No. 9 North Carolina will journey to Lawrence, Kan., to tackle No. 1 Kansas in an early season top-10 matchup Friday evening at Allen Fieldhouse.
It’s the first time the Jayhawks (1-0) and Tar Heels (1-0) will sq. off for the reason that 2022 NCAA Event championship sport, which the Jayhawks received 72-69 after trailing by 15 factors at halftime.
The 2 basketball blue bloods have a wealthy historical past — they’ve met seven occasions within the NCAA Event, together with two nationwide title video games — and the sequence is tied 6-6, with Kansas profitable the previous 4. That is the one the second time the groups can have met in a campus enviornment, doing so on Dec. 17, 1960, in Lawrence. There are also a number of teaching connections between them.
Kansas beat Howard 87-57 at house Monday in its season opener. Guard Zeke Mayo, a graduate switch from South Dakota State, scored 19 factors. Middle Hunter Dickinson, a preseason All-American, posted 16 factors and 6 rebounds in his return from a preseason harm. Flory Bidunga added 13 factors and a game-high eight rebounds.
Coach Invoice Self was impressed with Mayo’s Kansas debut.
“I feel he is reluctant to shoot generally, however I assumed tonight and (the earlier exhibition) he was extra aggressive taking pictures the ball,” Self stated. “I prefer it. He is a weapon on the market. He can knock it down.”
Ten gamers scored for the Jayhawks, who led by as many as 38 factors. They shot 11-for-22 from 3-point vary and 32-for-53 (60.4 p.c) total.
The Jayhawks restricted Howard to 22-for-58 (37.9 p.c) taking pictures, pressured 17 turnovers, and completed with a 40-20 benefit in factors within the paint.
“I assumed we regarded quick. We regarded athletic. We pitched (the ball) forward, and we ran a transition higher than what we had been,” Self stated. “And I assumed defensively, we actually pressured them and did some good issues.”
In contrast to Kansas, North Carolina labored to win its season opener, beating Elon 90-76 at house due to a 21-5 run to shut the sport. The Tar Heels led by 16 within the first half and for double digits a lot of the sport, however they trailed briefly with lower than seven minutes left after a 14-0 run by the Phoenix.
“We talked about within the huddle, ‘How are you going to react? How are you going to reply?'” UNC coach Hubert Davis stated. “This was really the right sport and an ideal state of affairs to be in as a result of this can assist us develop. This can assist us get to the crew we need to grow to be.”
4 Carolina gamers scored in double figures, led by All-American guard R.J. Davis, who poured in 24 factors regardless of a poor taking pictures evening. Davis additionally had seven assists and 7 rebounds. Guard Elliot Cadeau contributed 17 factors and eight assists, Seth Trimble had 15 factors, and Jae’Lyn Withers notched 10 factors and 10 rebounds. Elon shot 13-of-29 from behind the arc.
“We will look again at this and we is perhaps a bit bit embarrassed at how messy it was (and) how sloppy it was,” Tar Heels ahead Jalen Washington stated. “It wasn’t most likely what we wished it to be … so we’re simply going to take a look at this and continue to grow and take it as a lesson.”
–Area Stage Media
