North Carolina Swept Louisville In The Regular Season Because They Won 90-83 In Overtime On Tuesday February 1, 2022 In Louisville Kentucky Then Won The Rematch 70-63 Monday In Chapel Hill
North Carolina swept Louisville in the regular season because they won 90-83 in overtime in Louisville Kentucky on February 1, 2022 because in the final 1:10 was highlighted by a pair of technical fouls against Louisville that led to four made foul shots for North Carolina to seal the win.
Jae'Lyn Withers was whistled for a dead ball contact technical foul when officials ruled he shoved Bacot to the floor after the whistle blew when Bacot and Louisville's Matt Cross got tied up for a loose ball with 1:10 left. Caleb Love sank the technicals for an 86-81 North Carolina lead.
Noah Locke responded with two foul shots for the Cardinals with 59 seconds to go to reduce the deficit to three. North Carolina turned it over, and on the Cardinal's ensuing possession, Cross' deep, straight-on 3 attempt hit the rim and ricocheted to the left baseline. On the bounce, however,
Louisville's Syndey Curry was called for an offensive foul boxing out Bacot. In his irate response, Cardinals interim head coach Mike Pegues was called for a technical foul upon slamming his hand on the scorer's table.
Love then sank two technical foul shots and Bacot made 1 of 2 foul shots for the whistle drawn on Curry for an 89-83 advantage. Love made 1 of 2 with five seconds to go for the game's final margin.
In regulation, after Armando Bacot threw down a dunk to give North Carolina a 55-45 lead with 12:35 remaining, Louisville went on a shooting spree when El Ellis sank three 3s' and Cross another to give Louisville a 57-55 advantage. Neither team led by more than four points to end regulation.
Leaky Black's 3-pointer with 2:10 left in the extra session broke an 81-all tie and North Carolina led the rest of the way
Withers came up with spectacular block on R.J. Davis' wide-open layup attempt to send it to overtime tied at 74.
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Then North Carolina won the rematch 70-63 in Chapel Hill!
Only this time North Carolina won in regulation!
Why?
North Carolina finished the game on a 6-0 run, holding Louisville scoreless for the final 2 minutes, 50 seconds. Louisville made just one of their final nine shots.
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North Carolina is now going to prepare to play on tobacco road on Saturday as they head to North Carolina’s state capital for their rematch with NC State.
In the first match up of the season with NC State on January 29, 2022 n North Carolina won 100-80 over NC State Armando Bacot recorded his 16th double-double of the season, scoring 18 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.
Armando Bacot recorded his 16th double-double of the season, scoring 18 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, and North Carolina beat North Carolina State 100-80 on Saturday.
It was the fourth game in eight days for the Tar Heels (15-6, 7-3 ACC) who have won three straight. The Tar Heels never trailed in a contest in which the members of the 1981-82 national championship team were honored.
North Carolina put up a season-high 56 points before halftime on the strength of 10-for-15 shooting from 3-point range and finished 15 for 27 from behind the arc.
Brady Manek led the first-half blitz with four 3s and seven Tar Heels recorded a 3. The 56-first half points were just two shy of what North Carolina tallied in a 58-47 win over Boston College on Wednesday night.
In addition to Bacot's double-double, he recorded six blocked shots. Caleb Love scored 21 points and R.J. Davis and Manek scored 17 apiece.
North Carolina led 56-31 at halftime and pushed the margin to 73-38 on RJ Davis' 3 with 14:53 remaining.
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Tip off is set for 2:00pm from PNC Arena!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN or ESPN2!