University of North Carolina Athletics
Little, Pringle Earn Carlyle Cup MVP Honors
June 5, 2008 | Women's Basketball
June 5, 2008
CHAPEL HILL - LaToya Pringle averaged 16 points and 8.3 rebounds in three women's basketball wins and Greg Little rushed for 154 yards and the game-winning touchdown in overtime to earn the University of North Carolina's TAG Heuer Most Valuable Performers against Duke for 2007-08.
The TAG Heuer MVPs represent the finest performances by Carolina student-athletes in the annual Carlyle Cup. UNC won the eighth annual competition against the Blue Devils, 18-8. The Tar Heels have won three times and tied once in the last four years of the event that matches the two schools in 23 different sports.
Pringle, a senior forward from Fayetteville, N.C., led the Tar Heels to a three-game sweep over the Blue Devils. She had 18 points and 11 rebounds in a 93-76 win at Duke, 16 and eight in the 82-51 win at Carmichael Auditorium and 16 and six in UNC's 86-73 win in the ACC Tournament championship game. Pringle shot 52.4 percent from the floor and made 25 of 29 free throws, an astounding 86.2 percent.
Little, a freshman from Durham, N.C., made just his second start of the season at tailback in the season finale against Duke. He had 26 carries for 154 yards, caught the game-tying touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and won the game with a 25-yard dash on UNC's first offensive play in overtime. It was Carolina's first 100-yard rushing performance of the season.
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Other notable UNC performers against Duke this year included: men's soccer defender Ryan Adeleye, who had the game-winning goal in overtime in a 1-0 win; Megan Bosica, who scored four goals and had four assists in a 16-14 women's lacrosse win over 4th-ranked Duke; catcher Mark Fleury, who batted 7 for 14 with a home run and five runs batted in as Carolina took two of three from Duke; Tyler Hansbrough, who had 28 points and 18 rebounds in a home loss and 16 points and 15 rebounds in the 76-68 win at Duke, and Danny Green, who had 15 points and seven blocked shots at Duke; Taylor Fogleman, who went 2-0 in both doubles and singles in leading the Tar Heels to a men's tennis sweep of Duke (he combined with Chris Kearney to clinch the doubles point at the No. 1 spot in both matches); Heather Kendell had a goal and an assist in field hockey's 5-0 win for the eventual NCAA champions; Casey Nogueira, whose first-half goal provided the winning margin in a 2-1 women's soccer triumph; and wrestler Vincent Ramirez, who had a pin at 149 pounds in a 32-6 victory.
