Confident Love helps boost inside game; Bacot, Sharpe shine in win over Pack

Posted Jan 23, 2021
When Caleb Love and Armando Bacot are confident and consistent, UNC is going to be hard to beat. N.C. State discovered that Saturday when it was obvious both were in a groove as the Tar Heels avenged a December loss with an 86–76 victory. Love had an easy answer as to why the Tar Heels are surging. "Just us all playing together, working as one." (Tar Heel Tribune)

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