No. 3 Tar Heels Head To FSU For Big ACC Road Game

Saturday, January 27

Tallahassee, Fla.

2 PM

North Carolina

Florida State

Elliot Cadeau & Harrison Ingram

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

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• Third-ranked Carolina (16-3 overall, 8-0 ACC) plays at Florida State (12-7, 6-2) as the top two teams in the ACC standings play on Saturday, January 27. Tip time at the Tucker Center in Tallahassee is 2 p.m. on ESPN.
• Carolina has 749 regular-season ACC wins. Its next win would make UNC the first to 750.
• The Tar Heels lead the ACC at 8-0. This is the 11th time UNC has started 8-0 in the ACC and the first time since 2016. The last time the Tar Heels began 9-0 in the ACC was 2001.
• FSU is second in the ACC at 6-2 in league games.
• Carolina is No. 3 in the Associated Press poll. This is UNC's highest ranking since being ranked third in the final three weeks in 2018-19.
• This is the 36th different season in which UNC is ranked third or higher in the AP poll.
• Carolina is No. 6 in the country in the NET and No. 6 in KenPom.
• The Tar Heels have won nine in a row, most since they won 11 in a row over the last six games in 2016-17 and first five in 2017-18.
• Carolina has won seven straight ACC games by double digits, most since winning 10 straight in 1992-93.
• Carolina has won nine straight games in the same season (including two non-ACC games) by 10 or more points for the first time since 2008-09, when it did so in the first 13 games.
• Carolina has held its last nine opponents to 70 points or fewer. This is the first time UNC has held nine consecutive teams to 70 points or fewer since doing so in 10 consecutive games in 2006-07.
• In ACC play, Carolina is scoring 78.8 points per game and allowing 62.9. Florida State and Louisville both scored 70 points vs. the Tar Heels; the other six ACC opponents scored fewer than 70. UNC allowed 57, 55, 54 and 66 in its four ACC road wins at Pittsburgh, Clemson, NC State and Boston College, 67 at home to Syracuse and 64 by Wake Forest this past Monday in the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels have outscored their opponents, 341-254, in the second half in ACC play, a margin of 10.9 points per game. The opponents are averaging 31.8 points in the second half in ACC play.
• Carolina's defense has held its eight ACC opponents to 36.1% from the floor and 22.5% from three-point range.
• Carolina is 14th nationally in three-point percentage defense and 19th in overall FG defense.
• The Tar Heels have held ACC opponents below 70 points in 20 of the last 26 games.
• Carolina has out-rebounded its opponents in eight straight games and is plus 113 on the boards in those games/wins.
• Harrison Ingram leads the ACC in rebounding in league play at 10.63 per game. He has double-figure rebounds in five of the last seven games, including 14 vs. Wake Forest.
• The Athletic named senior guard RJ Davis a mid-season first-team All-America on January 24. Davis leads the ACC in scoring in all games (21.0) and ACC games (20.8). The White Plains, N.Y., native scored a career-high 36 points against Wake Forest, the third-most points by a Tar Heel in 234 games against the Demon Deacons.
• Armando Bacot has 998 defensive rebounds in his career. He needs two to become the first Tar Heel ever with 1,000 defensive rebounds.

GAME 19 NOTEBOOK
• The Tar Heels are 4-2 against AP-ranked opponents this season with wins over No. 20 Arkansas, No. 10 Tennessee, No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 16 Clemson (rankings when UNC played those teams).
• ESPN ranks UNC's strength of record No. 4 in the nation behind Purdue, UConn and Houston.
• Carolina's schedule is ranked 13th in the country by KenPom and 18th by ESPN.
• The Tar Heels are No. 4 in the country in defensive efficiency (93.3 points allowed per 100 possessions) and No. 15 in offensive efficiency (119.6 points scored per 100 possessions).
• Since Ken Pomeroy began tracking points per possessions in 2001-02, the Tar Heels' highest national finish in defensive efficiency was fourth in 2010-11 (90.4).
• UNC is one of six teams (with Arizona, Auburn, Houston, Purdue and Tennessee) that rank in the top 20 in both offensive and defensive efficiency.
• Carolina is 8-0 in the ACC despite having just one player (RJ Davis, who is first) in the top 10 in the league in scoring.

UNC-FLORIDA STATE
• Carolina is 54-16 all-time against the Seminoles, including winning three straight and 12 of the last 16 games.
• UNC is 18-8 against FSU in Tallahassee, all at the Tucker Center.
• The Tar Heels rallied from 14 points down with 17:11 to play to beat the Seminoles, 78-70, in Chapel Hill on December 2.
• Last year in Tallahassee, Carolina tied its school record with 11 first-half three-pointers (in 13 attempts), led by 18 at the half and held on for a 77-66 win.
• The Tar Heels led by 16 with 6:04 to play before the Seminoles went on a 14-2 run. RJ Davis, who led UNC with 19 points, scored a pair of field goals around a Leaky Black drive-and-dunk to stretch the lead back to eight with under a minute to play.
• Black, Davis, Caleb Love and Pete Nance all made three 3FGs, the first time four Tar Heels ever made three or more three-pointers in a game.
• The win snapped UNC's three-game losing streak at FSU.
• Armando Bacot has scored in double figures three times in seven career starts against FSU and has two double-doubles. He had 17 points and 14 rebounds in Chapel Hill as a junior and 13/13 in the Smith Center earlier this season.
• RJ Davis has averaged 16.1 points in six games with a high of 27 he scored in the 78-70 win in December. Davis has made 12 threes and dished out 20 assists vs. the Seminoles. He made three 3FGs in each of the last two games and had five assists twice, including the earlier game this season.
• Cormac Ryan scored in double figures in two of four games he played against FSU while at Notre Dame. He hit three 3FGs and scored 17 points in Tallahassee last season.
• Jae'Lyn Withers also scored in double figures twice vs. the Seminoles while playing for Louisville. He had 14 points and nine rebounds as a freshman. Last season, he had eight points and seven rebounds in Tallahassee and 14 points on 4 of 6 shooting from three-point range at home.

MILESTONE WATCH
• Armando Bacot has scored 2,076 points, fourth most all-time by a Tar Heel ... he needs 70 to pass Sam Perkins (2,145) for third.
• Bacot has played 151 games over five seasons, which ties Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks for third in games played by a Tar Heel ... Deon Thompson is second (152 in four seasons) and Leaky Black holds the record (155 in five seasons).
• Bacot has 1,530 rebounds, most ever by a Tar Heel and fourth most in ACC history ... he passed Virginia's Ralph Sampson, a three-time National Player of the Year, for fourth in the win over Louisville ... he needs 41 to pass Wake Forest's Tim Duncan (1,570) for third.
• Bacot is 23rd in rebounds in NCAA history ... needs eight to pass Syracuse's Derrick Coleman (1,537) for 22nd.
• Bacot has 998 defensive rebounds, which by themselves would be the 11th most in school history ... offensive rebounds weren't recorded separately until 1986-87, but no Tar Heel has ever had 1,000 defensive rebounds.
• Bacot is seventh in UNC history in field goals with 773 ... needs 14 to pass Perkins (786) and 15 to pass Antawn Jamison (787).
• Bacot has blocked 198 shots ... needs two for 200 ... he has 99 steals and needs one for 100 ... he would become the only Tar Heel with 2,000 points, 1,500 rebounds, 200 blocks and 100 steals.
• RJ Davis has made 219 three-pointers, seventh most all-time by a Tar Heel ... needs three to pass Donald Williams and Rashad McCants (both made 221) for fifth ... Wayne Ellington is fourth (229).
• Davis is tied with Rick Fox for 21st in UNC history with 1,703 points ... he passed Wayne Ellington (1,694) in the Wake Forest game ... needs one point to pass Fox, seven to pass Billy Cunningham (1,709), 14 to pass Brice Johnson (1,716) and 19 to pass McCants (1,721) for 18th place.
• Davis has 369 assists...needs two to pass John Kuester (370) for 22nd place in UNC history ... Larry Drew II is 21st (378).
• The Wake Forest game was Davis' 100th start in 120 games as a Tar Heel ... he has started every game since the first game of his sophomore season except Senior Night in 2023.
• The Wake Forest game was Jae'Lyn Withers' 100th collegiate game (played 81 for Louisville).

DAVIS STARTS WITH 'D'
• Dating back to last season, the Tar Heels have held ACC teams (regular season and ACC Tournament games) under 70 points 20 times in the last 26 games.
• Per KenPom, Carolina is No. 4 in defensive efficiency at 93.3 points allowed per 100 possessions. The last time UNC finished in the top 10 in defensive efficiency was 2010-11, when the Tar Heels were fourth at 90.4 points per 100.
• Carolina's 93.3 points allowed per 100 possession are its lowest since 2020-21 (91.7).
• The opponents are averaging 69.1 points, their lowest average since 2014-15 (68.8).
• Carolina is 6-1 this season when it scores fewer than 80 points. The Tar Heels went 22-20 when scoring fewer than 80 in the previous two seasons.
• Carolina is holding its opponents to 39.5% shooting from the floor, lowest by the opponents since 2011-12 (39.4%).
• Carolina is holding its opponents to 28.5% shooting from three-point range, on track to be the lowest ever by the opponents in a season (previous low is 30.0% in 2014-15).
• Carolina is 12th in the country in three-point percentage defense and 20th in field goal percentage defense.
• Carolina has held the opponents below 40% from the floor in 23 of 38 halves and 10 of 19 games this season. That includes seven of the last eight games (Louisville shot 49.1%).
• The Tar Heels held Wake Forest to 26.7% from the floor in the second half. That was the fifth time in the last seven games a opponent shot below 30% in a half against the Tar Heels (NC State shot below 30% in both halves).
• The Tar Heels have outscored the opponents by
a combined 73 points in the second half in the last seven games. That includes 39-29 at Pittsburgh (+10), 31-21 at Clemson (+10), 37-26 at NC State (+11), 51-37 (+14) vs. Syracuse, 42-35 (+7) at Boston College and 52-30 (+22) against Wake Forest.
• For the season, Carolina has outscored the opponents by 104 points in the first half and by 173 in the second.
• Hubert Davis uses 42% as a benchmark for the opponents' field goal percentage. Carolina has held the opponents below 42% in 13 of the 19 games and has won 11 of those 13 (except Villanova and Kentucky).
• Louisville is the only opponent to shoot better than 42% in the last 10 games (the Cards shot 49.1%). UNC has held the other nine opponents below 42%, losing only to Kentucky in that stretch of games. That includes Wake Forest shooting 35.6%.
• Carolina has held the opponents to 32.0% from the floor, including 13.1% from three-point range in its four ACC road victories. Pittsburgh, Clemson, NC State and Boston College have combined to make 79 of 247 field goal attempts, including 11 of 84 from beyond the three-point line. The home teams are averaging just 58.0 points in those four games.
• The 67-54 win at NC State was Carolina's third straight game holding the opponents under 60 points, the first time it did that in three straight road wins since 1998-99 (72-54 win at Florida State, 59-56 win at NC State and 52-40 win at Wake Forest).
• It was the first time Carolina held three straight teams under 60 points since 2010-11 (Rutgers, Saint Francis of Pennsylvania and Virginia).
• Carolina's last three opponents (Louisville, Boston College and Wake Forest) have combined to score one fastbreak point (by the Demon Deacons).
• BC was the sixth opponent not to score a fastbreak point this season (UNI, Villanova, Charleston Southern, Clemson, Louisville and BC). Four other teams (Radford, Lehigh, UC Riverside and Wake Forest) scored three or fewer fastbreak points.
• Six games not allowing a fastbreak point are the second fewest over the last nine seasons (seven times in 2015-16).
• One fast break point allowed is the fewest in any three-game stretch over the last nine seasons (four points over three games was the fewest; it happened several times but not since 2017-18).

POLLING
• Carolina is ranked No. 3 in week 12 in the Associated Press poll (released January 22).
• This the 36th different season Carolina has earned a top-three ranking at some point in the season.
• It is the 948th time the Tar Heels are ranked in the AP poll, the second most in college basketball history.
• It is the seventh time this season and 696th time (third most all-time) the AP ranked the Tar Heels in the top 10.
• It is the 85th time the Tar Heels are ranked third, one of 438 times UNC has earned a top-five ranking.
• Carolina has already played the No. 1 (UConn), 5 (Tennessee), 6 (Kentucky) and 11 (Oklahoma) teams in this week's AP poll.
• From November 24-December 20, 2023, UNC played five consecutive non-conference games against ranked opponents for the first time in UNC history. The Tar Heels played Arkansas (20th), Tennessee (10th), UConn (5th), Kentucky (14th) and Oklahoma (7th).

ARMANDO & RJ ON MID-SEASON LISTS
• Armando Bacot and RJ Davis are among the 25 players named to the mid-season watch list for the John R. Wooden National Player of the Year award.
• Carolina was one of three teams (with Kansas and Kentucky) with multiple players on the Wooden list.
• Davis was also on the mid-season list for the Lute Olson NPOY award.
• Davis was named to The Athletic's mid-season All-America first team on January 24.

RJ ATOP THE ACC
• Senior guard RJ Davis, who CBS' Jon Rothstein called the best guard in the country and Wake Forest head coach Steve Forbes said was the best player in the conference, leads the ACC in scoring at 21.0 points per game and free throw shooting at 93.8%.
• Davis has made 58 three-pointers, an average of 3.1 per game, second most in the ACC to Pittsburgh's Blake Hinson (3.4 per game). The Tar Heel record is 2.7 by Shammond Williams in 1996-97 (95 in 35 games).
• The last Tar Heel to lead the ACC in scoring was Tyler Hansbrough in 2007-08. Davis led the ACC in free throw accuracy in 2022-23.
• Davis leads Carolina in three-pointers (58), three-point percentage (.417) and steals (26) and is second in assists (65), two behind Elliot Cadeau.
• Davis is on pace for the highest scoring average by a Tar Heel since Hansbrough averaged 22.6 in 2007-08. Davis' 21.0 points per game are on pace to be the highest average by a guard since Hubert Davis averaged 22.4 in 1991-92.
• Davis had 20 points, 10 assists, five steals and no turnovers in the win over Charleston Southern, becoming the first Tar Heel ever with 20/10/5/0 in a game.
• He was the first Tar Heel with a double-double in points and assists since Theo Pinson in 2018 and the first with 20 points/10 assists since Kendall Marshall at Duke in 2012.
• Davis has led UNC in scoring 15 times this season, including 14 of the last 15 games. He led in eight straight games from Villanova through Charleston Southern and has led in each of the last six.
• He was the first Tar Heel to lead in scoring eight straight games since Hansbrough, who led 13 games in a row in 2007-08.
• Davis scored 20 or more in eight straight games, the first to accomplish that since Hansbrough had a streak of nine consecutive games in 2008-09. That included 23 vs. Villanova, a career-high tying 30 vs. Arkansas, 27 vs. Tennessee, 27 vs. Florida State, 26 vs. UConn, 27 vs. Kentucky, 23 vs. Oklahoma and 20 vs. CSU.
• Davis is the only current Tar Heel to score 30 points in a game, and he has done so three – a career-high 36 vs. Wake Forest, 30 vs. Baylor in the 2022 NCAA second round and 30 earlier this season against Arkansas.
• Davis scored at least 26 points in five straight games (Arkansas through Kentucky), becoming the first Tar Heel to do that since Charlie Scott in 1969-70.
• Davis has a career scoring average of 14.2, the 11th-highest in history by a Tar Heel guard.
• Davis is shooting career-high percentages from three-point range (.417) and the free throw line (.938). Shammond Williams is the only Tar Heel to ever shoot 40% from three and 90% from the free throw line in a season (in 1996-97).
• Davis began his fourth season as UNC's 48th-leading scorer and has moved up 27 spots to 21st with 1,703 points. He has passed Danny Green, Ty Lawson, Kris Lang, Luke Maye, Brendan Haywood, Deon Thompson, Jason Capel, Shammond Williams, Dennis Wuycik, Caleb Love, Kennedy Meeks, Tyler Zeller, Scott Williams, J.R. Reid, Jeff Lebo, Mitch Kupchak, Hubert Davis, Jawad Williams, Justin Jackson, Eric Montross, Kenny Smith and Wayne Ellington. He is tied with Rick Fox.
• Davis is the seventh-highest scoring Tar Heel guard behind Phil Ford, Charlie Scott (who also played small forward), Marcus Paige, Bobby Lewis, Joel Berry II and Michael Jordan (who also played small forward).

THIRTY-SIX
• RJ Davis scored a career-high 36 points against Wake Forest. He made and attempted career highs in field goals (14 for 23), made four three-pointers for the fourth time in five games and didn't commit a turnover in 37 minutes.
• It was his 16th consecutive game making two or more three-pointers, setting a UNC record for consecutive games with multiple threes (breaking Justin Jackson's 15 games in a row in 2016-17).
• Davis' 36 points were also:
— the most by a Tar Heel since Brice Johnson had 39 at Florida State on 1/4/2016;
— the third-most ever by a Tar Heel against Wake Forest. Bobby Lewis scored 37 on 2/3/1966 and Charlie Scott scored 43 on 1/17/1970;
— the most by an ACC player since Miami's Isaiah Wong scored 26 vs. Cornell on 12/7/2022;
— the most in an ACC game since Syracuse's Cole Swider had 36 in the Smith Center vs. UNC on 2/28/2022;
— the most by a Tar Heel in the Smith Center since Tyler Hansbrough scored 39 against Clemson on 2/10/2008.
— and the most by a Tar Heel guard since Wayne Ellington scored 36 vs. Clemson on 1/6/2008.
• Davis became the first Tar Heel to score 30 or more points and have zero turnovers since Justin Jackson against Kentucky on 12/17/2016 (34 and 0).
• Davis is the first Tar Heel to have at least three career 30-point games since Luke Maye had five and Coby White had three at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season.
• The 14 field goals were the most by a Tar Heel guard since Joseph Forte made 15 against Florida State on 2/22/2001.

HIGH-SCORING TAR HEEL
• RJ Davis is averaging 21.0 points per game. The last 10 seasons in which a Tar Heel averaged 20 or more points include:

Year Player PPG
2008-09 Tyler Hansbrough 20.7
2007-08 Tyler Hansbrough 22.6
2003-04 Rashad McCants 20.0
2000-01 Joseph Forte 20.9
1997-98 Antawn Jamison 22.2
1991-92 Hubert Davis 21.4
1985-86 Brad Daugherty 20.2
1982-83 Michael Jordan 20.0
1977-78 Phil Ford 20.8
1969-70 Charlie Scott 27.1

BACOT EXTENDS REBOUNDING RECORDS
• Fifth-year grad student Armando Bacot is Carolina's all-time leader in rebounds (1,530), offensive rebounds (532), double-doubles (76) and games with 10 or more rebounds (84).
• Bacot has passed Joel Berry II, Bobby Lewis, Marcus Paige, Walter Davis, Brad Daugherty, Antawn Jamison, Larry Miller, Charlie Scott, Al Wood and Lennie Rosenbluth this season for fourth in UNC career scoring with 2,076 points. Sam Perkins (2,145) is third on Carolina's all-time scoring list.
• Bacot has eight double-doubles this season and 76 in his career. He is third in ACC history behind only Tim Duncan and Ralph Sampson.
• Bacot passed Sampson in the Louisville game for the fourth-most rebounds in ACC history. He needs 41 to pass Duncan for third.
• Bacot has 76 double-doubles in 151 games (double-doubles in 50.3% of his games). That is the third-highest percentage by a Tar Heel behind Billy Cunningham and Rosenbluth.
• Bacot set UNC single-season records in 2021-22 with 511 rebounds, 31 double-doubles, five 20-rebound games (tied), 32 games with 10 or more rebounds, rebounds in an NCAA Tournament and rebounds by a Tar Heel in the Elite 8, national semifinal and championship games.
• Bacot became the first player in NCAA Tournament history with six double-doubles in one season and tied the NCAA single-season record for double-doubles with 31 (Navy's David Robinson also had 31 in 1985-86).
in the last 25 years the Tar Heels have won four straight ACC road games by 10 or more points (also 2005-06 and 2018-19).
• The last time UNC won four straight ACC road games in a season was 2021-22, when the Tar Heels won their final five road games in league play at Louisville, Clemson, Virginia Tech, NC State and Duke.

BETTER IN BLUE
• Carolina's 76-66 win at Boston College was its fourth consecutive ACC road win, and all were by 10 or more points.
• The Tar Heels won games at Pittsburgh by 13 points, at Clemson by 10, NC State by 13 and at BC by 10. It is the third time in the last 25 years the Tar Heels have won four straight ACC road games by 10 or more points (also 2005-06 and 2018-19).
• The last time UNC won four straight ACC road games in a season was 2021-22, when the Tar Heels won their final five road games in league play at Louisville, Clemson, Virginia Tech, NC State and Duke.

MAKING IT COUNT AT THE STRIPE
• The Tar Heels are sixth in the country with 18.9 free throws made per game (behind High Point, Tulane, Winthrop, Denver and UNC Asheville).
• Carolina is 8-1 this season when it makes at least 20 free throws in a game (only loss to Kentucky).
• The Tar Heels are 8-0 when they make at least 80% from the free throw line this season.
• The Tar Heels are shooting 76.1% from the line this season, which equals the third-highest percentage in school history.
• RJ Davis (.938) and Cormac Ryan (.920) are shooting at least 90% from the free throw line. The UNC single-season record is .911 by Shammond Williams in 1997-98. The ACC record is 95.3% by Duke's J.J. Redick in 2003-04.
• Davis led the ACC in free throw shooting last season (.881).
• Carolina has never had two players shoot 90% from the free throw line in the same season.
• Armando Bacot is converting a career-best 79.8% at the line. His previous high was 67.0% as a junior. Bacot is shooting 13.5% higher than his career percentage entering the season.
• Bacot has made the fifth-most and attempted the third-most free throws in UNC history.

ACC LEADERS
• Carolina leads the ACC in scoring and is 22nd in the country at 83.5 points per game. The Tar Heels are second in the league and 17th nationally in scoring margin at 14.4 per game behind Duke.
• RJ Davis and Armando Bacot lead the ACC in scoring and rebounding, respectively. The last time two different Tar Heels led the ACC in those categories was 2003- 04 (Rashad McCants in scoring, Sean May in rebounding).

INGRAM, TAR HEELS POUNDING THE BOARDS
• Carolina is 14-1 this season and 59-15 over the last three seasons when it outrebounds the oppponents.
• That includes the last eight games, when UNC has outrebounded the opponent in each game and is 8-0, winning the rebound margin by a combined 113, an average of 14.1 per game. That outpaces UNC's single-season record of 12.3 per game set in 2016-17.
• Beginning in Dean Smith's first season as head coach, the Tar Heels have won 83.8% of their games when they have more rebounds.
• Junior forward Harrison Ingram gathered 14 rebounds vs. Wake Forest, the fifth time in his last seven games he had double-figure rebounds.
• Ingram is averaging 11.3 rebounds over the last seven games and is second on the team for the season with a career-best 8.2 per game.
• Ingram leads the ACC in rebounding in league games, where he is averaging 10.63 per game, .06 ahead of Clemson's Ian Schieffelin. They are the only players averaging 10 or more in league games.
• He set a career high with 15 at Pittsburgh on January 2, broke that with 19 at NC State, had 10 against Syracuse, a game-high 13 at Boston College and a game-high 14 vs. the Deacons.
• Ingram's 19 rebounds at NC State are most ever by a Tar Heel in 245 games against the Wolfpack. Billy Cunningham had 18 in 1965 and Armando Bacot pulled down 18 twice.

BIG-SHOT H
• Harrison Ingram hit a pair of big shots in the win at Boston College, banking in a two-pointer and then draining a three from the wing that helped preserve UNC's lead down the stretch. He made key threes early in the win over Tennessee, hit a late-clock shot to help beat Oklahoma and sank a clutch three late in the win at Clemson.
• Ingram made a career-high three 3FGs seven times during his two seasons at Stanford. He has made at least three five times this season, including 4 of 6 vs. UNI, 4 of 5 vs. Villanova, 4 of 8 against Tennessee, 3 of 4 vs. UConn and 3 of 5 vs. Charleston Southern.

TAKING CARE OF THE BALL
• UNC is 11-0 when it scores more points off turnovers than its opponents and 5-3 when the opponents score more points off turnovers.
• The Tar Heels are committing 10.4 turnovers per game. UNC's record low average for a season is 10.8 in 2015-16 and 2022-23.
• In Hubert Davis' three seasons as head coach, the Tar Heels have won 81.4% of games (35-8)when they committed fewer than or the same number of turnovers (including 26-7 when they commit fewer). Conversely, UNC is 30-18 (62.5%) when it commits more turnovers than its opponents.
• Carolina has committed fewer than 10 turnovers eight times this year and is 7-1 in those games (loss to UConn).
• The Tar Heels are averaging 12.3 turnovers in their three losses and 10.0 in their 16 victories.
• Carolina's three primary ball-handlers (Elliot Cadeau, RJ Davis and Seth Trimble) have combined for 142 assists and 68 turnovers.
• Cadeau and Davis average 2.1 turnovers per 40 minutes.

PLUS/MINUS
• RJ Davis leads UNC in plus/minus at +250. He led the Tar Heels last season at +190.
• Davis has been +20 or better in six games this season (+25 vs. UC Riverside, +21 vs. UNI, +22 vs. Arkansas, +36 vs. CSU, +28 vs. Syracuse and +20 vs. Louisville) and has led UNC six times.
• Cormac Ryan was plus 35 against Syracuse, the second highest +/- in any game this season by a Tar Heel (Davis was plus 36 vs. Charleston Southern) and the highest in an ACC game.
• Harrison Ingram led UNC with plus 25 against Wake Forest, the first time he led the Tar Heels in an ACC game (and third game overall).

NOVEMBER SIGNEES
• Carolina signed three players in the November high school signing period: James Brown of Aurora, Ill. (Link Prep in Branson, Mo.), Ian Jackson of Bronx, N.Y. (Our Saviour Lutheran) and Drake Powell of Pittsboro, N.C. (Northwood).
• Jackson and Powell were named to the McDonald's All-America game this week.
• Eighty high school players have earned McDonald's All-America honors and went on to play for the Tar Heels, including Armando Bacot and RJ Davis.

CARTER AND DAVIS ON NAISMITH BALLOT
• Vince Carter and Walter Davis are on the 2024 ballot for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Carter played for Carolina from 1995-98 and a record 22 seasons in the NBA. An eight-time all-star, he is one of four NBA players with 25,000 points and 2,000 three-pointers with Reggie Miller, Paul Pierce and LeBron James.
• Davis played for UNC from 1973-77. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and is the Phoenix Suns' all-time leading scorer.
• Both won NBA Rookie-of-the-Year honors – Davis in 1978 with the Suns and Carter in 1999 with the Toronto Raptors.
• The Tar Heels are represented by 12 players and coaches in the Naismith Hall of Fame.