University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Top Terps, 86-79
June 21, 1999 | Men's Basketball
March 6, 1999
FINAL
Score: UNC 86, Maryland 79 ... Max Owens finishes with a career-high 23 points for Carolina ... the Tar Heels advance to play Duke in Sunday's championship game.
SECOND HALF, 0:26 LEFT
Score: UNC 80, Maryland 76... Max Owens has a career-high 19 points for UNC.
SECOND HALF, 0:35 LEFT
Score: UNC 80, Maryland 74
SECOND HALF, 1:08 LEFT
Score: UNC 76, Maryland 70.
SECOND HALF, 2:33 LEFT
Score: UNC 76, Maryland 68 ... Steve Francis has 16 of Maryland's 34 points this half ... Brendan Haywood fouled out with 10 points and 10 rebounds for UNC while Ademola Okulaja has 19 points to lead Carolina.
SECOND HALF, 3:49 LEFT
Score: UNC 74, Maryland 63 ... Maryland went on a 15-4 run to cut the Carolina lead to 71-61 with 4:59 left ... Carolina hasn't scored a field goal since the 8:00 mark, scoring all 6 of its points since the 8:00 mark on free throws ... Steve Francis has scored 8 of Maryland's last 17 points ... Brendan Haywood fouled out at the 4:05 mark.
SECOND HALF, 8:00 LEFT
Score: UNC 67, Maryland 46 ... Carolina has 9 three-pointers so far this afternoon, the most since a 10-for-20 performance against UNC Charlotte in the 1998 NCAA Tournament ... Carolina's previous high this season was 8 on several occasions ... Carolina's biggest lead this afternoon was 23 points at 63-41 ... Maryland has scored just two field goals this half, a three-pointer by Terrell Stokes and a two-point basket by Danny Miller.
SECOND HALF, 11:26 LEFT
Score: UNC 64, Maryland 43 ... Carolina went on a 10-0 run in 1:30 to take a 64-41 lead with 12:06 left in the first half ... Jason Capel fell hard under the basket at the 14:09 mark, aggravating his back injury ... Capel may return to the game ... Max Owens scored 7 straight points for the Tar Heels in a 0:42 span on a three-pointer, a field goal and two free throws.
SECOND HALF, 15:36 LEFT
Score: UNC 54, Maryland 41 ... Carolina scored the first 8 points of the second half and went on a a 14-4 run over the first 4:08 of the second stanza ... Maryland has scored just one field goal this half, a three-pointer by Terrell Stokes ... Ademola Okulaja hit his fourth three-pointer of the game at the 17:12 mark, matching his season high.
HALFTIME
Score: UNC 40, Maryland 34 ... Carolina shot 58.6 percent from the field in the first half while Maryland shot 45.2 percent ... the Tar Heels are 6-of-9 from three-point range ... the 6 three-pointers are the most by UNC in the last six games ... leading scorers: UNC -- Jason Capel with 11; Maryland -- Steve Francis with 12; Carolina is out-rebounding Maryland, 18-11 ... Capel's three three-point field goals matches his season high ... he also had three in the home loss to Maryland on Jan. 13 ... Carolina has 9 turnovers, more than it had in all of last night's win over Georgia Tech (7) ... Brendan Haywood is 4-of-4 from the floor for eight points and has a team-high 6 rebounds.
FIRST HALF, 3:38 LEFT
Score: UNC 34, Maryland 29 ... Both teams are shooting over 50 percent from the field so far ... The Tar Heels are shooting over 58 percent and have hit 6 of 8 three-pointers.
FIRST HALF, 5:38 LEFT
Score: UNC 32, Maryland 27 ... Following Carolina's 9-0 run that made the score 20-16, Maryland went on an 8-0 run to take a 25-20 lead ... Carolina then went on a 12-2 run and leads 32-27 ... Okulaja and Capel both have three three-pointers for UNC.
FIRST HALF, 15:45 LEFT
Score: Maryland 11, UNC 8 ... Jason Capel entered the game at the 16:24 mark and hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 8-8 ... two of Carolina's first three field goals were three-pointers.
FIRST HALF, 20:00 LEFT
Starting Lineups: UNC -- Forwards: Ademola Okulaja, Kris Lang; Center: Brendan Haywood; Guards: Max Owens, Ed Cota; Maryland -- Forwards: Laron Profit, Terrence Morris; Center: Lonnie Baxter; Guards: Steve Francis, Terrell Stokes.
PREGAME
Carolina freshman guard Jason Capel warmed up with the team and is probable to play versus Maryland this afternoon.
