North Carolina Get Obliterated In Chapel Hill By Louisville
North Carolina was obliterated by a team from the bluegrass state in their most recent game.
Roy Williams suffered his worst home loss in 16 seasons with North Carolina as Louisville stunned the 12th-ranked Tar Heels 83-62 on Saturday. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/1/12/mens-basketball-tar-heels-vs-louisville.aspx
Connecticut transfer Steven Enoch had season highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Cardinals. Dwayne Sutton added 17 points and 10 rebounds while flirting with at triple-double, and Louisville (11-5, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back from a frustrating loss to long-struggling Pittsburgh. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/1/12/mens-basketball-tar-heels-vs-louisville.aspx
The Cardinals jumped on the Tar Heels in the opening minutes and led nearly the entire game, turning a 43-34 halftime lead into a lopsided margin. Louisville shot 52 percent, made 11 3-pointers and finished with a 40-31 edge on the glass against one of the nation's best rebounding teams. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/1/12/mens-basketball-tar-heels-vs-louisville.aspx
Kenny Williams scored 12 points for the Tar Heels (12-4, 2-1), who shot 35 percent — including 3 of 22 on 3-pointers — and committed 11 second-half turnovers. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/1/12/mens-basketball-tar-heels-vs-louisville.aspx
BIG PICTURE
Louisville: The Pitt loss certainly was a low point considering the Panthers had lost 23 straight ACC regular-season games since February 2017 and 25 of 26 against league teams overall. The Cardinals didn't spend much time sulking, instead hitting their first seven shots with four 3-pointers in what turned into an unexpected rout and quite a win for first-year coach Chris Mack. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/1/12/mens-basketball-tar-heels-vs-louisville.aspx
UNC: It was hard to see this coming. The Tar Heels had won four straight games, the first three by at least 20 points followed by a victory at 15th-ranked rival North Carolina State on Tuesday night. Yet all that momentum vanished in a woeful performance that included bad shooting, too many turnovers, a poor performance on the glass and defense that frequently failed to beat the Cardinals to a spot. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/1/12/mens-basketball-tar-heels-vs-louisville.aspx
North Carolina will look to redeem themselves their next Atlantic Coast Conference game when they host Notre Dame on Wednesday night.