UNC on verge of blowing it open
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- By Mark Schlabach | March 29, 2009 3:31:20 PM PDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- North Carolina is about another 3-pointer away from burying No. 2 seed Oklahoma in the South Regional final at FedExForum.
Point guard Ty Lawson came out hot in the second half, making a pair of 3-pointers to help put UNC ahead 57-40 with about 10½ minutes to play.
Oklahoma's Blake Griffin is clearly the best player on the floor, with 21 points and 13 rebounds on 8-for-11 shooting.
But UNC has a much better team, at least today. Lawson has 16 points, Danny Green has 16 and Wayne Ellington has nine.
The Tar Heels have too much depth for Oklahoma, which isn't getting anything from guard Tony Crocker and very little from Willie Warren.
Griffin, as good as he might be, can't do it alone.
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