Hubert Davis has brought a healthy amount of change to Carolina’s style of basketball. Spacing and shooting have taken priority over dominating rebounds and scoring inside. But sometimes, the old ways work best, especially when it’s a battle of teams that just shoot 3’s versus the team that stands taller.
Furman came to play as advertised, touted as a traveling carnival of sorts, chuckers of 30+ 3-point attempts a night. In the first half, it felt like the Paladins could trip up the Heels with that outside shooting. Furman hit 8-15 3-pointers to go into the half tied with Carolina, the long distance shot equalizing UNC’s +2 shot attempts and +7 FT shooting (the Tar Heels went 8-12 from the FT line, Furman was 1-1).