The Virginia Tech Hokies won the turnover battle on Saturday but not much else in a 96-81 loss to the No. 7 North Carolina Tar Heels.
Tech came out hot, scoring the game’s first five points behind sophomore guard MJ Collins. However, UNC scored the following 10 points and never trailed again. The teams would go back and forth for the first 10 minutes, with the Tar Heels maintaining the lead.
When UNC forward Harrison Ingram scored with 9:08 remaining in the first half, it gave North Carolina an 11-point lead. That lead would extend to 14 at 34-20 when the Hokies began to chip away.