North Carolina Bounced Back After Their Loss To Kentucky,Appalachian State Had Another Setback After Their Loss To Duke Because They Lost To Duke's Tobacco Road Rival North Carolina In Chapel Hill
North Carolina bounced back after their loss to Kentucky!
When?
Tuesday night!
Where?
Chapel Hill!
How?
By defeating Appalachian State by a score of 70-50!
In North Carolina’s 70-50 win in Chapel Hill over Appalachian State Appalachian State had another setback after their loss to Duke because they lost to Duke’s tobacco road rival North Carolina on Tuesday Night in Chapel Hill by a score of 50 -70!
In Appalachian State’s 70-50 loss to North Carolina Donovan Gregory scored a season-high 18 points, but App State men's basketball dropped its non-conference finale at North Carolina by a 70-50 score.
Donovan Gregory went 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) from the field and added a season-high tying nine rebounds (four offensive). His eight made field goals also ties a career-high.
Adrian Delph also reached double figures with 10 points. Delph has now reached double figures in scoring 11 of 13 games this season. Justin Forrestadded six points, three rebounds and a pair of steals.
After North Carolina (9-3) opened the game with a 3-pointer, App State (6-7) countered with a 7-0 run, capped by five consecutive points from Delph, to open an early 7-3 lead. The Tar Heels came right back with a 10-0 run to open a 13-7 edge with just over 14 minutes left in the first half.
Trailing 19-12 Appalachian State used back-to-back jumpers from Donovan Gregory to pull within three points at 19-16. The two teams exchanged baskets before UNC used a 7-0 spurt to extend its lead to 28-18 with 5:43 left in the opening half. The Mountaineers came right back with five straight points to pull within five points at 28-23. The Tar Heels held the lead for the remainder of the half and took a 35-27 lead into the break.
In the second half, North Carolina scored the first four points to push its lead to 12, but App State answered right back with baskets by Michael Almonacy and Gregory to trim the UNC lead to 39-31.
Later in the half, North Carolina used a 15-2 run to extend its advantage to 58-35. The Mountaineers pulled within 19 points, but could get no closer the rest of the way.
Armando Bacot posted a double-double for North Carolina with 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. RJ Davis added 15 points and Caleb Love tallied 11.
“according to an article on goheels.com”
North Carolina is now going to prepare to host Virginia Tech in Chapel Hill on Wednesday December 29, 2021.
Tip off is set for 7:00pm from the Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN2!