Tim dengan tradisi juara kuat dan juga almamater Michael Jordan, North Carolina Tar Heels (26-12, 11-7 ACC) harus terhenti di babak 16 besar (Sweet 16) di turnamen NCAA 2015 wilayah Barat. Tar Heels dikalahkan unggulan 1, Wisconsin Badgers (34-3, 16-2 Big Ten) 79-72 di Staples Center, Los Angeles.
UNC sempat memimpin dengan 33-31 di babak pertama. Namun Wisconsin ngebut di babak kedua dan menang telak 48-39.
Sam Dekker mencetak angka tertinggi dengan 23 angka 10 rebound untuk Wisconsin. Frank Kaminsky menambahkan 19 angka pada 10 menit terakhir babak kedua untuk memenangi pertandingan. Nigel Hayes menambahkan 12 angka.
Tiga pemain Tar Heels mencetak dobel digit yakni Justin Jackson 15 angka, Brice Johnson 15, dan Marcus Paige 12.
CATATAN STATISTIK PERTANDINGAN
* Sam Dekker scored 18 of his career-high 23 points in the paint on 9-of-9 shooting, the most attempts in the paint without a miss in an NCAA Tournament game since Duke's Mason Plumlee went 9-of-9 in 2012 vs. Lehigh. As a team, Wisconsin outscored North Carolina 36-28 in the paint Thursday, tied for the Tar Heels' second-worst paint differential this season.
* North Carolina rebounded 28% of its missed shots Thursday, its fourth-lowest offensive-rebounding percentage of the season. The Tar Heels entered the game with the nation's fifth-best offensive-rebounding percentage (40%).
* Sam Dekker is the third player with 20 points and 10 rebounds against Roy Williams in the Sweet 16 or later, joining Blake Griffin and Carmelo Anthony.
* Sam Dekker is averaging 20.0 PPG in three NCAA Tournament games after averaging 13.0 PPG prior to the NCAA Tournament.
* North Carolina scored nine second-chance points Thursday, five below its season average (14.2, second among major conference teams). The Tar Heels did not take advantage of second-chance opportunities like they did in their first two NCAA Tournament games.
* Wisconsin entered the game allowing 7.4 second-chance points per game, third best among major conference teams.
* North Carolina's 11-game win streak in the Sweet 16 dating back to 1993 stands as the longest ever, but Wisconsin put an end to it with its win over the Tar Heels today. Kentucky can match the longest Sweet 16 winning streak in school history with a win tonight over West Virginia.
* Wisconsin averaged 1.32 points per possession Thursday, North Carolina's second-worst defensive efficiency this season (Pittsburgh - 1.44 on Feb. 14). The Badgers were particularly efficient in the half court when Frank Kaminsky touched the ball, averaging 1.46 points per possession.
* Wisconsin averages 59.8 possessions per game, 7th fewest in the nation and 10 fewer than UNC, the fastest-paced team in the ACC. The Tar Heels have never been held to a pace as slow as Wisconsin's season average for possessions this season, but of their seven lowest-possession games of the season, they lost five.
| Editor | : | Eko Widodo |
| Sumber | : | ESPN |
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