After Losing To Notre Dame In South Bend On Wednesday 78-73 North Carolina Rebounded With 74-58 Win Over Virginia In Chapel Hill On Saturday
After losing to Notre Dame in South Bend on Wednesday 78-73 North Carolina rebounded with 74-58 win over Virginia in Chapel Hill on Saturday.
In North Carolina’s 74-58 win over Virginia Armando Bacot who is a forward had career in points, rebounds because he scored 29 points and collected 22 rebounds. Armando Bacot was 12-of-18 shooting. Armando Bacot had career highs of 29 points and 22 rebounds to lead North Carolina to a 74-58 win over Virginia.
Armando Bacot was 12-of-18 shooting and became only the second Tar Heel to collect 20 rebounds in the Dean E. Smith Center. Sean May did it three times. Bacot, who came into the game second in the nation with 10 double-doubles, posted his seventh in a row.
Brady Manek made five 3-pointers and added 19 points and five assists for the Tar Heels (11-4, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who remained perfect at home this season with eight wins while bouncing back from a 78-73 loss to Notre Dame on Wednesday. Caleb
Love had 16 points with four 3-pointers and also had five assists. Reece Beekman scored 13 points, Armaan Franklin 12 and Jayden Gardner 10 for the Cavaliers (9-6, 3-2), who were coming off ACC road victories over Syracuse and Clemson.
Two Bacot baskets and 3-pointers from Love and Manek put UNC up by double figures for good midway through the second half. A 10-0 run with Manek hitting two more 3-pointers gave the Tar Heels their largest lead — 25 points — with 3 1/2 minutes left.
North Carolina took the lead for good five minutes into the game on a Bacot bucket but only led by six, 31-25, at halftime.
The teams were close in shooting percentage but North Carolina was 11 of 25 from the arc while Virginia was 6 of 12. With Bacot leading the way, UNC won the boards 36-28.
North Carolina has held opposing teams to 65 points or fewer in its last eight wins. Virginia came in 10th nationally in scoring defense at 57.7.
“according to an article on goheels.com by Associated Press”
North Carolina is now going to prepare to host Georgia Tech on Saturday in Chapel Hill! Unlike North Carolina, Georgia Tech has to play an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent during the week before they play North Carolina because they play Boston College on the road in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts on Wednesday night!
Tip off for North Carolina , Georgia Tech is set for 8:00pm from the Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!