Scolding from mom motivates UNC’s Armando Bacot to return to form against Duke

Posted Feb 6, 2021
So much for maternal tenderness. Armando Bacot entered North Carolina’s last game against Clemson in a productive rhythm and left having stumbled to one of the worst outings of his college career, a forgettable performance that his mother, Christie Lomax, wasn’t about to brush aside. She had a blunt assessment of his diminished returns that night. (Asheville Citizen-Times)

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