North Carolina Blows Out Notre Dame To Advance To The Quarterfinal Round Of The Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament In Greensboro
North Carolina and Notre Dame matched up once during the regular season!
When?
On Saturday January 2, 2021 where North Carolina narrowly beat Notre Dame by a score of 66-65!
Where ?
Chapel Hill North Carolina!
Why?
Day'Ron Sharpe had a season-high 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Leaky Black hit the go-ahead jumper in the closing seconds. “according to an article by the Associated Press on goheels.com
While Notre Dame narrowly lost to North Carolina by score of 65-66!
Where?
Chapel Hill North Carolina!
Why?
Because they were topped by North Carolina by a score of 66-65 in Chapel Hill!
Why?
Despite Notre Dame taking 65-64 lead with thirty six seconds to go in regulation North Carolina answered with a with a jumper from Leaky Black with nine seconds left to go on top 66-65.
Then Notre Dame had one last chance at the buzzer but a mid-range jumper from Juwan Durham just wouldn’t fall giving North Carolina the victory. “according to an article on und.com
Yesterday,
North Carolina and Notre Dame matched up again!
This time in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament where the game wasn’t nearly as close.
Why?
Because North Carolina who is a sixth seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament blew out Notre Dame by forty two points with a 101-59 win.
In the victory over Notre Dame Armando Bacot scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to record his sixth double-double of the season.
North Carolina ended the first half on a 47-31 run and led 50-36 at the break. Notre Dame (11-15) never got closer than 12 points in the second half, as the Tar Heels ended the game on a 42-12 run over the final 15:27.
North Carolina shot 50.6% from the field on 39-of-77 shooting while Notre Dame was 19-for-61 (31.1%) on field goals. The Tar Heels outrebounded the Fighting Irish 54-31, including a 25-15 edge on the offensive glass.
Five Tar Heel players scored in double figures, led by Bacot's game-high 20 points. Walker Kessler was a force inside for North Carolina, posting his first career double-double and setting career bests in blocks (8) and rebounds (12) while scoring 16 points. Caleb Love scored 15 points, Day'Ron Sharpe added 14 points and 10 rebounds while RJ Davis had a 14-point effort. “according to an article on goheels.com”
With the win North Carolina advanced to the quarterfinal round where they’re going to face Virginia Tech who is a third seed!
When?
Tonight!
Where?
Greensboro Coliseum!
Tipoff is set for 9:00pm!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN!
Meanwhile,
Notre Dame’s 2020-2021 came to end!
Why?
Notre Dame trailed by three at 17-14 after the opening eight minutes of action before the Tar Heels reeled off nine straight points to push its advantage to 12 with nine minutes left in the half. The two teams traded baskets the rest of the half with UNC leading 50-36 at the halftime break.
The Irish trailed by 12 at 59-47 with 15 minutes left in regulation and had a possession to cut the deficit to 10 or less but were unable to capitalize. After that it was all North Carolina, who went on to win by a final score of 101-59.”according to an article on und.com”