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North Carolina Routed The Citadel 100-67 Tuesday In Chapel Hill

North Carolina routed the Citadel 100-67 Tuesday in Chapel Hill.

In North Carolina’s 100-67 win over The Citadel Armando Bacot was 5-9 on field goals to go along with 11 rebounds , 2 assists, 14 points . Pete Nance was 5-6 on field goals , 3-4 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds , 1 assists , 16 points. Leaky Black was 1-2 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 assists, 5 points . R.J. Davis was 2-6 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 points . Caleb Love was 6-10 on field goals , 4-6 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 6 assists , 17 points. Puff Johnson 0-2 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 1 point. Jalen Washington was 2-4 on field goals to go along with 6 points. Justin McKoy 1-3 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 points. Jackson Watkins was 1-1 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 points . Tyler Nickel was 5-10 on field goals, 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 16 points . Seth Trimble was 0-5 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds , 5 assists, 2 points. Creighton Lebo was 1-2 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 1 assist, 2 points . Dontrez Styles was 3-4 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds , 1 assist, 9 points.

Following North Carolina’s rout 100-67 rout of the The Citadel Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!

"I really feel like being at home the last week-and-a-half has really helped us in terms of becoming a better basketball team, because we've been here and we've been able to practice," "In the week and a half that we've been here, we're playing better defense, we're rebounding better. We had 24 assists, so we're making the extra pass, we're shooting better. So does that mean that we're exactly where we need to be? No. But I feel like we're moving in the right direction."
 “According to Matt Bowers article on goheels.com”

North Carolina is now going to prepare to play Ohio State in CBS Sports Classic Saturday at Madison Square Garden home of NBA’s New York Knicks. Ohio State has already played one team from tobacco road this season in North Carolina’s tobacco road rival Duke when Ohio State played Duke in Durham on Wednesday November 30, 2022 in ACC/ Big Ten Challenge.

In that game Ohio State lost to Duke 81-72.

In Ohio State’s 81-72 loss to North Carolina tobacco road rival Duke Zed Key was 7-9 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 8 rebounds , 1 assist, 21 points. Justice Sueing was 4-10 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assist, 12 points . Bruce Thornton was 5-8 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 2 assist , 11 points. Sean McNeil was 5-13 on field goals , 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds , 1 assists, 14 points . Issac Likekele was 2-3 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds , 1 assist, 5 points . Brice Sensabaugh was 2-6 on field goals to go along 1 rebound, 4 points . Felix Okpara was 0-1 on field goals, to go along with 4 rebounds , 2 assists . Roddy Gayle Jr. was 1-4 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 3 assists . Tanner Holden was 0-1 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds , 0 assists , 0 points.

“According to espnapp”

Following Ohio State’s 81-72 loss to North Carolina’s tobacco rival Duke Ohio State Head Coach Chris Holtmann had this to say!

I just did not think our decision making was what it needed to be, We had some turnovers really across the board : post-play turnovers , we had some turnovers from some of our young kids . Obviously it’s something we need to clean up.

Tip off is set for 3:00pm from Madison Square Garden!

The game is going to be televised on CBS!