North Carolina And Texas Are Matching Up In The In The Championship Game At The Maui Invitational In Asheville North Carolina
North Carolina who is ranked fourteenth in this weeks AP Top 25 poll and Texas who is ranked eighteenth in this weeks AP Top 25 Poll are matching up in the Maui Invitational Championship Game!
Where?
Ashville North Carolina!
When?
This afternoon!
Why?
Because North Carolina topped Stanford in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational by score of 66-63!
When?
Yesterday!
How?
Leaky Black had a big driving basket at the 1:02 mark followed by a clinching free throw with 5.5 seconds left to help No. 14 North Carolina hold off Stanford 67-63 in Tuesday's semifinals at the relocated Maui Invitational. “according to an article by Aaron Beard Of The Associated Press
Freshman Caleb Love scored 16 points to lead the Tar Heels (3-0), who did just enough down the stretch to stay unbeaten. UNC shot 50% after halftime and won despite committing 24 turnovers, which led to 22 points for Stanford. “according to an article by Aaron Beard Of The Associated Press
Black finished with 10 points and seven rebounds as one of five players in double figures. He came through with his biggest play when he drove into the paint and scooped in a layup to increase UNC's lead to 66-63. “according to an article by Aaron Beard Of The Associated Press
While Texas beat Indiana by a score of 66-44!
Why?
— Defense was the story of the day, as No. 17/22 Texas (3-0) held Indiana (2-1) to 23.9-percent field goal shooting en route to a 66-44 victory in the semifinals of the Camping World Maui Invitational on Tuesday afternoon at Harrah's Cherokee Center-Asheville. With the victory, the Longhorns advance to play No. 14/16 North Carolina (3-0) in Wednesday's championship game at 3 p.m. CT on ESPN. “according to an article on texassports.com/
Senior guard Matt Coleman III paced the offensive attack with a team-high 16 points (6-11 FG), and junior guard Courtney Ramey added 13 points (6-6 FT). Junior guard Andrew Jones also reached double figures in scoring with 12 points. Sophomore forward Brock Cunningham tied his career high with 11 rebounds and added career highs with four assists and three steals to go along with six points in 31 minutes. “according to an article on texassports.com
Texas scored the first six points of the game and never trailed in the contest. Leading 13-11 after Indiana's Armaan Franklin hit a driving layup at the 8:40 mark, the Longhorns used a 10-0 run over the next three minutes to build a 23-11 lead following a Coleman three-pointer with 5:23 left. The margin did not dip below double digits for the remainder of the half, as UT limited the Hoosiers to 21.7-percent (5-23) field goal shooting in the opening 20 minutes and took a 31-19 advantage into the break.according to an article on texassports.com
Indiana scored the first two points of the second half on a pair of Rob Phinisee free throws to trim the lead to 31-21, but that was as close as the Hoosiers would get the rest of the way. Holding a 46-31 advantage at the 11:15 mark, the Longhorns went on a 10-1 run over the next five minutes to increase its cushion to 56-32 with 6:49 remaining after an Andrew Jones layup. The lead did not fall below 19 points the rest of the way.according to an article on texassports.com
North Carolina and Texas both come into the game with a record of 3-0!
Why?
Because they haven’t lost a game!
Tipoff is set for 4:00pm! If you’re in North Carolina but if you’re in Texas though tipoff time for the game is is going to tipoff at 3:00pm from the Harrah Cherokee Center!
Why?
Because Texas is an hour behind North Carolina!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN!