February 14, 2005

Heels Outlast Huskies
by Jon Leggette

Minutes after their latest win, the North Carolina Tar Heels were still talking about their last loss. Rashad McCants and Raymond Felton had big second halves Sunday to help No. 2 North Carolina beat No. 19 Connecticut 77-70.

That was the Tar Heels' first game since Wednesday night's 71-70 loss at No. 7 Duke, a game that ended with North Carolina failing to get off a shot on its last possession.

"Needless to say we feel a heck of a lot better than we did Wednesday night,'' North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. "I talked a great deal about getting that bad taste out of my mouth. We did some nice things today.''

Like take over in the second half on both ends of the court.