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UNC Basketball: Five things from the Duke loss

By Zack Pearson

Feb 17, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC, USA;North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams reacts in the first half game at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 17, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC, USA;North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams reacts in the first half game at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Perimeter defense is a problem

Coming into the game it was known the Blue Devils could shoot the rock. Players like Grayson Allen, Brandon Ingram, Matt Jones and Luke Kennard are solid three-point shooters who need to be guarded and made sure they were accounted for on the defensive end.

The perimeter struggles doomed the Tar Heels. Right away Kennard came out firing and hit a few big three-pointers. Ingram was also solid from the perimeter using his length to be a mismatch on any Tar Heels defender.

Much like the killer instinct, this has also hurt the Tar Heels more than once this season.

UNC has to play better on the off-the-ball screens opposing offenses run. Time after time the communication is not there and leads to easy buckets for opposing offense. The same thing happened late in the game on Wednesday. Duke went to isolation plays for both Ingram and Allen, and it burned UNC.

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