UNC Tar Heels Basketball Team Dominate the Golden Bulls in a Tune-Up Exhibition Game

by Derrick Clyburn

The North Carolina basketball team had its warm-up game to kick off the regular season against the Golden Bulls. The Tar Heels are a very deep team and they showed it by wearing out JCSU and dominating the glass with a 63-26 advantage. North Carolina stepped up the defensive pressure in the second half and held the Golden Bulls to 11 points for the rest of the game. JCSU shot 1 of 20 to end the game. Caleb Love led all scoring with 20 points and 8 assists.

UNC Game Stats

1st     2nd     TOT

North Carolina         53      48      101

Johnson C. Smith       29      11      40

North Carolina

                       Pts     FG      3FG     FT      REB     A       TO      Min     +/-

01 BLACK, LEAKY        4       2-6     0-1     0-0     6       1       2       21      23

02 LOVE, CALEB         20      7-14    4-9     2-3     4       8       2       23      31

05 BACOT, ARMANDO      12      6-9     0-0     0-1     20      3       1       23      41

11 DUNN, D’MARCO       9       3-7     2-5     1-2     5       2       1       23      41

32 NANCE, PETE         19      8-13    1-5     2-2     6       0       1       27      40

00 TRIMBLE, SETH       11      5-6     0-1     1-1     2       5       2       23      29

03 STYLES, DONTREZ     7       3-9     1-4     0-0     10      1       1       18      18

15 LANDRY, ROB         2       0-2     0-2     2-2     1       0       0       3       6

21 SHAVER, WILL        2       1-1     0-0     0-0     3       0       0       10      19

24 NICKEL, TYLER       9       2-5     2-5     3-4     2       2       0       16      32

25 LEBO, CREIGHTON     2       1-5     0-2     0-0     1       1       0       6       13

30 WATKINS, JACKSON    3       1-1     1-1     0-0     0       0       0       3       6

34 FARRIS, DUWE        1       0-0     0-0     1-2     2       0       0       3       6

TOTALS                 101     39-78   11-35   12-17   63      23      10      200    

                               50.0%   31.4%   70.6%

UNC Bright Spots

Caleb Love had 20 points, 4 rebounds, and 8 assists.

Pete Nance had 19 points and 6 rebounds.

Armando Bacot had 12 points, 20 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 block.

Seth Trimble had 11 points, 2 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Needs Work

The Tar Heels need to continue to work on chemistry with such a deep talented team. This will be one of the goals for the first quarter of the season.

Final Observations

It is great to see that college basketball is back. The Tar Heels are Pre-season #1 ranked by AP polls and are ready for their own version of Redemption 2023. Coach Davis has so much talent on this team. It will be exciting to see how he and his coaching staff are able to mold this team vying for a National championship. The freshmen seem hungry to earn minutes so the returning reserves better step it up.