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IOWA CITY, Iowa — In Carolina is the Carver-Hawkeye Arena for No.. 16 North Carolina’s ACC-Big Ten Challenge Matchup with No.. 3 Iowa. This is the 22nd. The Tar Heels appear in the Challenge and they hold a 10-11 overall record. UNC will be the Hawkeyes’ first real test this season as they went through their first three opponents with nearly 100 combined points. Led by Luka Garza, this matchup is a great test for Roy Williams’ quartet of great men. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m.. m. ET on ESPN. Jason Benetti and Jimmy Dykes are on the call.

20:00 – UNC wins the tip. Caleb Love pulls up on the top of the key and misses. Luka Garza misses the jumper over Armando Bacot. Both teams start with 0: 1. The first points are a jumper from Iowa’s CJ Fredrick. Bacot tries to drive and turns it over. UNC is 0-4 from the floor to start two turnovers. Iowa on an 8-0 run. The first points of the tar heels are from Bacot. The Hawkeyes respond with a three. It’s 11-2. RJ Davis hits a three. Love makes a layup. Iowa answers with a three. The Hawkeyes are 4-6 out of the deep. 14:28 1H: UNC 7, Iowa 16

2:28 pm – 5-7 out of three for Iowa. Do the 6-8 from the depth. It’s 22-9. Hawkeyes: 8-11 FG, 7-9 3FG, 1 turnover. Tar sales: 4-11 FG, 1-3 3FG, 4 turnovers. Day’Ron Sharpe checks in. He has a quick four points. 11:29 1H: UNC 13, Iowa 25

11:29 – Sharpe does a nice theft, but he can’t dribble it in transition, so it’s back to Iowa. Walker Kessler checks in and hits a turnaround jumper. Love falls in love with the fake pump and Fredrick meets three more. Iowa is 8-12 from the deep, more threes than UNC all season (7). Another sales for the tar heels. 11 points less sales for Iowa, 0 for UNC. 7:44 1H: UNC 15, Iowa 30

7:44 – Love beats both free throws out of the timeout. Garrison Brooks gets his first points of the night. Leaky Black misses a layup and UNC can’t take advantage of sales in Iowa. Sharpe takes his second foul at 5:03 to play. Nice high-to-low passing from Sharpe to Brooks for a dip. Another dunk for Brooks. Sharpe is stolen and then fouled. Iowa has no field goal in the last 2:43. 3:55 1H: UNC 23, Iowa 34

3:55 – Sharpe takes 1-2 off the free throw line. Jordan Bohannon hits a three. Andrew Platek checks in and nails three of his own. 10 point game, 37-27. Love misses another layup. Fredrick responds with a three to contain the swing of the tar heels. Love makes a nice transition to cut the lead down to nine. Fredrick knocks down his fourth three of the half after time runs out.

UNC half-time stats: 13-32 FG (41%), 2-8 3FG (25%), 3-4 FT (75%). Brooks: 6 points, 4 rebounds. Bacot: 2 points, 6 rebounds. Love: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 turnovers. Team: 9 turnovers, 11 fast break points.

Iowa halftime stats: 15-35 FG (43%), 11-22 3FG (50%), 2-4 FT (50%). Fredrick: 16 points, 6-8 FG, 4-5 3FG. Wieskamp: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists. Garza: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 2-9 FG. Team: 11 points less sales.

8:00 PM – Great pass from Love to Brooks for another slam to get halfway through. Davis to Love in transition for an emphatic one-handed slam from Love. Fredrick hits three more. He is 5-6 from the deep. Iowa in a zone defense and UNC move the ball better here. Three dunks this half. Iowa calls for a timeout as UNC reduced leadership to seven. 18:26 2H: UNC 39, Iowa 46

6:26 PM – Two consecutive missed threes from Iowa. Love barely jams the backboard of his three. Great ball movement from UNC and Black hits a three. Six point game. Brooks is fouled and takes the shot. Convert the and-one and it’s a three-point game. Iowa is doing a layup on the other end. 15:46 2H: UNC 45, Iowa 50

15:46 – Some pressure from the UNC in court. Platek assumes a fee. Tar heels with the chance to tie it here. Garza blocks Sharpe and Brooks strips him. Sharpe played his third foul at 14:22. Sharpe flies to rebound and gets his fourth foul. He’ll go to the bank. Iowa hits a three and the lead is back to six. Love meets a three in transition. One point game. The lead is up to six as Kessler missed two free throws. Iowa attacks the attack glass. 11:47 am 2H: UNC 56, Iowa 62

11:47 – Platek hits a three. Davis hits a three. Back to a point head start for Iowa. Both teams meet here. Garza attacks deeply as the great UNC are in dire trouble. Black turns it around with a chance to take the lead. Iowa turns it around. Tar heels with one more chance to take the lead. UNC takes the lead on two free throws from Davis (66-65). Bacot records his fourth foul at 9:38 to play. Back and forth play here. 7-0 from Iowa. 7:52 2H: UNC 68, Iowa 74

7:52 – Sharpe walks to the free throw line. He missed both free throws. 11-0 run for the Hawkeyes. Love misses the front end of a one-and-one. 14-0 for Iowa. Sharpe finishes it off with a bucket. Iowa’s lead is 13 to play with 6:34. Sharpe takes both free throws. Fast 6-0 sprint from UNC, 83-76. Bohannon hits three more, he’s got seven tonight. The lead for the Hawkeyes is back at 12. Platek turns it around in the transition. 3:58 2H: UNC 78, Iowa 88

3:58 – Another sale for UNC. Iowa is 12 to play with 3:29. The tar heels have 18 turnovers tonight. 10 point game to play with 2:30 after a black knight. Davis missed both free throws. Eight missed vacations tonight. Iowa is dribbling off the clock.

UNC ending stats: 31-65 FG (48%), 6-15 3FG (40%), 12-20 FT (60%). Brooks: 17 points, 8 rebounds. Sharpe: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 5-6 FG. Davis: 12 points, 8 assists. Team: 18 turnovers, 24 fast break points.

Ending Iowa stats: 34-76 FG (45%), 17-40 3FG (43%), 8-14 FT (57%). Bohannon: 24 points, 6 assists, 7-16 3FG. Fredrick: 21 points, 5-7 3FG. Garza: 16 points, 14 rebounds. Team: 23 points less sales.

Pre-game hints: According to KenPom, Iowa has the third best offensive in the country, while on the defensive it has 71. is. UNC is 26. and 14. in offensive and defensive efficiency. Yes, Garza is Fran McCaffrey’s first, second, and maybe third option on the floor. But the Hawkeyes have three other players averaging at least 11 points, two of which are from the bench. They have a deep team and UNC is going to take its own depth to shine tonight to keep up.