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UNC Basketball: Monmouth vs. Tar Heels game preview

By Brandon Griffin

Nov 23, 2016; Lahaina, Maui, HI, USA; From left to right North Carolina Tar Heels forward Justin Jackson (44), guard Joel Berry II (2), and guard Kenny Williams (24) wait to check into the game against the Wisconsin Badgers in the Championship Game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 23, 2016; Lahaina, Maui, HI, USA; From left to right North Carolina Tar Heels forward Justin Jackson (44), guard Joel Berry II (2), and guard Kenny Williams (24) wait to check into the game against the Wisconsin Badgers in the Championship Game of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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Key Players

Dec 21, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Kennedy Meeks (3) chats with guard Kenny Williams (24) prior to the second half against the Northern Iowa Panthers at Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels won 85-42. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Kennedy Meeks (3) chats with guard Kenny Williams (24) prior to the second half against the Northern Iowa Panthers at Dean E. Smith Center. The Tar Heels won 85-42. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports /

Monmouth: G Justin Robinson

Justin Robinson is the Hawks leading scorer and assist man. He also leads the team in steals and minutes played. His assists per game is almost as good as the next three players combined. At 5 foot 8 though he will need all the help he can get as UNC’s shortest player checks in at 6 feet.

North Carolina: F Kennedy Meeks

Meeks had a big game against the Panthers. The Tar Heel big man finished with 18 points and eight rebounds in just 20 minutes. He also shot 6-9 from the free throw line, his most free throw attempts of the season.

Meeks was helped by the Panther’s only interior man being only 6 foot 9 and in foul trouble early (he only played 13 minutes against the Heels). Still, it was a good performance out of Meeks who fouled out against Kentucky and had struggled in his past three games.

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