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19th Ranked North Carolina Is Hosting Lehigh Today In Chapel Hill

19th ranked North Carolina is hosting Lehigh today in Chapel Hill.

North Carolina who is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference comes into the game with record of 1-0 because they beat Radford on Monday November 6, 2023 by a score of 86-70 in their 2023-2024 season opener. As 19th ranked North Carolina beat Radford 86-70 Armando Bacot was 10-16 on field goals, 0-1 from 3 point range to go along with 13 rebounds , 1 assists.R.J Davis was 6-14 on field goals, 1-5 from on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 2 assists. Harrison Ingram who is a transfer from Stanford was 4-9 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 3 assists 5 points. Cormac Ryan is a transfer from Notre Dame was 3-8 on field goals, 3-7 on three pointers to go along with 3 rebounds.

Following North Carolina beating Radford 86-70 North Carolina guard RJ Davis had this to say!

No one said it was going to be easy,”“It’s a whole new team and I’m proud of the way we responded to adversity and finished out the game strong.”

According to Chip Alexander article on newsobserver.com

Lehigh is a member of the of Patriot League comes into the game with 19th ranked North Carolina with a record of 0-2 because they’ve two straight games including their game against Penn State 74-65 on Friday in University Park Pennsylvania.

As Lehigh lost 74-65 to Penn State Friday Dominic Parolin was 2-8 on field goals 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds, 4 points. Bube Momah was 2-7 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 8 points. Keith Higgins Jr. was 9-16 on field goals 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 23 points. Jalen Sinclair was 1-6 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 2 assists , 2 points. JT Tan was 1-3 on field goals to go along 1 6 points. Joshua Ingram was 2-2 on field goals to go along 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 points Nasir Whitlock was 1-3 on field goals. 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 points. Cam Gillus was 2-3 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 points. Ben Knonstman was 0-2 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds , 1 assists, 0 points.

According to espnapp

Following Lehigh’s 74-65 loss to Penn State Lehigh Head Coach Dr. Brett Reed had this to say!

I thought our team really established itself, particularly in the first half,Penn State came to play. We started the game on a really positive run, our guys held their composure, continued to fight, and I'm proud of them for that."
Following Lehigh’s 74-65 loss to Penn State Lehigh Head Coach Dr. Brett Reed had this to say about Keith Higgins Jr. who was 9-16 on field goals 2-7 from 3 point range to go along 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 23 points.

It was good to see Keith Higgins Jr. have a good game,". "He is such a competitor. He was a little hard on himself after that last game, and I'm really proud of him for being able to shake it off and trust his preparation and be very confident because he ended up providing us a very nice scoring punch."

According to article on /lehighsports.com/news/2023/11/10/mens-basketball-mountain-hawks-compete-in-74-65-loss-at-penn-state.aspx

Tip off is set for 2:00pm from Dean E. Smith Center!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Anish Shroff, Malcolm Huckaby commentating!