North Carolina Suffers Their Second Straight Loss As Pittsburgh Rebounds In Chapel Hill

Since closing out their non-conference schedule with a win over Yale things haven’t gone North Carolina’s way.

They were embarrassed on their home court against Georgia Tech and in their most recent game they lost to a team who’s head coach Jeff Capel is familiar with the tobacco road because he was on Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching staff at Duke before taking the head coaching job at Pittsburgh.

Garrison Brooks had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead North Carolina (8-7, 1-3). Armando Bacot added 15 points and Brandon Robinson had 13 points for the Tar Heels, who lost for the sixth time in eight games. “according to https://goheels.com/news/2020/1/8/mens-basketball-unc-vs-pitt-recap.aspx

While North Carolina suffered yet another loss Pittsburgh was on the other end of the spectrum as they rebounded from loss to Wake Forest.

 Trey McGowens scored 24 points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out eight assists and recorded four steals in a 73-65 victory against North Carolina on Wednesday night at the Dean E. Smith Center. “according to https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2020/1/8/mens-basketball-mcgowens-champagnie-help-panthers-end-acc-road-skid.aspx

The win snapped a 22-game conference road losing streak, winning for the first time since it defeated Boston College 83-72 on Feb. 8, 2017. “according to https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2020/1/8/mens-basketball-mcgowens-champagnie-help-panthers-end-acc-road-skid.aspx

Justin Champagnie added 22 points for the Panthers (11-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who rallied from a 14-point deficit late in the first half.”according to https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2020/1/8/mens-basketball-mcgowens-champagnie-help-panthers-end-acc-road-skid.aspx

Pittsburgh won on the road in league play for the first time since it defeated Boston College 83-72 on Feb. 8, 2017. “according to https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2020/1/8/mens-basketball-mcgowens-champagnie-help-panthers-end-acc-road-skid.aspx

McGowens snapped a 56-56 tie by scoring eight consecutive points in a 90-second span, giving the Panthers the lead for good with seven minutes remaining.”according to https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2020/1/8/mens-basketball-mcgowens-champagnie-help-panthers-end-acc-road-skid.aspx

Xavier Johnson scored 17 points for the Panthers. Pittsburgh stormed back with a 16-4 run early in the second half and made 8 of 12 3-pointers after halftime.”according to https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2020/1/8/mens-basketball-mcgowens-champagnie-help-panthers-end-acc-road-skid.aspx

North Carolina will now look to avoid their third straight loss when they host Clemson on Saturday in Chapel Hill.