RECRUIT FACES DRUG CHARGES

Police arrested UNC basketball recruit [NAME DELETED] at Eastern Alamance
High School on Wednesday and charged him with six drug-related felonies.
[NAME DELETED] was charged with two counts of possession with intent to
sell and deliver marijuana, two counts of sale and delivery of marijuana
and two counts of sale, possession and delivery of a controlled substance
on school grounds, said Randy Jones, spokesman for the Alamance County
Sheriff's Office.

"It's very surprising," said UNC coach Roy Williams. "I'm just learning
everything about it, just like you guys are."

The Eastern Alamance senior, who became the state's all-time leading scorer
in December, was one of 49 individuals, including three juveniles, arrested
in a coordinated operation at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

"We had each of the individuals we had warrants for called to a particular
office area (of the school), and we had deputies staged nearby," Jones said.

The students' parents were immediately summoned to make arrangements with a
magistrate.

"He's got to look at the big picture," said UNC wingman Rashad McCants.
"He's got a scholarship to North Carolina. Everybody's watching. He can't
do anything that's going to jeopardize that."

[NAME DELETED], a point guard who was recruited by former coach Matt
Doherty, led the state in scoring as a sophomore and broke the 1,000-point
mark in just 41 high school games.

He scored 47 points in his team's 93-72 win against Graham High School on
Tuesday.

"He doesn't play for me," Williams said.

"He's not here. If there needs to be a decision made at some time, I'll
make that decision, and if I do, he and his family will know about it
first, whatever that decision may be. And if I don't need to make a
decision, I won't make a decision."

[NAME DELETED] was released to his parents on $40,000 bail and will make
his first appearance in court this morning, Jones said.

The next step in the process will be an indictment before a grand jury. The
time frame for that process is unknown.

"I'm with him, I'm praying for him, thinking about him," said UNC center
Sean May. "I hope it's not true, what happened. Hopefully, he'll get
through this."