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UNC Basketball: Top five North Carolina wins at Duke

By Bryson Gordon

Mar 7, 2015; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams with Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski before the game at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 7, 2015; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams with Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski before the game at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 5, 2016; Durham, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams questions a call by the officials in the second half of their game against the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 5, 2016; Durham, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams questions a call by the officials in the second half of their game against the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports /

February 11, 2009

UNC- 101

Duke- 87

Player of the game- Ty Lawson (25 points, 9-9 FT’s)

This game was the book end of Tyler Hansbrough’s phenomenal run at Cameron Indoor.

But the final score is not indicative of how hard the Heels had to fight to win this ball game. As a matter of fact, at the half, the Heels trailed 52-44! But the second half was probably the best half of basketball that the future national champions played all season.

The Heels made two runs, one was a 25-11 run, and the second was a 14-0 run that eventually put the game away.

Ty Lawson had 21 points in the second half, which propelled the Heels into sole possession of first place in the ACC. But most impressively for Carolina, every single starter scored 14+ points that night.

This game just goes to show you how great that UNC team was. At the time of this game, they were the first team to rack up triple digits against the Blue Devils in nine seasons!

The 2017 Tar Heels team may not be as dominant as the 2009 team, but there is no reason they can not replicate the results of this game! This year’s team is high-scoring, and if Theo Pinson is back, the Heels have plenty of weapons to come away with a win.

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