conference rival by margins of 8, 3, and 5 points.
Last night, on their home court, the Deacons held a 64-63 lead over their chief rivals with 46 seconds left. Then -- something like the New York baseball Yankees and their seventh-inning lightning -- the Tar Heels struck to put it away. Lennie Rosenbluth hit on two free throws, Pete Brennan added a free throw and a field goal and Tommy Kearns a free throw. It was all over for Wake Forest.
For North Carolina, which salted away its 23rd win against no losses, Rosenbluth again was the big gun with 30 points. Brennan had 16 and Tommy Kearns 15. UNC meets Duke at Durham on Friday night, the remaining obstacle to an undefeated regular season for the Tar Heels.
Wake Forest was left with a 7-6 ACC record -- which dropped the Deacons to fourth place behind Duke -- and 18-7 over-all mark, and a consuming desire to get at North Carolina just once more in the ACC tourney at Raleigh next week.
Jackie Murdock topped Wake Forest with 15 points, while Ernie Wiggins and Jack Williams had 14 each.
[From Lexington Dispatch, Febraury 27, 1957.]
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
39 Years Ago Today-February 25, 1975 -- North Carolina 76-NC State 74
With the Tar Heels set to take on Wolfpack tomorrow night, we have been looking back on some of the great games these teams played in years past. When it really was a rivalry, a Carolina-State game always had meaning in the ACC race...and for bragging rights. Back in 1975, the Pack were reigning National Champs and were looking to make another deep run in the NCAA Tournament and the Heels were looking to recapture the conference crown. Enjoy this look back and see how the Heels were a real thorn in the side of the eventual ACC tournament champions and how the foundation for the next few years is already laid.
Wolfpack Beaten Out of Title Race
From Press Dispatches
North Carolina State's Wolfpack, the defending National Collegiate Athletic Association champion, faltered again Tuesday night, and was eliminated from the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball race by North Carolina, 76-74, at Chapel Hill, N. C.
North Carolina, 13th and 14th ranked in the national polls, led 50-41 at the half and dominated the game until the final minutes when North Carolina State rallied behind David Thompson, who scored 32 points in the game.
Thompson made a shot with 27 seconds left that cut the Tar Heels' lead to 75-74, but then Mickey Bell made the first of two foul shots with nine seconds left to end the scoring. Tim Stoddard's last second shot for North Carolina State rimmed the basket but did not fall, and the Wolfpack, ranked sixth and seventh, slipped to a 19-6 record. North Carolina has a 17-7 record.
The victory was the first for North Carolina in its last 10 games against North Carolina State, and it was also the first time in three years that the Wolfpack had suffered consecutive defeats.
The Wolfpack's demise means that the ACC title will now go to the winner of Wednesday night's game between Clemson and Maryland at College Park, Md. And should the Wolfpack fall in the ACC tournament, which determines the NCAA representative, their record might not be good enough for an at large berth.
Wolfpack Beaten Out of Title Race
From Press Dispatches
North Carolina State's Wolfpack, the defending National Collegiate Athletic Association champion, faltered again Tuesday night, and was eliminated from the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball race by North Carolina, 76-74, at Chapel Hill, N. C.
North Carolina, 13th and 14th ranked in the national polls, led 50-41 at the half and dominated the game until the final minutes when North Carolina State rallied behind David Thompson, who scored 32 points in the game.
Thompson made a shot with 27 seconds left that cut the Tar Heels' lead to 75-74, but then Mickey Bell made the first of two foul shots with nine seconds left to end the scoring. Tim Stoddard's last second shot for North Carolina State rimmed the basket but did not fall, and the Wolfpack, ranked sixth and seventh, slipped to a 19-6 record. North Carolina has a 17-7 record.
The victory was the first for North Carolina in its last 10 games against North Carolina State, and it was also the first time in three years that the Wolfpack had suffered consecutive defeats.
The Wolfpack's demise means that the ACC title will now go to the winner of Wednesday night's game between Clemson and Maryland at College Park, Md. And should the Wolfpack fall in the ACC tournament, which determines the NCAA representative, their record might not be good enough for an at large berth.
Monday, February 24, 2014
38 Years Ago Today-February 24, 1976 -- North Carolina 91-NC State79
On February 24, 1976, with a win over the No. 18 Wolfpack, the third ranked Tar Heels clinched the ACC regular season title and a first round bye for the ACC tournament after 3 years of second place finishes...and Phil Ford running the Four Corners helped secure the victory.
Tar Heels Corner ACC Title
From Wire Reports
The patented North Carolina "four corners offense" is becoming as symbolic of basketball success as Red Auerbach's victory cigars.
The third-ranked Tar Heels went to the corners again Tuesday night and, like Auerbach's famous cigar-lighting routine with the championship Boston Celtics teams of the 1960s, that spelled impending defeat for 18th ranked North Carolina State. Behind Phil Ford's 26 points, North Carolina put away State 91-79 and in doing so, clinched the regular season Atlantic Coast Conference crown and a first round bye for the ACC tournament.
However, it was the ease in which the Tar Heels won on the Wolfpack's home court plus the surprising speed (12:42 left to go leading 63-56) with which they went into the four courners that led observers to feel Coach Dean Smith's club is indeed a notch above everyone else in the unusually balanced ACC.
"It's the earliest I can remember we went to the four corners this year," said Smith, "but I can't remember (Mitch) Kupchak and (Tommy) LaGarde with four fouls that early either." (Kupchak got his fourth foul with 15:37 left, LaGarde 13:29). That put the onus on Ford to dribble the time away as his teammates spread out in a box formation. State was forced to foul the 6-foot-2 sophomore and Ford was unerring in his foul shots despite the hoots and jeers of 12,400 fans.He hit on all 16 free throw attempts.
Walter Davis added 20 points while LaGarde and Kupchak contributed 17 each for the Tar Heels, now 23-2 and 10-1 in the ACC, while State's Kenny Carr was the game's high scorer, hitting 33 points for the 18th ranked Wolfpack, now 7-4 in the ACC and 19-6 overall. North Carolina State coach Norman Sloan told sportswriters that Carr should be named the ACC's player of the year.
"He is the best basketball player in the league," said Sloan. "He has done more for his team than any other player."
Characteristically, Smith praised N.C. State but left no question he felt his own team has greatly developed since early season too.
The Wolfpack beat North Carolina 68-67 in the teams' first meeting this season at Chapel Hill. "N.C. State has improved since we played them in Chapel Hill," he said, "but I think we've improved too. We're in better shape defensively." The regular season title, Smith said, was an "honor," but "the tournament is still our real goal, though. We want to win the tournament."
Sloan was called for two technicals early in the game, the first after leaping to his feet and shouting at a Wolfpack foul and the second when he argued about the call with the referee.
He said he didn't understand why the reason for the calls. "I just jumped up and reacted....The guy has to be looking to call one on you."
NORTH CAROLINA (91)
Ford 5 16-16 26, Kuester 3 4-5 10, Kupchak 6 5-6 17, Davis 7 6-9 20, LaGarde 6 5-8 17, Buckley 0 1-2 1, Zaliagiris 0 0-0 0, Chambers 0 0-0 0, Hanners 0 0-0 0, Coley 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 37-46 91.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE (79)
Green 6 2-3 14, Davis 1 0-0 2, Sudhop 2 3-6 7, Spence 3 3-3 9, Carr 15 3-5 33, Walker 1 0-0 2, Ewing 1 0-0 2, Adell 4 0-0 8, Jackson 1 0-0 2. Totals 34 11-17 79
Sunday, February 23, 2014
37 Years Ago Today-February 23, 1977 -- North Carolina 90-NC State 73
As the ACC race was coming down to the wire, the Tar Heels took on their neighbors from nearby Raleigh, extended their winning streak to seven games, and look to make a final push for the regular season championship.
Carolina Blasts Wolfpack
United Press International
CHAPEL HILL --- Eighth-ranked North Carolina, paced by Phil Ford's 24 points, downed North Carolina State 90-73 Wednesday in an Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game.
The Tar Heels, who shot 62 per cent against North Carolina State must defeat Duke Saturday in Durham to gain at least a share of the regular season ACC crown with Wake Forest.
Walter Davis and Mike O'Koren scored 14 each and Tom Zaliagiris added 10 as North Carolina improved its ACC record to 8-3 and overall mark to 20-4.
North Carolina State, now 5-6 in the league and 15-10 overall, was led by Kenny Carr with 18, Tony Warren with 16 and Clyde Austin and Charles "Hawkeye" Whitney with 10 apiece.
North Carolina led the game by as many as 30 points, 84-54, with 6:38 remaining in the game.
The two teams played evenly for the first 12 minutes of the game, but the score was tied up 23-23 with 8:25 remaining before the half. The Tar Heels, paced by Ford, then outscored the Wolfpack 23-9 in the remaining eight minutes. By intermission, the Tar Heels were ahead 12 points, 46-34.
In the second half, the Wolfpack could pull no closer than 10 points, 52-42, with 15:53 left in the game. For the next nine minutes, North Carolina outscored North Carolina State 32-12 to gain a 30 point advantage.
The Wolfpack was able to cut the lead to the final margin when North Carolina coach Dean Smith used his substitutes freely in the last six minutes.
North Carolina outrebounded North Carolina State 37-28 with Walter Davis pulling down 12 for the Tar Heels. Warren grabbed 11 for the Wolfpack.
North Carolina State hit only 45 per cent of their shots from the floor.
State will finish the regular-season Saturday night against Wake Forest in Raleigh. The loss was the second straight for the Wolfpack in ACC play and the first time the team has lost by such a large margin all year.
State had beaten the Tar Heels in the first regular-season meeting in Raleigh. Carolina had beaten State in Greensboro in the opening game of the year in the Big Four Tournament.
North Carolina State (73)
Warren 6 4-5 16 Whitney 5 0-0 10 Carr 8 2-2 18 B Walker 1 0-0 2 Austin 5 0-0 10 Green 0 0-0 0 S Walker 1 0-0 2 Sudhop 3 0-1 6 C Davis 4 1-2 9 Ewing 0 0-0 0 Totals 33 7-10 73
North Carolina (90)
W Davis 5 4-4 14 Coley 0 0-0 0 Buckley 1 1-2 3 Kuester 4 0-0 8 Ford 8 8-8 24 O'Koren 5 4-4 14 Yonakor 2 1-2 5 Zaliagiris 5 0-0 10 Wolf 2 4-6 8 Bradley 0 0-1 0 Daughton 0 0-1 0 Virgil 1 0-0 2 Wiel 1 0-2 2 Totals 34 22-30 90
Halftime - North Carolina 46 North Carolina State 34 Fouled Out - none Technical Fouls - Carr Total Fouls - North Carolina State 25 North Carolina 16 A - 10 000
Carolina Blasts Wolfpack
United Press International
CHAPEL HILL --- Eighth-ranked North Carolina, paced by Phil Ford's 24 points, downed North Carolina State 90-73 Wednesday in an Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game.
The Tar Heels, who shot 62 per cent against North Carolina State must defeat Duke Saturday in Durham to gain at least a share of the regular season ACC crown with Wake Forest.
Walter Davis and Mike O'Koren scored 14 each and Tom Zaliagiris added 10 as North Carolina improved its ACC record to 8-3 and overall mark to 20-4.
North Carolina State, now 5-6 in the league and 15-10 overall, was led by Kenny Carr with 18, Tony Warren with 16 and Clyde Austin and Charles "Hawkeye" Whitney with 10 apiece.
North Carolina led the game by as many as 30 points, 84-54, with 6:38 remaining in the game.
The two teams played evenly for the first 12 minutes of the game, but the score was tied up 23-23 with 8:25 remaining before the half. The Tar Heels, paced by Ford, then outscored the Wolfpack 23-9 in the remaining eight minutes. By intermission, the Tar Heels were ahead 12 points, 46-34.
In the second half, the Wolfpack could pull no closer than 10 points, 52-42, with 15:53 left in the game. For the next nine minutes, North Carolina outscored North Carolina State 32-12 to gain a 30 point advantage.
The Wolfpack was able to cut the lead to the final margin when North Carolina coach Dean Smith used his substitutes freely in the last six minutes.
North Carolina outrebounded North Carolina State 37-28 with Walter Davis pulling down 12 for the Tar Heels. Warren grabbed 11 for the Wolfpack.
North Carolina State hit only 45 per cent of their shots from the floor.
State will finish the regular-season Saturday night against Wake Forest in Raleigh. The loss was the second straight for the Wolfpack in ACC play and the first time the team has lost by such a large margin all year.
State had beaten the Tar Heels in the first regular-season meeting in Raleigh. Carolina had beaten State in Greensboro in the opening game of the year in the Big Four Tournament.
North Carolina State (73)
Warren 6 4-5 16 Whitney 5 0-0 10 Carr 8 2-2 18 B Walker 1 0-0 2 Austin 5 0-0 10 Green 0 0-0 0 S Walker 1 0-0 2 Sudhop 3 0-1 6 C Davis 4 1-2 9 Ewing 0 0-0 0 Totals 33 7-10 73
North Carolina (90)
W Davis 5 4-4 14 Coley 0 0-0 0 Buckley 1 1-2 3 Kuester 4 0-0 8 Ford 8 8-8 24 O'Koren 5 4-4 14 Yonakor 2 1-2 5 Zaliagiris 5 0-0 10 Wolf 2 4-6 8 Bradley 0 0-1 0 Daughton 0 0-1 0 Virgil 1 0-0 2 Wiel 1 0-2 2 Totals 34 22-30 90
Halftime - North Carolina 46 North Carolina State 34 Fouled Out - none Technical Fouls - Carr Total Fouls - North Carolina State 25 North Carolina 16 A - 10 000
Saturday, February 22, 2014
57 Since '57-February 22, 1957 -- North Carolina 75-South Carolina 62
On February 22, 1957, the nation’s number 1 team welcomed the nation’s number 1 scorer...and the nation’s number 1 team said good-bye to its number 1 player. We begin a series looking back at the 1957 National Champions, 57 years ago.
South Carolina Invades Tar Heel Court Tonight
By The Associated Press
South Carolina, led by Grady Wallace, the nation's No. 1 scorer, invades North Carolina tonight eager to hand the nation's No. 1 basketball team its first defeat of the season.
Wallace, whose graceful hook shot has pushed him to the top of the nation's scorers with a 30.4 average, almost led his mates to victory when South Carolina played host to the Tar Heels in Columbia Dec. 15.
The ace forward bagged 35 points in the one to 18 for North Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth. The game went to North Carolina 90-86 in overtime and Tar Heel Coach Frank McGuire said later he thought South Carolina should have won.
Rosenbluth No. 8 in the national scoring race at 26.5, and his teammates will be gunning for their 21st straight win of the season and their 12th straight in the Atlantic Coast Conference before a sellout crowd of the more than 5,500.
The Tar Heels already have clinched the top seeded place in the annual ACC tournament beginning March 7. The tournament decides the official conference champion.
The North Carolina-South Carolina affair is the only game involving ACC teams tonight. The Tar Heels still have a long row to hoe to finish the regular season undefeated with games against Wake Forest and Duke scheduled next week.
South Carolina, led by Grady Wallace, the nation's No. 1 scorer, invades North Carolina tonight eager to hand the nation's No. 1 basketball team its first defeat of the season.
Wallace, whose graceful hook shot has pushed him to the top of the nation's scorers with a 30.4 average, almost led his mates to victory when South Carolina played host to the Tar Heels in Columbia Dec. 15.
The ace forward bagged 35 points in the one to 18 for North Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth. The game went to North Carolina 90-86 in overtime and Tar Heel Coach Frank McGuire said later he thought South Carolina should have won.
Rosenbluth No. 8 in the national scoring race at 26.5, and his teammates will be gunning for their 21st straight win of the season and their 12th straight in the Atlantic Coast Conference before a sellout crowd of the more than 5,500.
The Tar Heels already have clinched the top seeded place in the annual ACC tournament beginning March 7. The tournament decides the official conference champion.
The North Carolina-South Carolina affair is the only game involving ACC teams tonight. The Tar Heels still have a long row to hoe to finish the regular season undefeated with games against Wake Forest and Duke scheduled next week.
(from The Lexington Dispatch, February 22, 1957, page 8)
(from The Daily Tar Heel, February 22, 1957, page 1)
Nation’s Top Cage Scorer Facing UNC
By UNITED PRESS
It’s Grady Wallace, the nation’s No. 1 scorer, against North Carolina, the nation’s No. 1 team, tonight.
This dramatic basketball duel was set up Thursday night when Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain of Kansas failed to oust Wallace of South Carolina from the scoring lead--and also failed to keep Kansas from a 56-54 upset at the hands of the Oklahoma Aggies.
The seven-foot Chamberlain had racked up 32 points in the clash at Stillwater, Oklahoma, but the Aggies beat the nation’s No. 2 team of a 20-foot shot by Mel Wright with only two seconds remaining. It was only the second loss for Kansas in 18 games.
Chamberlain improved his scoring average slightly up to 29.16 points per game, moving from 5th place to fourth but falling far short of the 56 points he needed to overtake Wallace.
So Wallace goes into tonight’s fray with a 30.41 average, followed by Joe Gibbon of Mississippi at 29.38, Chet Forte of Columbia at 29.26, Chamberlain, and then Elgin Baylor of Seattle at 29.13. Gibbon is the only other contender playing tonight, going against Tulane.
(from The Hendersonville Times-News, February 22, 1957, page 8)
Wallace Held to 11 As UNC Bounces Gamecocks 75 to 62
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Feb 22 (AP) -- First ranked North Carolina rang up its 22nd victory tonight by defeating South Carolina, 75-62, in an Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game.
Tar Heel forward Pete Brennan tossed in 26 points to take scoring honors away from aces Lennie Rosenbluth of North Carolina and Gamecock forward Grady Wallace, the nation’s top pointmaker. Rosenbluth collected 23 while Wallace was held to 11.
Guard Cookie Pericola headed a Gamecock offense late in the first half which put the visitors out in front at halftime, 37-35.
Rosenbluth, the nation’s eighth-ranked scorer, hit a torrid streak which pulled the Tar Heels away from a 47-47 tie early in the second half.
A crowd of 6,000, the season’s largest for Woolen Gym, watched Coach Frank McGuire’s unbeaten team in it’s last home game of the season.
Guard Bob Cunningham paced a tight North Carolina defense with a shadow job in Wallace, the Gamecocks big gun. Wallace failed to bucket a goal until 11:58 of the game had elapsed, and the Tar Heels were out in front 26-20.
The Tar Heels played the entire first half without the services of Joe Quigg, sidelined with a virus ailment. He did see action in the second half, replacing Cunningham who had collected his fourth foul.
BOX SCORE
SOUTH CAROLINA G F P T
Wallace, f 3 5-9 4 11
Hoffman, f 5 3-4 5 13
Anderson, f 1 0-0 0 2
Lentz, c 2 5-5 5 9
Pericola, g 8 3-4 1 19
McCoy, g 3 2-4 4 8
Totals 22 18-26 19 62
NORTH CAROLINA G F P T
Rosenbluth, f 7 9-12 0 23
Brennan, f 8 10-12 4 26
Lotz, f 0 0-0 3 0
Quigg, c 2 0-4 3 4
Young, c 0 1-2 1 1
Kearns, g 5 0-0 1 10
Cunningham, g 4 3-4 5 11
Rosenmond, g 0 0-0 0 0
Totals 26 23-34 17 75
South Carolina 37 23 -62
North Carolina 35 40 -75
(from Charleston News and Courier, February 23, 1957, page 2B)
Tar Heel Cagers Come From Behind In 2nd Half To Whip South Carolina, 75-62; Wallace Is Held To 11 Points
Brennan and Rosy Lead 2nd Half Surge
By LARRY CHEEK
South Carolina's battling Gamecocks stunned top ranked and unbeaten North Carolina with a blistering first half attack here last night, but slacked off in the second to allow the Tar Heels to pick up their 22nd win of the season, 75- 62.
The Gamecocks led at halftime, 37-35, and stretched this advantage to 41-35 moments after the second half started. Then the Tar Heels came off the ropes, and sparked by the shooting of Lennie Rosenbluth and Pete Brennan, went on to take a 13 point decision.
It was a bitter dogfight until Rosenbluth and Brennan iced the game halfway through the second period. Carolina held a 9 point lead at one time in the first half, but lost it with a little over 2 minutes to go. They regained the advantage in the second stanza, and safely salted away number 22.. An overflow crowd of 6,000 in Woollen Gym watched UNC guard Bab Cunningham put the clamps on Gamecock star Grady Wallace, the nation's number one scorer. Wallace, averaging 30.6 going into last night's game, could score but 11 points on 3 field goals and 5 free throws as he failed to shake loose from the bulldogging of Cunningham.
Lennie Rosenbluth. playing his last game before the home folks, turned in a tremendous performance, and decisively won his personal scoring duel with Wallace. Rosenbluth hit 23 points, but even more important, he cleared the board with 16 rebounds.
Pete Brennan hit 8 out of 12 shots from the floor and 10 of 12 from the foul line to take high scoring honors with 26. Cunningham had 11 and Tommy Kearns 12.
The fifth man in Carolina's flaming five, center Joe Quigg, sat out the entire first half because of a virus infection, but came off the bench with five minutes gone in the second period when the score was knotted at 43 all. While in the lineup he scored 4 points and picked off 6 rebounds.
South Carolina, sparked by the hot shooting of sophomore guard Cookie Pericola. canned 14 of 31 field goals in the first half for a 45.2 per centage. Carolina could do no better than 30 per cent.
The tall Tar Heels, even with Quigg out of the lineup for most of the game, completely dominated
the backboards. They got 54 while the scrappy Gamecocks could get but 37.
Carolina employed a zone defense with Cunningham playing Wallace man-for-man. The system worked
effectively in containing Wallace, who scored his first field goal with 8:02 remaining in the 1st half, but Pericola caused the Tar Heels no end of trouble. The classy sophomore hit 15 points in the first half, but luckily cooled off after intermission.
South Carolina had a percentage of 37.3 from the floor for the entire game while UNC hit 36.6, a considerable decrease from their 50 per cent mark against State Tuesday night.
The Tar Heels try their luck against Wake Forest at Winston-Salem Tuesday night, and visit Duke gym for their final game next Friday night.
USC G F P T
Wallace, f 3 5-9 4 11
Hoffman, f 5 3-4 5 13
Anderson, f 1 0-0 0 2
Lentz, c 2 5-5 5 9
Pericola, g 8 3-4 1 19
McCoy, g 3 2-4 4 8
Totals 22 18-26 19 62
UNC G F P T
Rosenbluth, f 7 9-12 0 23
Brennan, f 8 10-12 4 26
Lotz, f 0 0-0 3 0
Quigg, c 2 0-4 3 4
Young, c 0 1-2 1 1
Kearns, g 5 0-0 1 10
Cunningham, g 4 3-4 5 11
Rosenmond, g 0 0-0 0 0
Totals 26 23-34 17 75
South Carolina 37---23-----62
North Carolina 35---40-----75
(from The Daily Tar Heel, February 22, 1957, page 1)
GALA EVENT IN WOOLEN LAST NIGHT
by BILL KING
The nation's number one basketball team, a great big Cadillac, I and a fellow named Rosenbluth made Carolina students forget the books for a while last night as they completely overflowed Woollen Gym for a gala event that was comparable to the Mardi Gras I here last weekend, and everybody went away happy.
The tremendous throng, which started matriculating into Woollen as early as 5 o'clock, watched the powerful Tar Heels rack up their 22nd straight victory, but the win. believe it or not. was more or less a sidelight.
Lennie Rosenbluth, probably the greatest basketball player in Carolina history, was making his final appearance in Woollen Gym and the fans had come out to accord him the appreciation he so richly deserved. And that wasn't all; not by a long shot. The coach of the Tar Heels, Frank McGuire by
name, had not been forgotten for his great efforts with the Tar Heels, nor was his coaching staff.
Following the usual crowd-pleasing entrance of the Tar Heels to the tune of "Sweet Georgia Brown," and the pre-game warm-ups. Rosenbluth was introduced to the crowd—that stated a deaf000ening roar which lasted well over three minutes. Then, student body president Bob Young presented Rosy with an inscribed trophy, a token of appreciation for the great contribution that he had made to Carolina. Big Len, who would much rather play basketball than stand out in the middle of the court while thousands of fans cheer, nevertheless got through the ceremonies in good shape.
After a few anxious moments early in the second half, the fans were able to sit back and relax as the Tar Heels roared through the Gamecocks.
Then came the climax of what was probably the biggest athletic extravaganza at Carolina since the Choo Choo Justice era.
With associate justice of the supreme court Higgins acting as emcee, freshman coach Vince Grimaldi and Assistant coach Buck Freeman were awarded gifts for their work with the Tar Heels.
Then, Justice Higgins called McGuire to the front, and with his lovely wife and two daughters at his side, the popular Tar Heel mentor accepted the key to a blue and white Cadillac which was parked outside the gym.
Beaming from ear to ear, the smiling Irishman thanked everyone for the "tremendous honor." "I've always watched people receive those big prizes on television," he joked, "but I never figured it would happen to a basketball coach.”
(from The Daily Tar Heel, February 22, 1957, page 1, 3)
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