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The junior Howell threw for yards and a touchdown and managed just 3 rushing yards, a season-low output on the ground, as the Tar Heels fell So the storybook symmetry that this matchup provided was left unwritten, here in the same place where his college career began against the same team — with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to complete a comeback victory against South Carolina that day in The senior linebacker and team leader has managed two tackles against South Carolina, while playing sparingly due to an upper-body injury.

A team spokesman for the Tar Heels says Gemmel entered the bowl game banged up. South Carolina has responded by piling up total yards on offense. The Gamecocks are in firm control, leading with remaining in the game. The Tar Heels pulled closer on tight end Garrett Walston yard touchdown catch on a trick play. Gosnell returned the ball to Howell, who found a wide open Walston waltzing in for the score.

The Gamecocks lead early in the third quarter. Joyner is 7 of 7 passing for yards, while Noland is 2 of 2 for 73 yards. Both have thrown a touchdown pass. Beekman dishes out to Kihei Clark for an open three and Clark buries it from the left wing. Shedrick catches an elbow from Bacot and Bacot grabs an offensive rebound and lays it in.

As Shedrick's blood is cleaned up off of the floor, the refs review the play, but do not call anything on Bacot. UVA stops the bleeding out of the timeout as Jayden Gardner faces up on Armando Bacot and elevates for the mid-range jumper. On the next possession, Virginia goes right back to Gardner and he makes virtually the same shot, this time over Manek.

Bacot gets about a million offensive rebounds in one possession and ends up getting two free throws out of it, making one of them. Kihei Clark feeds Reece Beekman on the backdoor cut and Beekman finishes at the rim. Bacot gets inside again and scores and he has 17 points and 13 rebounds already. Beekman drives to the basket again and scores. UNC gets an offensive board, which leads to a Caleb Love three. Armaan Franklin curls and hits a floater.

Caffaro blocks Manek's shot but it goes right to Bacot for another easy layup. UNC's size advantage on the inside is killing the Cavaliers right now. Armando Bacot blocks Jayden Gardner on one end, leading to a Brady Manek corner three on the other end. Bacot gets a mismatch on the inside with Armaan Franklin on him and finishes with a dunk. UNC has its largest lead of the game at Tony Bennett calls timeout. Armaan Franklin uses an off-ball screen to cut through the middle of the paint, receives the pass and scores at the rim.

Bacot slips the ball-screen and springs free for an open dunk off the pass from Caleb Love. Franklin loses his defender and rises up for the long two-pointer. Caleb Love steps back into another deep three and drains it with Beekman's hand in his face.

Love has 10 points and UNC leads by seven. With just one second on the shot clock and six seconds left in the half, Kihei Clark is fouled on a jump shot and makes one of two at the free throw line. A three-pointer from RJ Davis at the buzzer goes long and North Carolina goes into halftime with a six-point lead. Gardner shows off his quickness and strength, easily getting past Manek for a layup in the low post.

After several possessions without a basket on both ends, Bacot gets deep positioning on Gardner and flips in the hook shot. Carson McCorkle checks into the game and swishes a mid-range jumper off of a screen. Caleb Love steps back into a deep three and drains it. Love then comes up with a steal and makes a mid-range jumper in transition. After Love's run, North Carolina has its biggest lead of the game at and Tony Bennett calls timeout.

Anthony Harris checks into the game and hits a long jump shot from the corner with his foot on the line. Carolina will need to eat their Wheaties and drink extra Gatorade, because the make-up game was inserted into a stretch in the schedule that has the Heels playing in Winston-Salem on a Saturday night, home to Virginia Tech the following Monday night, then hosting Boston College on Wednesday night.

No rest for the weary. With Covid spreading at record rates, Hubert Davis and crew will have to ensure they are taking every precaution not to get sick, as depth during this period will be absolutely crucial. It will be interesting to see if or how Davis changes his substitution patterns to try and save legs. Based on the previous Boston College beat down, he may be able to squeeze more juice against Wake Forest and Virginia Tech, especially if Dawson Garcia and Kerwin Walton are back to full strength.

For those fans with tickets to the original 29 December Virginia Tech game, your tickets are still good and can be redeemed at the gate.