A struggling UNC team playing on the road in a tough ACC environment was already a lot to ask, but missing Armando Bacot made the ask even greater. Bacot’s shoulder prevented him from playing at all in Carolina’s 72-80 loss to the Hokies Sunday afternoon, but his team managed to show a good amount of heart late in the second half. Unfortunately, they’d dug themselves such a significant hole that they couldn’t climb completely out.
Justyn Mutts absolutely torched the Tar Heels, out-scoring them for a good part of the second half all by himself. He scored 27 points on 12-16 shooting from the field.