If you’re ever looking to find a good example of how numbers can lie, you could do worse than a lacrosse box score. On paper, the #3 Tar Heels (3-1) played a very close game against #4 Johns Hopkins (4-0):
UNC vs. Johns Hopkins
| STATISTIC | North Carolina | Johns Hopkins |
|---|---|---|
| STATISTIC | North Carolina | Johns Hopkins |
| STATISTIC: Shots | North Carolina: 39 | Johns Hopkins: 37 |
| STATISTIC: Shots on Goal | North Carolina: 21 | Johns Hopkins: 24 |
| STATISTIC: Faceoffs Won | North Carolina: 14 | Johns Hopkins: 7 |
| STATISTIC: Ground Balls | North Carolina: 30 | Johns Hopkins: 29 |
| STATISTIC: Turnovers | North Carolina: 13 | Johns Hopkins: 10 |
On Fetzer Field, the game was not nearly so close.