Following their win at the Battle 4 Atlantis followed by a drubbing of NC Central, the #16 UNC women’s basketball team had nearly a full week to prepare for a marquee matchup in the ACC-SEC challenge against #14 Kentucky, coached by Kenny Moore. The Heels were obviously familiar with Moore and his star point guard Georgia Amoore, who had won a bunch of games against UNC the past few years at Virginia Tech. On paper, this shaped up to be a tight battle between two defensively-oriented teams: Both UNC and Kentucky rank within the top 11 teams in the country in opponents’ field goal percentage, and Kentucky came into the game averaging nearly 10 blocks per game.
UNC Women’s Basketball takes down #14 Kentucky, 72-53
