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62 Days Ago North Carolina, Virginia Tech Had Their First Match Up Of The Regular Season In Chapel Hill! Today They Are Having Their Second As North Carolina, Virginia Tech Match Up In Blacksburg

62 days ago North Carolina, Virginia Tech had their first match up of the regular season in Chapel Hill!

Today they are having their second as North Carolina, Virginia Tech match up in Blacksburg.

North Carolina comes into the second match up with Virginia Tech with a record of 18-8 10-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference because they lost their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game to Pittsburgh Wednesday in Chapel Hill 67-76 because Ithiel Horton scored 19 points, making all five of his 3-point tries, and Pittsburgh rode a huge first half to beat North Carolina 76-67 John Hugley scored 18 points, Jamarius Burton added 14 points and seven rebounds, Mouhamadou Gueye had 11 points and Femi Odukale 10 for the Panthers (11-16, 6-10 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their third straight conference game for the first time since 2014.

“according to an article on goheels.com by Associated Press”

Virginia Tech comes into the second match up with North Carolina with a record of 11-16 6-10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they topped Virginia their instate rival by a score of 62-53 in Blacksburg Monday. In Virginia Tech’s 62-53 win over Virginia  Keve Aluma scored 24 points and sank two clutch shots down the stretch to allow Virginia Tech to hold off Commonwealth rival Virginia, 62-53 Monday night for its sixth straight win.

“according to an article on hokiesports.com”

Tip off is set for 4:00pm from Cassell Coliseum!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN2!