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North Carolina hosts Western Carolina to open season

Western Carolina Catamounts at North Carolina Tar Heels
Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Monday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina starts the season at home against Western Carolina.
North Carolina went 18-0 at home a season ago while going 24-9 overall. The Tar Heels averaged 11.5 points off of turnovers, 11.6 second-chance points and 18.6 bench points last season.
Western Carolina went 4-12 on the road and 15-16 overall last season. The Catamounts averaged 78.5 points per game last season, 33.5 in the paint, 12.5 off of turnovers and 8.4 on fast breaks.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.



