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Tar Heels topple Cardinals, earn 20th victory of season

Tar Heels topple Cardinals, earn 20th victory of season

The UNC basketball program earned its 20th victory of the season in a tightly-contested battle with the Louisville Cardinals on Monday night.

Final

Louisville Cardinals

63

North Carolina Tar Heels

70

Four Tar Heels notched double-digit points on Monday night, as North Carolina beat Louisville by a final score of 70-63. UNC’s Brady Manek led all scorers with 17 points on a 6-for-12 shooting performance that included 3-for-9 from three-point range and 2-for-2 at the free throw line. Manek added three rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block while logging 33 minutes on the court.

R.J. Davis scored 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the floor, 2-of-5 beyond the arc and 4-of-4 at the foul line. He had one rebound, two assists and three steals for the game and didn’t turn the ball over a single time in 36 minutes of play.

Fellow sophomore guard Caleb Love also scored 16 points, though he wasn’t nearly as efficient as Davis. Love hit just 6-of-14 shots for the…

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