North Carolina beats Western Carolina 80-72

North Carolina Tar Heels beat Western Carolina Catamounts 80-72 on Monday at Dean E. Smith Center.

The first half made the difference: North Carolina outscored Western Carolina 39-30.

North Carolina shot 42% to 34% and lost the boards 41-32.

For North Carolina, Matt Able (G): 18. For Western Carolina, Jaxon Prunty (G): 18.

North Carolina improves to 1-0. Western Carolina falls to 0-1.

Attendance: 15,735.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.