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Canada tried a set play after calling a timeout with 10 seconds remaining but Alogbos backhand shot was stopped by the Russian netminder. "This is a devastating loss for the team," said head coach Patrick Oaten. "We fought hard to represent Canada in London this summer but came up one goal short at the end. Im incredibly proud of this group of athletes and all the work they have put in over the last many years." Rachel Riddell of Victoria played the entire match in goal. The Canadian women also fell one win short at this stage prior to the 2008 Games, losing 5-2 to Greece in the decisive game of a qualifying event in Italy. Almost two-thirds of the current Canadian squad was at that tournament in Imperia, Italy. They started training for London shortly after that defeat and came close to reaching their goal last October at the Pan Am Games. A victory over the Americans in Mexico would have secured an Olympic berth, but the Canadians came up just short in a gut-wrenching shootout loss. 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Zeller finished with 20 points and eight rebounds, and Victor Oladipo and Will Sheehey both added 19 points, leading the top-ranked Hoosiers to a stunning 83-59 rout of No. 14 North Carolina in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. "I know people criticize us for our defence, and they say If they cant play defence, how good can they really be?" Oladipo said. North Carolina (5-2) found out the Hoosiers can play defence and when they do, theyre pretty darn good. The Tar Heels opened the second half going 1 of 20 from the field and got their only basket on a tip-in that may have been deflected off the hand of an Indiana player. And offensively, the Hoosiers were their usual balanced selves. Zeller was 8 of 13 from the field with four blocks, one steal and an assist. Oladipo and Sheehey were both 8 of 12 from the field. Senior guard Jordan Hulls was 5 of 8, including three 3-pointers, and finished with 13 points, eight assists and two steals. The dominant performance might even silence some of the murmurs No. 2 Duke was closing the gap with Indiana (7-0), murmurs the Hoosiers were aware of when they took the court Tuesday night. "It was a huge statement," Sheehey said. "We prepared for this game for a couple of weeks now. You saw the score, we played hard, we played well, we played together and when we do that, we play well." The best thing about this game for North Carolina may be the end of its run against teams from the Hoosier State. A week ago, North Carolina trailed by 29 points in the second half before falling 82-71 to two-time national runner-up Butler. On Tuesday, it was almost an instant replay. Indiana closed the first half fast, started the second half fast and spent the rest of the game pulling away. The Hoosiers took biggest lead of the night, 83-51, with 4:22 to play. Dexter Strickland led the Tar Heels with 14 points, Marcus Paige had 11 and James Michael McAdoo had 10 points and nine rebounds for North Carolina, who was missing sophomore guard P.J. Hairston, who stayed home with a sprained left knee. There was a bigger problem, though. North Carolina couldnt figure out how to contaain Zeller, one of this seasons favourites to be the national player of the year. Dan Hamhuis Jersey. "Boy, I would love to watch them play if it wasnt against my team," Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said. "You look down the lineup and Cody Zeller, hes family to begin with, hes really a load to handle, and two other guys that I didnt even hear of when they were in high school, they just kicked our rear ends." The game pitting two of the countrys most storied programs -- which have combined for 10 national titles and 3,767 wins -- had been billed as one of this seasons showcase events. For 16 minutes, it lived up to the hype. Zeller changed everything with two flurries. By setting high picks and drawing post players outside, it opened up the lanes for his cutting and slashing teammates who wasted no time exploiting the holes in the Carolina defence. Sheehey broke the tie with a layup. Oladipo drew a foul and made two free throws. Zeller beat the Tar Heels down the court on a fast break, and then Zeller closed the 15-6 run by grabbing Yogi Ferrells errant layup and nimbly tossing it into the basket with less than 1 second on the clock. That gave Indiana a 46-37 halftime lead. The Hoosiers were only getting started. "If you let them dictate and control the pace of the game, theyre going to win," Indiana coach Tom Crean said. "So we had to control and dictate the pace of the game, and to do that, we had to run." But in the second half, the Hoosiers were out to prove something else -- that they could defend. Over the first 8 1/2 minutes, North Carolina managed only three points, the tip-in and a free throw. Zeller and Oladipo, meanwhile, combined for seven points in the opening 13-0 blitz that put Indiana ahead 59-37, and North Carolina never challenged again as the Hoosiers won their 34th consecutive home game in November against a team that was supposed to give it all kinds of trouble. "Its cool," Oladipo said when asked about the margin of victory over a program like North Carolina. "I mean, weve been working really hard and you guys know as well as I know that this program over the last couple of years was really struggling and we wanted to get it back on top. So to get a win like that, its a humbling experience." ' ' '