Maryland plus-minus: North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —- The subplot revealed by Sunday’s plus-minus data has everything to do with Maryland star Jordan Williams.

When the sophomore was on the floor, the Terrapins actually held an six-point advantage on North Carolina.

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Of course, there were those nine minutes (per the box score) when Williams wasn’t on the floor and Maryland couldn’t match up as effectively with the Tar Heels’ size. A minus-17 margin in such a small period of time stands out.

Here’s the breakdown of how North Carolina exploited the stints when Williams, who was effective (16 points and 19 rebounds) despite dealing with a stomach virus, was stuck on the bench.

FIRST HALF

Left at 12:14 tied 13-13, returned at 9:37 down 20-15 —- UNC 7-2 over 2:37
Left at 5:46 down 31-27, returned at 2:32 down 39-29 —- UNC 8-2 over 3:14
Left at 0:45 down 41-31, returned after half down 43-31 —- UNC 2-0 over 0:45

SECOND HALF

Left at 12:02 down 62-51, returned at 11:10 down 64-51 —- UNC 2-0 over 0:52
Left at 7:53 down 70-57, returned at 6:42 down 74-59 —- UNC 4-2 over 1:11
Left at 0:40 down 87-76, score remained same to end —- 0-0 over 0:40

So to review, North Carolina held a 23-6 edge in the 9:19 when Williams wasn’t in the game. And that says everything necessary about how much Maryland needed him against the super-sized Tar Heels.

The rundown:

Player	@UNC	Season	Per Min	ACC	Per Min
1-Bowie	0	+206	0.28	+21	0.06
10-Weijs	-2	+51	0.44	-9	-0.75
11-Parker	DNP	+37	0.57	-3	-0.30
12-Stoglin	-6	+230	0.38	+42	0.13
13-Palsson	-6	+82	0.32	-8	-0.06
14-Mosley	+2	+210	0.29	+15	0.04
15-Levent	DNP	0	0.00	+3	1.50
20-Williams	+6	+259	0.28	+30	0.06
21-Howard	-11	+175	0.32	+54	0.19
24-Tucker	-18	+140	0.20	-32	-0.09
33-Gregory	-12	+226	0.27	+55	0.12
35-Padgett	-8	+79	0.31	-13	-0.16
42-Pankey	INJ	0	0.00	—-	—-

—- Patrick Stevens