Notre Dame men's basketball has been hot of late with wins in five of its last six games. But the Irish (12-17, 7-11 ACC) will be taking on arguably their toughest test of the season tonight at No. 7 North Carolina.
The Tar Heels (23-6, 15-3 ACC) have won four straight and 13 of their 14 home games this season. The only loss in the Smith Center came to Clemson, 80-76, on Feb. 6. Nearly a month later, the Irish will try to pull off the upset as well.
North Carolina is tough to beat because it is one of the best rebounding teams in the country (40.79 rebounds per game rank No. 8 in D-I) and it gets to the free-throw line a lot. UNC ranks No. 16 in free throw attempts per game (23.7) and No. 10 in free throws made per game (17.9) despite ranking No. 53 in free-throw shooting percentage (75.3).
The Tar Heels have the No. 28 scoring offense in the country with 81.4 points per game. They're led by 6-foot guard RJ Davis, who averages 21.4 points per game. Center Armando Bacot (6-11) scores 14.0 points and grabs 10.3 rebounds per game. Forward Harrison Ingram (6-7) has been adding 12.5 points per game.
Tuesday night will be the first time grad transfer guard Cormac Ryan will face his former team Notre Dame. Ryan, a 28-game starter, is averaging 10.7 points per game and shooting 36.4% from the field and 32.1% from 3.
Tip: 7 p.m. EST
Watch: ACC Network
Listen: Notre Dame Radio Network
Notre Dame season stats:
The Tar Heels (23-6, 15-3 ACC) have won four straight and 13 of their 14 home games this season. The only loss in the Smith Center came to Clemson, 80-76, on Feb. 6. Nearly a month later, the Irish will try to pull off the upset as well.
North Carolina is tough to beat because it is one of the best rebounding teams in the country (40.79 rebounds per game rank No. 8 in D-I) and it gets to the free-throw line a lot. UNC ranks No. 16 in free throw attempts per game (23.7) and No. 10 in free throws made per game (17.9) despite ranking No. 53 in free-throw shooting percentage (75.3).
The Tar Heels have the No. 28 scoring offense in the country with 81.4 points per game. They're led by 6-foot guard RJ Davis, who averages 21.4 points per game. Center Armando Bacot (6-11) scores 14.0 points and grabs 10.3 rebounds per game. Forward Harrison Ingram (6-7) has been adding 12.5 points per game.
Tuesday night will be the first time grad transfer guard Cormac Ryan will face his former team Notre Dame. Ryan, a 28-game starter, is averaging 10.7 points per game and shooting 36.4% from the field and 32.1% from 3.
Tip: 7 p.m. EST
Watch: ACC Network
Listen: Notre Dame Radio Network
Notre Dame season stats:
