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As North Carolina, Boston College Are Opposing Each Other Saturday In Chapel Hill North Carolina, Boston College Are Looking To Halt, Stop Losing Streaks

North Carolina is currently on a two game losing streak!

Boston College is currently on a five game losing streak!

As North Carolina, Boston College are opposing each other Saturday in Chapel Hill North Carolina, Boston College are looking to halt, stop losing streaks!

North Carolina comes into the game with record of 12-8 overall while they’re 5-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference are seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because North Carolina was knocked -off by Wake Forest 67-66 Tuesday night in Winston-Salem.

Where?

On the hardwood!

As North Carolina was knocked-off by Wake Forest 67-66 Tuesday night in Winston -Salem as a team North Carolina shot 40% on field goals , 25 % on 3 pointers was 6-10 from free throw line Elliot Cadeau, RJ Davis were the only players who scored in double figures. As Elliot Cadeau scored in double figures he was 5-10 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 13 assists , 14 points . RJ Davis was 8-16 on field goals , 3-9 on 3 pointers to go along with 14 points. RJ Davis was 8-16 on field goals 3-9 on 3 pointers to go along with 21 points.

According to espn app

Following North Carolina being knocked -off by Wake Forest 67-66 Tuesday night in Winston- Salem North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say about what the difference was in the game! Wake Forest got to free throw line where they made their free throws were 21-27 while North Carolina didn’t get the free throw line as much when they did they were 6-10 and also not being to make open shots.

According to Rodd Baxley article https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/college/acc/2025/01/22/unc-basketball-hubert-davis-wake-forest-free-throws-3-point-shooting/77780067007/

Boston College comes into the game with North Carolina with record 9-10 overall 1-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is seventeenth in the standings because they’ve lost 5 games in a row including their game to Virginia Tuesday night in Charlottesville 74-56.

As Boston College lost 74-56 to Virginia Tuesday night in Charlottesville as a team Boston College shot 48.8% on field goals , 26.7 % on 3 pointers , 80 % on free throws. Three players scored in double figures . Chad Venning was 6-11 on field goals , 2-2 on free throws to go along with 5 rebounds , 14 points . Dion Brown was 5-9 on field goals , 1-4 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 11 points . Fred Payne was 7-10 on field goals , 2-5 on 3 pointers , 1-1 on free throws to go along with 1 assists , 3 steals, 17 points.

Following Boston College 74-56 loss to Virginia in Charlottesville Boston College Head Coach Earl Grant had this to say!

I gotta go watch the film,”“I’m not sure exactly what happened. I didn’t see anything malicious, you know. And Donald Hand doesn’t have a malicious bone in his body.” 

It’s pretty simple,”We didn’t make some shots early. They made nine threes.” 

According to y Maria Stefanoudakis BC Heights article https://www.bcheights.com/2025/01/21/eagles-lose-to-virgina-on-the-road/

Tip off is set for 2:15pm from Dean E. Smith Center!

The game is going to be televised on CW Network with Thom Brennaman, Mike Gminski!

Mike Gminski played for Duke from 1976-1980!

As a player for Duke,

Mike Gminski played for Bill Foster in 1976 -77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80!

In his Duke career Mike Gminski played in 122 games averaged 19.0 points , 10.2 rebounds, 1.0 assists per game shooting 53.1 % 79.2 on free throws was NCAA All -Tourney 2x NCAA All-Region, 2x Consensus AA 1978-1979 ACC Player Of The Year 3x All-ACC 1976 -77 ACC Rookie Of The Year 1978-1979 ACC Player Of The Year. 4x All -ACC Tourney. Following Mike Gminski’s collegiate career at Duke he went on to play professionally in the NBA was drafted by The New Jersey Nets who are now know as Brooklyn Nets in the first round as the seventh pick overall in 1980 NBA Draft. . In his NBA Career Mike Gminski played for Brooklyn for 8 seasons, Philadelphia for 4 seasons, 4 seasons for Chicago, 1 season for Milwaukee

According to https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mike-gminski-1.html

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gminsmi01.html