CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — No. 1 North Carolina beat down a spirited effort from the College of Charleston for a 102-86 victory Friday in a game that the final score disguised just how tough it was.
Charleston (1-1) fielded an experienced team and started three graduate students — including 24-year-old guard Dalton Bolon — and a senior.
Bolon showed early on that the Cougars were not intimidated by Carolina’s ranking or the Dean E. Smith Center crowd that was engaged for an unranked opponent. He scored 14 points in the first half.