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No. 4 North Carolina 105, William & Mary 66 - NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Sports News
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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No. 4 North Carolina 105, William & Mary 66

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina coach Roy Williams had a simple message for his players before, during and after their latest lopsided victory:

"Enjoy it while you can," he told them. "Monday, you're going to boot camp."

Sean May continued his recent tear, scoring 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting to lead No. 4 North Carolina past William & Mary 105-66 on Sunday.

Raymond Felton finally missed a 3-pointer, ending his run of 12 straight, but that was about the only problem for the Tar Heels (12-1). They have won 12 in a row since losing to Santa Clara in the opener, and they start the bulk of their Atlantic Coast Conference schedule Saturday against No. 24 Maryland.

With nearly a week to prepare, and classes not in session, Williams has two-a-day workouts planned for each day except Tuesday. What does he hope to improve?

"Everything we have," he said. "We don't run it as well as we could. We don't defend as well as we could. Anyone who thinks we're as good as we can be is not being very realistic."

Jawad Williams had 19 points, Rashad McCants added 15 and Felton finished with 12 assists for North Carolina. In the past seven games, May is shooting 66 percent and is averaging 17.4 points, all since he scored a season-low eight points at Indiana on Dec. 1.

"This is probably the most important week of the season," May said. "It's going to be tough. We'll probably be on the line a lot, running, for a lot of the little mistakes we've been making."

The Tar Heels scored more than 100 points for the second straight game, the first time that's happened in exactly 10 years, when they beat Marshall 116-62. Getting there wasn't easy in this one, since a 3-pointer by McCants accounted for their only points in the first 4½ minutes.

A 14-0 run over a 3-minute span late in the first half helped North Carolina take control, and 11 consecutive points to start the final 20 minutes made it 64-32.

"We handled the trap well early, they didn't trap as many times early, but we had some turnovers and it led to easy transition baskets for them, as opposed to having to work for the baskets," Tribe coach Tony Shaver said.

Corey Cofield and Nate Loehrke each had 16 points for William & Mary (4-6). After a quick start - it was tied at 20 midway through the first half - the Tribe fell apart. They went nearly 11 minutes spanning halftime with only two baskets, and they committed 11 of their 19 turnovers in the opening half.

It wasn't the type of homecoming Shaver wanted. A 1976 graduate of North Carolina, he played was a walk-on for Dean Smith before eventually earning a scholarship, and he was named the team's freshman of the year.

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