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No. 19 Kansas visits No. 25 North Carolina following Bidunga’s 23-point outing

Kansas Jayhawks (1-0) at North Carolina Tar Heels (1-0)

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

BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 Kansas takes on No. 25 North Carolina after Flory Bidunga scored 23 points in Kansas’ 94-51 victory over the Green Bay Phoenix.

North Carolina went 12-3 at home last season while going 23-14 overall. The Tar Heels averaged 13.3 points off of turnovers, 10.8 second-chance points and 23.9 bench points last season.

Kansas finished 12-10 in Big 12 play and 4-8 on the road a season ago. The Jayhawks averaged 76.1 points per game last season, 36.7 in the paint, 12.5 off of turnovers and 10.3 on fast breaks.

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