North Carolina Suffers Their Second Straight Loss As Virginia Rebounds In Charlottesville

North Carolina lost in Chapel Hill to Ohio State in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge and then went on the road and lost in Charlottesville to Virginia.

Freshman Cole Anthony led North Carolina (6-3, 0-1) with 12 points, but made just 4 of 15 shots, and fellow freshman Armando Bacot had 11. The Tar Heels became the seventh team held below 50 points by Virginia this season. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2019/12/8/mens-basketball-carolina-at-virginia-recap.aspx

While North Carolina suffered their second straight loss fifth ranked Virginia meanwhile rebounded and returned to the win column after being defeated on the road at Purdue in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge.

No. 5 Virginia (8-1, 2-0 ACC) had 25 points off the bench in its 56-47 victory over No. 7 North Carolina (6-3, 1-1 ACC) on Sunday evening at John Paul Jones Arena. “according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2019/12/8/mens-basketball-no-5-virginia-tops-no-7-north-carolina.asp

Mamadi Diakite (Conakry, Guinea, Africa) led UVA with 12 points. Tomas Woldetensae (Bologna, Italy) had a career-high 11 points, going 3-for-4 from beyond the arc. Francisco Caffaro (Santa Fe, Argentina) had a career-high 10 points with a team-high seven rebounds.”according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2019/12/8/mens-basketball-no-5-virginia-tops-no-7-north-carolina.asp

Virginia shot 33 percent from the field and 35 percent from 3-point range. North Carolina shot 37 percent from the floor and seven percent beyond the arc. The Cavaliers outrebounded the Tar Heels, 37-32.”according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2019/12/8/mens-basketball-no-5-virginia-tops-no-7-north-carolina.asp

HOW IT HAPPENED
UVA took the lead early when Diakite hit three free throws and Casey Morsell (Ft. Washington, Md.) hit a jumper. The Cavaliers extended their lead with a 7-0 run that include threes from Morsell and Woldetensae. North Carolina made a run to cut it to 17-16, but Caffaro hit a layup and Woldetensae had another three to make it 22-16. Kody Stattmann (Bentley Park, Queensland) hit a three at the half to give UVA a 24-18 lead at the break.”according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2019/12/8/mens-basketball-no-5-virginia-tops-no-7-north-carolina.asp

Woldetensae hit another three early in the second half to keep UVA in the lead. North Carolina cut it to two several times, but Virginia used a 14-4 run to go up 39-35. UVA led by as many as 16 in the contest. North Carolina closed the game on a 7-0 run to make it 56-47. “according to https://virginiasports.com/news/2019/12/8/mens-basketball-no-5-virginia-tops-no-7-north-carolina.asp

North Carolina will now take a break for exams but they will return to action on Sunday December 15th when they host Wofford in Chapel Hill where they will look to avoid their third straight loss when they host Wofford whom they played last season down in Spartanburg South Carolina and won 78- 67.