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North Carolina Is Hosting The Citadel Tonight In Chapel Hill

North Carolina is hosting The Citadel tonight in Chapel Hill.

North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference!

The Citadel is a member of the Southern Conference!

North Carolina comes into the game with record of 6-4 because they snapped their four game losing streak Saturday with 75-59 win over Georgia Tech who like North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In North Carolina’s 75-59 win over Georgia Tech Armando Bacot was 8-16 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 13 rebounds , 1 assist, 21 points . Pete was 3-4 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds , 2 assist, 11 points . Leaky Black was 0-4 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assist, 1 point . R. J. Davis was 8-13 on field goals, 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 10 rebounds, 3 assist , 22 points . Caleb Love was 4-12 on field goals , 1-6 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 5 assists , 10 points. Puff Johnson was 1-1 on field goals to go along 2 rebounds, 2 points, Jalen Washington was 1-1 on field goals, 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 2 points. Tyler Nickel was 1-1 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds , 0 assist , 2 points. Seth Trimble was 1-5 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds , 3 assist, 4 points.

“According to espnapp”

Following North Carolina’s 75-59 win over Georgia Tech Saturday in Chapel Hill Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say!

It felt great to be back on our home court and have that advantage and feeling We played with a sense of urgency today on both ends of the floor for a full 40 minutes."

“According to Matt Bowers article on goheels.com”

The Citadel comes into the game with record of 5-4 because unlike North Carolina The Citadel lost their previous game to College Of Charleston on December 3, 2022 by a score of 79-57.

In The Citadel ‘s 79-57 loss to College of Charleston Stephen Clark was 3-7 on field goals, 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds, 1 assist , 8 points . Madison Durr was 9-18 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 9 rebounds, 2 assists , 20 points. Elijah Morgan was 1-4 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 3 assists, 7 points . David Maynard was 2-5 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 5 points . Austin Ash was 2-12 on field goals , 1-8 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds , 6 points. Jackson Price was 0-1 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds , 3 points. Bailey Conrad was 0-0 on field goals, 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 0 rebounds, 0 assists , 0 points. Brady Spence was 0-1 on field goals, 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 0 assist , 0 points . Colby McCallister was 0-2 on field goals , 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds , 0 assists, 0 points. AJ Smith was 3-7 on field goals , 0-0 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 0 assist, 8 points.

“According to espnapp”

Tip off is set for 7:00pm from Dean E. Smith Center!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN2 with Derek Jones, Perry Clark commentating!