It was a difficult weekend for the UNC basketball program, as both the men’s and women’s teams dropped conference games in consecutive nights. After a disappointing home loss for Roy Williams and his team on Saturday night, first-year UNC head coach Courtney Banghart and company lost their first conference game of the season at Virginia Tech on Sunday evening.
Virginia Tech’s Aisha Sheppard and Trinity Baptiste scored a team-high 16 points a piece on a combined 13-for-26 shooting performance. Dara Mabrey added 15 points, and Lydia Rivers had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Hokies (11-3, 1-2).