ACC Roundup – UNC Falls, Virginia Prevails

In Friday’s ACC Action, Virginia nipped Maryland, 87-83, Georgia beat UNC in the Dean Dome, 78-70, Clemson lost to Georgetown, 85-78, Pitt took Butler at Hinkle, 76-64, Miami trounced North Alabama, 94-52, Virginia Tech left Mount St. Mary’s in the dust, 82-62, Florida State crushed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 84-60, NC State salted Troy, 81-62, UNLV handled Stanford, 76-68, and SMU stayed undefeated with a 90-65 win over Ball State.

Maryland really played quite well in the first half, but Virginia rallied in the second, shooting 76.9 percent after the break, and outscoring Maryland, 51-36.

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Buzz Williams is not loved by Maryland fans, at least so far, and to make matters worse, he’s now 0-10 vs. ranked teams since arriving in College Park.

Williams summed it up succinctly: “We did not have the physical, mental, emotional stamina, endurance from start to finish that’s required.”

Virginia has now won 10 of its last 11 games against Maryland, going back to 2010-11.

UNC didn’t fare much better.

The Tar Heels shot just 29 percent in the first half, tying its third-lowest field-goal percentage in a half in Smith Center history.

After being down 38-31 at the half, UNC opened the second with a 29-13 run, then hit a 4 1/2 minute drought.

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After the game, UNC coach Michael Malone noted that Georgia’s Blue Cain (6-5), and Marcus Millender (6-1) both outrebounded UNC’s 7-1 Sayon Keita. He pointed out that UNC’s habits are not good right now, including not boxing out, “comical” turnovers, and not tracking Georgia’s shooters. It was just a poor performance all around.

Georgetown went on an 18-0 run in the first half behind the play of 7-1 Vince Iwuchukwu.

Clemson caught up in the second half and went up 66-64 with 6:23 left to play, but the Tigers couldn’t get over the hump. Ace Buckner had 20 points, and Cole Certa finished with 14.

Clemson showed a lot of heart, but unfortunately, it wasn’t enough.

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