North Carolina, 23rd Ranked Ohio State Are Matching Up In CBS Sports Classic Today At Madison Square Garden Home Of NBA's New York Knicks
North Carolina, 23rd ranked Ohio State are matching up in CBS Sports Classic today at Madison Square Garden home of NBA’s New York Knicks.
North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference!
Ohio State is a member of the Big Ten Conference!
North Carolina comes into the game with record of 7-4 because they won their previous game 100-67 routing The Citadel Tuesday in Chapel Hill. In North Carolina’s 100-67 win over The Citadel.
In that game Armando Bacot was 5-9 on field goals to go along with 11 rebounds , 2 assists, 14 points . Pete Nance was 5-6 on field goals , 3-4 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds , 1 assists , 16 points. Leaky Black was 1-2 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 assists, 5 points . R.J. Davis was 2-6 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 points . Caleb Love was 6-10 on field goals , 4-6 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 6 assists , 17 points. Puff Johnson 0-2 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 1 point. Jalen Washington was 2-4 on field goals to go along with 6 points. Justin McKoy 1-3 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 points. Jackson Watkins was 1-1 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 points . Tyler Nickel was 5-10 on field goals, 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 16 points . Seth Trimble was 0-5 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds , 5 assists, 2 points. Creighton Lebo was 1-2 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 1 assist, 2 points . Dontrez Styles was 3-4 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds , 1 assist, 9 points.
Following North Carolina’s rout 100-67 rout of the The Citadel Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!
"I really feel like being at home the last week-and-a-half has really helped us in terms of becoming a better basketball team, because we've been here and we've been able to practice," "In the week and a half that we've been here, we're playing better defense, we're rebounding better. We had 24 assists, so we're making the extra pass, we're shooting better. So does that mean that we're exactly where we need to be? No. But I feel like we're moving in the right direction."
“According to Matt Bowers article on goheels.com”
Ohio State comes into the game with a record of 7-2 because they knocked off Rutgers 67-66 in Columbus Ohio on Thursday December 8, 2022.
In Ohio State’s 67-66 win where they knocked off Rutgers when they were ranked 25th in the AP Top 25 Poll Brice Sensabaugh was 5-11 on field goals, 3-4 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds , 1 assist, 13 points . Zed Key was 9-12 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 14 rebounds 2 assists , 22 points. Justice Sueing was 4-12 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 4, 3 assists , 9 points. Bruce Thornton was 3-9 on field goals , 1-4 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 5 assists , 10 points. . Sean McNeil was 3-6 on field goals , 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 2 assists , 7 points. Felix Okpara was 0-0 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 1 point. Roddy Gayle Jr. was 1-3 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 2 assist . Tanner Holden was 1-3 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds , 1 assist, 3 points that included a 3 pointer at the buzzer.
Though, Ohio State has already played an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent this season in North Carolina’s tobacco road rival Duke on November 30, 2022 in Durham in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge
In the ACC / Big Ten Challenge Ohio State lost to Duke 81-72.
In Ohio State’s 81-72 loss to North Carolina tobacco road rival Duke in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge Zed Key was 7-9 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 8 rebounds , 1 assist, 21 points. Justice Sueing was 4-10 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assist, 12 points . Bruce Thornton was 5-8 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 2 assist , 11 points. Sean McNeil was 5-13 on field goals , 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds , 1 assists, 14 points . Issac Likekele was 2-3 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds , 1 assist, 5 points . Brice Sensabaugh was 2-6 on field goals to go along 1 rebound, 4 points . Felix Okpara was 0-1 on field goals, to go along with 4 rebounds , 2 assists . Roddy Gayle Jr. was 1-4 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 3 assists . Tanner Holden was 0-1 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds , 0 assists , 0 points.
“According to espnapp”
Following Ohio State’s 81-72 loss to North Carolina’s tobacco rival Duke Ohio State Head Coach Chris Holtmann had this to say!
I just did not think our decision making was what it needed to be, We had some turnovers really across the board : post-play turnovers , we had some turnovers from some of our young kids . Obviously it’s something we need to clean up.
“According to espnapp”
Tip off is set for 3:00pm from Madison Square Garden!
The game is going to be televised on CBS with Brad Nessler , Bill Raftery, Jenny Dell are commentating!