Might makes right for McCarville.(SPORTS)(Dan Barreiro)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: March 17, 2002| Author: Barreiro, Dan | Copyright information

Byline: Dan Barreiro; Staff Writer

Chapel Hill, N.C. -- Janel McCarville's defensive game is as subtle as a Humvee attacking a mountain path. At 6-2, 207 pounds, the Gophers' freshman center likes to bump left, roll right, bump right and lean left.

McCarville figured out two things early in the Gophers' authoritative 71-54 victory over Nevada-Las Vegas in the first round of the NCAA women's Midwest Regional.

The first was that the officials did not...

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