12/22/2018 basketball Edit

Locker Room Report

The Tar Heels were in a hurry to get to individual flights home for Christmas, but THI still caught up two in the locker room. (THI)

Andrew Jones • TarHeelIllustrated

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Andrew Jones has covered sports for 26 years, including all major college & professional sports for daily newspapers & national sites. He's done radio and TV & is entering his seventh year at THI.

CHICAGO – North Carolina never got it going on either end of the floor Saturday in falling 80-72 to Kentucky at United Center as part of the annual CBS Sports Classic.

The Tar Heels struggled from the floor, converting just 42.2 percent of their shots, including 7-20 (35.o) from 3-point range. They were outrebounded by 1o and turned over the ball 17 times.

Carolina dropped to 8-3 on the season while UK improved to 9-2.

With the players heading home for Christmas and each flying commercially to where they live, the team was in a hurry to get out of the building and to the airport so no players would miss their flights. So, we were only able to get two players for postgame interviews: