North Carolina Visits Michigan For The ACC/ Big Ten Challenge

On Wednesday North Carolina will visit Ann Arbor where they will take on Michigan in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge.

Last season North Carolina won the game in Chapel Hill by a score of 86-71. This season though Michigan will look to avenge their loss from last season while North Carolina will look to get another win in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge.

North Carolina comes into the game with a record of 6-1 while Michigan comes into the game with a record of 6-0.

As for North Carolina’s previous game they beat UCLA in the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday.

Coby White had 19 points and eight assists, Luke Maye added 16 points and eight rebounds and No. 7 North Carolina beat No. 17 UCLA 94-78 in the consolation game of the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-no-7-tar-heels-run-past-no-17-ucla-94-78.aspx

Kenny Williams scored 15 points as five Tar Heels reached double figures and North Carolina (6-1) settled for a split in its Las Vegas trip. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-no-7-tar-heels-run-past-no-17-ucla-94-78.aspx

Kris Wilkes led UCLA (4-2) with 22 points as he converted 7 of 10 from the field. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-no-7-tar-heels-run-past-no-17-ucla-94-78.aspx

Thanks to 57 percent shooting in the second half, North Carolina, which trailed early, took the lead for good on a dunk by Nassir Little with 11:58 left in the game that made it 63-62. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-no-7-tar-heels-run-past-no-17-ucla-94-78.aspx

UCLA freshman center Moses Brown fouled out with 7:40 left. He finished with seven points and four rebounds. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-no-7-tar-heels-run-past-no-17-ucla-94-78.aspx

North Carolina now leads the all-time series 9-3 in a game between teams that have combined for 18 national championships. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-no-7-tar-heels-run-past-no-17-ucla-94-78.aspx

Like North Carolina, Michigan also won their previous game as they defeated Chattanooga.

The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 9 AP, No. 8 USA Today) cruised to an 83-55 victory over Chattanooga in a non-conference contest Friday (Nov. 23) at Crisler Center.

Freshman Ignas Brazdeikis led the Wolverines with his second straight 20-point contest, matching his career high with 20 points and going 6-for-10 from the field. Also adding double-digit afternoons were Jordan Poole and Isaiah Livers, who chipped in 14 and 12 points, respectively. “according to https://mgoblue.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-wolverines-cruise-past-mocs-behind-career-highs-from-teske-brazdeikis.aspx

On the boards, junior Jon Teske grabbed a career-best 12 rebounds, surpassing his previous career high of 11 against Southern Miss (Nov. 16, 2017). As a team, Michigan dished out 13 assists and had just five turnovers with Charles Matthews handing “according to https://mgoblue.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-wolverines-cruise-past-mocs-behind-career-highs-from-teske-brazdeikis.aspx

out a team-best three helpers. “according to https://mgoblue.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-wolverines-cruise-past-mocs-behind-career-highs-from-teske-brazdeikis.aspx

A putback and the and-one scoring play from Teske heading into the first media timeout was the start of a 10-0 scoring run for the Wolverines that allowed Michigan to go up 21-6 over Chattanooga with over 12 minutes to play in the first half. The Wolverines extended their lead to 16, 30-14, with an additional four points from Teske and two from Zavier Simpson. “according to https://mgoblue.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-wolverines-cruise-past-mocs-behind-career-highs-from-teske-brazdeikis.aspx

Out of the final timeout of the half, the Michigan defense forced a 4:00 scoring drought and went on a final 9-2 run to close out the opening period with a 20-point lead, 42-22. Livers led all scorers with 12 points in the first half, while Teske pulled down eight boards and scored seven points. “according to https://mgoblue.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-wolverines-cruise-past-mocs-behind-career-highs-from-teske-brazdeikis.aspx

Michigan used two free throws from Eli Brooks with just over 10 minutes to play in the game to extend its advantage to 30, 63-33. The Wolverines continued on a 13-2 run and went up 72-40 with under seven minutes to play in the game. “according to https://mgoblue.com/news/2018/11/23/mens-basketball-wolverines-cruise-past-mocs-behind-career-highs-from-teske-brazdeikis.aspx

U-M added a final 11 points in the closing six minutes of action to improve to 6-0 on the season.

Tip-off is set for 9:00pm from the Crisler Center. The game will be televised on ESPN.