North Carolina Is Hosting Charlotte For Final Preseason Exhibition Game Tuesday Night In Chapel Hill

The final preseason game for North Carolina is here as North Carolina is hosting Charlotte for final preseason exhibition game Tuesday night in Chapel Hill.

North Carolina was beaten by Indiana 76-58 Sunday in Exhibition game Indianapolis.

Where?

On the hardwood at the home of Indiana Pacers of NBA Indiana Fever Of WNBA!

North Carolina was beaten by Indiana because as a team North Carolina 22-63 on field goals were 7-22 on 3 pointers 7-13 on free throws. Only three players scored in double figures Sayon Keita who is a freshman center was 5-9 on field goals 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 9 rebounds 2 turnovers 2 assists. Matt Able who is a junior a guard was 4-7 on field goals 3-5 on 3 pointers 4 rebounds, 2 assists 1 steal. Jaydon Young who is a senior was 3-9 on field goals 2-6 on 3 pointers 2-2 on free throws 1 rebound 10 points.

In the first half as a team North Carolina shot 38.7 % On 3 pointers North Carolina was 4-11 for 36.4 % . In 2nd half North Carolina shot 10-32 for 31.3 % On 3 pointers North Carolina shot 27.3 % free throws they were 6-9 for 66.7 % .

North Carolina was out rebounded by Indiana 53-31.

According to https://goheels.com/documents/2026/10/18/OOB-Indiana.PDF

Following North Carolina being beaten by Indiana 76-58 Sunday in Exhibition game in Indianapolis

We got outrebounded 53-31. That's a crazy number. To give up 20 offensive rebounds for 17 points, and that was a point of emphasis all week long in preparation for this team, knowing how big they are with Samet Yigitoglu and Aiden Sherrell and all the other guys. So just to be manhandled, to be outworked on the glass was disappointing, and that's not just on our bigs, that's on everybody to make sure we're rebounding. We did a really poor job of that. I felt our defense, to be very honest, was really good. We held that team to 36% from the field. That's a very good number, but you have to finish the possession."

"Once again, I'll go back to our inability to rebound, which led to us playing against a set defense a lot, and that's not how we want to play. So we have to make sure if you're rebounding, you're giving yourself a chance to play against somebody in transition. I felt it was another game where turnovers were not where they needed to be. We had 14 assists, 15 turnovers for 19 points. So if you couple these 17 points off the glass and you couple the 19 points off turnovers, that's 36 combined points. You're not going to beat anybody on the road if you do that.

So, the great thing is, after game one, everybody's excited. We won a game. Tonight, we got blown out. We got our butts kicked. We're going to stay together. We're going to watch the film. We're going to own it and challenge ourselves to be better for our last exhibition game."

We shot for the game 35 percent. They shot for the game 36 percent. So there wasn't a lot of clean looks in the half-court for either team. But they do different things when they're really big with their starting lineup. They're a little bit more down the floor, and then when they take Samet out, they get a little bit more aggressive, long in the gaps, very physical into the ball, and I felt like tonight that we just had so many examples of us just dribbling too much, pounding the air out of the ball, picking that dribble up, and there were some really poor offensive possessions."

Yeah, I mean you hope so because there are some things that we tried to fix after the first game against USC that we did a little bit better of a job tonight. I felt that Terrence and Matt both played much better tonight than they did in game one. And then obviously for Jarin Stevenson, game one he was unbelievable, and then obviously tonight, give them credit. Aiden Sherrell was one of the leading shot blockers in the SEC last year, and he had an impact. So it's all about finding consistency, and to your point, definitely fixable. We'll watch the film. We'll rep it out, hold guys accountable, and try to demand the improvements that we need to make. Because if you're not getting better, you're getting worse."

According to Zack Pearson Tarheel Wire article on Yahoo Sports

While North Carolina was beaten by Indiana 76-58 Sunday in Indianapolis Charlotte meanwhile is coming off a loss though 87 67 loss to Georgia on October 16, 2026 on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill,

Tip -off is set for 7:30pm from Dean E. Smith Center!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network Extra!

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Who is commentating is to be determined!