Carolina played a stretch of its best offense on Wednesday night against Wofford. The Terriers still stayed in the game.
Carolina also played a stretch of its very best defense of the season on Wednesday night against Wofford—and that is what ultimately broke the visitors.
The Tar Heels played a very good first seven and a half minutes of offense, running out to 20 quick points and getting points from five different players. But Wofford was still within five at that point, because the Tar Heels were mostly paying cursory attention to the other end of the court.