South Carolina Upstate Spartans (6-5) at North Carolina Tar Heels (8-1)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 14 North Carolina hosts South Carolina Upstate after Caleb Wilson scored 20 points in North Carolina’s 81-61 win over the Georgetown Hoyas.
The Tar Heels are 6-0 in home games. North Carolina is 2-1 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 11.0 turnovers per game.
The Spartans have gone 1-4 away from home. South Carolina Upstate is 2-3 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 11.6 turnovers per game.
North Carolina averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game, 1.9 more made shots than the 6.1 per game South Carolina Upstate gives up. South Carolina Upstate averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.7 more made shots on average than the 6.3 per game North Carolina gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Luka Bogavac averages 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Tar Heels, scoring 12.2 points while shooting 32.7% from beyond the arc. Wilson is shooting 53.1% and averaging 19.6 points.
Jafeth Martinez is averaging 4.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 blocks for the Spartans. Mason Bendinger is averaging 16.7 points over the last 10 games.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.