SYRACUSE, NY – North Carolina led Syracuse by five points at halftime on Saturday at JMA Wireless Dome, but it wasn’t much because of how senior guard Seth Trimble had performed. At least not statistically.
The man who drained a shot that will live forever in delivering the Tar Heels a thrilling win over Duke two weeks earlier had just a single assist on his stat line by the intermission. One assist.
So, knowing they needed their most experienced player, whose strengths can change a game on a dime, Trimble’s teammates challenged him…