PITTSBURGH – “This is North Carolina, we’re some dogs.”

Those words were courtesy of Harrison Ingram while sitting in North Carolina’s happy locker room not long after the Tar Heels dispatched Pittsburgh, 70-57, on Tuesday night at Petersen Events Center.

It took a dog-like effort for the eighth-ranked Tar Heels to get a win because they didn’t shoot the ball well all night. Only36.5 percent, to be exact, and just 5-for-17 from the perimeter. But the Heels loaded up with hard hats, shovels, and hammers tonight. That’s what it took to beat the physical Panthers.