Nolan Smith scored a career-best 34 points, proving to be unstoppable at times, as No. 5 Duke took an early blow, but regained composure and rallied past the 20th-ranked Tar Heels, 79-73, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
No. 5 Duke Takes Control Of ACC With 79-73 Comeback Win Over No. 20 North Carolina
UNC Vs. Duke: Tar Heels Start Hot, But Nolan Smith And Seth Curry Finish For The Blue Devils
The first half of last night’s Carolina-Duke game couldn’t have gone much better from a Tar Heel’s perspective. Headed into halftime with a 43-29 lead, Roy Williams’ club was getting easy baskets, hitting from the perimeter, and most of all, controlling Duke on the defensive end. But then the second half came, and it all changed.
And it’s all thanks to two guards that almost single-handedly tore apart the Tar Heels. SB Nation’s Duke Basketball Report elaborates on the explosion from Nolan Smith and Seth Curry:
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Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. It’s that stadium next to the rows of tents containing white people painted blue. The building is fantastic at generating fouls, an advantage that makes it one of the toughest college basketball arenas in the nation.
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Just a couple weeks ago, this game didn’t look to be all that big of a deal to anyone outside the Tar Heel State. UNC had just lost its fifth game of the season, a 20-point head-scratcher to Paul Hewitt, while Duke had bounced back from its first loss of the season and started up a streak of ACC blowouts. But Carolina peeled off five consecutive conference wins of its own, and now this game will decide the ACC leader as conference tournament season looms.
For more on the UNC-Duke game visit Carolina March and Duke Basketball Report. Guess which community reps which team!
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