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Wednesday’s college basketball games to watch

Wake Forest’s John Collins averaged 30 points and 12.5 rebounds in two games last week.
Wake Forest’s John Collins averaged 30 points and 12.5 rebounds in two games last week. ehyman@newsobserver.com

No. 7 LOUISVILLE (22-5, 10-4 ACC) at No. 8 NORTH CAROLINA (23-5, 11-3)

Smith Center, Chapel Hill, 9 p.m., ESPN

Mecklenburg County’s Kennedy Meeks (eight rebounds) and Luke Maye (seven rebounds) had strong games in North Carolina’s 24-point weekend demolishing of Virginia. ...The Cardinals are winning with depth, but Donovan Mitchell is the player to stop.

No. 10 DUKE (22-5, 10-4 ACC) at SYRACUSE (16-12, 8-7)

Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y., 7 p.m., ESPN

Luke Kennard (39 points in two games last week) leads a Duke team that has won seven straight. ... Andrew White (17.9 points per game) has been the most consistent member of an inconsistent Syracuse team.

PITTSBURGH (15-12, 4-10 ACC) at WAKE FOREST (15-12, 6-9)

Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, 7 p.m.

Michael Young (20.2 points per game) leads Pitt, which has won three of its past four after a slow ACC start. ...Wake Forest’s John Collins is ACC Player of the Week after averaging 30 points and 12.5 rebounds in two games last week.

QUEENS (23-3, 17-3 South Atlantic) at LENOIR-RHYNE (10-15, 9-11)

Shuford Memorial Gymnasium, Hickory, 8 p.m.

Todd Withers (26 points, 11 rebounds) led Queens in a 20-point home victory over Lenoir-Rhyne last month. Guard Darrion Evans scored 26 points, nearly half Lenoir-Rhyne’s total, in that loss.

This story was originally published February 21, 2017 at 4:17 PM with the headline "Wednesday’s college basketball games to watch."

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