Carolina 80 - Wake Forest 74
February 06, 2001

Brendan Haywood Brendan Haywood
Ram Man's Player of the Game
came up big in the second half.
 
Raleigh _  Show no mercy... take no prisoners... draw blood...  kick ass Heels!  Did you see Forte take Josh Howard out of the game!  Talk about setting the tone.  Matt has the Heels focused and protecting the "Number 1 Target" on their backs.

Hey, can you believe two games out of three?  Curry!  It's been drive in for a lay up, get creamed, then have an 80+% free throw shooter come in.  Last time Owens.  This time Forte...  swish!  Two more points!  Even Matt was laughing.

32-31 with 3:31 left in the first half.  It's a slug fest to say the least.  Sometimes it's called tight.  But mostly it's an in-your-face heated battle.  What a game!

But give the Deacs some credit.  They're playing hard and keep it close at the half, 38-37.

Start of the second half is a flurry.  To close to call, and mostly biting nails.  Then Peppers gets low with a great feed...  up like lightening!  Slam dunk!  Will that get the Heels charged up?  I love the game Peppers brings.  He's getting more and more playing time.  Tonight he fouled out.  But he consistently gives 100%.

It's a tight game down to the last 3 minutes.  Then Carolina flexes their muscle and puts the little boys from the small Baptist school in Winston-Salem away.  I was just thinking how funny it is...  a Baptist school and they are the Demons [Deacons].  Hahaha...  go figure!  Not a rival, but more of a pain in the butt.  And always fun to beat them.

Bottom line?  We're Number One!!!  The beat goes on...  kick ass, take names... Heels rule!  Cause we got Matt, and we are Carolina!

the Ram Man

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No. 1 North Carolina Holds Off No. 19 Wake Forest, 80-74

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