UNC-Florida State Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 75, FLORIDA STATE 68
JANUARY 27, 2024
TUCKER CENTER
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 24
UNC Rebound Leader: Harrison Ingram 17
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 6
Team Records: UNC 17-3, 9-0 ACC; Florida State 12-8, 6-3 ACC

• Carolina became the first team to win 750 regular-season ACC games.
• Carolina is 9-0 in the ACC for the ninth time, and the first time since starting 11-0 in league play in 2000-01.
• Carolina won its 10th straight game for the first time since winning 11 in a row in 2016-17 (the last six games) and 2017-18 (first five games).
• The Tar Heels are 5-0 on the road in ACC play.
• This was the fifth consecutive ACC road game this season the Tar Heels held the home team under 70 points. It is the longest-such streak since 1982. From 2/11/1980 to 1/23/1982 the Tar Heels allowed fewer than 70 points in 13 consecutive ACC road games (the Tar Heels went 10-3 in those games).
• Carolina won despite tying its season high with 17 turnovers (in the loss to Kentucky). The Seminoles scored 26 points off those turnovers, the most by an opponent this season (Kentucky scored 19).
• The Tar Heels committed 12 first-half turnovers and only five in the second.
• FSU shot 50.0 from the floor in the first half and only 36.7% in the second. The second half was the 24th time in 40 halves UNC held the opponents under 40% from the floor.
• Carolina outrebounded FSU, 41-32, the ninth straight game UNC has outrebounded the opponents (won all nine). The Tar Heels are plus 122 on the boards in the nine games.
• Carolina has led by double digits in all nine ACC games. UNC beat the Seminoles by eight points at home and seven here in Tallahassee, the only two ACC games the Tar Heels have not won by double digits.
• Carolina has allowed 70 points or fewer in 10 straight games for the first time since 2006-07.
• Carolina had a 10-0 run in the first half, the 14th time in 20 games UNC had at least one 10-0 run (UNC is 12-2 when it has a 10-0 run).

• RJ Davis scored a game-high 24 points. It was the 16th time he led UNC in scoring this season, 13th time he scored 20 or more points and the 10th time he was the leading scorer on both teams.
• Davis made two three-pointers, extending his school record to 17 consecutive games making multiple 3FGs.
• Davis passed four Tar Heels on the career scoring list to move up to 18th place in UNC history with 1,727 points. He broke a tie with Rick Fox (1,703), and also passed Billy Cunningham (1,709), Brice Johnson (1,716) and Rashad McCants (1,721). George Lynch is 17th with 1,747.
• Elliot Cadeau scored a season-high 16 points. He had 14 in the previous game vs. Wake Forest, marking the first time he has scored in double figures in consecutive games as a Tar Heel.
• Cadeau made a season-high eight free throws (in nine attempts).
• Harrison Ingram had 13 points, 17 rebounds, three steals and one blocked shot. It was his sixth double-double of the season (he had five in two seasons at Stanford) and the sixth time in the last eight games he had 10 or more rebounds.
• It was Ingram's third 15-rebound since the start of the new year. He had 15 at Pitt, 19 at NC State and 17 in Tallahassee.
• Ingram made three 3FGs, the sixth time this season he made three or more, and the first time since he made three vs. Charleston Southern on December 29.
• Cormac Ryan made three 3FGs, all in the second half. It was the fifth time he made at least three 3FGs this season.
• Armando Bacot played in his 152nd game, tying Deon Thompson for the second most in UNC history. Leaky Black holds the record with 155.
• Bacot had four rebounds, including three defensive. He is the first Tar Heel with 1,000 career defensive rebounds (has 1,001).

Carolina-Florida State
• Carolina is 55-16 all-time against the Seminoles, including winning four straight and 13 of the last 17 games.
• UNC is 19-8 against FSU in Tallahassee, all at the Tucker Center.

Next Game: Tuesday, January 30 at Georgia Tech (7 p.m., ESPN)

Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

Leaky Black

Elliot Cadeau

RJ Davis

Harrison Ingram

Cormac Ryan

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