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]
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