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HONOLULU -- North Carolina coach Roy Williams did not mince words after his fifth-ranked Tar Heels struggled in the first half before pulling out their latest win. Shannon Sharpe Jersey .Isaiah Hicks scored 10 of his 16 points after halftime to lead five players in double-figures as North Carolina (4-0) beat Hawaii 83-68 Friday night.Its one of the ugliest games Ive ever coached in my entire life, Williams said, but we made some shots during a stretch in the second half that gave us the lead.North Carolina never trailed outside of the opening minutes and held a 35-27 lead at halftime despite shooting just 35.1 percent from the field. The Tar Heels had shot better than 50 percent from the field in each of their first three games.Hicks said Williams message to the team at halftime emphasized defense.He said that shots were going to fall, but weve got to be better on the defensive end, continue to rebound, get to the board and try to get them out of what they do early on, said Hicks, who shot 7 of 8 from the field.Kennedy Meeks and Nate Britt had 13 points apiece. Justin Jackson scored 11 and Tony Bradley contributed 10 points and 13 rebounds, including eight on the offensive end, off the bench.He really gave us a lift, Hicks said of Bradley, a freshman center. Thats what really got us through the game, especially Tony just getting to the boards, getting the rebounds and second-chance shots.North Carolina led by as many as 18 in the closing minutes. The Tar Heels shot 63.3 percent (19 of 30) in the second half and finished with a 46-23 rebounding edge.Their size created some issues, but we cant lean on that, Rainbow Warriors coach Eran Ganot said. Theyre bigger than us, theyre stronger than us -- those are facts -- but what we need to focus more on is how to get it done.Hawaii pulled to 40-37 on Jack Purchases banker with 16:27 left, but North Carolina answered with a 12-2 run that that was capped by a 3-pointer by Kenny Williams from the right wing that stretched its lead back to 64-49.Noah Allen, a UCLA transfer, led Hawaii with 22 points. Jack Purchase added 14 and Sheriff Drammeh 13 for the Rainbow Warriors (2-2).BIG PICTURENorth Carolina: Junior guard Joel Berry II entered averaging a team-high 21.3 points per game, but was held to just two. His only basket came on a 14-foot pull-up jumper with about 5 minutes left. ... The Tar Heels depth was evident as they dominated Hawaii in bench scoring, 28-12.Its not a concern; Its a good thing, Williams said of Berrys night. Ive never seen him miss and go one-for-nine. Then again, in the first half our starting one, two and three men were 1 for 16 and thats not good.Hawaii: The young Rainbow Warriors have only three active players back from last seasons squad that won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in school history. Hawaii dropped to 19-104 against Top 25 teams, including a 2-19 mark vs. top-5 squads.KEY NUMBERSNorth Carolina took advantage of its size against the smaller Rainbow Warriors by grabbing 19 offensive rebounds and held a distinct edge in second chance points, 28-8. Hawaii had nine turnovers in the first half, but finished two below its season average of 16 for the game.We cut down the turnovers, but we made them at critical times. We just couldnt get over that hump because we couldnt execute at key points, Ganot said.UP NEXTNorth Carolina: The Tar Heels, who are 30-5 all-time in the 50th state, will face their second straight Hawaii opponent when they take on Division II Chaminade in a Maui Invitational quarterfinal Monday.Hawaii: The Rainbow Warriors will host Division II Hawaii-Hilo on Tuesday, their fifth of 13 straight games on-island to open the season, although five of them are part of two tournaments (Pearl Harbor Invitational, Diamond Head Classic). Garett Bolles Jersey . "Hes going to have hip surgery on Jan. 7, and hell be expected to rehabilitate for four to six months beyond that," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday in an interview. Keishawn Bierria Jersey . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. www.cheapbroncosjerseysonline.com/?tag=bradley-roby-jersey-online . Darren Helm scored on Detroits sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaws shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. This story appears in ESPN The Magazines October 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!In July 2014, I ran into Chris Petersen after his first-ever go-round at Pac-12 media days as he waited for his flight back to Seattle. Eight months earlier, hed taken over as Washingtons head coach for Seven-Win Steve Sarkisian, who had replaced Tyrone Willingham, who once went winless at U-Dub. Still, Petersen had a simple blueprint to return the Huskies to prominence after a quarter century of obscurity. Bringing it back to a championship level will be dictated by our ability to recruit and to develop defensive linemen, Petersen told me. Two and a half years later, he has proved prophetic. Heres why the Petersen principles work.He hoards homegrown talentOn Dec. 20, 2013, Washington native and ESPN 300 safety Budda Baker committed to Oregon. But nearly three years later, on Oct. 8, 2016, on the first play from scrimmage, Baker intercepted those same Ducks to set up a three-play touchdown drive -- the first of 10 scores for his Huskies offense.That play was made possible in February 2014, when, two months into his tenure, Petersen persuaded Baker to abandon his Oregon pledge, stay local and become a Husky. At the time, Baker was a four-star defensive back and the top-ranked prep in the state of Washington -- and top-ranked Washington preps did not stay home. In 2013, QB Max Browne fled to SoCal (USC). In 2012, O-lineman Joshua Garnett headed to NorCal (Stanford). So Petersen set out to do what his predecessors -- Rick Neuheisel, Keith Gilbertson, Willingham and even Sarkisian -- failed to consistently do: build a hedge around Washington to keep top recruits home, then dip into California, Oregon and Hawaii, as necessary.In all, Petersen kept four of Washingtons top 10 recruits in-state for his first recruiting class in 2014, six in 2015, four in 2016 and four and counting for next year (compared with two and three, respectively, in Sarks last two years). And it all began with a D-back from nearby Bellevue, the Swiss Army knife of the Huskies secondary, who intercepted the very program he spurned for his hometown team.No one is bigger than the team ... no oneNine months after landing Baker, his first marquee prep, Petersen dismissed Marcus Peters, his marquee holdover from Sarkisian. Peters was a long, athletic D-back who could shut down anyone. (The Kansas City Chiefs would go on to draft him in the first round in 2015.) But he also shut out Petersens brand of discipline. Peters clashed with the new staff, and in early November 2014, Petersen booted the three-year starter. He was the eighth player suspended or dismissed in Petersens first year in Seattle.Nearly two years later, UW still feels the aftershock of Peters deparrture. Justin Simmons Jersey. Case in point: In Husky Stadium after a workout in the summer -- 21 months later -- several upperclassmen told me they cite Petersens dismissal of their star player as the moment the program began to mend itself after the chaotic, undisciplined end to the Sarkisian era.He found a right-handed Kellen MooreLike Moore, the winningest quarterback in FBS history (50-3 as a starter for Petersen at Boise State), sophomore QB Jake Browning withstood early whispers of arm-strength concerns. Also like Moore, Brownings prolific numbers have quelled doubts. Through six weeks, he was the most efficient FBS passer (204.9 rating) and second only to Louisvilles Lamar Jackson in QBR (89.7), with 23 touchdowns and two interceptions. Browning, of course, is not the first talented QB to come through Seattle this decade (see: Jake Locker). But what elevates him is a Moore-like chemistry with Petersen.From the jump, in the season-opening 48-13 win over Rutgers, Petersen gave Browning autonomy in the huddle and the freedom to adjust to defensive looks. In QB parlance? He gave the gift of advantage reads. There were a handful of [checks] that he left alone, that he needed to leave alone because they werent showing a different look, Petersen said after Browning torched Rutgers for 287 yards and a 94.6 QBR. There were a lot of checks going on out there. Even Sark, a former QB, never shared that level of trust with his triggermen.Hes a master of trench warfareOutside of that gang in Tuscaloosa, there isnt a front in the country better than D-coordinator Pete Kwiatkowskis war daddies: In all, his line has 18? of UWs Power 5-leading 24 sacks. The front fours dominance is so complete -- in the bloodbath vs. Stanford, the Huskies made all eight sacks without ever rushing more than four men -- Kwiatkowski is sending an extra defender on only 5.7 percent of snaps. And the math behind Petersens success is the same in Seattle as it was in Boise: mixing high-profile names (Sarkisian-era legacy recruits like Vita Vea and Elijah Qualls) with lower-visibility projects (onetime Broncos commit Greg Gaines).As disruptive as the unit has been thus far in 2016, it has proved similarly versatile. Against Stanford, the Pac-12s physical, smashmouth bully, the Huskies played in a phone booth ... and allowed 0.97 of a yard per rush. In Eugene, taking on Oregons blur attack, they prevailed in space and allowed 5.3 yards a play, the Ducks worst clip all year. USCs pro style and Wazzus air raid still loom, but Petersens ability to develop his trenches has produced the Huskies best line in -- count em -- 25 years. Cheap Adidas Hockey Jerseys Wholesale College Jerseys Cheap Nike Basketball Jerseys Cheap Football Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap Baseball Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap Jerseys From China Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Nike NBA Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Authentic Cheap MLB Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Soccer Jerseys China Cheap NCAA Jerseys China Stitched NFL Jerseys Cheap Custom Jerseys China Cheap Basketball Jerseys Authentic NFL Jerseys China Cheap College Jerseys Wholesale Football Jerseys ' ' '