Recap & Analysis:
Coach Greg McDermott said in his postgame radio interview that as a coaching staff, you never know what type of game you’re going to get when you schedule a DII team for an exhibition. Sometimes you get an overmatched, undersized team that you wind up blowing out early. Sometimes, you get a scrappy team with shooters that hangs around and makes things interesting. And sometimes, you get UNC-Pembroke, a Top 25 team in DII with good size and length who makes you fight for rebounds, pushes you out from the basket defensively, and hits tough shots.