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Bacot, UNC beat Notre Dame 101-59, advance to ACC semis

Freshman Walker Kessler dazzles with 8 blocks

Credit: AP

Notre Dame guard Cormac Ryan (5) tries to secure the ball as North Carolina guard Caleb Love, center, defends as North Carolina guard Kerwin Walton (24) closes in during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Big men Armando Bacot and freshmen Day’Ron Sharpe and Walker Kessler each had a double-double and North Carolina dominated inside in its 101-59 win over Notre Dame at the ACC tournament.

No. 6 seed UNC (17-9) plays third-seeded Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals Thursday.

Bacot, a 6-foot-10 sophomore, finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds.

Played hard, played smart, played together. #CarolinaFamily pic.twitter.com/C5lQ51cD0t
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) March 11, 2021

Kessler added 16 points and a career-best 12 rebounds and Sharpe had 14 points, 10 boards and a career-high six assists.

Kessler added eight blocks, the most by a UNC freshman in program history and an ACC tourney single-game record.

Prentiss Hubb and Nate Laszewski scored 13 points apiece for No. 11 seed Notre Dame (11-15).