Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina takes on the Louisville Cardinals after Caleb Love scored 21 points in North Carolina’s 65-57 win over the Virginia Tech Hokies.

The Tar Heels are 13-2 at home. North Carolina ranks third in the ACC with 14.8 assists per game, led by Love with an average of 3.6.

The Cardinals are 6-10 in conference play. Louisville is 5-6 in games decided by 10 or more points.

The teams are meeting for the 17th time in conference this season. The Tar Heels won the last meeting 90-83 on February 2. Brady Manek scored 24 points to help lead the Tar Heels to victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Armando Bacot is averaging 16.2 points, 12 rebounds and 1.6 blocks for the Tar Heels. Love is averaging 10.3 points over North Carolina’s last 10 games.

Malik Williams is shooting 47.2 percent and averaging 9.5 points for the Cardinals. El Ellis is averaging 7.8 points over Louisville’s last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tar Heels: 7-3, averaged 77.4 points, 35.7 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 5.9 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 42.9 percent since starting ground. Their opponents are averaging 74.7 points per game.

Cardinals: 2-8, averaged 64.9 points, 33.1 rebounds, 10.7 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 41.3 percent from the field. Their opponents average 71.5 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.