18th North Carolina Is Hosting NC Central Friday Night In Chapel Hill

18th ranked North Carolina is hosting NC Central Friday night in Chapel Hill.

Where?

On the hardwood!

North Carolina is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference while NC Central is a member of the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference.

North Carolina comes into the game with North Carolina Central with record of 3-0 because they’ve won every game they’ve played including their game on Tuesday night when they opposed Radford in Chapel Hill winning via score of 89-74 s Luka Bogavac, Jarin Stevenson, Henri Vessar, Caleb Wilson scored 19, 18, 15, 13 points.

Luka Bogavac who is a guard was 7-18 on field goals to go along with 19 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists , 2 steals. Jarin Stephenson who is a forward was 2-6 on field goals to go along with 7 rebounds , 1 assists, 18 points. Henri Vessar who is a center was 5-7 on field goals to go along with 7 rebounds, 1 block.

As a team North Carolina was 25-65 on field goals, 31-49 on free throws for 63.3 %.

According to espn app

Following North Carolina’s 89-74 win over Radford Head Coach Hubert Davis had this to say about how is team performed offensively!

I felt like we struggled at the beginning of the game, but I don’t think it was just not having Seth in the lineup. I think that contributed it,”

aren [Stevenson] twisting his ankle, him going out, Caleb [Wilson] getting in foul trouble. And so it caused us to play some different lineups.”

I felt like in the latter part of the first half, we started to find that rhythm,

I felt like we continued that pretty much the second half. But there were spots that, again, we still struggled in regards to defending without fouling, taking care of the basketball, boxing out, stepping up and knocking down free throws.”

According to Shelby Swanson News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article312855842.html

North Carolina Central comes into the game with 18th North Carolina with record of 1-3 because they got their first win of 2025-2026 season on Wednesday November 12, 2025 winning 77-61 over Bluefield State where six players scored in double figures Khouri Carvey who is a forward a senior was 9-14 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers , 2-4 on free throws to go along 10 rebounds, 4 assists , 3 steals, 1 block, 21 points. Gage Lattimore who is a sophomore guard was 12-17 on field goals , 9-12 on 3 pointers , 5-5 on free throws to go along 4 rebounds, 1 assists , 2 turnovers , 1 steal, 38 points. Kelechi Okoworogwo who is a forward a senior 0-2 on field goals , 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 14 points. As a team North Carolina Central was 27-60 on field goals shot 45 % was 12-25 on 3 pointers to go along 31 rebounds , 17 assists , 16 steals.

Following NC Central 77-61 win over Bluefield State Head Coach Levelle Morton had this to say about Gage Lattimore 3 point shooting performance!

He's incredible,"t's not too many times you get a kid that reminds you of yourself when you played. It's a blessing and a joy to coach him."

According to https://nccueaglepride.com/news/2025/11/12/mens-basketball-red-hot-lattimore-powers-eagles-past-bluefield-state.aspx

Tip off is set for 9:00pm from Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola commentating!

Doug Sherman has been announcing college baseball, men’s and women’s college basketball and college football games for ESPN since 2003.

He was the sports director at WRGB-CBS 6 for more than 20 years. Prior to that, Sherman worked as a sports reporter for WSTM-NBC-3 in Syracuse N.Y., and was also the play-by-play announcer for the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.

After graduating from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1988 with a bachelor of science degree in broadcast journalism, the New York native stayed in his home state and nearby his alma mater to become the sports director at WPTR radio from October 1988 – March 1993.

A graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, Spatola was a four-year starter on the basketball team. After graduating in 2002, Spatola became an officer in the United States Army. During his active time, he served as a Company Commander and was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for exceptional combat performance during a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.Spatola was hired by Mike Krzyzewski and was a member of the Duke men’s basketball coaching staff from 2007-2012, a span that saw the Blue Devils win a National Championship in 2010. Spatola also served as a court coach for the United States Men’s National Team that won gold in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and gold in the 2010 World Championships in Istanbul. Following his coaching career Chris Spatola got into media beginning in 2012 nd currently serves as one of the top basketball analysts for ESPN, as well as a radio host for Sirius/XM. 

According to https://chrisspatola.com/