12th Ranked North Carolina, Michigan State Are Opposing Each Other In Maui Jim Maui Invitational In 3rd Place Game Wednesday Night In Maui Hawaii

12th ranked North Carolina, Michigan State are opposing each other in Maui Jim Maui Invitational in 3rd place game Wednesday night in Maui Hawaii.

North Carolina is playing in 3rd place game because they come into the game with record of 4-2 because they lost to 4th ranked Auburn 85-72 Tuesday night.

Where?

On the hardwood!

As 12th ranked North Carolina lost to 4th ranked Auburn 85-72 Tuesday night five players scored in double figures Jaelyn Withers was 1-4 on field goals 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 7 rebounds 10 points . Elliot Cadeau was 5-15 on field goals to go along with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 10 points . Seth Trimble was 7-13 on field goals 3-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 1 assists , 17 points . RJ Davis was 5-11 on field goals 1-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , assists, 12 points. Ven Allen Lubin was 4-6 on field goals to go along with 9 rebounds, 10 points . Drake Powell was 1-2 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 assists, 9 points.

According to espn app

Following 12th ranked North Carolina’s 85-72 loss Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say about his team!

We had some spurts but we weren’t good enough to win tonight.

According to Cliff Barnes article https://capitalsportsnc.com/?p=1865388

Michigan State comes into 3rd place game with record of 5-2 because they lost to Memphis in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational 71-63 on Tuesday night. In Michigan State’s 71-63 loss three players scored in double figures . Those players included Frankie Fidler who was 3-10 on field goals 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 2 assists, 10 points. Jaden Akins was 5-11 on field goals 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 12 points , Jase Richardson was 5-8 on field goals , 3-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 2 assists , 18 point.

Following Michigan State’s 71-63 loss to Memphis in Maui Jim Maui Invitational Head Coach Tom Izzo had this to say about his team!

I saw some uncharacteristic things [from my team],First half -- we've been shooting the daylights out of the free throws -- and we missed, I think, five in a row, five out of seven, something like that. And that was in a stretch where even Magic [Earvin 'Magic' Johnson] said, If we would have made those, we'd have been up at half. Disappointed we didn't get back on defense. We were changing, and couple of our guys had trouble getting back when they had breakaways, I think four of them. Offensive rebounds, we probably did a pretty good job against a team that's pretty athletic and physical, yet we didn't score on them. We had six more offensive rebounds; they had more second-chance points.

"And the final one was, I thought Penny [Hardaway] did a hell of a job. And I mean, [Tyrese] Hunter made some incredible shots. I mean, incredible shots. I thought our guys defended it pretty well most of the time. And give him credit. Give them credit. They made some shots when they needed them, and we just couldn't come back. They took us out of some stuff early. I thought they punched us in the mouth. I thought we responded a little bit, and then they came back in that second half and did it again, and we didn't respond as well."

According to Aiden Champion article https://www.si.com/college/michiganstate/basketball/michigan-state-spartans-insider-podcast-complete-recap-of-spartans-loss-to-memphis-01jdnxba14sr

Tip off is set for 9:30pm Eastern Time from Lahaina Civic Center!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN2 with Kanoa Leahey, Cory Alexander commentating!

Cory Alexander was a shooting guard who played collegiality for Virginia before drafted by the San Antonio Spurs as the 29th overall pick in 1995 NBA Draft where he played 7 seasons played 307 games averaged 5.5 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists while 38.7 % on field goals 35.4% on 3 pointers.

According to https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/alexaco01.html