Despite his team's 32-point loss Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium, North Carolina forward John Henson will have reason to root for Duke a couple years from now.
Well, for the women's team, that is.
Henson's sister Amber, a junior at Tampa's Sickles High, verbally committed to the Blue Devils on Sunday night, according to The St. Petersburg Times.
Duke beat out Florida, Maryland, Stanford, Texas and UNC for the 6-feet-4 player, who averaged 22.1 points per game and 12.1 rebounds this season.
"Even though going to school with John would be great, I tried to ignore all the pressure to go there because of him and think about where I'd be most comfortable without him," Amber Henson told The Times. "But make no mistake, when he plays Duke, I will definitely be sitting being the Carolina bench in light blue supporting my brother."
John Henson, who moved into UNC's starting lineup late in the season, will be a junior by by the time his sister is a freshman at Duke -- if he stays in school that long, rather than hopping early to the NBA.
On his Twitter account Sunday night, John Henson tweeted: "Tried my hardest but, Congrats to my Sister on her commitment to dook....guess ill be making a few more trips over there than expected lol."
Robbi Pickeral has covered ACC sports for The News & Observer since 2003. She can be reached at 
