He took aim especially at his guards, who went scoreless during the first half and missed all seven of their shots.Forward Harrison Barnes wasn't necessarily the target of Williams' ire but he took the message to heart nonetheless. Barnes said Williams' talk was "motivating.""(It was a) nice little fire-up speech," Barnes said. "He's good at those."Barnes scored 14 of his game-high 23 points during the second half, when No. 8 North Carolina (22-4, 9-2) overcame an eight-point deficit to win.After Durand Scott put the Hurricanes ahead 44-36 with 15 minutes, 37 seconds to play, North Carolina went on a 19-9 run over the next six minutes and took the lead for good.Scott led Miami (15-9, 6-5) with 13 points.Two Kendall Marshall free throws gave North Carolina a 55-53 lead with 9:07 to play, and Barnes scored five consecutive points to push the advantage to seven. It was at times ugly, as Williams said, and North Carolina missed plenty of perimeter shots.Yet Marshall, at least, was in no mood to talk about the negatives."I don't want to focus on the negatives all the time," said Marshall, who had nine assists. "I feel like when we win it's why didn't we win by more. And when we lose, it's everything that we did wrong to lose. ... We were able to come in here and play well in the second half and win the game."With the offense stalling - especially from the outside, where North Carolina made five of 18 3-pointers - the Tar Heels relied on defense to spark their second-half rally. After falling behind by eight early in the second half, the Tar Heels forced four consecutive turnovers that helped tie it at 44 with 13:39 to play.Defense and Barnes' scoring helped the Tar Heels stay in the game and eventually take it over. Reggie Bullock's 3 with 1:42 to play helped seal the victory. Bullock scored all 10 of his points in the second half and that 3 gave the Tar Heels a nine-point lead with less than two minutes to play."We've just got to suck it up and be able to bring something else to the table if our shot's not f! alling," said Bullock, who missed his first three shots before making the first one he took in the second half. "... Basically we just say, 'Keep getting shots up, keep getting shots up.' "Eventually they did start falling. North Carolina, which trailed by nine during the first half, tied its largest comeback victory of the season. It also overcame a nine-point deficit to win at Maryland.And, like some other times this season, the Tar Heels also prevailed on the road despite missing more shots than Williams cared to see."I told the guys in the locker room, when we start making some shots, we're starting to be really a good basketball team," Williams said. "... I really do believe we're good shooters. We just don't show it during the game." Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc
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