North Carolina Tar Heels Vs

“I was ticked off”, he said after an 80-69 bounce-back win over Northwestern on Monday night in the CBE Classic semifinals. “We had three real good stretches where we were good on the offensive end and the defensive end”.

Kennedy Meeks and Joel Berry II added 12 points apiece, and Theo Pinson, Isaiah Hicks and Brice Johnson each had 10 for the Tar Heels (4-1), who tumbled from their top spot in the AP media poll earlier in the day after their 71-67 loss at Northern Iowa. I think the only entertaining thing I can mention about the program is that I’ll always remember them for being a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), even though they’re located in the state of IL.

Just over two minutes into the second half, UNC’s Nina Notman sent a pass into the circle to Malin Evert, who aimed it to the right side of the cage, where Gab Major deflected it in to pull UNC within one.

North Carolina clinched at least a share of the Coastal title – and the ACC championship game berth that accompanies it – by beating Virginia Tech in overtime last week.

Wyoming Area graduate Serra Degnan and the Syracuse University field hockey team captured the NCAA National Field Hockey Championship with a 4-2 win over North Carolina on Sunday.

“We have fighters. I love the guys in the locker room”. “To us they’re similar to what we’re going to face in our league”.

Still, regardless of the result, this game is a big barometer for this team to determine if it can hang with – potentially – one of the country’s better teams. The ‘Cats overcame an eight-point deficit with under four minutes left in regulation to force the extra session and then took its first lead of the game with 3:36 left in OT. Tre Demps contributed 22 points and 6 assists.

Demps was finally joined in the Northwestern scoring column by forward Aaron Falzon with 12:26 left in the second half, but it was too late for the Wildcats. For the North Carolina radio broadcast go here and for the Northwestern radio broadcast go here. But Northwestern ran off nine straight points to cut the lead to 18-17.

Northwestern, 3-1, coached by former Duke player and assistant coach Chris Collins, heated up from beyond the arc and took a 35-29 lead at the final media timeout of the first half. The Tar Heels, who have already clinched the Coastal Division, opened as a six-point favorite, per Vegas Insider.