Lucas: Lights Out

Posted Feb 5, 2022
When you don't have enough bodies to guard all the other team's bodies, it's going to be a very challenging evening. The mismatches resulted in Armando Bacot, UNC's best and most consistent player, earning two fouls and heading to the bench just three minutes and five seconds into the game. While he sat, Duke stretched the lead from nine points to 19. (GoHeels.com)

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