CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Wofford College men's basketball team lost 109-70 on Friday night inside of the Dean E. Smith Center. Wofford drops to 0-2 on the season.
The Terriers finished the game shooting 23-of-69 (33.3%) with seven threes at a 28.0 percent clip. North Carolina shot 38-of-73 (52.1%) and went 10-of-25 (40.0%) from deep. Wofford shot 17-of-24 (70.8%) from the charity stripe while the Tar Heels shot 23-of-29 (79.3%).
North Carolina outrebounded Wofford 49-42, but the Terriers had 17 offensive boards. Wofford dished out eight assists compared to 13 turnovers while UNC had 18 assists with eight turnovers.
Cutter Sisk led the way offensively with a career and game-high 27 points on 11-of-18 shooting in just 22 minutes of action. Sisk added seven rebounds as well.
Jyi Dawkins followed behind with 13 points and six rebounds.
Luke Flynn had three triples and six rebounds.
Cam Lowe and
Jacob Daniels had a team-high three assists each.
Jyi Dawkins added three steals while
Chris Arias had two.
North Carolina jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, but Wofford responded with six of the next eight points to bring the deficit to three points, 9-6. With Wofford trailing 13-8, North Carolina went on an 18-4 run as Wofford trailed 31-12 with 9:06 left in the first half. The Terriers went 2:50 without a score during the skid. The Terriers were able to cut the lead down to 12 points on several different occasions towards the end of the stanza, but Wofford would trail 51-34 entering the break.
North Carolina scored back-to-back buckets to start the second half, but
Luke Flynn answered on the other end with a corner three. The Terriers continued to fight in the second half but could not complete the comeback, losing the game 109-70.
The Terriers will return home on Sunday, November 8, at 2:00 p.m. to host Division II Allen University. The game can be streamed live on ESPN+.
