by Pat James, GoHeels.com Only 51.4 seconds remained in the No. 13 North Carolina men's basketball team's 73-69 win over Wake Forest in both teams' Atlantic Coast Conference opener on Saturday. UNC trailed by two, 69-67. Pinson had scored only two points in the second half. His last trip to the charity stripe came with 23 seconds left until halftime, when he landed sharply on his left hip and elbow after being fouled on an acrobatic tip-in.
CHAPEL HILL—Theo Pinson, bruised and battered, toed the free-throw line relaxed and confident.