Ankle injury puts Anunoby out indefinitely for No. 3 Indiana
Hi everybody. In the midst of all the Football Hype.
Two of the most storied college basketball programs of all time will face each other Wednesday night in a huge ACC/Big Ten Challenge showdown. And that is No.13 IN upset No.3 North Carolina 76-67. Coupled with the early foul trouble, Berry was unable to put the team on his back at any point during the night.
As a part of the annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge, No. 3 North Carolina Basketball (7-0) will travel to Bloomington to take on No. 13 IN (4-1) on Wednesday night.
Joel Berry II (eight points, eight assists) drove for a bank shot that cut the lead to 61-57 with 4:52 to play, and Justin Jackson (game-high 21 points and eight rebounds) brought the visitors within 65-60 on his fourth 3-pointer of the night. “But the biggest thing we’ve got to learn is that everybody’s not going to roll over and play dead just because North Carolina walks in”.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Roy Williams thought Assembly Hall put on a flawless show Wednesday night. Now I didn’t forget about OG ANUNOBY being helped to the Locker room after the game.
The faceoff against IN will be Williams’ 1,000th game IN his career as a collegiate head coach.
The Tar Heels fight back with a defensive rebound in the first half.
“The way he played tonight is the way we expect him (Anunoby) to play on a consistent basis”, Johnson said. “His spirit is good so we’ll see how that turns out”.
Brigham Young: I thought the Lone Peak Trio returning from Mormon missions would mean a big season for the Cougars, then they turned around and lost to Utah Valley 114-101 at home. Crean has emphasized that he needs more leadership and communication out of his team’s upperclassmen all season.
True freshman forward De’Ron Davis, Mr. Basketball in the state of Colorado a year ago, had a big game for IU in his 13 minutes of action off the bench.
North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams has never been shy about his feelings regarding both the size of the Tar Heels’ home court – at 22,000 seats, he thinks it’s too big – and the sometimes-unenthusiastic crowds that fill the Smith Center.
While North Carolina’s play has been a pleasant surprise to its fans in powder blue, this season’s group isn’t without its flaws.
“It was a wonderful crowd”, Williams said via Andrew Carter. Defending the three-point line will be absolutely paramount if Carolina is going to win in Bloomington. They let IN jump to a early 17-7 lead. The Bears (7-0) limited the Bearkats to 28.6 percent shooting and blocked 11 shots. Later in the game. The Hoosiers jumped out to the lead from the very first possession and never relinquished it.
North Carolina: The curse of No. 3 continues.
IN (5-1) now has a second marquee victory to go along with its 103-99 overtime triumph over No. 3 Kansas. If they can, somehow, keep the mistakes even, it would be a huge boon to Indiana’s chance of success but, again, don’t hold your breath. IN themselves have been bitten by the No.3 Bug. “It will be the first time that any of these guys this season have played in an environment like this, and it will be the first time for the young guys”. Junior James Blackmon Jr. then connected on the game’s biggest shot, a step-back three that pushed the lead to seven and got the crowd going insane once again.