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01/25/2007 - Winston-Salem, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wayne Ellington paced five North Carolina players in double figures with 18 points, as the fourth-ranked Tar Heels added to Wake Forest's conference struggles after an 88-60 victory over the Demon Deacons.
Ty Lawson finished with 15 points and five assists for the Tar Heels (18-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 57 percent from the floor on the way to their third straight victory.
Tyler Hansbrough added 13 points and nine rebounds, while Brandan Wright and Danny Green each had 12 points. Wright also grabbed seven boards and blocked three shots.
North Carolina netted 25 points off 19 Wake Forest turnovers. The Tar Heels won with ease, despite turning the ball over 19 times themselves.
Kyle Visser paced Wake Forest with 16 points as the Demon Deacons (9-10, 1-6) dropped their fifth straight game to remain at the bottom of the ACC standings. Ishmael Smith had nine points and five assists in the loss.
"I have to give them (North Carolina) the credit," said Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser. "We missed a lot of open looks. They weren't guarding us at the foul line, that I can remember, and we shot worse there than we did from the field. I really give them the credit."
Wake Forest got within 44-41 early in the second half after consecutive baskets by Kevin Swinton, but the Tar Heels answered with eight straight points -- the first six coming from Lawson -- to move ahead by 11.
North Carolina finally broke the game open with an 18-2 run. Ellington had five points during the spurt, while Reyshawn Terry's layup made it 74-51 with 7:56 on the clock.
The Tar Heels led by as much as 31 from there and were never threatened.
"We feel very good about a road win in the ACC as you always should," North Carolina head coach Roy Williams said. "The first 10-12 minutes in the second half we played pretty well offensively, and we had been struggling. We didn't do a very good job on the backboards in the first half, but we did a much better job in the second."
Wake Forest used a 6-of-13 performance from three-point range in the first half to stay close, but it wasn't enough to offset the Tar Heels and their 17- of-30 (57 percent) clip from the floor.
The Demon Deacons went back and forth with North Carolina early and led 23-22 until the Tar Heels went on a 12-2 run to go in front 34-25. Green started the burst with a three-pointer and free throw, while a jumper from Ellington closed it out with 3:41 remaining.
A pair of jumpers by Wright upped North Carolina's lead to 40-30, but the Demon Deacons later cut it to five at 42-37 on a jumper by Visser and a three from Anthony Gurley and that was the score heading into the break.
Game Notes
Terry had six points in the win...Jamie Skeen donated seven points in the loss, while L.D. Williams had six points and six rebounds, all offensive...The Tar Heels had 15 fastbreak points...North Carolina improved to 3-1 in true road games, while Wake Forest fell to 7-4 at home...The Demon Deacons shot 32 percent from the floor overall.
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After all the trouble that’s ensued since Braylon Edwards allegedly punched one of LeBron James’ homeboys in the face at a club, the Cleveland Browns have sent away their last remaining player of worth to the New York Jets. This is a great move for Dirty Sanchez and all, but it’s even better for the Knicks. Now Donnie Walsh can say, “You get to haunt Braylon Edwards with your posse if you sign here!” next summer.
Putting that aside for a moment, the move is a clear indication that the new-look Jets are gunning for the Super Bowl this year. I don’t think that New York thought that Dirty Sanchez was going to be such a rock star. With a 75.2 passer rating that was killed against the Jets, Sanchez is doing an admirable job of managing games and putting the Jets in a position to win. The defense has been the major story in New York thus far, but the acquisition of Braylon Edwards makes this offense loaded with talent that can dent any defense…as long as Dirty Sanchez continues his meteoric rise.
Thus far, Edwards has been a non-factor in the NFL piling up just 139 receiving yards on 10 catches. He has yet to find the endzone, and with the Browns mired in the most unsexy quarterback controversy of all time (Anderson vs. Quinn...yawn), there going nowhere fast. Edwards is two seasons removed from a career year which saw him catch 80 passes for 1,289 yards and 16 touchdowns when the Browns were the spread killing monsters of 2007. In 2008, injuries slowed the receiver down to just 873 yards and three touchdowns though he played in all 16 games.
So that being said, we really don’t know if Braylon Edwards is just a flash in the pan, or a legit threat. At 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, he is a prototypical receiver. But he’s also shown a strange, and unwarranted, talent for dropping passes. Lining up opposite Jericho Cotchery, a speed demon with 23 catches, 356 yards and a single touchdown, may give Braylon the open looks he needs. A change of scenery may also rejuvenate the star receiver.
In return, the Browns will receive Chansi Stuckey, online football betting a special teams player you’ve never heard of and a pair of draft picks. That’s a tall order for a guy whose only real value right now is in his name, and it shows no promise to the Browns that they can rebuild around those acquisitions. Braylon was the only reason to hope for the Browns to go 3-14 SU this year. Without him, they don’t have a single guy on offense that can scare any team.
For the Jets, it’s a response to the pounding that they took at the hand of the Saints. Thomas Jones and Leon Washington have averaged around 4.0 yards per carry each on the ground, but striking a fair balance between the passing and rushing attacks in New York has been a struggle. You have to believe that the trio of Dustin Keller, Jericho Cotchery and Braylon Edwards will give Sanchez the weapons he needs to unleash through the air. Theoretically, that would open up holes for the rushing game. But the proposed public option health care plan works in theory too. We need to see the proof in the pudding before we start loading up mega bucks on the New York Jets to take the AFC.
The one wrinkle in this whole thing is that Braylon could very well be suspended by the league for disciplinary action due to his “brawl” with LeBron’s friend. If that’s the case, the Jets may have to bench him for a few games leaving them with a somewhat depleted receiving corps for a few games. Also, this is a guy who gets in fights with people at clubs. New York may not be the best place for him. Just sayin’.
The Jets have a long week before they meet the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football Betting in a virtual pick ‘em game. Braylon’s excess baggage may be a distraction, and his curiously low production may be what we should be expecting of him overall, but for the Jets, taking a chance to strike gold is well worth it. At the end of the year, they can simply just blame it on their rookie quarterback.
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