University of North Carolina Athletics
Duke Downs Tar Heels for ACC Title
June 21, 1999 | Men's Basketball
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FINAL
Score: Duke 96, UNC 73 ... Ed Cota finished the game with 11 assists and 1 turnover ... Max Owens led Carolina with 22 points ... Duke has defeated Carolina for the third time this season, the first time UNC has lost to the same team three times in the same year since Duke did it in 1988 ... Duke's 96 points are the most Carolina has ever allowed in an ACC championship game (Duke scored 94 in 1992).
SECOND HALF, 2:16 LEFT
Score: Duke 84, UNC 69 ... Ademola has 13 points and 10 rebounds, his 10th this season and 15th in his career ... Max Owens has 20 points, his second straight 20-point game and second of his career (he had 23 in yesterday's win over Maryland) ... Duke is shooting 29-for-53 (54.7 percent) for the game ... Carolina is shooting 27-of-53 (50.9 percent).
SECOND HALF, 7:36 LEFT
Score: Duke 74, UNC 60 ... Ed Cota has 10 assists today, his 19th career double-figure assist game and fifth this year ... Ademola Okulaja has 13 points and 8 rebounds for UNC.
SECOND HALF, 10:28 LEFT
Score: Duke 65, UNC 56 ... Carolina is on a 11-6 run since the 15:19 mark ... Elton Brand has 20 points for Duke and William Avery has 18 ... Max Owens leads the Tar Heels with 17 followed by Ademola Okulaja's 11 and Kris Lang's 10 ... Ed Cota has 9 assists for the third straight game.
SECOND HALF, 15:19 LEFT
Score: Duke 59, UNC 45 ... Duke went on a 10-0 run to start the half and take a 59-35 lead ... UNC then responded with a 10-0 run of its own to cut the Duke lead to 59-45 ... Max Owens scored Carolina's first 7 points of the second half on a four free throws and a three-pointer ... Owens has 17 points today on the heels of yesterday's career-high 23 points ... Owens is 8-for-8 from the free throw line today and has made 16 straight free throws.
HALFTIME
Score: Duke 49, UNC 35 ... Duke hit 7-of-13 three-pointers in the first half versus Carolina's 1-for-5 ... Ed Cota has 7 assists and is now the ACC Tournament all-time leader in assists with 63 ... the previous leader was Drew Barry with 61 ... Carolina's second-leading scorer on the season, Brendan Haywood, has been held to 2 points on the day on 1-of-3 shooting ... William Avery leads Duke with 13 points while Shane Battier and Elton Brand have 12 each ... Duke shot 18-for-30 (60.0 percent) in the first half.
HALFTIME
Score: Duke 49, UNC 35 ... the 14-point halftime deficit for Carolina is its largest of the season ... the Tar Heels trailed by 9 at the half at home versus Wake Forest ... Duke's 49 points is the most points scored by a Tar Heel opponent in the first half all season ... Kris Lang and Max Owens lead Carolina with 10 points apiece and Ademola Okulaja has 7 ... Ed Cota has 7 assists ... UNC is shooting 15-for-29 (51.7 percent) in the first half ... Duke is out-rebounding Carolina, 16-13, in the first half, including a 5-2 edge in offensive boards.
FIRST HALF, 4:20 LEFT
Score: Dukie 37, UNC 27 ... after Duke led, 27-14, Carolina went on a 11-1 run in 1:51 to cut the lead to 28-25 ... however, the Blue Devils responded with an 8-2 run of their own led by back-to-back buckets by Elton Brand.
FIRST HALF, 11:42 LEFT
Score: Duke 22, UNC 12 ... Duke is on a 16-6 run over the last 4:15 ... Kris Lang and Max Owens lead Carolina with 4 points apiece ... Shane Battier has 9 for Duke ... Jason Capel entered the game at the 15:10 mark.
FIRST HALF, 15:57 LEFT
Score: Duke 11, UNC 8 ... both teams have made 4 field goals ... however, Duke's first 3 were three-pointers by Shane Battier (2) and Corey Maggette ... Max Owens has had a hand in 3 of the Tar Heels' first 4 field goals ... Owens has 4 points and an assist.
PREGAME
Starting Lineups: UNC -- Forward: Ademola Okulaja, Kris Lang; Center: Brendan Haywood; Guard: Max Owens, Ed Cota; Duke -- Forward: Chris Carrawell, Shane Battier; Center: Elton Brand; Guard: Corey Maggete, William Avery.
PREGAME
If freshman Jason Capel cannot play today versus Duke, it would be the latest in a series of injuries to hit the Tar Heels in the ACC Tournament. The most famous would be: 1969 Dick Grubar tore a ligament in his knee in the opening moments of the championship game versus Duke. However, the Tar Heels did win the title, 85-74, behind Charlie Scott's 40 points. In 1977, Carolina defeated Virginia, 75-69, in the championship game although Tommy LaGarde was out with a knee injury and Walter Davis made only a token appearance because of a broken finger suffered in the semifinals. In 1980, Carolina was beaten in the semifinals by Duke, 75-61, but was playing without James Worthy, who'd broken his leg at midseason. In 1993, Carolina was beaten by Georgia Tech in the finals, 77-75, with Derrick Phelps on the sideline. He had been injured in the semifinals against Virginia.
