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NOTING LAWSON
Talented young point guard who
looks to build off a solid freshman
season • One of the fastest players
off the dribble in the country •
Needs to continue to improve his
decision-making and his on-the-ball
pressure defense • Part of one
of the top backcourt groups in college
basketball • Loves to push the
tempo.
FRESHMAN SEASON
(2006-07)
Season Notes: Earned ACC all-rookie
team honors • Led the ACC
in assist-turnover ratio (2.57 to 1)
and was third in assists per game
(5.6) • Had 184 assists and 64
turnovers in his 31 starts • Had
more assists than turnovers 32
times (16 straight to end the year;
also had 13 straight in another
stretch) • Led the team with 213 assists
(tied for ninth-best at UNC
single-season) and was fourth in
scoring (10.2 points per game) •
Had 101 assists and 29 turnovers in
the last 16 games (3.48 to 1 ratio) •
Had 45 assists and 13 turnovers in
seven postseason games • Averaged
12.5 points in 10 road games
• His top six scoring outputs came
away from the Smith Center •
Scored in double figures 22 times
with highs of 21 at NC State, 20 vs.
Michigan State, 18 at Arizona, 16
at Virginia Tech, 15 at Wake Forest
and Duke and 14 against Tennessee
and FSU • Had 109 free throw attempts,
third-most on the team •
Made 22 of his last 27 free throw
attempts • One of 17 national candidates
for the Bob Cousy Award •
Earned ACC Freshman of the
Week honors for his play at Wake
Forest (Jan. 24) and Arizona (Jan.
27) • Voted most improved player
by his teammates and coaches.
Game Highlights
November: Made his first start
as a Tar Heel against Ohio State
and had five assists and no
turnovers to go along with 13
points in the win over the Buckeyes.
December: Handed out seven
assists against Kentucky • Had 11
points, eight assists and four steals
and helped UNC shoot 66.1 percent
from the floor against Florida
Atlantic • Had 12 points, eight rebounds
and eight assists in win at
Saint Louis • Had nine assists and
zero turnovers against Rutgers •
Played only 19 minutes against
Dayton after suffering a fall on a
drive to the basket on which he
bruised his right wrist.
January: Matched his season
high with four steals against
Florida State • Scored 16 points
and added six assists, four
turnovers and three steals in loss at
Virginia Tech • Had 10 points and four assists in the final four minutes
as UNC rallied from 20 down
to within three • Scored all 15 of
his points in the second half of the
win at Wake Forest • Added five
assists and three steals • Played one
of his finest games in the 92-64
win at Arizona • Scored 18 points
and had eight assists, just one
turnover and four steals (matched
season high) • Helped force Arizona
senior guard Mustafa Shakur
into eight turnovers • Made a season-
high eight field goals • Helped
Carolina shoot 56.8 percent in the
second half and 51.3 for the game
• Hit a season-high three three-pointers
and had 13 points and
three assists vs. Miami.
February: Scored a season-high
21 points, had seven assists
and one turnover in loss at NC
State • Had 15 points, eight rebounds
and four assists in win at
Duke • Scored 11 of his 15 points
in the second half, including nine
in the last 5:52 • Jumper tied the
game with 5:52 to play, driving
lay-up and three-point play gave
UNC a seven-point lead with 1:46
left, lefty lay-up in traffic at 0:46
upped the lead back to four and
two free throws with five seconds
to play were the final points of the
game • Had 13 points, five assists
and one turnover in home loss to
Virginia Tech • Had shots to win at
end of regulation and overtime, but
missed a three-pointer to end the
second half and had his drive
blocked from behind at the end of
OT • Had 13 points, six rebounds
and seven assists in win at Boston
College • Helped Carolina shoot
51.9 percent in road win • Tied his
season high with nine assists at
Maryland.
March: Had 12 points, five assists
and just one turnover in home
win over Duke • Helped Carolina
shoot 50 percent from the field.
ACC Tournament: Earned first-team
all-tournament honors after
scoring 12.3 points per game, with
20 assists and four turnovers and
helping UNC shoot 52.7 percent
from the floor in the three wins •
Had 14 points, eight assists and
three steals vs. Florida State, 10
points and eight assists vs. Boston
College and 13 points, four assists
in final vs. NC State • Had two
turnovers in quarterfinals, then just
two over the next 61 minutes •
Helped limit BC guard Tyrese Rice
to 1 of 9 shooting, a day after Rice
scored 32 points in the quarterfinals
• Was UNC's defensive player
of the game vs. NC State.
NCAA Tournament: Averaged
16 points, 4.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists
and 1.5 turnovers in the first two
rounds • Had 20 points with eight
assists and one turnover against
Michigan State • Helped UNC
score 81 points, tops against the
Spartans this year • Had six assists
and no turnovers in first half as
UNC built an eight-point edge •
Made 5 of 7 three-pointers in the
two games • Had four points, seven
rebounds, four assists, one turnover
and three steals vs. the Trojans •
Picked up two fouls in the first half
that limited his aggressive play •
Equaled his second-lowest scoring
output of the year and fewest since
he had two at Clemson on Jan. 17 •
Fourth time in the last five game he
had only one turnover • Had six assists
and five turnovers against
Georgetown (as many turnovers as
he had in previous four games
combined).
PREP/PERSONAL
Led Oak Hill Academy to a 42-
1 record as a senior (won their first
42 games) • First-team USA Today
All-America selection • Averaged
23.8 points, 9.1 assists and five
steals in 2006 • Shot 63 percent
from the floor, including 42 percent
from three-point range • Had a
season-high 37 points, one of nine
games in which he scored 30 or
more • Had a season-high 18 assists
and had double-digit assists
18 times • Played for coach Steve
Smith • Participated in McDonald's
All-Star Game, Jordan Classic
and Nike Hoop Summit • McDonald's and Parade All-America
selection • Had 17 points and
six assists in Nike Hoop Summit •
Also played soccer for one year at
Oak Hill • Most Valuable Player at
Oak Hill in 2005 • Most Valuable
Player at World Juniors Tournament
in France in June 2005 • Attended
Bishop McNamara High
School in Forestville, Md., for two
years.
