Hubert Davis discusses the embarrassing Tar Heels’ loss at Duke

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The North Carolina basketball team went into Cameron Indoor Stadium and, from the opening tip, were an obviously worse team. Their archrival, Duke, jumped out to an early and massive lead before letting off the gas. The 87-70 final score was not indicative of how bad the actual beating was between these two teams.

The Tar Heels were turnover-prone, lacked any sort of intensity, and could not find an answer for Cooper Flagg or Kon Kneuppel. RJ Davis and Drake Powell finished as the team’s co-leading scorers with only 12 points each. Seth Trimble was the only other player in double figures with 10 points. They committed 14 turnovers, and any statistical category they won was due to the fact that Duke was in cruise mode for the majority of the game.

Here is what head coach Hubert Davis had to say following the embarrassing loss.

All quotes via Inside Carolina.

Hubert Davis on what led to the BIG deficit early.

“Our unforced turnovers, something that we’ve got a problem with, is just turning the ball over. We’ve talked at great length how important it is to take care of the ball in two ways. One, obviously unforced turnovers and shot selection, and our live ball turnovers are turning into pick-six plays for the opponent. So giving teams, just for example, tonight (Duke) got 19 points off of 14 turnovers. Against good teams, that’s just not going to work, and so we just got to do a better job and take care of the basketball. But at the beginning of the game, that was the one key that got us in a hole early at the beginning of the game.”

Hubert Davis on what led to the defensive struggles.

“Obviously, in the first half they shot 56 percent from the field. And gifted offensive players, it’s a hard matchup with Cooper (Flagg), so we try to put two on the ball, which puts us in rotations. He’s such a gifted pastor, and his ability to pass because of his length, our double teams are coming with, 6-4 and 6-5, and his ability to see over and find teammates for open 3s that put us in close…

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Author : Tar Heels Wire

Publish date : 2025-02-02 21:16:00

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