After Losing Back To Back Games At Miami, At Wake Forest North Carolina Is Looking To Return To Their Winning Ways Tonight While Virginia Tech Is Too After Losing At Boston College 63-68 On Saturday

After losing back to back games on the road at Miami, at Wake Forest North Carolina Is looking to return to their winning ways tonight

North Carolina comes into the game with a record of 12-6 while they’re 4-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and are sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference because they lost back to back games on the road at Miami, At Wake Forest North Carolina is looking to return to their winning ways as they host Virginia Tech tonight in Chapel Hill.

In North Carolina’s 57-85 loss at Miami Isaiah Wong scored 25 points, Sam Waardenburg set a career high with 21 points and Miami led by 27 points at halftime en route to an 85-57 win.

Miami concluded a five-game losing streak in the series with their largest margin of victory over the Tar Heels. Miami led 49-22 at the break — matching North Carolina's largest halftime deficit since 2010 against Duke.

Miami scored 14 unanswered points early in the first half, with two 3-pointers by Waardenburg, for a 16-5 lead and the Hurricanes led by at least eight points the rest of the way. Waardenburg had 11 points in the opening nine minutes to match North Carolina's total, and his dunk later in the half made it 39-18 after his sixth straight made basket.

Waardenburg scored 17 points in the first half, Wong added 15 points and Kameron McGusty had 12 as the Hurricanes shot 58.1% from the field, including 8 of 14 from 3-point range. North Carolina was just 7-of-31 shooting (22.6%) in the half with 10 turnovers.

Miami held Armando Bacot, who entered with back-to-back 29-point games, to just three points in the first half after playing 16 minutes due to two fouls.

The lead reached 33 points in the second half.

McGusty finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double this year for Miami (14-4, 6-1 ACC), which has won 10 of its last 11 games.

Bacot had 15 points and 12 rebounds for North Carolina (12-5, 4-2). He landed hard on the court with 5:01 left in the second half and stayed down for a few minutes before gingerly walking off. UNC head coach Hubert Davis was hopeful after the game that Bacot had not suffered any serious injury.

Then North Carolina lost to Wake Forest in Winston-Salem on Saturday.

This time, North Carolina lost by a score of 76-98.

In North Carolina’s 76-98 loss to Wake Forest Jake LaRavia scored a career-high 31 points on 9-of-13 shooting and grabbed a season-best 10 rebounds to help Wake Forest beat North Carolina 98-76 on Saturday night.

Jake LaRavia made 12 of 15 from the free-throw line and finished with four assists and three steals. Alondes Williams had 20 points and tied his career high with three blocks and Daivien Williamson scored 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting for Wake Forest (16-4, 6-3 ACC).

Daivien Williamson scored the first seven points and added a 3-pointer in a 20-5 run that gave Wake Forest a 41-28 lead when Williams hit a 3 with 3:19 left in the first half and the Tar Heels never again threatened.

Brady Manek scored 22 points before fouling out with 5:26 left and RJ Davis added 18 for North Carolina (12-6, 4-3). Armando Bacot had 12 points and 12 rebounds — his ninth consecutive double-double — but made just 4 of 12 from the field and 4 of 8 from the free-throw line.

Williams went into the game as the conference's leader is both scoring (20.3 per game) and assists (5.16) — something no player has done for an entire season since assists have been counted beginning in 1973 — while shooting 54.5% (No. 4 in the ACC) from the field this season.

Wake Forest has won five of six and three in a row, including landmark road wins at Virginia (63-55) and Georgia Tech (80-64), the team's first victories in Charlottesville and Atlanta since 2010 and 2004, respectively. The Demon Deacons — picked in the preseason to finish 13th in the 15-team ACC — are a half-game out of first in the conference standings.

The Tar Heels, who allowed 30 points off their 14 turnovers is an 85-57 loss at Miami last Tuesday, committed just 11 turnovers on Saturday but Wake Forest converted those miscues in 21 points.

Damari Monsanto hit three 3-pointers in a 58-second span 71-52 lead with 11:50 to play. Monsanto, a transfer from East Tennessee State playing in his second game for the Demon Deacons, finished with 13 points five rebounds and three steals in 20 minutes. The Southern Conference freshman of the year last season was expected to miss this season while recovering from Achilles surgery in June.

“according to an article on goheels.com by the Associated Press”

Though, North Carolina isn’t only team looking to return their winning ways as Virginia Tech is too tonight after losing at Boston College 63 -68 on Saturday.

In Virginia Tech’s 63-68 loss to Boston College espite Keve Aluma's 21 points, the Virginia Tech men's basketball team fell at Boston College 68-63 Saturday afternoon. It was Aluma's fifth time scoring at least 20 points this season.

Aluma added eight rebounds and three assists to his 21-point performance to lead the Hokies (10-8, 2-5 ACC). Hunter Cattoor, who connected on 4 of 5 from three, finished with 14 points, while Nahiem Alleyne chipped in 10 points.

James Karnik, who scored his 1,000th career point during the contest, led all scorers with 26 points for the Eagles (8-9, 3-4 ACC). In what was a decisive factor in the game, BC cleaned up the glass for a 38-23 advantage. The Eagles manufactured 16 offensive rebounds.

Tech must regroup quickly as the team travels to Chapel Hill, North Carolina for Monday's league tilt against the Tar Heels at 8 p.m. on ACC Network.

How It Happened

After jumping out to a 14-8 advantage, Virginia Tech went on a 5-0 run with 9:06 left in the first half to increase its lead to 19-8. The Hokies then lost some of that lead, but still entered halftime with a 33-31 advantage. Virginia Tech capitalized on eight Boston College turnovers in the period, turning them into 11 points on the other end of the floor.

Boston College proceeded to take a 61-56 lead before Virginia Tech went on a 5-0 run, finished off by Alleyne's three, to even the score at 61 all with 4:23 to go in the contest. Virginia Tech could not turn their rally into a victory, as the Eagles outscored them 7-2 the rest of the way to snap  Virginia Tech's two-game win streak.

“according to an article on hokiesports.com”

Tip off is set for 8:00pm from the Dean E. Smith Center!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!