Carolina vs Wagner March Madness in Charlotte on Thursday 21 March 2024

[IDUNK4HEELS]

The first of six hopeful games start today in the Queen City and on paper it looks like a major mismatch but on any given day a team could play over their head and stun a team that takes them for granted.

I do not see that happening. My biggest hope is that none of the top 8 players sustain an injury. Hopefully the team can build up a big enough lead early so that the starters can come out early and get some rest because Michigan State looks like they have some excellent athletes and that contest will be a war.

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Ingram posts up and scores 2-0

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Bacot from Ryan 4-0

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Davis a baseline short jumper 6/0

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Council on a breakaway 6-2

 

[DaveChapelle]

Ingram stinks as a fast break point guard

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Council drives and it fouled by Ryan and at the line he hits one 6-3

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Bacot fouled going to the hoop from the right and Armando drops a couple 8-3

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Brown a bomb but Bacot drives and scores then Lewis in close again scores easily . Carolina has at least three turnovers on silly lazy passes

 

[DaveChapelle]

Time for Trimble to check in

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Lewis out of the timeout scores on a hook 12-10. Withers, Trimble now in as Withers gets one ft to fall 13-10

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Brown a bomb ties the game and Carolina another turnover 13-13

 

[strummingram]

turnovers... killing UNC

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Withers fouled down low again and he drops two from the line 15-13

 

[TarHeelFanWV]

Why are we turning it over so bad against a bad team??

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Brown a jumper from the baseline but Davis BOOM THEN Davis finds Withers for a layup and then withers very active in the paint is fouled again at the tv break 20-15

 

[Steat]

First game jitters...4 turnovers already.

 

[DaveChapelle]

Holy crap Hubert, would you full court press this team already?

Howard nearly won the game with it.

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

I know it has been 5 days since they play and it is so obvious that the team is not very sharp especially when it comes to passing

 

[DaveChapelle]

First game jitters...4 turnovers already.

Those aren't jitters. Those are bad passes.

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Withers hits the first and the second ft 22-15

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Council a tip in then Ingram a short jumper in the lane 24-17 then Withers is fouled again. He misses the first and the second

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Council at the line drills two 24-19

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Trimble scores on a GREAT save and pass from Wiithers but Council responds. Withers in the lane again scores and a ft 29-21

 

[strummingram]

Withers is really helping out!

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Bacot powers one in after a bulldozers a defender and he is fouled. Wagner is already in big time foul trouble. Keep the foot on the gas and take no prisoners and make a statement

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Just silly turnovers

 

[strummingram]

5 turnovers

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Allen with a hook then Ryan gets his first hoop and takes a charge 33-23

 

[trimbornunc86]

No more threes untill the ball is passed down low first!!

 

[Rabidfrog]

Well - clearly we are doing the game plan
Inside, inside, inside

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Someone explain to me why Carolina is shooting so many threes when three players for Wagner have three fouls. Council a ft and Lewis inside scores. Finally a score for Carolina as Bacot folllows his own shot and scores. Armando misses a flush next but he is clobbered at the last tv break of the half

 

[DaveChapelle]

Wagner fell apart when Howard full court pressed them.

Why are we continuing to allow them to walk the ball up and run their offense?

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Armando two fts 37-26

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Ryan BOOM from the corner 40-26

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

These turnovers are keeping this game from being a blow out by half

 

[TarHeelFanWV]

better clean these turnovers up before Saturday...

 

[strummingram]

They'd be up by 25 if they would stop turning the ball over. 6 turnovers in the first half!

 

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Lewis a short jumper 40-28

 

[Heels5150]

We have zero steals and blocks. 6 turnovers to one. Not good