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2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
RJ Davis
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- White Plains, N.Y.
- High School:
- Archbishop Stepinac
2024-25 Honor
– Second-team All-ACC
– UNC's Most Valuable Player
– NABC All-South Atlantic District
2023-24 Honors
– Naismith Trophy & Wooden Award finalist
– Jerry West Award (Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame award for the best shooting guard in the nation)
– Consensus/unanimous first-team All-America
– Associated Press, NABC, USBWA, Sporting News, John R. Wooden, Naismith, ESPN.com, Dick Vitale, NCAA.com and CBSSports.com first-team All-America
– ACC Player of the Year (ACC and AP)
– UNC's Most Valuable Player
– First-team All-ACC (ACC and AP), All-Tournament
– Four-time ACC & National Player of the Week
2022-23 Honors
– UNC's Co-Most Valuable Player
– Honorable mention All-ACC, Academic All-ACC
Career: Second in UNC career scoring and third in ACC history with 2,710 points • Trails only Tyler Hansbrough and Duke's JJ Redick (who both played four seasons) in ACC scoring • ACC's all-time leader in double-figure scoring games with 139 • Carolina's all-time leader in 3FGs (358) and free throw shooting (86.4%) • Fourth in ACC history in 3FGs and ninth in free throw shooting • Scored more points than any other Tar Heel guard • Only Tar Heel with 2,500 points, 600 rebounds, 500 assists, 300 three-pointers and 150 steals • Eighth-highest scoring average (15.6) among UNC guards • One of three Tar Heels (with Hansbrough and Phil Ford) to score 500-plus points in four seasons • Played in more games than any other player in ACC history (174) • Has never missed a game in five seasons • Played in 119 wins • Has two of the top four and three of the nine-best single-season free throw percentages by a Tar Heel • Only player in ACC history to average 15.5 or more points with a better assist/turnover ratio is Georgia Tech's Travis Best.
In 2024, he became the first Tar Heel to earn consensus first-team All-America honors since Justin Jackson in 2016-17 • One of 11 Tar Heels to make every team the NCAA uses to determine consensus honors (AP, NABC, USBWA, Sporting News) • First UNC guard to be a consensus/unanimous first-team All-America since Joseph Forte in 2000-01 • Joined Phil Ford, Michael Jordan, Forte and Ty Lawson as the only Tar Heel guards voted ACC Player of the Year (15th Tar Heel overall) • Fifth Tar Heel to win UNC's Most Valuable Player award three times with Armando Bacot, Hansbrough, Billy Cunningham and Lennie Rosenbluth.
Set the all-time Smith Center scoring record with a career-high 42 vs. Miami on 2/26/24 • Second-leading scorer in Smith Center history (1,163 points) • Scored in double figures 139 times (UNC 96-43), with 20 or more 47 times (UNC 36-11) and 30 or more six times (UNC 5-1) • Made multiple three-pointers 104 times (UNC 77-27) with a high of seven vs. Miami in his 42-point effort • Made four or more 3FGs 33 times, five or more 11 times and six or more three times • Set the UNC record with 23 consecutive games with multiple 3FGs, eight more games than the previous record by Justin Jackson in 2017 • Made at least one three in 41 games over the previous two seasons, which tied the second-longest streak in UNC history • Led UNC in scoring 62 times and assists 68 times • Has two of the five-longest consecutive made free throw streaks in UNC history – tied Jeff Lebo’s record of 41 in the Kentucky game on 12/16/23 and also had a streak of 39 over the last five games in 2021-22 and first four games in 2022-23 • UNC is 18-2 when he scores 20 or more points and has five or more assists and 5-1 when he has 20 points, five assists and no turnovers.
In addition to 42 points vs. Miami, career highs include 12 rebounds vs. Kansas in the 2022 NCAA championship game, 12 assists vs. Marquette (3/17/22), 14 for 14 free throws vs. NC State (1/21/23) and five steals twice • One of four Tar Heels with career highs of at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists (with Larry Miller, Walter Davis and Steve Bucknall) • Only Tar Heel with at least 10 assists in one NCAA Tournament game and 30 points in the next (12 assists vs. Marquette and 30 points vs. Baylor in 2022) • Has the highest free throw percentage (90.2%) in UNC history in NCAA Tournament among players with 50 or more attempts • Five career doubles-doubles (four in points/rebounds and one in points/assists).
2024-25: Second-team All-ACC • Carolina's MVP for the third-consecutive season • Fourth-straight season scoring 500-plus points, joining Hansbrough and Ford as the only Tar Heels to do that • One of three players in the ACC in the top 10 in scoring and assists (ninth in scoring and 10th in assists) • Third in the ACC in free throw percentage (career-high .882) and fourth in assist/turnover (career-best 2.32) • Leads UNC in scoring at 17.3 ppg, three-pointers (84), free throw shooting and assist/turnover ratio • Made a three in 33 of 36 games and multiple 3FGs 25 times • Made three or more 3FGs in 17 games, 12 times vs. ACC opponents, including seven of the last eight games • Season-high six 3FGs vs. San Diego State • Leads Carolina with 12 20-point games with a season-high 30 against Dayton • Has 132 assists and only 57 turnovers • Led UNC in scoring 17 times • Made seven or more free throws eight times, including a season-high 10 in the two-point win over Dayton • Has 13 games with five or more assists and averages a career-high 3.7 per game • Leads the team in plus minus at plus 222, including plus 145 in the last 11 games.
2024-25 Game Highlights: Set UNC's NCAA Tournament single-game three-point percentage record and tied the record for most threes in a game by making 6 for 6 en route to a game-high 26 points against San Diego State • Became the fourth Tar Heel to make six in an NCAA game and broke Hubert Davis' record of most made without a miss (Davis was 5 for 5 vs. Eastern Michigan in 1991) • Was the second time in any game a Tar Heel was 6 for 6 (Jason Capel vs. Clemson in 2001) • Was the fourth-best perfect three-point shooting game in NCAA Tournament history.
Made five 3FGs and scored 23 in the ACC quarterfinal win over Wake Forest • Three-pointer with 2:43 to play gave UNC a 61-57 lead • Went 8 for 8 from the line, the third time this season he shot 8 for 8 in a game • Hit four 3FGs and scored a game-high 20 points, including 10 straight points for the Tar Heels to tie the game, vs. Duke in his final game in the Smith Center • Scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half and posted his sixth career game with at least 20 points, five assists and zero turnovers in the win at Florida State • Went 8 for 8 from the line, scored a game-high 21 points and had five assists in home win over NC State • Six assists and made three 3FGs at Syracuse, where he scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half • Hit go-ahead and game-winning shot vs. Pitt with 51 seconds to play • Totaled 22 points, five rebounds, five assists and zero turnovers vs. Boston College, becoming the second Tar Heel ever with multiple career games with 20-5-5-0 • Scored seven of UNC's 13 overtime points vs. the Eagles • Hit three 3FGs and scored a game-high 26 points in the 15-point win over SMU • Season-high seven assists at Notre Dame in only game he failed to score in double figures • Season-high five threes vs. Campbell, hitting two 3FGs in the first four minutes vs. the Camels to break UNC's career 3FGs record • Hit tying and winning free throws with 13.6 seconds to play in 76-74 win over UCLA • Game-high 29 vs. Florida • Had 16 points, seven assists and three steals vs. Michigan State • Scored 20 of his game-high and season-best 30 points in the second half in the comeback win over Dayton • Made four threes, all in the second half • Gave UNC its first lead of the second half with a 3FG with 1:52 to play then assisted on Drake Powell's three, which was the game-winner • Led all scorers with 24 and added seven assists without a turnover vs. Elon, scoring five straight points after the Phoenix overcame a 16-point deficit to lead 71-69 • Scored 17 of his 24 in the second half, including 10 of UNC's final 21 after Elon took the lead.
2023-24: Won his second straight UNC Most Valuable Player award • Finalist for the Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award • Winner of the Jerry WFinalist for the Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award • Winner of the Jerry West Award, given by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame to the top shooting guard in the country • First Tar Heel and second ACC player (Duke's RJ Barrett in 2019) to win the West Award • Associated Press, NABC, USBWA, John R. Wooden, Naismith, Sporting News, ESPN.com, NCAA.com, CBSSports.com and Dick Vitale's first-team All-America • The 19th Tar Heel to be a consensus first-team All-America • ACC Player of the Year by the ACC and the Associated Press (received 90.7 of the first-place ballots by the ACC voters and was a unanimous choice by the AP) • Leading vote-getter for first-team All-ACC (also unanimous selection by the AP) • First-team All-ACC Tournament, averaging 24.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.0 three-pointers in the three games.
Won National Player-of-the-Week honors from various organizations four times (Oklahoma, Charleston Southern, Wake Forest/Florida State and Miami/NC State) • The only player in the country to earn AP Player-of-the-Week honors twice this season • Recipient of an ACC Post-Graduate Scholarship and UNC's Scholar-Athlete award winner for men's basketball • ACC Player of the Week four times, the most by a Tar Heel since Joel Berry II won four times in 2016-17 • Joined Berry, Tyler Hansbrough, Antawn Jamison, Forte, Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson as Tar Heels with four or more ACC honors in one season.
Scored 784 points, fourth most in a season by a Tar Heel and most since Hansbrough's 882 in 2007-08 • Led the ACC in scoring in all games (career-high 21.2) and conference play (21.1) • Highest scoring average in ACC games since Barrett (23.6) in 2019 • Second in the ACC in 3FGs per game (3.05) and third in free throw percentage (87.3%) • Made 41 straight free throws from 11/23-12/16, which tied the UNC record (ended on his ninth and final attempt vs. Kentucky) • One of four Tar Heels to average 20 points and have 100 assists in a season (Charlie Scott in 1968, Ford in 1978 and Forte in 2001) • Led UNC in three-pointers (113), three-point percentage (.398) and plus/minus (+383) and was second in assists (129) and steals (45).
Set the UNC single-season record with 113 threes (previous 105 by Jackson in 2016-17) and 3.05 threes per game (previous 2.71 by Shammond Williams in 1996-97) • Ninth-most threes in a season in ACC history • Made a three in 36 of 37 games, including multiple threes 32 times • Career-high seven threes vs. Miami, which was the fifth time he made five or more this season • Led (or co-led) UNC in scoring 26 times and led (or co-led) both teams 18 times • Nine games with at least 20 points and five assists, most since Kenny Smith had nine in 1986-87 • Scored 30 or more points four times, most since Jamison in 1997-98 • Scored 25 or more points 11 times, most since Hansbrough's 16 in 2007-08 • Scored 20 or more points 23 times, most since Hansbrough's 27 in 2007-08 • First Tar Heel to score 20 or more in eight straight games (Villanova through Charleston Southern) since Hansbrough in 2008-09 • First Tar Heel since Scott in 1970 and fourth ever to score 26 or more points in five straight games (30 vs. Arkansas, 27 vs. Tennessee, 27 vs. FSU, 26 vs. UConn and 27 vs. Kentucky) • Five or more assists 12 times (UNC 9-3).
2023-24 Game Highlights: Seven assists and 16 points vs. Alabama but didn't make a three for the first time all season and in 42 games • Made 7 of 14 threes, shot 53.6% from the floor and averaged 21.0 points in the two NCAA games in Charlotte • Led UNC in both games with 22 against Wagner and 20 vs. Michigan State • Scored 17 second-half points and had a season-best 180 offensive rating (KenPom) vs. Wagner • Scored 30 points vs. NC State in the ACC championship game, the most by a Tar Heel in the ACC Tournament since Harrison Barnes had 40 vs. Clemson in 2011 and the most by a Tar Heel in a final since Charlie Scott had 40 vs. Duke in 1969 • Hit the go-ahead three for a 65-62 lead with 4:02 to play and scored a game-high 25 points in the ACC semifinal win over Pittsburgh • Scored his 2,000th point on a free throw with 29 seconds to play • Scored 19 second-half points, including 11 of UNC's final 18 points • Game highs in points (22), threes (4) and assists (6) vs. Notre Dame and was a plus 43, highest by a Tar Heel in any game this season • Historic performance Feb. 26 in the win over Miami, breaking the Smith Center record with a career-high 42 points (21 in each half), six rebounds and four steals • Made a career-high seven three-pointers (7 for 11), including four in a row over a span of 3:12 that gave UNC a 13-point lead late in the second half • Broke Tyler Hansbrough's Smith Center record • Equaled the third-most points by a Tar Heel in an ACC regular-season game, the most points by a Tar Heel in any game since 1998 and the most by a Tar Heel vs. the Canes • Became the 10th Tar Heel to score 40 or more • They were the third and fourth times he scored 20 or more in a half this season • He outscored the rest of UNC in each half and became the first individual to outscore the rest of UNC's team in a game since Michael Jordan vs. Georgia Tech in 1983 • The 42 points were the most in an ACC game since Boston College's Jerome Robinson scored 46 vs. Notre Dame in 2018.
Scored 12 of UNC's 28 second-half points at Virginia, despite making only one field goal, his fewest since the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament • Virginia Tech game was his seventh this season with at least 20 points and five assists • Hit five three-pointers, was 8 for 8 from the line and had 25 points, seven rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block in the win at Miami • Loss to Clemson was the third time this season he scored at least 20 points (22), had five assists and no turnovers, but the first time in a loss • Scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half vs. Duke and had five assists and no turnovers • Career-high 24 field goal attempts and had 28 points and four assists in the loss at Georgia Tech • Was his 14th 20-point game (UNC 10-4) • Scored 14 of his game-high 24 points in the second half at Florida State, including a twisting shot in the lane with 44 seconds to play to give UNC a four-point lead • Career-high 36 points (14-23 FG, 4-8 3FG, 4-5 FT) vs. Wake Forest • Most points by a Tar Heel since Brice Johnson’s 39 at FSU in 2016, by a Tar Heel guard since Wayne Ellington at Clemson in 2008, by a Tar Heel in the Smith Center since Tyler Hansbrough vs. Clemson in 2008 and by an ACC player since Miami’s Isaiah Wong in 2022 • Career-high 14 field goals, most by a Tar Heel since Luke Maye made 15 at Duke in 2019, and most by a Tar Heel guard since Joseph Forte made 14 vs. FSU in 2001 • Scored 23 of his 36 in the second half as Carolina went from trailing by one at the half to winning by 21 • Game-high 21 points, six rebounds and six assists vs. Louisville, his first career game with 20/6/6 and third straight making four 3FGs • Game-high 22 points vs. Syracuse • Made four 3FGs and scored a game-high 16 points at NC State • Historic performance vs. Charleston Southern, becoming the first Tar Heel ever with 20 points, 10 assists, five steals and no turnovers in a game • First career points/assists double-double and set a career high with five steals • Was named National Player of the Week by Dick Vitale for his play vs. CSU • Second consecutive game with at least 20 points, five assists and no turnovers • Seventh career 20-point, 5-assist game when he had 23 and five vs. Oklahoma • Made one of the key baskets vs. the Sooners, a three with 2:46 to play that snapped a 17-7 Sooner run • Scored 18 second-half points against Kentucky and led UNC in scoring (27), rebounding (7) and assists (4) for the first time as a Tar Heel • Scored 19 of UNC’s 37 second-half points against UConn, including 10 straight to pull the Tar Heels within five in the second half • Made four threes and finished with a game-high 26 points vs. the Huskies • Scored 17 of his game-high 27 points vs. Florida State in the second half • Hit five threes (fourth career game with five or more) and scored a game-high 27 points in the win over No. 10 Tennessee • Drove for a layup after UT cut a 24-point lead to eight, then nailed a three after the Vols had pulled within seven • Became the fifth Tar Heel guard since 2000 to score 25 or more in consecutive games (with Joseph Forte, Marcus Paige, Coby White and Cole Anthony) • Co-ACC Player of the Week and earned all-tournament honors in the Battle 4 Atlantis averaging 22.0 points in the three games • Was his first career ACC Player-of-the-Week honor and second in-season all-tournament honor (Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff as a sophomore) • Had 23 points in the overtime loss to Villanova and tied his career high with 30 (21 in the second half) vs. Arkansas • Went 10 for 10 from the line vs. the Razorbacks • Was a plus-18 in the second half when he played all 20 minutes.
JUNIOR SEASON (2022-23)
Honorable mention All-ACC and second-team All-ACC Tournament • Academic All-ACC • Led the ACC in free throw shooting (.881) and was 10th in scoring (career-high 16.1) • Was 23rd nationally in free throw percentage • Shot the third-highest free throw percentage in a season by a Tar Heel • Also led UNC in assists (106), three-point percentage (.362) and plus/minus (+190), was second in scoring, three-pointers (63) and steals (36) • Scored in double figures 29 times • UNC was 5-2 when he scored 20 or more • Season-high 27 points and five threes in home win vs. Wake Forest • Made multiple threes 18 times (UNC 13-5) • UNC went 6-3 when he made three or more 3FGs • Season-high five assists nine times (UNC 7-2) • Had more assists than turnovers in 18 of the last 23 games • Career-best 5.1 rebounds (eight or more seven times, including 10 vs. Gardner-Webb, Georgia Tech and Virginia) • Made 38 for 72 (.528) from the floor in his last six games and 16 of 31 (.516) from three over his last five games • Averaged 21.0 points, made 15 of 26 FGs (.577) and 8 of 14 threes (.571) in two ACC Tournament games.
2022-23 Game Highlights: Game-high 24 points (8-14 FG, 4-8 3FG) in the ACC quarterfinal loss to Virginia • Scored 12 of UNC’s 24 first-half points vs. the Cavaliers • Hit three 3FGs and scored 17 at home vs. Duke • Tied the game at 43 with a three, gave UNC a 46-45 lead with another three and a 55-54 lead with a 17-foot jumper • Game-high 19 points and four assists at Florida State • Ended FSU’s 9-0 run with a floater in the lane with 2:21 to play that gave UNC a six-point lead and hit a jumper with 51 seconds left to up the lead to eight • Hit two threes, scored 16 points and led UNC with 10 rebounds in the win over No. 6 Virginia (third double-double this season) • Sparked the early second-half comeback at Notre Dame with two quick steals, a driving layup and assist and made the shot of the game with 49 seconds to play to give UNC a 59-56 lead • Led UNC with 23 points vs. Miami, but was the first time in his career he scored 20 in a loss • Ended a 2 for 19 slide from three-point range with a 4 for 10 effort vs. Clemson • Took a charge, which was ruled a flagrant foul, with 10 seconds to play to secure the win at Syracuse • Became first Tar Heel ever to score 24 or more points on fewer than nine field goal attempts when he went 14 for 14 from the free throw line and scored a game-high 26 points vs. NC State • Tied the third-best free throw performance in UNC history • Made four threes and totaled 18 points vs. Boston College, his fifth straight game with multiple three-pointers • Led UNC with five assists vs. Notre Dame and hit a key jumper to begin a 7-0 Tar Heel run after the Irish cut a 14-point deficit to seven in the second half • Scored 22 of his season-high 27 points in the second half vs. Wake Forest, including nine of UNC’s first 13 points to begin the half • On three straight possessions after the Deacs took their final lead of the game, Davis had a steal that led to UNC’s go-ahead basket, an assist on a Bacot basket and a three-pointer to give the Tar Heels a six-point lead • Made four threes, tied his season high with five assists and scored 19 points vs. Michigan • Made three first-half threes vs. the Wolverines, more than he made in any previous game this season • Driving bank shot with 49 seconds to play gave a UNC a 75-71 lead • Gave UNC its first lead in nearly 32 minutes with a three-pointer with 1:29 to play in the second half in the win over Ohio State • Scored eight of UNC’s 10 points in one critical stretch over the last four and half minutes of regulation • Finished with 21 points, eight boards and four assists vs. the Buckeyes • Went 4 for 4 from the line in overtime • Scored 13 of his game-high 22 points in the first half vs. Georgia Tech (his second 20-point game of the season and second double-double) • Made 6 of 11 FGA (6 of 7 two-pointers) for 18 points at Virginia Tech • Had 19 points, nine rebounds and three steals in 50 minutes vs. Alabama • Clutch jumper with 24 seconds to play gave UNC a two-possession lead in the win over Portland • Game- and season-high 21 points and five assists vs. James Madison • Second career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds vs. Gardner-Webb • Shared team scoring honors with 17 points vs. UNCW.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021-22)
UNC’s Co-Most Improved Player (Danny Green Award) • Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 team • Started every game and averaged 13.5 points and 3.6 assists • Led the team with 142 assists and 40 steals, was second free throw percentage (.833) and three-point percentage (.367), third in three-pointers (66) and fourth in scoring • Averaged 14.7 points over a team-high 37.7 minutes per game, had 30 assists/12 turnovers and made 29 for 31 from the free throw line in the NCAA Tournament • The 30 assists and 5.0 assists per game are the second most by a Tar Heel in a six-game NCAA Tournament series • UNC was 15-4 when he scored 15 or more points • Eighth in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (1.9) and ninth in assists • Scored in double figures 28 times • Scored 15 or more points in 13 of 20 ACC games • Shot 44.8% from the floor, 40.3% from three and had 116 assists/50 turnovers in UNC’s wins • Led UNC in scoring four times, assists 16 times and plus/minus 10 times • Made multiple threes 19 times (UNC 15-4), including six vs. Brown and five vs. Syracuse and Baylor • Played the entire game three times (45 minutes vs. Baylor and 40 at Duke and vs. Kansas).
2021-22 Game Highlights
Career-high 12 rebounds (six offensive) and first career double-double with 15 points to share team scoring honors with Armando Bacot in the national championship game vs. Kansas • Scored 11 first-half points as UNC built a 40-25 halftime lead over the Jayhawks • Scored 14 of his 18 points in the first half and had four assists and just one turnover in 36 minutes in the national semifinal win over Duke • Led all scorers with 14 in the first half • Played the final seven minutes with four fouls • Career-high 30 points, six assists and five rebounds vs. Baylor • The 13th Tar Heel to score 30 points in an NCAA game • Hit four threes and scored 17 points in the first half (including UNC’s first eight) to help UNC build a 13-point halftime lead • Three-point play with 1:18 left in overtime gave UNC a 91-85 lead • Made career-high 9 of 10 free throws • First Tar Heel to play all 45 minutes of an overtime game in at least 50 years • Career-high 12 assists and only one turnover in first round win over Marquette • Most assists by a Tar Heel this season, most since Kendall Marshall had 12 vs. Maryland in the 2012 ACC Tournament and equaled the second-most by a Tar Heel in an NCAA Tournament game.
Career-high eight rebounds and six assists in ACC quarterfinal win over Virginia • Arguably his finest performance as a Tar Heel in the win at No. 4 Duke, playing all 40 minutes directing an offense that scored 94 points (55 in the second half) • Scored 21 points on 9 of 16 from the floor and had four assists and two steals • Became one of three Tar Heels ever to play 40 or more minutes at Duke, score 20 points and have two or fewer turnovers (with Donald Williams in 1995 and Brady Manek) • Led UNC with 11 points in the first half, including a three at the buzzer which cut Duke’s lead to two • Coast-to-coast drive and layup tied the game for the final time at 61 • Scored five straight points to stretch the lead to six with 4:29 to play and set up Manek for a corner three to make it 79-71 • Five threes, five assists and 17 points, including a three that gave UNC an eight-point lead in OT in win over Syracuse • All-around solid game in home win over Louisville with 16 points, three steals, no turnovers in 36 minutes • Had 16 points/five assists vs. FSU, the third time in four games he had at least 16 and five • Game-high six assists, no turnovers and 16 points in 37 minutes in two-point win at Clemson (had 10 points and four assists in second half) • Led UNC with 10 first-half points at Louisville and finished with 18 points and four assists in 43 minutes • Made a big three with 2:38 to play in regulation, one of his four threes • Driving layup gave UNC the lead for good and corner three gave UNC a double-digit lead with less than three to play in home win over Virginia Tech • Made 6 of 12 from the floor and scored 18 points at Wake Forest • Scored 16 first-half points and finished with 21 points and six assists in home win over Georgia Tech • First time a Tar Heel ever went 0 for 10 from the floor in one game and scored 20 or more points in the next • Team-high five assists and scored 19 points at Notre Dame • Scored 17 points on a perfect shooting day at Boston College (5-5 FG, 2-2 3FG, 5-5 FT) • Game-high 23 points and five assists at Georgia Tech • Made four threes and went 8 for 11 from the floor • Earned all-tournament honors at the Hall of Fame Tipoff after averaging 16.0 points vs. Purdue and Tennessee • Career-high six threes and 26 points in 94-87 win over Brown • Made four threes in the final 6:55.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2020-21)
Academic All-ACC team honoree • Fifth on the team in scoring at 8.4 points per game • Averaged 10.3 ppg over the last eight games • Scored in double figures 14 times with a high of 19 vs. Virginia Tech in the ACC quarterfinals • Led UNC in scoring three times (UNLV, at Florida State, Virginia Tech) • Third on the team in three-pointers with 32 • Made multiple 3FGs 10 times with a high of four vs. Virginia Tech • Season-high eight assists at Iowa • Led the team in free throw percentage among those with 50 or more attempts (.821) • Converted a team-high 84.4 percent from the FT line in the 18 wins • Made 36 of his last 41 from the free throw line (.878) • Was 11th in the ACC in free throw percentage in league play • Won Carolina’s defensive player of the game award against Wake Forest, at Pittsburgh, at Syracuse and vs. Virginia Tech.
Made all three free throws to give Carolina a 64-62 lead over Florida State with 3:15 to play in the ACC Tournament semifinal • Led UNC in scoring with a season-high 19 points, 14 of which came in the second half, and was the defensive player of the game in the ACC quarterfinal win over Virginia Tech • Made three of his four 3FGs in the second half • Scored six straight points to give UNC a 56-49 lead with 9:46 to play, then hit threes with 4:12 and 1:08 to play to push the lead into double digits • Season-high three steals and scored 14 vs. Notre Dame in ACC Tourney second round, his highest scoring output since 1/16 at Florida State • Made two threes for the third game in a row and scored 12 points in the win over Florida State • Scored 11 vs. Marquette, his first game in double figures in seven games • Made two threes, had three assists and was plus 24 against Louisville – the two threes were his first in five games and marked his first game with multiple threes since 1/16 at Florida State • Had three assists and was plus 20 vs. Northeastern • Scored all 10 of his points in the second half in the win over NC State, including eight straight points for the Tar Heels in a span of 2:13 that gave UNC its biggest lead of the game at 59-45 • Scored in double figures for the third game in a row with 13 and won his first defensive player of the game award vs. Wake Forest • Had a steal and behind-the-back pass that led to a Bacot dunk and 10-point lead late in the game • ACC Freshman of the Week for January 11-17 for his play against Syracuse and Florida State • Tied his then-season high with 16 points at Florida State • Season-best 6 for 9 from the floor (2 of 3 3FGs) and three assists/one turnover vs. the Seminoles • Scored 12 points (totaled 10 in the previous three games) and led UNC with a plus 14 in the win over Syracuse • Made two 3FGs vs. the Orange, including one with 10:47 to play that sparked a 13-0 UNC run after the Orange had taken its largest lead of the game at 56-51 • Had no turnovers in almost 22 minutes and made a pair of free throws with 21 seconds to play to seal the win • Led UNC in plus/minus with a plus 10 in the one-point win over Notre Dame • Made his first start at the point at Georgia Tech • Bruised his right knee when he was fouled driving to the basket in the first half vs. Kentucky and played just 2:34 in the second half • Led UNC in scoring for the first time with 16 points vs. UNLV • The fourth two-guard to start in his first game as a freshman under Roy Williams with Marcus Ginyard, Wayne Ellington and Justin Jackson • Scored 11 points vs. Charleston in his college debut.
PREP
The 2020 Gatorade High School Player of the Year in New York • Named New York’s Mr. Basketball by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York, the first player in his school’s history to win the award • Played for Coach Patrick Massaroni at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y. • Selected to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game, Jordan Brand Classic, Iverson Classic and BallisLife All-American Game • Set the all-time prep scoring record in Westchester County with 2,446 career points, topping the previous record set by Danya Abrams, who went on to play at Boston College • Fifth-most points ever in the Catholic High School Athletic Association, which is comprised of Catholic high schools in New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Buffalo (the largest Catholic high school athletic league in the United States) • Abrams’ Westchester County scoring record stood for 27 seasons • Senior season ended early due to the coronavirus, just after Stepinac had won the CHSAA’s Archdiocesan title and was preparing to play in the state quarterfinals • Had 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in Archiocese championship game win over top-seeded St. Raymond’s • Named The (Westchester) Journal News’ Player of the Decade for the 2010s • Was named the CHSAA’s MVP in 2020 after being named first-team all-league as a sophomore and junior • As a senior, averaged 26.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.1 steals while making 34 percent of his three-point attempts • Teamed with Duke signee A.J. Griffin at Archbishop Stepinac • Led Stepinac to Archdiocese, city and state (2017 and 2018) titles and won the Torrey Pines Classic • Averaged 25.4 points as a junior.
PERSONAL
Born RJ Davis on Oct. 21, 2001, in White Plains, N.Y. • Son of Robert and Venessa Davis • His dad scored 2,118 points (without a three-point shot) from 1982-86 at Mercy College and still holds the Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., school’s career scoring record • Member of the National Honor Society • Wears No. 4 because his birthday (10/21) adds up to 4 (1-0-2-1) • Wore that number as a high school sophomore when Stepinac won city and state titles • Also played football and soccer • Earned his UNC degree in May 2024 in exercise and sport science in the sport administration program • Enrolled in an MBA certificate proram in leadership development in 2024-25.
