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Cade Tyson’s career breakout game vs. La Salle fueled by UNC teammates, extra work

Cade Tyson gave UNC a performance to remember Saturday against La Salle.

You never know what you’ll get from the North Carolina Tar Heels in any given basketball game.

One day, it’ll be fastbreak opportunities leading UNC to victory. The next, it’ll be Ven-Allen Lubin taking over the post. 3-point shooting and lack of height cost North Carolina in past defeats.

On Saturday, December 14 in the Tar Heels’ dominant, 93-67 victory over the La Salle Explorers, junior Cade Tyson rose to the occasion and delivered a career performance.

Tyson, the Belmont (Tenn.) University transfer who Hubert Davis recruited largely because of his perimeter shooting abilities, poured in a UNC-best 23 points off the bench.

In 21 minutes, Tyson made nine of his 14 shot attempts, including a 5-of-10 mark from downtown. Tyson’s individual highlights including making two, second-half 3-pointers in under a minute, plus a late dunk in which he shook the backboard.

“I never know what’s going to happen when I go into the game,” Tyson said in postgame interviews. “I kind of just let it fly today. I just try and control the controllables, but I felt good all week, just due to my extra work off the court and on the court as well. My teammates did a great job setting me up today and, thankfully, some shots went in.”

Tyson’s career day was a microcosm of North Carolina’s efficient offense, which shot 53.7 percent from the field. RJ Davis (13 points), Seth Trimble and Ven-Allen Lubin (10 points each) joined Tyson in double-figures.

The Tar Heels will need every bit of today’s Cade Tyson on Tuesday, Dec. 17 when it faces undefeated Florida in the Jumpman Invitational. UNC should seriously consider starting the 6’7″ Tyson, as he gives UNC a Stretch Four that creates issues for the opposition.

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UNC basketball dominates La Salle from opening tip in Saturday non-conference clash

UNC turned in its best performance of the basketball season to dominate La Salle on Saturday in Chapel Hill.

After barely squeaking by Georgia Tech last weekend, the North Carolina Tar Heels desperately needed a big win against La Salle on Saturday afternoon.

Thanks to its bench stepping up, players sharing the ball efficiently and an afternoon in which it outplayed its opponent in the paint, UNC got that dominant victory it so desperately craved.

North Carolina started slow against the visiting Explorers, but quickly overpowered them in a93-67 win.

The Tar Heels (6-4, 1-0 ACC) outplayed La Salle (6-5) in virtually every aspect, but they did something they struggled to do consistently through their first nine games: shoot the ball well.

UNC finished with a 53.7 shooting percentage, starting the game 9-of-17. North Carolina starters Seth Trimble, Drake Powell and Ven-Allen Lubin all shot at least 50 percent, with Lubin going a perfect 4-for-4 and scoring 10 points, tying his previous season-high set against Auburn in the Maui Invitational.

The best Tar Heel on the court Saturday? Belmont transfer Cade Tyson, who led a deep, productive bench unit with a season-high 23 points. There was one stretch in the second half where Tyson hit two 3-pointers in less than a minute, much to the avail of the Carolina faithful.

UNC rebounded the ball well against the visiting Explorers, ending the day with a 47-36 advantage. Every North Carolina starter recorded at least one, four starters grabbed multiple boards and Trimble led the way with eight.

Saturday was a result we expected the Tar Heels to deliver all along. With Florida in the Jumpman Invitational coming up on Tuesday, UNC re-assured our confidence in its ability to win, even if it was just for a day.

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Notre Dame Lands Top Swimming Recruit Madison Feehery

Madison Feehery, a Florida state champion swimmer, has verbally committed to Notre Dame.

Madison Feehery, a Florida state champion swimmer, has verbally committed to Notre Dame. Feehery, an incoming senior at Barron Collier High School, was named the 2020 Naples Daily News Female Athlete of the Year. Though the COVID-19 pandemic prevented her from meeting Notre Dame athletes and coaches in person, she exchanged text messages and video chats with them, and her mind was made up after taking an unofficial visit to the university last weekend.

Feehery’s state championship last season came in the 50-yard freestyle. She also placed second in the 100-yard butterfly and was on two top-five relay teams. Barron Collier was the Class 3A runner-up in the state finals.

Feehery comes from a swimming family. Her older sister, Emma, just finished her freshman season at North Carolina, so the two could compete against each other at the collegiate level, maybe more than once. Their mother swam throughout high school, and their father was a swimmer at La Salle. An aunt and uncle also swam for the Tar Heels.

It was Emma who pushed Madison towards Notre Dame. Emma swims for North Carolina, but the Irish were her second choice. While it might seem preposterous for some that a person would push his/her sibling toward a conference rival, blood is thicker than water. That’s definitely the case for the Feeherys.