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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Kenny Williams III spent last season trying to keep his confidence up while buried on the bench for a deep, veteran North Carolina team.The first two games of his sophomore season are undoing some of that frustration.Williams had 11 points for the sixth-ranked Tar Heels in a 97-57 victory over Chattanooga on Sunday in the home opener.I think if you play with effort, then things will start going your way, Williams said. Shots will start going in. You start to get more steals and you start to get more fast-break layups. ... I think effort brings a lot of positivity to the game.Williams also finished with six rebounds, five assists and three steals in 20 minutes. And that came after he had five rebounds and four assists in the opener against Tulane on Friday for the Tar Heels (2-0), inheriting a larger role with junior swingman Theo Pinson out with a broken right foot.His play Sunday included a couple of dive-on-the-floor, active-hands moments that his Hall of Fame coach loves.Thats a Danny Green kind of stat sheet right there, Roy Williams said, where youre involved in a lot of good things.Joel Berry II scored 18 points to lead the Tar Heels, who shot 56 percent through the first 24 minutes in building a lopsided lead. They pushed ahead for good with a 21-5 run late in the first half for a 44-33 lead at the break, then scored nine straight out of the break to blow it open.Greg Pryor scored 17 points for the Mocs (1-1), who won Friday at Tennessee. But after a quick start, the preseason Southern Conference favorite just couldnt keep up with the Tar Heels.Chattanooga made 5 of 9 3-pointers in the first 10 minutes, but went 2-for-18 from behind the arc from there and shot 35 percent for the game.We got off to a great start which I thought was big, Chattanooga coach Matt McCall said. Unfortunately, they got settled in and really started turning up the heat, which made it difficult for us.BIG PICTUREChattanooga: It was a little too much to ask for Chattanooga to win both the Tennessee and UNC games to start the season, but earning the split against power-conference teams is a good start for a team that won 29 games last season and played in the NCAA Tournament.I think for us it is important for us to not let this take away from our win over Tennessee, McCall said.UNC: The Tar Heels had a lot of a balance in this one, and thats a promising sign for a team that must replace four-year starter Marcus Paige and Associated Press All-American Brice Johnson from a national runner-up.It was a team, it really was, Roy Williams said of last years NCAA finalist. Weve emphasized from Day One that this groups got to be a team now as well.POLL IMPLICATIONSUNCs first two games did nothing to undermine its No. 6 ranking in the AP Top 25 to start the season. Its a group with veteran scorers back in Berry and Justin Jackson as well as experience up front with Kennedy Meeks (14 points, 12 rebounds) and Isaiah Hicks (13 points), though its still sorting out playing rotations with Pinson out.FIRST LOOKIt was the first regular-season home game for UNCs latest freshman class.Big man Tony Bradley stood out with 12 points and eight rebounds in 15 minutes.It didnt go completely smoothly, though.Wing Brandon Robinson had five points and three rebounds, though he blew a breakaway layup. 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PHILADELPHIA -- Left-hander Matt Moore, one of the more noteworthy acquisitions at Mondays non-waiver trade deadline, makes his first start for the San Francisco Giants when they attempt to salvage the finale of a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday afternoon.The 27-year-old Moore, who will be opposed by Vince Velasquez (8-3, 3.32 ERA), was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for third baseman Matt Duffy and two minor leaguers, shortstop Lucius Fox and right-handed pitcher Michael Santos.Its hard to keep a smile off my face when I think about the things to come and being part of this group, Moore told reporters Tuesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.Moore, 7-7 with a 4.08 ERA in 21 starts for the Rays this season, was an All-Star in 2013, when he went 17-4 with a 3.29 ERA. He underwent Tommy John surgery the following season, and in 2015 compiled a 3-4 record, with a 5.43 ERA.He has begun to regain his form of late, going 4-2 with a 1.99 ERA in his last six outings with Tampa Bay.(Tampa Bay) is where I was raised but Ive been watching whats been going on here for a while and Im very grateful to be a part of it, Moore said, according to CSNBayArea.com. Its quite a turnaround from where we were in Tampa, in bad shape. To be here in first place is a pretty cool feeling.The Phillies reportedly discussed trading Velasquez to the Texas Rangers before Mondays deadline, but ultimately held on to the 24-year-old right-hander, who was acquired from the Astros in December in the deal that sent reliever Ken Gilles to Houston.ddddddddddddVelasquez was charged with a 2-1 loss to Atlanta his last time out after allowing two runs in six innings. He is 3-1 with a 2.75 ERA in six starts since a stint on the disabled list in June with a right biceps strain, and has never faced the Giants.The Phillies used a five-run eighth inning to beat San Francisco 13-8 in the series opener and erased a 4-0 deficit to win 5-4 in 12 innings Wednesday.San Francisco had six hits and scored all their runs in the first three innings against emergency starter Phil Klein, then added two more hits in the fourth. They managed only two hits in nine scoreless innings against Klein and six relievers thereafter.Klein, recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley when Wednesdays announced starter, Aaron Nola, went on the disabled list with a strained right elbow, began a stretch that saw Phillies pitchers retire 19 straight hitters between the fourth and 10th.Thats the difference in the game -- we couldnt tack on, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. We couldnt do anything with their bullpen. We couldnt get anybody on. Four runs in this ballpark, anything can happen. ... Their pen shut us down completely.San Francisco is a major league-worst 4-13 since the All-Star break.Its hard to believe, starting pitcher Johnny Cueto said through an interprete