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Armando Bacot’s 22point, 20rebound effort and RJ Davis’ 22 factors led No. 19 North Carolina to a 9068 win over Lehigh on Sunday.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.: Armando Bacot’s 22-point, 20-rebound effort and RJ Davis’ 22 factors led No. 19 North Carolina to a 90-68 win over Lehigh on Sunday.
Harrison Ingram added 14 factors for the Tar Heels, who broke away after Lehigh got here inside three factors about seven minutes into the second half. North Carolina (2-0) outscored the Mountain Hawks 23-3 on free throws.
Bacot produced the seventh sport of his profession with 20-20 numbers. He sat out the final 4 minutes.
Keith Higgins Jr. scored 14 of his 16 factors within the first half and Tyler Whitney-Sidney had 10 factors for Lehigh (0-3).
North Carolina’s 43-34 halftime lead shrunk to 53-50, however seven fouls by the Mountain Hawks in lower than seven minutes to open the second half meant a gentle weight loss program of free throws for the Tar Heels. Two foul photographs by Davis started a 9-0 run.
Bacot transformed two three-point performs within the first 12 minutes.
Bacot ended up with six offensive rebounds, giving the fifth-year participant 487 for his profession and setting the varsity report. He handed Tyler Hansbrough (482).
After main 14-13, Lehigh went greater than seven minutes with no subject objective. When Higgins snapped the drought with a 3-pointer, the Mountain Hawks closed inside 27-18. Davis responded with two 3s in a 36-second span.
Bacot had first-half totals of 12 factors and 12 rebounds for his seventieth profession double-double. For Lehigh, Higgins made six of the workforce’s 12 first-half subject targets.
Lehigh misplaced Friday evening at Penn State and traveled to Maryland afterward. The Mountain Hawks practiced Saturday at Towson earlier than flying to North Carolina to finish a difficult opening week of the season.
BIG PICTURE
Lehigh: The Mountain Hawks want extra sources of offense after Higgins generated essentially the most manufacturing in consecutive video games. Lehigh was making an attempt to defeat an Atlantic Coast Conference workforce for the primary time since beautiful Duke within the first spherical of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
North Carolina: The Tar Heels have relied closely on Bacot within the first two video games as he has been a drive within the lane. Also like within the opener vs. Radford, the Tar Heels didn’t acquire a lot of a snug margin till a powerful second-half stretch.
UP NEXT
Lehigh: Thursday evening vs. Division III Oneonta (N.Y.) State
North Carolina: Friday evening vs. UC Riverside
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