Who Is 17th Ranked North Carolina Hosting For Inaugural ACC/ SEC Challenge Tonight In Chapel Hill? 10th Ranked Tennessee!
Who is 17th North Carolina hosting for inaugural ACC/ SEC Challenge tonight in Chapel Hill?
10th ranked Tennessee!
17th ranked North Carolina comes into inaugural ACC/ SEC Challenge with record of 5-1 because then 20th ranked Arkansas in Bad Boy Mowers batted 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island in the Bahamas 87-72 as Harrison Ingram was 5-10 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 10 rebounds, 6 assists , 2 steals, 13 points. Jaelyn Withers was 2-5 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 5 points. Armando Bacot was 3-9 on field goals to go along 4 rebounds, 9 points. Elliot Cadeau was 2-4 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 points. R.J. Davis was 9-18 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 30 points. Jalen Washington was 1-1 on field goals to go along with 6 points. Seth Trimble was 4-5 on field goals, 2-2 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 12 points. Paxson Wojcik was 2-5 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 points.
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Following then 14th ranked North Carolina’s 87-72 win over Arkansas North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!
“The thing that I talked to them about last night,”“was that the only thing that you really have control over is your response and your reaction. Whether good things happen, or bad things happen, the only thing you have control over is how you respond and how you react.”
Though, North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis wasn’t the only Davis to something following North Carolina’s 87-72 win as North Carolina guard RJ Davis who was 9-18 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 30 points did as well by saying Credit to my teammates, they know when to find me,”And I think the great thing about this team is we’re all unselfish. We look to get good to great shots, and we all look to find the hot hand. And today it was me, and the next game it might be someone else.”
According to Chip Alexander article on newsobserver.com
10th ranked Tennessee comes into the game with record of 4-2 because they lost two straight games in Maui Invitational in Honolulu Hawaii including a 69-60 loss to Kansas on Wednesday November 22, 2023 when they were ranked 7th ranked in the AP Top 25 poll when Kansas who is ranked 5th in AP Top 25 poll was ranked #1 in the AP Top 25 poll.
In then 7th Tennessee’s 69-60 loss to then #1 ranked Kansas Jonas Aidoo was 4-10 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 11 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 blocks, 8 points. Dalton Knecht was 4-17 on field goals, 1-6 on 3 pointers to go along 6 rebounds, 2 assists . 13 points. Jahimai Mashack was 0-2 on field goals to go along 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 steal. Santiago Vescovi was 8-16 on field goals 5-11 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 21 points. Josiah -Jordan James was 1-6 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assists, 4 steals 4 points. Tobe Awaka was 0-2 on field goals to go along 1 point. Jordan Gainey was 5-12 on field goals, 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals , 13 points.
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Following then 7th Tennessee’s loss to then top ranked Kansas Tennessee Head Coach Rick Barnes had this to say!
Give Kansas credit. I thought they played extremely well. I thought their key guys exactly what you’d expect them to do night in night out.
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Tip off is set for 7:15pm from Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes, Myron Medcalf commentating!