North Carolina, Appalachian State Are Looking To Rebound As They Match Up Tonight In Chapel Hill Because They Lost Their Previous Games To Kentucky, Duke!
North Carolina, Appalachian State are looking to rebound as they match up tonight in Chapel Hill because they lost their previous games to Kentucky, Duke!
When?
Saturday, Thursday!
North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference!
Appalachian State is a member of the Sun Belt Conference!
North Carolina comes into the game with a record of 8-3!
Why?
Because as stated above they lost to Kentucky!
North Carolina lost to 21st Kentucky on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic in Las Vegas Nevada on Saturday!
Why?
Because Sahvir Wheeler scored 26 pointsWheeler, who shot a season-best 80% (12 of 15) from the floor, was one of four Wildcats to score in double figures in Kentucky's first victory away from Rupp Arena.
Oscar Tshiebwe added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (8-2), while Kellan Grady had 18 points and Keion Brooks Jr. had 10.
Kentucky raced to their biggest lead of the first half, an 18-point advantage with 4:18 left behind a balanced scoring attack that saw nine players on the scoresheet.
Led by Wheeler, who had 14 points in the first half, the Wildcats were 15 of 37 (40.5%) from the floor, including 3 for 7 (42.9%) from 3-point range.
North Carolina struggled during cold-shooting stretches of 0 for 7, 1 for 9 and 2 for 12.
hit just 10 of 27 from the floor in the first 20 minutes, during which they didn't get many second-chance opportunities with Kentucky dominating the paint by outrebounding North Carolina 26-14.
”according to an article on goheels.com”
Appalachian State meanwhile lost North Carolina’s tobacco road rival Duke on Tuesday by a score of 92-67 on Thursday.
In Appalachian State’s 92-67 loss to Duke App State men's basketball cut a 13-point halftime deficit to just five, but fell at No. 2-ranked Duke 92-67 on Thursday evening.
After trailing 50-37 at the break, App State (6-6) come out of the locker room and scored 11 of the first 14 points to pull within five points at 53-48 with 17:23 remaining. Duke (9-1) answered with a pair of free throws on its next possession, but Justin Forrest countered with two free throws to pull App State back within five points. From there, the Blue Devils drained three consecutive 3-pointers for a 9-0 run and expanded its lead to 64-50 with 15:10 left.
The Mountaineers pulled within 12 points, but could get no closer as Duke pulled away down the stretch for the victory.
App State opened the game with the first four points, using a jumper from Forrest and. a layup from Michael Almonacy. The Blue Devils countered with a 10-2 run to open a 10-6 lead, but App State used back-to-back threes from Almonacy and Forrest to take a 12-10 edge with just over 16 minutes left in the first half.
Trailing 20-16, Almonacy scored five consecutive points to put App State in front 21-20. Duke answered with a 3-pointer, but Almonacy came right back with a trey of his own to put the Black and Gold up 24-23. The Blue Devils countered with a 7-0 run to open a 30-24 lead. App State pulled within two points at 30-28 on a basket from Michael Eads Jr. and trimmed the Blue Devil lead to a point at 32-31 with 5:20 left in the opening half on a trey from Eads Jr. Duke used a 10-0 run later in the half to build a 44-33 lead and opened a 13-point lead at intermission.
Almonacy finished with 17 points, while recording three assists and a pair of steals. Forrest added 16 points, going 9-of-11 (81.8 percent) from the free throw line.
James Lewis Jr. had 11 points and seven rebounds (four offensive). Adrian Delph also reached double figures in scoring with 10 points, while adding four rebounds and a career-high six assists.
Donovan Gregory pulled down a season-high tying nine rebounds (four offensive) and had three assists.
App State won the rebounding battle 31-30 and held a 13-7 edge on the offensive glass. The Mountaineers outscored Duke 19-12 in second chance points.
“according to an article on appstatesports.com”
Tip off is set for 7:00pm from the Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!