Tar Heels, Hokies play with renewed spark

Posted Jan 21, 2019
North Carolina showed it could respond from a miserable outing. Now Virginia Tech can add that to its list of accomplishments as well. The teams meet Monday with something else at stake: The winner will hold sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference — at least for a day. “I don’t think we’re at where we want to be,” UNC guard Kenny Williams said. (Burlington Times News)

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