UNC basketball plagued by same problems in loss to Florida at Jumpman Invitational

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CHARLOTTE — There was a quartet of four-second pauses from UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis inside the interview room at Spectrum Center late Tuesday night.

Following the Tar Heels’ gut-wrenching 90-84 loss to No. 7 Florida in the Jumpman Invitational, Davis didn’t have many new answers. That’s because UNC (6-5, 1-0 ACC), which is 0-4 against ranked opponents this season, has faced many of the same problems in each of its biggest games.

Double-digit deficit? Check. An inability to string together defensive stops? Check. Come up short down the stretch? Check.

“I don’t know,” Davis said after one of the extended pauses during his 10-minute press conference.

Davis “can’t explain” the “head-scratching” starts that continue to stymie the Tar Heels.

“To play with that type of energy and effort in the second half and not have that consistently in the first half or for an entire game … that’s been the consistent theme for us this year,” he said.

It’s something, Davis added, UNC is “just gonna have to figure out.”

The undefeated Gators (11-0) sprinted to a 17-point lead in the first half and UNC rallied in the second half to take a four-point lead with just over four minutes to go. From there, Florida had an 8-2 rebounding advantage, including four offensive rebounds, and made each of its eight free-throw attempts.

The Tar Heels were outscored 13-3 in that stretch, including an 8-0 run to finish it, and didn’t score in the final 2:13.

RJ Davis, Seth Trimble, Elliot Cadeau, Ian Jackson reiterate Hubert Davis’ thoughts

UNC guards RJ Davis, Seth Trimble, Elliot Cadeau and Ian Jackson said many of the same things they’ve said all season, reiterating the same problems as their head coach.

“We’re right there at the end of the day. … Those timely little mistakes that we keep having, we can’t have them,” said RJ Davis, who finished with a game-high 29 points, along with 8 rebounds and 4 steals against the Gators.

“We gotta get rid of the slow…

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Author : The Fayetteville Observer

Publish date : 2024-12-18 12:48:00

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