North Carolina Suffers Their Second Straight Loss As They Lose In Tallahassee To Florida State

Over the weekend North Carolina was edged in Chapel Hill by Boston College by a score 71-70.

To begin their week North Carolina suffered a loss in Tallahassee to eighth ranked Florida State.

Cole Anthony started in his second game back from knee surgery for UNC (10-12, 3-8). The freshman guard scored 16 points on 5-of-23 shooting and added seven rebounds. He shot 3 of 10 from 3-point range and 3 of 8 from the free-throw line.”according to https://goheels.com/news/2020/2/3/mens-basketball-unc-at-fsu-recap.aspx

North Carolina went 0 for 17 during a long stretch of the second half and Florida State was able to build a comfortable lead. The Tar Heels fouled to extend the game, but Florida State finished 11 of 13 from the free-throw line.”according to
https://goheels.com/news/2020/2/3/mens-basketball-unc-at-fsu-recap.aspx
UNC senior guard Brandon Robinson, who's averaging 13.1 points per game, did not play because of a sprained ankle. Christian Keeling, who averages 4.4 points per game, made up some of the slack by scoring 14 points.”according to https://goheels.com/news/2020/2/3/mens-basketball-unc-at-fsu-recap.aspx

While North Carolina suffered their second straight loss in the Atlantic Coast Conference Florida State meanwhile won their second straight game in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Patrick Williams was perhaps as good he’s ever been on Monday night. He scored 14 points, added a career-high nine rebounds and was near-perfect from the floor in No. 8 FSU’s 65-59 victory over UNC in front of 10,015 fans at the Donald L. Tucker Center.”according to https://seminoles.com/no-5-florida-state-defeats-north-carolina-65-59/

Forrest added another 14 points for the Seminoles (19-3, 9-2 ACC), who have won 18 consecutive home games dating back to last season.”according to https://seminoles.com/no-5-florida-state-defeats-north-carolina-65-59/

North Carolina who is unranked will now prepare for a visit from their tobacco road rival Duke on Saturday night who unlike them is ranked in the AP Top 25 poll as they’re number seven in the country in this weeks poll.