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UNC 124, UNC Pembroke 63: Tar Heels tune up for start of regular season

CHAPEL HILL

North Carolina had just won an exhibition game by 61 points and made 65.7 percent of its shots and passed with such effectiveness that 75 percent of the shots it made came on the other end of an assist. And yet, maybe predictably, that wasn't the number that drew Roy Williams' attention.

No, Williams, the Tar Heels' coach, focused on another figure in the box score in the moments after his team's 124-63 victory against UNC Pembroke on Friday night in an exhibition game at the Smith Center. The number was 30 – UNC-Pembroke's offensive rebounds.