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12/02/25 03:45:00
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12/02 03:42 CST No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats host No. 16 North Carolina Tar Heels
No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats host No. 16 North Carolina Tar Heels
By The Associated Press
North Carolina Tar Heels (6-1) at Kentucky Wildcats (5-2)
Lexington, Kentucky; Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -5.5; over/under is 161.5
BOTTOM LINE: No. 18 Kentucky hosts No. 16 North Carolina.
The Wildcats have gone 5-0 in home games. Kentucky is 5-1 in games decided by
10 points or more.
The Tar Heels play their first true road game after going 6-1 with a 1-1 record
in neutral-site games to begin the season. North Carolina is 2-1 when it wins
the turnover battle and averages 11.1 turnovers per game.
Kentucky averages 10.1 made 3-pointers per game, 2.7 more made shots than the
7.4 per game North Carolina gives up. North Carolina has shot at a 46.8% clip
from the field this season, 11.0 percentage points above the 35.8% shooting
opponents of Kentucky have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Denzel Aberdeen is scoring 14.0 points per game and averaging
4.3 rebounds for the Wildcats. Collin Chandler is averaging 2.9 made 3-pointers.
Luka Bogavac averages 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Tar Heels, scoring
12.0 points while shooting 31.7% from beyond the arc. Caleb Wilson is averaging
20.1 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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