UNC-BC Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 76, BOSTON COLLEGE 66
JANUARY 20, 2024
CONTE FORUM
CHESTNUT HILL, MASS.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 16
UNC Rebound Leader: Harrison Ingram 13
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 5
Team Records: UNC 15-3, 7-0 ACC; Boston College 11-7, 2-5 ACC

• UNC is 7-0 in the ACC for the first time since 2015-16 (went 8-0 to begin league play that season).
• This is the 12th time UNC is 7-0 to begin ACC play.
• Carolina won its eighth straight game for the first time since winning eight straight (all against ACC opponents) in 2018-19.
• Carolina has won six consecutive ACC games by double-digits for the first time since doing that in 10 consecutive ACC games in 1992-93.
• This is the sixth time UNC has won six or more consecutive ACC games by double-digits (10 in a row in 1992-93, six straight in 1990-91, six straight in 1988-89, 10 straight in 1983-84 and seven straight over 1967-68/1968-69 [the last ACC game in 1968 and first six conference games in 1968-1969]).
• UNC has not allowed an ACC team to score more than 70 points this season.
• Dating back to last season, the Tar Heels have held ACC teams (regular season and ACC Tournament games) under 70 points 19 times in the last 25 games.
• UNC is 14-0 this season when holding the opponents under 80 points (and 54-13 in the last three seasons).
• RJ Davis made two three-pointers, tying the UNC record with his 15th consecutive game with multiple 3FGs. Justin Jackson also made multiple threes in 15 straight games in 2016-17.
• Davis led UNC with 16 points. It was the fifth straight game, 14th time this season and 33rd time as a Tar Heel Davis was UNC's leading scorer.
• Harrison Ingram had his fourth double-double as a Tar Heel with 11 points and 13 rebounds. It was the fourth time in the last six games he had 10 or more rebounds.
• Ingram scored his 900th collegiate point (has 906).
• Carolina made only four of its first eight free throws but converted 17 of its final 18.
• The Tar Heels are 8-1 when they make at least 20 free throws.
• Carolina is 8-0 when it shoots 80% from the free throw line ((21 of 26 for 80.8% today).
• Boston College was 25 for 29 from the free throw line. It was the first time UNC won when an opponent made 25 free throws since Oregon was 25 for 28 in the 2017 national semifinals in Phoenix.
• Davis missed his first free throw, which snapped a streak of 18 consecutive makes. He made his last four attempts.
• Carolina out-rebounded the Eagles, 43-28.
• It was the seventh straight game UNC had more rebounds. The Tar Heels are plus 100 on the boards in those seven games.
• The Eagles shot 34.5% from the floor, the ninth time this season the opponents have shot under 40% from the floor (UNC has won eight of those nine games).
• Boston College shot 35.7% in the first half and 33.3% in the second. Today's game was the 15th in which the opponents shot under 40% in at least one half and the seventh time they shot under 40% in both halves.
• UNC is 28-3 in three seasons under head coach Hubert Davis when holding the opponents under 40%.
• UNC scored nine of its 11 second-chance points in the second half and out-scored the Eagles, 11-6, on second-chance points. The Tar Heels are 11-0 when scoring more second-chance points.
• Carolina went on a 10-0 to end the first half and begin the second. It was the 12th time in 18 games UNC has had at least one 10-0 run.
• Boston College did not score a fastbreak point. It was the second game in a row (Louisville) and sixth time this season UNC did not allow a fastbreak point.
• Carolina's bench out-scored the BC bench, 17-14. It was the 11th time UNC's bench has out-scored the opponents and the Tar Heels are 11-0 in those games.
• Last season, UNC was 5-3 when its non-starters out-scored the opponent's bench.
• The Eagles turned the ball over four times, the fewest by an opponent in a UNC win since Virginia had four last February in Chapel Hill.

Carolina-Boston College
• Carolina is 23-6 against the Eagles, including five straight wins and 17 in the last 18 games.
• The Tar Heels are 21-5 since BC joined the ACC.
• Carolina has won eight in a row in Conte Forum since losing in 2010 and is 10-1 overall in Conte Forum.
• This is the first time Carolina has defeated an ACC opponent eight straight times on the road since beating Wake Forest in eight straight road games from 1980-87.

Next Game: Monday, January 22, vs. Wake Forest, in Chapel Hill (7 p.m., ESPN)

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Players Mentioned

Elliot Cadeau

RJ Davis

Harrison Ingram

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