North Carolina, 6th Ranked Virginia Pair Of Atlantic Coast Conference Opponents That Play At Different Paces Defensively, Offensively Are Opposing Each Other Tonight In Chapel Hill
North Carolina, 6th ranked Virginia pair of Atlantic Coast Conference opponents that play at different paces defensively, offensively are opposing each other tonight in Chapel Hill.
Where?
On the hardwood!
North Carolina comes into the game with record of 17-11 overall 9-8 in Atlantic Coast Conference is seventh in Atlantic Coast Conference standings behind tobacco road rival Duke though, they won their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game topping 63-59 Wednesday in South Bend.
As North Carolina topped Notre Dame 63-59 Wednesday in South Bend Armando was 7-15 on field goals to go along with 11 rebounds , 1 assists, 16 points . Pete Nance was 3-12 on field goals , 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 10 rebounds, 5 assists , 11 points. Leaky Black was 2-11 on field goals , 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 11 rebounds , 1 assists, 6 points . R.J. Davis was 5-10 on field goals , 0-4 on 3 pointers to go along 8 rebounds, 1 assists , 12 points . Caleb Love was 5-11 on field goals , 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along 5 rebounds , 16 points. Puff Johnson was 1-5 on field goals , 0-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 points. Though, Jalen Washington played 1 minute he was 0-1 on field goals to go along with 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 0 points. Tyler Nickel was was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points. Though, Seth Trimble played 4 minutes he was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 points. Though, D’Marco Dunn played 10 minutes he was 0-4 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds , 0 assists, 0 points.
“According to espnapp”
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North Carolina shot 18 % from the floor (5 for 27 in 1st half including 0-11 on 3 pointers while also scoring a season low 19 points in 1st half against a Notre Dame team that ranks 14th in defensive efficiency according to Ken Pomeroy
Following North Carolina topping Notre Dame 63-59 Wednesday in South Bend R.J. Davis who is a North Carolina guard had this to say!
We’re at a time where it’s like why did we wait to halftime with speeches to get ourselves going ? Our backs are against the wall right now That was the main message and the second half really stuck in the back of our brain.
Though, R.J. Davis wasn’t the only Davis to say something following North Carolina’s 63-59 win over Notre Dame as North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis did as well saying that’s all we talked about at halftime , it was a heated discussion … It was a great example to them what can happen when you play with sustained effort and energy and a passion out there.
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R.J Davis, Hubert Davis weren’t the only ones to share their thoughts following North Carolina topping Notre Dame in South Bend as Caleb Love did as well saying . It gave us a spark it gave us that energy and R.J Davis started that for us . We defiantly needed that coming out of the first half that we had I feel like that started what we needed to get the win.’’
According to C.L .Brown article on newsobserver.com
6th ranked Virginia comes into the game with North Carolina with record of 21-5 overall 13-4 in Atlantic Coast Conference is second in Atlantic Coast Conference standings behind Miami who is leading the Atlantic Coast Conference standings with overall record of 23-5 13-4 in Atlantic Coast Conference because Virginia unlike North Carolina lost their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game on Wednesday when they lost via a score of 63-48 to Boston College in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts as Boston College has a record of 14-15 overall 8-10 in Atlantic Coast Conference is tenth in Atlantic Coast Conference standings.. As Virginia lost via score of 63-58 to Boston College Wednesday in Chestnut Massachusetts Jayden Gardner was 6-12 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 2 assists, 16 points. Ben Vander Plas was 3-7 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 points. Reece Beekman was 2-8 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 6 points. Armaan Franklin was 2-10 on field goals, 0-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 1 assists , 4 points. Kihei Clark was 3-11 on field goals, 1-4 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 3 assists , 7 points. Kadin Shedrick was 1-3 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds , 2 points. Ryan Dunn was 0-0 on field goals, 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds though, had 0 assists, 0 points. Issac McKneely was 2-8 on field goals , 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 6 points.
Following Virginia’s 63-48 loss to Boston College on Wednesday in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts Virginia Head Coach Tony Bennett had this to say! I think they sensed it , Boy I think we’re going to get these guys. As this thing wore on you could feel the crowd get into it who’s team shot a season low 32% from the field against BC defense . They put us on our heels. It was a lot for some of our guys . We’ve got to learn from that , because what we’ve got coming up.
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Tip off is set for 6:00pm from Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Doug Sherman, former Virginia guard Cory Alexander, Angel Gray commentating!
Cory Alexander played in 85 games averaging 15.1 points per game , 4.7 assists per game 1991-1994 before being drafted in the first round as the 29th pick in 1995 NBA Draft by San Antonio Spurs.