Mistakes doom Tar Heels in Cameron

Posted Mar 9, 2014
It just wasn’t enough. A 12-game win streak, 18 second-half points from Marcus Paige, A season-high 59.4 field-goal percentage. None of that could overcome a poor defensive effort in front of a raucous crowd hungry to avenge No. 14 North Carolina’s eight-point defeat of No. 4 Duke 16 days earlier. This time, the Tar Heels couldn’t put together another rallying effort. (Daily Tar Heel)

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