On Monday night, the Virginia Cavaliers will travel to Chapel Hill to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in an ACC showdown. Virginia is ranked 3rd with a 20-2 record and is in 3rd place in the ACC. UNC is ranked 8th with a 19-4 record and is in 2nd place in the ACC.
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Virginia Tries to Bounce Back from Loss
Virginia is coming off an 91-71 loss to Duke on Saturday. Virginia trailed by 5+ points the entire game and never really made things interesting as Duke shot lights out from 3-point range. Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome tied for the team lead in points with 16. Guy shot 6 for 15 from the field. Jerome went 6 for 11 from the field and led the team with 4 assists. Deandre Hunter scored 11 points on 4 of 9 shooting and grabbed 4 rebounds. Braxton Key led the Cavaliers on the glass with 10 rebounds to go with just 4 points.
North Carolina is coming off an 88-85 overtime win over Miami on Saturday. The Tar Heels were on the ropes at home against a weak Miami team but were able to prevail in overtime. Coby White led all scorers with 33 points on 11 of 16 shooting, and he led the Tar Heels in assists with 6. Luke Maye tallied 20 points on 7 of 15 shooting. Cameron Johnson added 12 points on 3 of 11 shooting, and Nassir Little went 4 of 8 for 10 points. Maye, Little, and Garrison Brooks all tied for the team lead with 6 rebounds.
Kyle Guy Leading Virginia
Virginia is led by sharpshooter Kyle Guy, who averages 14.6 points per game and is shooting 43.2% from deep. He is followed by Deandre Hunter, who scores 14.5 a game, and Ty Jerome, who adds 13.1 a game. Hunter is shooting 41.7%, and Jerome shoots 40.6% from beyond the arc. Jerome is also the leading assister with 4.9 a game. Braxton Key leads the Cavaliers in rebounding with 6.1 a game and chips in 7 points per contest. Virginia has once again been one of the best defensive teams in the county as they are holding opponents to just 54.1 points a game. The offense has been solid as well, scoring 72.8 a game while shooting 47.7% from the floor.
The Tar Heels are led in scoring by freshman superstar Coby White, who is averaging 15.9 points a game. He is followed by Cameron Johnson and Luke Maye, who average 15.8 and 15.1 points per game, respectively. Johnson is shooting an incredible 47.7% from 3-point range. White leads the team in assists with 4.3 a game and Maye leads the Tar Heels on the glass with 9.7 a game. Nassir Little averages double figures as well with 10.3 points a game. The Tar Heels are averaging 88.3 points per game on 47.4% shooting but are allowing opponents to score 74.2 a game.
UNC vs. Virginia Prediction
North Carolina comes in at -1. UNC is one of the hottest teams in the country and is nearly impossible to beat at home, and Virginia is coming off a tough loss to Duke this past weekend, UNC’s offense is too dynamic for Virginia to contain as they got exposed by a poor-shooting Duke team on Saturday. UNC will score a ton in this game and will hold the average Virginia offense to about 70 points. Take North Carolina -1.
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