North Carolina, Georgia Tech Were On Opposite Ends Of The Spectrum In Their First Match Up Of The Regular Season In Atlanta On Sunday!
North Carolina, Georgia Tech were on opposite ends of the spectrum in their first match up of the regular season in Atlanta on Sunday!
Where?
The hardwood!
Why?
North Carolina won the inaugural match up of the regular season 79-62 on Sunday in Atlanta over Georgia Tech.
The reason?
RJ Davis scored 13 of his game-high 23 points in the second half Sunday afternoon as North Carolina pulled away in the second half to defeat Georgia Tech 79-62 in the ACC opener for both teams.
The game was tied 31-all at halftime, after UNC (6-2) overcame a nine-point deficit behind stingy defense. Georgia Tech (5-3) lost its second straight contest as senior guard Michael Devoe, who entered the game as the nation's leading scorer with a 25-point average, was limited to 13 points on 5 of 12 shooting.
Freshman guard Deebo Coleman scored 13 points for Tech, which also got 13 from senior wingman Khalid Moore.
North Carolina won with balance. Four players finished with double-figure scoring, including Caleb Love with with 17 points and Armando Bacot who pitched in with 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
Georgia Tech was the better team for much of the first half.
Georgia Tech built a a nine-point lead on a steal and dunk by Moore with 8:43 remaining, but North Carolina outscored the Jackets 17-8 from there to even the score by halftime.
“according to an article by Matt Winklejohn of the Associated Press”
Georgia Tech lost the inaugural match up of the regular season 62-79 to North Carolina!
Why?
A four-and-a-half minute, second-half scoring drought for Georgia Tech men’s basketball proved to be too much to overcome as it fell 79-62 to hot-shooting North Carolina on Sunday afternoon at McCamish Pavilion.
Though,
They were even throughout the inaugural half of the game.
tied at 31 apiece, Tech edged ahead 35-31 four minutes into the second half before the Tar Heels went on a 19-4 run to take control of the game. The Yellow Jackets (5-3, 0-1 ACC) were unable to keep up with the red-hot shooting Tar Heels (6-2, 1-0 ACC), who shot a blistering 56.4 percent from the field and 58.8 percent from three-point land to push their lead out to 19.
“according to an article on ramblinwreck.com”
North Carolina is now going to prepare to return to non -conference play on Saturday when they host Elon.
Georgia Tech is also going to prepare to return to non-conference play on Saturday though they will hosting LSU ( Louisiana State University ).
Tip off for the North Carolina, Elon game is set for 8:00pm from the Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!
Tip-off for Georgia Tech ,LSU( Louisiana State University) is set for 6:00pm from State Farm Arena! The home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks!
The game is going to televised on ESPN2!
Though, North Carolina, Georgia Tech are going to match up on the hardwood again!
When?
In 41 days for the rematch when North Carolina host Georgia Tech, when Georgia Tech visits Chapel Hill!
Tip off is set for 8:00pm!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!