Chapter 378 Continuing the Winning Streak 2 (1/2)

After that, team coach Maryland Terrapins asked for a break from scolding the team that he was not doing a good job in defense. On the side of team Tar Heels, coach Guthridge said the team was doing well and they were supposed to do more pressure on the defense.

So, Maryland Terrapins didn't make as many mistakes as at the beginning of the game and Tar Heels continued well in defense and without failing in attack, those 7 points in the first minutes of the game would greatly help Tar Heels to play more calmly in that game.

The defense in Jake increased a lot and it didn't hinder him that he could use his speed and get rid of the defense if needed and could assist with Jamison who was playing very well in this game and for Carter who was also well in the game.

After 10 minutes with Jake hitting 2 more three-point shots and getting 2 steals, Tar Heels's lead increased even more, so Jake began to take more of the defense's attention on him and started making more assists.

Even coach Guthridge put Williams in place of Okulaja to further increase the strength of the Tar Heels attack, it was for a few minutes but increased pressure on the Maryland Terrapins defense.

At the end of the first half of the game, Tar Heels had a good lead on the scoreboard taking advantage of Maryland Terrapins' mistakes early in the game and with Jake not letting the Tar Heels attack go awry.

In this 1st half, Jake played for 20 minutes and scored 18 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 blocks, knowing that the team could have difficulty. Jake was giving as much as he could for the team and was seeing the advantage in the score that the team Tar Heels finished in the 1st half.

”Good 1st half for the Tar Heels team, a very strong start to the game by Jake and the Tar Heels team who took advantage of the Maryland Terrapins defense and attack errors and managed to open a small lead.”

”After the team Tar Heels continued strongly in the attack with Jake and Jamison playing very well and putting a lot of pressure on the defense, so the team Tar Heels finished the 1st half with a good advantage that will give greater tranquility in the 2nd half of the game.”

”Yes, Jake and Jamison are doing very well in offense and Carter also scored 9 points with Jake's assists and taking advantage of rebounds, and the defense of Tar Heels was fine with all the players.”

”Jamison already has 16 points in the game and seems to be doing very well in that game too, Tar Heels's attack is concentrated on those 3 and yet the Maryland Terrapins defense is having difficulty.”

In the 2nd half Maryland Terrapins was behind on the scoreboard and had to try to attack more to try to win the game, but the Tar Heels players were focused on defense and after the Maryland Terrapins players began to tire Jake had more freedom to make the moves.

Maryland Terrapins went for the offense and in the middle of the pitch Jake steals the ball from Laron Profit and held the ball calmly, Jake was hindering many attacking moves by Maryland Terrapins and being careful about Tar Heels don't miss the attacking moves so much.

Jake stepped forward and before passing the middle of the court passed the ball to Carter, Carter advanced to the three-point line and passed to N'Diaye who advanced a little and had to stop under heavy pressure from Maryland Terrapins defense.

N'Diaye passed the ball to Jamison on the left and Jamison made a nice feint getting rid of the defender and running and running to try the layup and score 2 points for the Tar Heels team, with N'Diaye and Okulaja playing near the painted area Jamison had more freedom to make plays like this without having multiple players defending against him.

The Maryland Terrapins defense was doing a great job in this game, they were making a defense in which everyone within the three-point line ran out of space to make the move and anyone outside the three-point line had difficulty getting in on the three-point line.

But Jake didn't have to be inside the three-point line to make the points and most of his points were shot off, so the Maryland Terrapins defense had a hard time dealing with Jake if another player came to defend against Jake, he passed the ball to Carter and Jamison.

Jake, Carter, and Jamison were very close friends at the university and trained a lot of time together, so with Jake's talent it was normal for him to do some assists in unexpected situations and Jamison and Carter easily got those assists because they had a good rapport.