Best half of Cadeau's career?
Elliot Cadeau had another one of those games. He got whistled for his second foul four minutes into the game and sat until the 9:12 mark. He picked up his third foul with four minutes left in the half.
Uh-oh.
Hubert Davis surely impressed upon his sophomore point guard that he had to play cleaner ball in the second half, and Cadeau responded by playing some of his best basketball while skating on thin ice. He played 17 minutes in the second half, scoring 11 points on 3/5 shooting (2/2 from three, a perfect 3/3 from the game and sadly the only Tar Heel to hit a three-pointer in the game). He finished the game with 15 points and five assists against one turnover, and had some nifty passes to Lubin for easy dunks.
With a 21-point halftime deficit, it would have been easy for UNC to fold in the second half. Elliot Cadeau was the catalyst for Carolina's huge second half. He finished the game with a +/- of +15. The only other UNC player with a positive +/- was Drake Powell at +2. Cadeau sitting so much of the first half was a killer, but he helped fuel North Carolina's comeback bid. It's too bad it fell just short.