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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007 ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND YEAR, ISSUE 93THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

The Chronicle

Snider eyes Central,Duke-Durham bond

2007 UNDERGRADUATE YOUNG TRUSTEE

JIANGHAI HO/THECHRONICLE

Senior David Snider is one of four finalists for the2007 undergraduate Young Trustee position.

BYEUGENE WANG

THE CHRONICLE

Since he arrived on campus in Fall2003, Young Trustee finalist DavidSnider has refused to let up.

With a laundry list of activitiesin-cluding participation in Duke StudentGovernment, several Board of Trusteescommittees and Delta Tau Delta frater-nitySnider, a senior, said he hassought to maximize the Duke experi-ence by trying to understand all aspectsof the University.

I have tried to become involved with

as many University committees, as wellSEE SNIDERON PAGE 6

UNCstillthebest

just one of three after getting hacked on athree-pointer from the corner with 7:23remaining and Duke up 57-54. And De-Marcus Nelson could not hit either at-tempt to tie the game at 64 with 3:44 left.

The Blue Devils still had other chances,but those misses from the charity stripesucked the wind out of their sails as NorthCarolinas star players finally broke

BYGREG BEATON

THE CHRONICLE

There was no bonfire on Main West Wednesday night.

Duke went cold late in the second halfwhile North Carolina heated up, and poorshooting down the stretch ultimately extin-

guished any chance the Blue Devils had ofupsetting the Tar Heels.

Led by Jon Scheyer and Gerald Hen-derson, Duke went up by as many as 10points early in the second half. But NorthCarolina slowly chipped away at the lead,finally jockeying past the Blue Devils with

just more than five minutes to go.Plagued by foul trouble and shaky foulshooting, No. 16 Duke (18-6, 5-5 in the

ACC) could not mount a comeback andultimately succumbed 79-73 to the No. 5Tar Heels (21-3, 7-2).

We caught Duke on a night when[their] shots werent going in, North Car-olina head coach Roy Williams said. We

were very fortunate they missed someshotsthat definitely helped us.

Up 50-45 with 12 minutes left, Josh

McRoberts took the ball to the basketagainst UNCs Tyler Hansbrough. Hans-brough fouled McRoberts, and for a mo-ment it appeared that McRoberts layup at-tempt would fall for a potentiallyback-breaking three-point play.

But McRoberts shot rolled around therim and out, and the sophomore forwardthen bricked the ensuing two free throws.The misses set off a stretch in which Duke

would make just 3-of-10 from the line.Sharp-shooting Scheyer, who carried

Duke with 26 points in 38 minutes, made

NORTH CAROLINA 73 DUKE79

DUKE FALLS TO UNC, .500 IN ACC PLAY

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The Blue Devils took an early lead Wednesday night but could not hang on, losing to their rivals by six.SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 10

BYSEAN MORONEY

THE CHRONICLE

The Blue Devils are no strangers to play-ing in big gamesand against big-timeplayers. But tonights matchup againstNorth Carolina and point guard IvoryLatta may pose the greatest challenge ofthe season for Duke.

Thats why I came to DukeI want toplay against the best teams and the best play-ers, senior Lindsey Harding said. Its fun.

When the No. 1 Blue Devils (24-0, 9-0 inthe ACC) tip off against the No. 2 TarHeels (24-0, 8-0) in Carmichael Auditori-um at 7 p.m., they will not only attempt touphold their perfect record versus theother remaining undefeated team in the

nation but also try to end a five-game skid LAUREN PRATS/THECHRONICLENorth Carolina point guard Ivory Latta has led herTar Heels to five straight wins over the Blue Devils.

Women look to end five-

game skid against Heels

SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 12