UNC-Georgia Tech Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
GEORGIA TECH 74, CAROLINA 73
JANUARY 30, 2024
McCAMISH PAVILION
ATLANTA, GA.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 28
UNC Rebound Leader: Harrison Ingram 13
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 5
Team Records: UNC 17-4, 9-1 ACC; Georgia Tech 10-11, 3-7 ACC

• Carolina lost for the first time in 11 games. It was also the first time in 11 games an opponent scored more than 70 points.
• The Tar Heels drop to 9-1 in the ACC halfway through conference play.
• It was the first road loss of the season (had won seven consecutive road games dating back to last season).
• It was the first time UNC lost to an unranked opponent when ranked in the top five (No. 3 in the AP poll) since 11/25/22, a 70-65 loss to Iowa State in Portland Ore.
• It was Carolina's first one-point loss since 2/2/2023, a 65-64 home loss to Pittsburgh.
• Carolina led by 11 points in the first half (has led by double figures in all 10 ACC games) but the game was tied at 37 at the break.
• The 11-point lead was UNC's largest in a loss this season (previous nine vs. Villanova).
• Carolina shot season lows from the floor (36.4%) and the free throw line (9 of 17, 52.9%).
• The Tar Heels turned the ball over 10 times in the first half but only once in the second half.
• RJ Davis scored a game-high 28 points but it was the first time this season only one Tar Heel scored in double figures. Last time was against Miami on 1/15/2022.
• It was Davis' 14th 20-point game this season and the eighth straight time he led UNC in scoring. That matches an eight-game stretch from Villanova through Charleston Southern, which was the longest since Tyler Hansbrough led in 13 consecutive games in 2007-08.
• Carolina dropped to 10-4 this season and 20-6 in the last four seasons when Davis scored 20 or more points.
• Davis passed George Lynch (1,747) for 17th in UNC career scoring with 1,755 points.
• Davis made three 3FGs, extending his school record to 18 consecutive games with two or more three-pointers.
• Davis passed Donald Williams and Rashad McCants for fifth in UNC history with 224 three-pointers. They both made 221; Wayne Ellington is fourth with 229.
• Harrison Ingram had 13 rebounds, the seventh time in the last nine games he had 10 or more, and the fourth consecutive game he had 13 or more (13 at Boston College, 14 vs. Wake Forest, 17 at Florida State and 13 at Georgia Tech).
• Ingram has 109 rebounds in the last nine games.
• Elliot Cadeau was a game-high plus 12 but was whistled for five fouls in the second half and fouled out with 5:49 to play.
• Bacot had nine rebounds, passing Syracuse's Derrick Coleman (1,537) for 22nd in NCAA history with 1,543.
• Bacot played in his 153rd game, second all-time in UNC history. He is two games from tying Leaky Black for the UNC record.
• Carolina had a season-high 22 offensive rebounds and converted them into 23 second-chance points. UNC is now 12-1 this season when it has more second-chance points (23-8 vs. the Yellow Jackets).
• Carolina also lost for the first time this season when scoring more points off turnovers (now 11-1), for the third time in 17 games when it scored more fastbreak points and the first time when scoring more paint points (now 13-1).
• Carolina outrebounded Tech, 48-41. The Tar Heels had won the previous 12 times they outrebounded an opponent.
• Carolina ended the month of January 8-1.

Carolina-Georgia Tech
• Carolina is 72-28 all-time against the Yellow Jackets.
• The Tar Heels are 23-14 at Tech, including 17-14 in McCamish Pavilion (previously Alexander Memorial Coliseum).
• Carolina has held the Yellow Jackets under 70 points in 10 of the last 15 games and won all 10 of those games. Tech has prevailed in four of the five when the Jackets scored more than 70 points, including this game.

Next Game: Saturday, February 3 vs. Duke, 6:30 p.m., ESPN

Players Mentioned

Leaky Black

Elliot Cadeau

RJ Davis

Harrison Ingram

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