Men’s Basketball Headed To Las Vegas To Play UCLA

GAME 11
• Carolina plays No. 4 UCLA in Las Vegas in the CBS Sports Classic on Saturday, December 18. Gametime is 3 p.m. Eastern (Noon in Las Vegas).
• The Tar Heels have won five in a row and are  8-2 overall, including 1-0 in ACC play.
• Carolina has won eight of its first 10 games for the first time since 2018-19.
• Dawson Garcia (20/10) and Armando Bacot (14/12) had double-doubles and the Tar Heels broke a halftime tie with a 15-4 run to begin the second half in a 74-61 win over Furman Tuesday at the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels shot 53.3 percent from the floor and held the Paladins to 28.1 percent in the second half. It was the fifth straight game UNC held an opponent to 63 or fewer points.
• UCLA is 8-1, including an overtime win over Villanova and a loss to Gonzaga on November 23 at T-Mobile Arena….