Louisville Cardinals (20-7, 9-5 ACC) vs. North Carolina Tar Heels (21-6, 9-5 ACC)
Chapel Hill, N.C.; Monday 7 p.m. ET
Bottom line: No. 16 North Carolina vs. No. 21 Louisville.
The Tar Heels are 15-0 at home. North Carolina averages 80.7 points per game, 10.1 points more than its opponents.
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The Cardinals are 9-5 in ACC play. The University of Louisville is ranked 61st in basketball, averaging 11.8 three-pointers per game and shooting 36.1% from three-point range. Ryan Conwell averaged 3.3 attempts per game and shot 35.0% from three-point range, ranking first on the team.
North Carolina is averaging 8.4 three-pointers per game this season, just 0.7 more than Louisville’s 7.7 per game. Louisville is shooting 47.3% from the field this season, which is 6.0 percentage points better than the 41.3% average field goal percentage of North Carolina opponents.
The Tar Heels and Cardinals will meet for the first time in the divisional round this season on Monday.
Top performer: Caleb Wilson averaged 19.9 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Tar Heels. Luka Bogavac is averaging 1.7 three-pointers per game over the past 10 games.
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Cornwell averaged 18.3 points per game for the Cardinals. Mikel Brown Jr. is averaging 18.7 points in the past 10 games.
Last 10 games: Tar Heels: 7-3, averaging 78.3 points, 32.3 rebounds, 15.0 assists, 5.1 steals and 3.2 blocks while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents average 73.9 points per game.
Cardinals: 8 wins and 2 losses, averaging 86.1 points, 33.9 rebounds, 18.2 assists, 6.8 steals and 3.1 blocks per game, shooting 49.7% from the field. Their opponents average 74.5 points per game.
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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
