When you commit to play for the UNC basketball program, you embrace the challenge of playing under the sport's biggest lights.
Derek Dixon is only a freshman, but his heroics on Tuesday night in Lexington will be remembered for quite some time.
The freshman guard scored two clutch buckets down the stretch to help North Carolina secure a victory over Kentucky in the ACC/SEC Challenge. With the win, the UNC basketball program now has two top-25 wins on its early season resume while improving to 7-1 on the year.
The moment wasn't too big for the freshman
We saw Dixon steal minutes from Kyan Evans, a move that Hubert Davis was more than justified in making.