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Stanford hosts Veesaar and No. 0 North Carolina
By The Associated Press
North Carolina Tar Heels (14-2, 2-1 ACC) at Stanford Cardinal (13-4, 2-2 ACC)
Stanford, California; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 0 North Carolina takes on Stanford after Henri Veesaar scored
25 points in North Carolina's 87-84 victory over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Cardinal are 8-3 on their home court. Stanford averages 9.9 turnovers per
game and is 11-3 when it wins the turnover battle.
The Tar Heels are 2-1 against ACC opponents. North Carolina has a 3-0 record in
games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Stanford's average of 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.9 more
made shots on average than the 7.5 per game North Carolina gives up. North
Carolina has shot at a 47.5% clip from the field this season, 2.7 percentage
points above the 44.8% shooting opponents of Stanford have averaged.
The Cardinal and Tar Heels meet Wednesday for the first time in conference play
this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ebuka Okorie is shooting 43.2% and averaging 22.1 points for
the Cardinal. Chisom Okpara is averaging 12.7 points over the last 10 games.
Caleb Wilson is scoring 19.6 points per game and averaging 11.0 rebounds for
the Tar Heels. Veesaar is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinal: 7-3, averaging 73.9 points, 30.7 rebounds, 11.2
assists, 8.3 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 69.8 points per game.
Tar Heels: 8-2, averaging 78.2 points, 35.7 rebounds, 17.6 assists, 5.4 steals
and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 68.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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