With less than four minutes left in the first half of Saturday's 80-66 win over Georgia Tech, the North Carolina men's basketball team lacked much offensive rhythm.
The Tar Heels' largest lead, at that point, had been five. But at the under-four media timeout, that seemed distant, as the Yellow Jackets had forced UNC into 10 turnovers. Seven of those came during a string of 11 straight empty possessions.
Georgia Tech hadn't quite capitalized on those miscues. Yet the Tar Heels, leading by two, still longed for some sort of offensive consistency.
They ultimately found that in Sterling Manley.