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Wednesday, February 19
Chapel Hill
7 PM
North Carolina
vs
NC State
Seth Trimble
Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI
Men's Basketball Set To Host Wolfpack Wednesday
February 18, 2025 | Men's Basketball
• Carolina plays NC State for the 249th time overall and the 39th time in the Dean E. Smith Center on Wednesday, February 19 as both teams are coming into the game with wins over the weekend. ESPN will televise the game.
• The Tar Heels are 15-11, 8-6 in ACC play, while the Wolfpack is 10-15, 3-11 in conference action.
• Carolina went up to Syracuse and defeated the Orange, 88-82, on Saturday. Earlier that afternoon NC State snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 70-62 win in Raleigh over Boston College.
• The Tar Heels have won two of their last three games and return home for the first time since edging Pitt, 67-66, on February 8.
• UNC is 9-2 at home this season, including 5-1 in league play, with losses to Alabama and Stanford. The Pack is winless in seven starts on the road, six of which have come in ACC games.
• Carolina plays twice at home this week, following a stretch of five games that began at Pitt on January 28 in which the Tar Heels were on the road four times. The win in the JMA Dome snapped a four-game losing streak away from the Smith Center for the Tar Heels.
• Ian Jackson led UNC with 23 points and Jae'Lyn Withers scored 19, his high mark as a Tar Heel, in the six-point, wire-to-wire win over Syracuse. Jackson tied his season high with five three-pointers and produced his top scoring game since January 4.
• Withers' 19 points were the most since he scored 19 for Louisville against Georgia Tech on 2/1/2023.
• The Tar Heels tied their season high making 13 three-pointers, most since the first game of the season on November 4 vs. Elon. Jackson made five (which he also did at NC State), Withers made three (for the first time since Kansas on November 8) and RJ Davis, who had six assists, also made three.
• Davis has made multiple three-pointers in eight consecutive games, including five games when he made three.
• One game after getting out-scored by 24 points from three-point range at Clemson (which equaled the largest margin by an opponent this season), the Tar Heels out-scored the Orange by 27 from three (UNC made 13, SU made four).
• The 27-point margin in favor of the Tar Heels from three was their largest of the season. UNC made seven more threes in the loss against Michigan State (11-4) and in the victory over SMU (11-4).
• Elliot Cadeau played only 18 minutes due to foul trouble, but scored on a drive and layup with 40 seconds to play to give UNC an 84-80 lead.
CAROLINA-NC STATE
• Carolina is 167-81 all-time against NC State, including 82-23 in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels are 31-7 against the Pack in the Smith Center and have won six in a row at home since an overtime loss in 2018.
• The Tar Heels are 39-7 vs. NC State in the last 22 seasons (33-5 under Roy Williams and 6-2 under Hubert Davis).
• Carolina's 167 wins vs. the Wolfpack are the most by UNC against any opponent.
• RJ Davis has averaged 14.8 points in 10 games against the Wolfpack. He has scored in double figures eight times with a high of 30 in the 2024 ACC championship game. He scored 26 points against NC State in the Smith Center in 2022-23, when he went a career-best 14 for 14 from the free throw line.
• Last season, Carolina edged NC State, 79-70, in the Smith Center. The Tar Heels overcame an eight-point halftime deficit, holding the Pack to 22.2% shooting from the floor in the second half. Elliot Cadeau scored 15 points and had seven assists and Harrison Ingram scored a season-high 22 points.
NOTEBOOK
• Carolina has played 12 games this season in which the margin was within five points with 5:00 to play. UNC has led by five or fewer points three times (beat Georgia Tech and lost to Kansas and Stanford) and trailed by five or fewer points eight times (beat Dayton, UCLA, Notre Dame, Boston College and Pitt and lost at Louisville, at Wake Forest and at Pitt). The score was tied once (in the loss to Florida).
• The Tar Heels have played 10 one-possession games (decided by one, two or three points) this season. Those are the most played by the Tar Heels in a season in the three-point era, which began in 1986-87. The 2010-11 team played nine one-possession games and won eight.
• The 10 one-possession games don't include the overtime win against Boston College, which UNC won, 102-96. They also don't include Saturday's win at Syracuse, which UNC led by two points with less than a minute to play.
• The Tar Heels' six one-possession wins this season are the second most in the three-point era. UNC won eight in 2010-11, six this season and five in 1998-99 (5-3), 2002-03 (5-2) and 2016-17 (5-1).
• The losses to Stanford and Wake Forest were just the fourth time ever Carolina lost by a point in back-to-back games. The other instances include the 1929-30 season (Loyola Chicago and Duke), 1940-41 (Fordham and St. Joseph's) and 1967-68 (South Carolina and Duke).
• In all games, Carolina is third in the ACC in scoring at 80.3 points per game, trailing only SMU and Duke in scoring average. In ACC play the Tar Heels are fifth in the conference in scoring offense (73.6 ppg) and 11th in points allowed (73.6 ppg).
• The Tar Heels have scored and allowed the same number of points in their 14 ACC games – 1,030.
• Carolina has scored fewer than 75 points in six of the last six games (except the 102-96 overtime win over Boston College and the 88-82 win at Syracuse).
• In 14 ACC games, the Tar Heel defense has held the opponents to just 42.3% shooting from the floor, which is fourth best in the league behind SMU, Wake Forest and Duke.
• Carolina attempted more free throws in nine of the first 13 games this season. In the last 13 games, the opponents have shot more free throws eight times (UNC is 3-5 in those games). • The Tar Heels have shot more free throws in five of the last 13 games – wins over SMU, Cal, Boston College and Syracuse and a one-point loss to Stanford.
• Ian Jackson led UNC with 23 points at Syracuse. It was the first time Jackson was Carolina's top scorer since he had 20 against Cal on January 15. The Cal game marked the sixth time Jackson led UNC in scoring in a seven-game stretch.
• The Tar Heels are 6-2 this season when Jackson leads in scoring.
• Prior to Syracuse, RJ Davis had led UNC in scoring in each of the previous seven games. That was the second-longest stretch of his career as the Tar Heels' top scorer. He had an eight-game streak last season.
• Davis is 48 for 102 from the floor (47.1%) and 21 of 50 from three (42.0%) in the last eight games.
• Davis has made two or more three-pointers in eight straight games, including five times when he made three.
• Seth Trimble, a 6-3 guard, grabbed eight rebounds at Syracuse and leads the Tar Heels in rebounding at 5.5 per game. He is on pace to become the shortest player to lead the Tar Heels in rebounding average since at least 1950. Bud Maddie (1952-53) and Larry Miller (1965-66) were both listed at 6-4.
• Trimble has three point/rebound double-doubles this season (27 points and 10 rebounds vs. Dayton, 18 and 12 vs. Boston College and 10 and 12 at Pitt).
• Carolina's strength of schedule is No. 13 in the country overall (sixth in non-conference games).
• Carolina's opponents collectively have the ninth-best offensive efficiency and 23rd-best defensive efficiency in the nation.
• The Tar Heels have played the top four teams and eight of the top 25 in the February 17 Associated Press poll.
• Carolina has already played No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Alabama, No. 14 Michigan State, No. 18 Clemson, No. 23 Kansas and No. 25 Louisville.
SCORING EFFICIENCY
• The Tar Heels are 44th in the country in scoring at 80.3 points per game and 303rd in scoring defense (76.8).
• Factoring in pace of play and the number of possessions, Carolina is 43rd in the country in offensive efficiency and 53rd in defensive efficiency.
• The Tar Heels are 9-1 this season when holding opponents below 105 points per 100 possessions. Wake Forest (92.0 ppp) is the only team to beat UNC despite scoring fewer than 105 points per 100 possessions.
• Opponents have produced the three highest offensive efficiencies against the Tar Heels in the last six games (134.3 by Duke, 127.7 by Boston College and 121.5 by Clemson).
• Carolina is shooting 55.0% from two-point range, its highest two-point percentage since the 1997-98 ACC champion and NCAA East Regional champion Tar Heels shot 56.5% from two-point range.
• The Tar Heels are shooting 33.0% from three, the seventh-lowest percentage in UNC history.
• Carolina is 13-4 this season when it makes 30% or better from three-point range and 2-7 (wins over Georgia Tech and Notre Dame) when it makes less than 30% of its three-point attempts. That includes the loss at Clemson, when UNC made 4 of 19 (21.1%).
• The Tar Heels shot 46.4% (13 of 28) on three-pointers in the win at Syracuse. It was the second time in three games (both wins) and fifth time this season UNC made at least 40% of its three-point tries. Carolina is 4-1 this season when it makes 40% from three, beating Elon (40.6%), losing to Michigan State in overtime (47.8%), and beating SMU (50%), Pitt at home (46.7%) and Syracuse.
• The Tar Heels have shot 31 for 114 (27.2%) from three-point range in their last five losses.
WINS AND LOSSES
• In Carolina's 15 wins the Tar Heels are shooting 9.2% higher from the floor than their opponents (49.4 to 40.2%). In the losses, the opponents are out-shooting the Tar Heels 47.0 to 43.8%.
• The opponents average 83.8 points in UNC's losses and just 71.7 in the Tar Heels' wins.
• Carolina is plus 4.5 rebounds per game in its wins and minus 3.1 per game on the boards in the losses. The opponents have out-rebounded the Tar Heels in seven of the 11 losses.
• Carolina is shooting 36.6% from three in its wins and 28.0% in the losses.
• RJ Davis averages 17.5 points in Carolina's victories and 17.2 in the losses.
• Carolina is 8-3 when it makes the same number or more three-pointers and is 7-8 when the opponents make more 3FGs.
• The Tar Heels are 10-4 when they attempt 20 or more free throws and 5-7 when attempting fewer than 20.
• UNC is 8-2 when it makes more free throws (losses to Kansas and Stanford) and 7-9 when making an equal amount or fewer free throws.
TAR HEELS AND THE ACC
• Carolina is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• This is the 72nd season of ACC men's basketball.
• UNC has won the regular-season championship 33 times, including the 2023-24 season, when the Tar Heels went 17-3 to win the title outright for the 22nd time. Duke is second with 20 regular-season titles.
• The Tar Heels are 766-319 all-time in ACC regular-season play. The 766 wins are the most by any team.
• RJ Davis was the 2024 ACC Player of the Year and Hubert Davis was the Coach of the Year.
• Davis is the first Player of the Year to return the following season since UNC's Tyler Hansbrough won the award in 2008 and came back for his senior season in 2009, when he led the Tar Heels to an NCAA title.
MORE MILESTONES FOR RJ
• RJ Davis, Duke's Cooper Flagg and Pitt's Jaland Lowe are the only players in the top 10 in the ACC in both scoring and assists.
• Davis leads Carolina and is eighth in the ACC in scoring at 17.3 points per game and is ninth in the league in assists at 3.9 per game.
• Davis has played in 164 games over five seasons. He is second in games by a Tar Heel behind Armando Bacot's ACC-record 169. Davis and Bacot played five seasons due to Covid-19.
• The White Plains, N.Y., native is averaging a career-high 3.9 assists this season. His previous season bests were 3.6 per game in 2021-22 and 3.5 last season.
• Davis is Carolina's all-time leader and is eighth in ACC history with 330 three-pointers. Hunter Cattoor (Virginia Tech) is seventh with 332 and Scott Wood (NC State) is sixth with 334.
• Davis is averaging 14.0 field goal attempts per game this season. Last year, he averaged 16.4. He is attempting 6.7 threes per game (7.7 per game last season).
• Davis is the second-leading scorer in Carolina history with 2,539 points. He passed Armando Bacot, who also played in five seasons, for second place in the win at Notre Dame on January 4.
• Davis is sixth in ACC career scoring. NC State's Rodney Monroe is fifth (2,551) and Duke's Johnny Dawkins is fourth (2,556).
• He has the highest free throw percentage ever by a Tar Heel (86.0%). That is 11th best in ACC history.
• Davis' 29-point outing vs. Florida on December 17 made him the highest scoring guard in Carolina history, eclipsing the mark held by Phil Ford.
• Davis' career scoring average is 15.5, the eighth-highest by a Tar Heel guard.
• Last year, Davis became the 19th Tar Heel to earn consensus first-team All-America honors. Those 19 players have won consensus first-team All-America honors a total of 28 times.
• Davis joined Lennie Rosenbluth in 1957, Phil Ford in 1978, Michael Jordan in 1983 and 1984, Kenny Smith in 1987, Jerry Stackhouse in 1995, Antawn Jamison in 1998, Joseph Forte in 2001 and Tyler Hansbrough in 2008 and 2009 as the only Tar Heels to make first-team All-America on each of the teams the NCAA recognizes to determine consensus first-team All-America.
SMITH CENTER
• This is the 40th season the Tar Heels are playing in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Carolina is 9-2 in the Smith Center this season and 486-89 (.845) all-time.
• The Tar Heels are 254-70 against ACC opponents in the Smith Center.
NOVEMBER SIGNEES
• Carolina signed Isaiah Denis of Concord, N.C., and Derek Dixon of Vienna, Va.
• Denis is a 6-5 guard at Davidson Day High School in Davidson, N.C. His parents are Nancy Denis and Frantz Denis, and he plays AAU for CP3.
• Dixon, the son of John and Kari Dixon, is a 6-3 guard at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. He also plays AAU for Team Takeover.
• The Tar Heels are 15-11, 8-6 in ACC play, while the Wolfpack is 10-15, 3-11 in conference action.
• Carolina went up to Syracuse and defeated the Orange, 88-82, on Saturday. Earlier that afternoon NC State snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 70-62 win in Raleigh over Boston College.
• The Tar Heels have won two of their last three games and return home for the first time since edging Pitt, 67-66, on February 8.
• UNC is 9-2 at home this season, including 5-1 in league play, with losses to Alabama and Stanford. The Pack is winless in seven starts on the road, six of which have come in ACC games.
• Carolina plays twice at home this week, following a stretch of five games that began at Pitt on January 28 in which the Tar Heels were on the road four times. The win in the JMA Dome snapped a four-game losing streak away from the Smith Center for the Tar Heels.
• Ian Jackson led UNC with 23 points and Jae'Lyn Withers scored 19, his high mark as a Tar Heel, in the six-point, wire-to-wire win over Syracuse. Jackson tied his season high with five three-pointers and produced his top scoring game since January 4.
• Withers' 19 points were the most since he scored 19 for Louisville against Georgia Tech on 2/1/2023.
• The Tar Heels tied their season high making 13 three-pointers, most since the first game of the season on November 4 vs. Elon. Jackson made five (which he also did at NC State), Withers made three (for the first time since Kansas on November 8) and RJ Davis, who had six assists, also made three.
• Davis has made multiple three-pointers in eight consecutive games, including five games when he made three.
• One game after getting out-scored by 24 points from three-point range at Clemson (which equaled the largest margin by an opponent this season), the Tar Heels out-scored the Orange by 27 from three (UNC made 13, SU made four).
• The 27-point margin in favor of the Tar Heels from three was their largest of the season. UNC made seven more threes in the loss against Michigan State (11-4) and in the victory over SMU (11-4).
• Elliot Cadeau played only 18 minutes due to foul trouble, but scored on a drive and layup with 40 seconds to play to give UNC an 84-80 lead.
CAROLINA-NC STATE
• Carolina is 167-81 all-time against NC State, including 82-23 in Chapel Hill.
• The Tar Heels are 31-7 against the Pack in the Smith Center and have won six in a row at home since an overtime loss in 2018.
• The Tar Heels are 39-7 vs. NC State in the last 22 seasons (33-5 under Roy Williams and 6-2 under Hubert Davis).
• Carolina's 167 wins vs. the Wolfpack are the most by UNC against any opponent.
• RJ Davis has averaged 14.8 points in 10 games against the Wolfpack. He has scored in double figures eight times with a high of 30 in the 2024 ACC championship game. He scored 26 points against NC State in the Smith Center in 2022-23, when he went a career-best 14 for 14 from the free throw line.
• Last season, Carolina edged NC State, 79-70, in the Smith Center. The Tar Heels overcame an eight-point halftime deficit, holding the Pack to 22.2% shooting from the floor in the second half. Elliot Cadeau scored 15 points and had seven assists and Harrison Ingram scored a season-high 22 points.
NOTEBOOK
• Carolina has played 12 games this season in which the margin was within five points with 5:00 to play. UNC has led by five or fewer points three times (beat Georgia Tech and lost to Kansas and Stanford) and trailed by five or fewer points eight times (beat Dayton, UCLA, Notre Dame, Boston College and Pitt and lost at Louisville, at Wake Forest and at Pitt). The score was tied once (in the loss to Florida).
• The Tar Heels have played 10 one-possession games (decided by one, two or three points) this season. Those are the most played by the Tar Heels in a season in the three-point era, which began in 1986-87. The 2010-11 team played nine one-possession games and won eight.
• The 10 one-possession games don't include the overtime win against Boston College, which UNC won, 102-96. They also don't include Saturday's win at Syracuse, which UNC led by two points with less than a minute to play.
• The Tar Heels' six one-possession wins this season are the second most in the three-point era. UNC won eight in 2010-11, six this season and five in 1998-99 (5-3), 2002-03 (5-2) and 2016-17 (5-1).
• The losses to Stanford and Wake Forest were just the fourth time ever Carolina lost by a point in back-to-back games. The other instances include the 1929-30 season (Loyola Chicago and Duke), 1940-41 (Fordham and St. Joseph's) and 1967-68 (South Carolina and Duke).
• In all games, Carolina is third in the ACC in scoring at 80.3 points per game, trailing only SMU and Duke in scoring average. In ACC play the Tar Heels are fifth in the conference in scoring offense (73.6 ppg) and 11th in points allowed (73.6 ppg).
• The Tar Heels have scored and allowed the same number of points in their 14 ACC games – 1,030.
• Carolina has scored fewer than 75 points in six of the last six games (except the 102-96 overtime win over Boston College and the 88-82 win at Syracuse).
• In 14 ACC games, the Tar Heel defense has held the opponents to just 42.3% shooting from the floor, which is fourth best in the league behind SMU, Wake Forest and Duke.
• Carolina attempted more free throws in nine of the first 13 games this season. In the last 13 games, the opponents have shot more free throws eight times (UNC is 3-5 in those games). • The Tar Heels have shot more free throws in five of the last 13 games – wins over SMU, Cal, Boston College and Syracuse and a one-point loss to Stanford.
• Ian Jackson led UNC with 23 points at Syracuse. It was the first time Jackson was Carolina's top scorer since he had 20 against Cal on January 15. The Cal game marked the sixth time Jackson led UNC in scoring in a seven-game stretch.
• The Tar Heels are 6-2 this season when Jackson leads in scoring.
• Prior to Syracuse, RJ Davis had led UNC in scoring in each of the previous seven games. That was the second-longest stretch of his career as the Tar Heels' top scorer. He had an eight-game streak last season.
• Davis is 48 for 102 from the floor (47.1%) and 21 of 50 from three (42.0%) in the last eight games.
• Davis has made two or more three-pointers in eight straight games, including five times when he made three.
• Seth Trimble, a 6-3 guard, grabbed eight rebounds at Syracuse and leads the Tar Heels in rebounding at 5.5 per game. He is on pace to become the shortest player to lead the Tar Heels in rebounding average since at least 1950. Bud Maddie (1952-53) and Larry Miller (1965-66) were both listed at 6-4.
• Trimble has three point/rebound double-doubles this season (27 points and 10 rebounds vs. Dayton, 18 and 12 vs. Boston College and 10 and 12 at Pitt).
• Carolina's strength of schedule is No. 13 in the country overall (sixth in non-conference games).
• Carolina's opponents collectively have the ninth-best offensive efficiency and 23rd-best defensive efficiency in the nation.
• The Tar Heels have played the top four teams and eight of the top 25 in the February 17 Associated Press poll.
• Carolina has already played No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Alabama, No. 14 Michigan State, No. 18 Clemson, No. 23 Kansas and No. 25 Louisville.
SCORING EFFICIENCY
• The Tar Heels are 44th in the country in scoring at 80.3 points per game and 303rd in scoring defense (76.8).
• Factoring in pace of play and the number of possessions, Carolina is 43rd in the country in offensive efficiency and 53rd in defensive efficiency.
• The Tar Heels are 9-1 this season when holding opponents below 105 points per 100 possessions. Wake Forest (92.0 ppp) is the only team to beat UNC despite scoring fewer than 105 points per 100 possessions.
• Opponents have produced the three highest offensive efficiencies against the Tar Heels in the last six games (134.3 by Duke, 127.7 by Boston College and 121.5 by Clemson).
• Carolina is shooting 55.0% from two-point range, its highest two-point percentage since the 1997-98 ACC champion and NCAA East Regional champion Tar Heels shot 56.5% from two-point range.
• The Tar Heels are shooting 33.0% from three, the seventh-lowest percentage in UNC history.
• Carolina is 13-4 this season when it makes 30% or better from three-point range and 2-7 (wins over Georgia Tech and Notre Dame) when it makes less than 30% of its three-point attempts. That includes the loss at Clemson, when UNC made 4 of 19 (21.1%).
• The Tar Heels shot 46.4% (13 of 28) on three-pointers in the win at Syracuse. It was the second time in three games (both wins) and fifth time this season UNC made at least 40% of its three-point tries. Carolina is 4-1 this season when it makes 40% from three, beating Elon (40.6%), losing to Michigan State in overtime (47.8%), and beating SMU (50%), Pitt at home (46.7%) and Syracuse.
• The Tar Heels have shot 31 for 114 (27.2%) from three-point range in their last five losses.
WINS AND LOSSES
• In Carolina's 15 wins the Tar Heels are shooting 9.2% higher from the floor than their opponents (49.4 to 40.2%). In the losses, the opponents are out-shooting the Tar Heels 47.0 to 43.8%.
• The opponents average 83.8 points in UNC's losses and just 71.7 in the Tar Heels' wins.
• Carolina is plus 4.5 rebounds per game in its wins and minus 3.1 per game on the boards in the losses. The opponents have out-rebounded the Tar Heels in seven of the 11 losses.
• Carolina is shooting 36.6% from three in its wins and 28.0% in the losses.
• RJ Davis averages 17.5 points in Carolina's victories and 17.2 in the losses.
• Carolina is 8-3 when it makes the same number or more three-pointers and is 7-8 when the opponents make more 3FGs.
• The Tar Heels are 10-4 when they attempt 20 or more free throws and 5-7 when attempting fewer than 20.
• UNC is 8-2 when it makes more free throws (losses to Kansas and Stanford) and 7-9 when making an equal amount or fewer free throws.
TAR HEELS AND THE ACC
• Carolina is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• This is the 72nd season of ACC men's basketball.
• UNC has won the regular-season championship 33 times, including the 2023-24 season, when the Tar Heels went 17-3 to win the title outright for the 22nd time. Duke is second with 20 regular-season titles.
• The Tar Heels are 766-319 all-time in ACC regular-season play. The 766 wins are the most by any team.
• RJ Davis was the 2024 ACC Player of the Year and Hubert Davis was the Coach of the Year.
• Davis is the first Player of the Year to return the following season since UNC's Tyler Hansbrough won the award in 2008 and came back for his senior season in 2009, when he led the Tar Heels to an NCAA title.
MORE MILESTONES FOR RJ
• RJ Davis, Duke's Cooper Flagg and Pitt's Jaland Lowe are the only players in the top 10 in the ACC in both scoring and assists.
• Davis leads Carolina and is eighth in the ACC in scoring at 17.3 points per game and is ninth in the league in assists at 3.9 per game.
• Davis has played in 164 games over five seasons. He is second in games by a Tar Heel behind Armando Bacot's ACC-record 169. Davis and Bacot played five seasons due to Covid-19.
• The White Plains, N.Y., native is averaging a career-high 3.9 assists this season. His previous season bests were 3.6 per game in 2021-22 and 3.5 last season.
• Davis is Carolina's all-time leader and is eighth in ACC history with 330 three-pointers. Hunter Cattoor (Virginia Tech) is seventh with 332 and Scott Wood (NC State) is sixth with 334.
• Davis is averaging 14.0 field goal attempts per game this season. Last year, he averaged 16.4. He is attempting 6.7 threes per game (7.7 per game last season).
• Davis is the second-leading scorer in Carolina history with 2,539 points. He passed Armando Bacot, who also played in five seasons, for second place in the win at Notre Dame on January 4.
• Davis is sixth in ACC career scoring. NC State's Rodney Monroe is fifth (2,551) and Duke's Johnny Dawkins is fourth (2,556).
• He has the highest free throw percentage ever by a Tar Heel (86.0%). That is 11th best in ACC history.
• Davis' 29-point outing vs. Florida on December 17 made him the highest scoring guard in Carolina history, eclipsing the mark held by Phil Ford.
• Davis' career scoring average is 15.5, the eighth-highest by a Tar Heel guard.
• Last year, Davis became the 19th Tar Heel to earn consensus first-team All-America honors. Those 19 players have won consensus first-team All-America honors a total of 28 times.
• Davis joined Lennie Rosenbluth in 1957, Phil Ford in 1978, Michael Jordan in 1983 and 1984, Kenny Smith in 1987, Jerry Stackhouse in 1995, Antawn Jamison in 1998, Joseph Forte in 2001 and Tyler Hansbrough in 2008 and 2009 as the only Tar Heels to make first-team All-America on each of the teams the NCAA recognizes to determine consensus first-team All-America.
SMITH CENTER
• This is the 40th season the Tar Heels are playing in the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Carolina is 9-2 in the Smith Center this season and 486-89 (.845) all-time.
• The Tar Heels are 254-70 against ACC opponents in the Smith Center.
NOVEMBER SIGNEES
• Carolina signed Isaiah Denis of Concord, N.C., and Derek Dixon of Vienna, Va.
• Denis is a 6-5 guard at Davidson Day High School in Davidson, N.C. His parents are Nancy Denis and Frantz Denis, and he plays AAU for CP3.
• Dixon, the son of John and Kari Dixon, is a 6-3 guard at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. He also plays AAU for Team Takeover.
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