UC Santa Barbara 70 - 105 7North Carolina
Final
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Top-ranked UNC looks to end UCSB's eight-game winning streak

Dec 22, 2007 - 2:09 PM UC Santa Barbara (10-1) at No. 1 North Carolina (10-0) 1:00 pm EST

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (Ticker) - Top-ranked North Carolina continues a five-game homestand Saturday when it faces UC Santa Barbara.

After not playing in Chapel Hill for nearly a month, the Tar Heels are playing their second home game in four days. Tyler Hansbrough, shaking off the effects of a concussion, collected 27 points and 11 rebounds to lead North Carolina to an 88-78 win over Nicholls State on Wednesday.

Hansbrough leads the Tar Heels in scoring at 21.8 points and rebounding at 9.9 per game. Sophomore guard Wayne Ellington averages 17.2 points, junior swingman Danny Green 13.3 and sophomore guard Ty Lawson 12.8 for North Carolina.

UCSB is off to its best start in 19 years and the second-best in school history, outdone only by the 1988-89 team that started 11-0. Senior guard Alex Harris is averaging 23.4 points for the Gauchos, who are riding an eight-game winning streak.

UCSB's only loss came at Stanford, 67-48, on November 11.

In the only other meeting between the school, North Carolina coasted to an 83-66 victory during the 2005-06 campaign.








  • NCAA BB
    FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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    UC SNTA BARBARA 32 38 70
    NORTH CAROLINA (1) 52 53 105 FINAL

    Dec 22 2:53 PM


  • NCAA BB
    UC SNTA BARBARA 32
    (1) NORTH CAROLINA 52 HALFTIME

    Dec 22 1:56 PM

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