“I said at halftime, I felt like they were more physical than us on both ends of the floor, so from a defensive standpoint, that had to change,” head coach Hubert Davis said.
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Garcia had the best game for the Tar Heels, leading the team with 20 points and a 58.3 percent shooting mark. He also grabbed 10 boards, with four resulting in second chance opportunities for the UNC offense.
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After four games of allowing opponents to score over 80 points per game earlier in the season, the Tar Heels have responded by holding teams to under 65 points in each of the last four games.
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“Basically, it’s just my confidence level,” sophomore guard Caleb Love said. “Through each workout I just gained more and more confidence, and then in the game, I got the ultimate confidence to shoot.”
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The North Carolina men’s basketball team (7-2, 1-0 ACC) defeated in-state opponent Elon (2-8) this Saturday night at home in the Dean Smith Center, 80-63.
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But two impressive wins in a row? Well, that just hasn’t happened. But on Sunday, that trend of inconsistency showed signs that it might just be coming to an end, as the Tar Heels put on a second half clinic in Atlanta, beating ACC contender Georgia Tech, 79-62.
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A year removed from an underwhelming first year in Chapel Hill, sophomore guards RJ Davis and Caleb Love seem to be finding their groove early for the UNC men's basketball team this season.
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The North Carolina men’s basketball team (6-2, 1-0 ACC) picked up its first conference win Sunday in Atlanta with a 79-62 blowout victory over Georgia Tech (5-3, 0-1 ACC).
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In a throwback championship rematch, in a throwback atmosphere – with nearly 20,000 fans in the Smith Center for the first time in almost two years – Hubert Davis turned to a throwback approach.
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“We’re a very talented team, but putting it together, we got a lot of new faces,” junior center Armando Bacot said. “It’s not gonna be easy starting off, but this is definitely something good to build off of.”
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After falling out of the top-25 rankings two weeks ago, the North Carolina men’s basketball team (5-2) topped the No. 24 Michigan Wolverines (4-3) 72-51 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Wednesday.
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Following in the footsteps of a legend is never easy, and for someone with no previous head coaching experience, that task is harder than ever. But UNC men's basketball coach Hubert Davis knows there is still room for his team to grow, and for him to prove his coaching skill.
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“We played defense tonight and we didn’t really play offense. We gotta play both,” graduate transfer Brady Manek said. “We can’t just pick one. We gotta play both.”
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Coming back from a two-game losing streak in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament, the Tar Heels responded by returning to the Dean E. Smith Center to defeat UNC Asheville, 72-53, on Tuesday.
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North Carolina’s high number of turnovers allowed for the Bulldogs to score more than the Tar Heels would’ve liked, but that didn’t stop the team from increasing the lead, securing the 72-53 win.
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Every time the Tar Heels scored, or Tennessee had to inbound the ball, they were off to the races, managing to weave past UNC defenders on the way to the basket.
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“(The loss to Tennessee) gives us an opportunity to really reflect and see what we're doing and the things that we need to change, and I guarantee things will change,” Davis said.
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Tennessee continued to pile onto its lead in the second half, and UNC never looked as if it was on the verge of making a comeback.
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After committing 17 turnovers on the road against the College of Charleston on Tuesday night, the North Carolina men’s basketball team made the right reads and improved its ball-handling on Saturday.
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“I think we showed a lot of grit and effort towards the second half,” sophomore guard RJ Davis said. “I’m proud of my team so we’ll learn from this as a good learning experience and we’ll move on.”
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