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North Carolina, NC State Split 2022-2023 Regular Season Meetings Because Each Team Won On Their Home Court!

North Carolina, NC State split 2022-2023 regular season meetings because each team won on their home court!

North Carolina won in Chapel Hill on Saturday January 21, 2023 at Dean E. Smith Center via score of 80-69 though, they lost Leaky Black following him being administered a flagrant 2 foul following a play with 9:45 left in second half where Terquavion Smith was driving to the rim. Leaky Black missed the ball before committing the foul. Following Leaky Black was ejected from the game while Tequavion Smith remained on the hardwood as trainers attended to him before a stretcher was brought out.

As North Carolina won the game 80-69 Armando Bacot was 8-13 on field goals to go along with 18 rebounds , 1 assists , 23 points. Pete Nance was 2-5 on field goals , 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along 8 rebounds , 1 assists, 5 points . Leaky Black was 2-6 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 1 assists, 9 points before being administered a flagrant 2 foul, ejected from game. R.J. Davis was 5-8 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds , 26 points. Caleb Love was 3-14 on field goals , 1-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 16 points. Jalen Washington was 0-1 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds , 1 assists, 1 point. Seth Trimble was 0-0 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 0 points. D’Marco Dunn was 0-4 on field goals , 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, , 0 assists, 0 points . Dontrez Styles was 0-3 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 0 points.

As NC State lost the game 69-80 Gregg Gantt was 0-1 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 0 points. D.J. Burns Jr. was 8-13 on field goals to go along 3 rebounds, 18 points. Terquavion Smith was 5-15 on field goals , 1-4 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound , 1 assists, 12 points before leaving game on stretcher with elbow, neck injury. Casey Morsell was was 4-8 on field goals , 3-5 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds , 12 points. Jarkell Joiner was 6-18 on field goals, 0-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 3 assists, 18 points . Ernest Ross was 2-4 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 points . Ebenenzer Dowuona was 1-2 on field goals to go along with 1 rebound , 2 points. Breon Pass was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 1 assists. LJ Thomas was 0-1 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 1 assists.

“According to espnapp”

Following North Carolina’s 80-69 win over NC State , NC State’s 68 -80 loss to North Carolina North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis, NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts shared their thoughts on the play that transpired between Leaky Black, Terquavion Smith resulting in Leaky Black being administered flagrant 2 foul, being ejected from game. Following North Carolina’s 80-69 win over NC State , NC State’s 68 -80 loss to North Carolina North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis, NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts shared their thoughts on the play that transpired between Leaky Black, Terquavion Smith resulting in Leaky Black being administered flagrant 2 foul, being ejected from game.

North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!

My hope and my prayers is that Smith (Terquavion ) is not hurt . He’s an unbelievable kid and player. You never want to see anyone hurt and injured. He’s a fantastic player.

NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!

He believes his players handled the situation after Smith’s injury well.

Our guys are a really close, a close -knit bunch,”

I thought we handled it as best we could.

“According to Jeff Borzello ‘s article on espnapp”

Though,

North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis, NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts weren’t the only to share their thoughts on the play that transpired between Leaky Black, Terquavion Smith as Terquavion Smith of NC State was as well as he took to his social media account on Twitter (Tgetsbuckss23 saying I am fine appreciate all the prayers concern with a heart.

NC State won 77-69 Sunday in North Carolina’s state capital at PNC Arena that isn’t only home to NC State Men’s Basketball though, the Carolina Hurricanes of NHL as well.

As NC State won 77-69 Sunday at PNC Arena Greg Gantt was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds. DJ Burns Jr. was 9-15 on field goals to go along 3 rebounds , 1 assists, 18 points . Terquavion 5-16 on field goals , 0-4 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds , 3 assists, 12 points . Casey Morsell was 5-12 on field goals , 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds , 1 assists, 12 points . Jarkel Joiner was 11-21 on field goals , 1-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 1 assists, 29 points. Ernest Ross was 0-1 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds, 1 assists. Though, he contributed 0 points . Ebenezer Dowuona 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds. Though, he contributed 0 points . LJ Thomas was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 0 points. Though, he played 9 minutes. Jack Clark was 2-6 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 8 rebounds , 2 assists, 6 points.

“According to espnapp”

Following NC State’s 77-69 win over North Carolina in North Carolina’s state capital NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!

It’s tough in this league when you don’t have a quarterback , when you don’t have a point guard ,’’ he (Jarkel Joiner ) makes us better.

Following NC State’s 77-69 win over North Carolina in North Carolina’s state capital Sunday Jarkel Joiner had this to say about his performance offensively!

Just confidence man . My teammates and my coaches trust in me.

Though, NC State guard Jarkel Joiner wasn’t the only player to say something following NC State’s 77-69 win as Caleb Love who like Jarkel Joiner is a guard though, for North Carolina had this to say! They got hot (referring to NC State) Joiner got hot (referring to Jarkell Joiner) it kind of erupted the crowd ,’’you’ve got to execute at the highest level and we didn’t do that.

“According to article on espn app by Associated Press”

North Carolina, NC State are now going to prepare for their next Atlantic Coast Conference opponents as North Carolina plays Notre Dame Wednesday in South Bend while 23rd ranked NC State host Wake Forest Wednesday. Though, NC State ‘s ranking could change following 77-69 win over North Carolina Sunday when week 16 AP Top 25 Poll releases today at 12:00pm.

North Carolina has played Notre Dame once already this season when they hosted them for their inaugural meeting of 2022-2023 regular season on January 7, 2023 in Chapel Hill. In the inaugural meeting of 2022-2023 regular season North Carolina beat Notre Dame 81-64. As North Carolina beat Notre Dame in the inaugural meeting of the 2022-2023 regular season 81-64 Armando Bacot was 9-17 on field goals to go along with 13 rebounds , 4 assists, 21 points. Leaky Black was 2-7 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds , 3 assists, 4 points. Seth Trimble was 1-2 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 4 assists , 3 points. RJ Davis was 5-11 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 5 assists , 13 points. Caleb Love was 6-16 on field goals 3-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 assists, 18 points . Puff Johnson was 4-5 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along 6 rebounds, 1 assists , 11 points. Jalen Washington was 1-2 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 points. Justin McKoy was 0-1 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points though, he played 3 minutes. Tyler Nickel was 1-2 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 2 points . D’Marco Dunn was 2-2 on field goals,1-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound , 7 points. Though, Dontrez Styles played 1 minute he was 0-0 on field goals , 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points.

“According to espnapp”

NC State has played Wake Forest once already during 2022-2023 regular season when they played them in Winston -Salem on Saturday January 28, 2023 when they knocked them off 79-77.

Though, NC State was down 37-31 at halftime Saturday to Wake Forest in Winston-Salem they came back to top Wake Forest 79-77.

As NC State came back to top Wake Forest 79-77 D.J. Burns Jr. was 14-26 on field goals to go along 9 rebounds, 31 points . Terquavion Smith was 6-12 on field goals, 3-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds , 1 assists, 16 points . Casey Morsell was 3-9 on field goals, 1-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 7 points . Jarkell Joiner was 6-14 on field goals, 3-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 4 assists, 17 points Ernest Ross was 1-2 on field goals, to go along with 6 rebounds , 3 points . Ebenenzer Dowouna was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 0 rebounds , 0 assists, 0 points. Though, Ebenenzer Dowouna played 8 minutes . Though, Breon Pass played 4 minutes Breon Pass was 0-1 on field goals, 3 pointers contributing defensively, offensively 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 0 points. LJ Thomas was 2-3 on field goals, 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds , 5 points.

“According to espnapp”

Tip off for North Carolina, Notre Dame game is set for 9:00pm from Purcell Pavilion!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN though, who is commentating is to be determined!

Tip off for NC State, Wake Forest is set for 9:00pm from PNC Arena!

The game is going to be televised on Regional Sports Network!