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England international number eight Ben Morgan has agreed a new contract with Aviva Premiership club Gloucester.Gloucester announced 27-year-old Morgans deal ahead of their Premiership clash with high-flying Wasps on Saturday.Morgan, who has won 31 caps and was a member of Englands World Cup squad last year, joined Gloucester from the Scarlets in 2012.Gloucester rugby director David Humphreys said: Ben expressed his desire to stay at the club and we are thrilled that we were able to agree a new deal which will hopefully see him continue to develop even further in a Gloucester shirt.We feel that the back-row is an area of strength for us, and with the addition of Carl Fearns for next season, Ben will be a key part of that unit, bringing real leadership skills to the group.Morgan, meanwhile, told the clubs website: Its great to be part of this club, and its my local club that means a lot to me.I am absolutely over the moon to sign a new deal. 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Weve been tested (without our) crowd getting us going.The Tar Heels played three true road games, though the last one resulted in the teams first loss on Wednesday night at Indiana.So now comes the flip side when theres an array of home games for the Tar Heels (7-1), who played eight November games for the first time in the history of the program. It has been more than two weeks since North Carolina competed in its only home game so far this season.Williams didnt enjoy his 1,000th game as a college head coach when Indiana won 76-67, but he suggested it wasnt wise to make much of a milestone game.Sundays game is going to be 1,001, he said. And Ill be happy to get to 1,001 and 1,002 and on like that.Until the most recent game, the Tar Heels pretty much had their way with things. All seven North Carolina victories have come by 15 or more points.But more important were the experiences gained during that stretch.You dont want to peak around this time because its just the start of the season, North Carolina guard Joel Berry said.For Radford (3-4), which has won two of its past three games, there have been some rough experiences, including an 0-3 road record.But Radford sophomore guard Caaleb Tanner is coming off a career-best 17-point outing in a 74-67 victory against Virginia Military Institute.dddddddddddd In that game, the Highlanders had their best offensive performance against a Division I team this season, shooting 50 percent from the field and producing their biggest point total in regulation.Without many offensive highlights this season, Radford coach Mike Jones said his team has learned the importance of doing other things to compensate for that.Being able to handle that the right way, Jones said. You cant count on shooting every game.Jones was more interested on how the Highlanders performed at the other end of the court in their most recent game.I thought our defensive effort over the course of the game was really good, he said.But dealing with North Carolinas offense probably means the Highlanders will have to rise to another level. The Tar Heels have shot better than 50 percent in nine of their 16 halves this season, while to aid their cause they rank second nationally in offensive rebounding percentage, retrieving 44 percent of their misses.The North Carolina offense is coming in various forms as four players have scored 20 or more points in a game this season, including Berry, who has done it four times.For Radford, only freshman forward Ed Polite Jr.s 21-point game against Stetson falls into that category.North Carolinas only meeting with Radford came to open the 2009 NCAA Tournament, with the Tar Heels winning in a 101-58 romp in Greensboro. ' ' '