QUINTRELL THOMAS AND KENDALL MARSHALL (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)(Soon-to-be-ranked) UNLV90, #1 NORTH CAROLINA 80 – Despite all the flashy perimeter players, Ol Roy’sNorth Carolina teams are built from the inside out. When the Tar Heels are impatient and rely onjump shooting they aren’t nearly asgood. They were reminded of that lastnight.The Runnin’ Rebels (7-0) outshot and outrebounded the TarHeels (5-1) dominating the second half. Theymade 13 three-pointers to UNC’s four, and they outrebounded the Tar Heels 46-37. UNLV scored 20 points off of offensive rebounds compared to North Carolina's six.North Carolina shot 31% in the second half while going 0-10 to start allowing UNLV to go on a 14 point run. Game overThe Tar Heels also missed 13 freethrows.Chace Stanback led the Runnin’ Rebels with 28 points and 10rebounds. Harrison Barnes had 15 forUNC, while Tyler Zeller was held to just 5 points.CHASE STANBACK (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)“I was surprised that we didn’t rebou...
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PLAYERS:
Quintrell Thomas,
Kendall Marshall,
Chace Stanback,
Harrison Barnes,
Tyler Zeller,
Jeremy Lamb,
Michael Snaer,
Bernard James
TEAMS: North Carolina Tar Heels, UNLV Rebels, Florida State Seminoles, Connecticut Huskies
TEAMS: North Carolina Tar Heels, UNLV Rebels, Florida State Seminoles, Connecticut Huskies
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