This is a very tough first game as FSU and UNC have already played twice this season and both games were battles and Carolina won them both but the contests ended up being very close.

Florida State plays about 10 players and like always they are big up front and also have big guards.

Florida State have already got one game under their belt with their win over Virginia Tech yesterday and they looked impressive.

Most importantly Carolina cannot come out slow and still be enjoying the Duke win last Saturday

No. 1 CAROLINA 92, No. 9 FLORIDA STATE 67
MARCH 14, 2024
CAPITAL ONE ARENA
WASHINGTON, D.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 18
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot and Harrison Ingram 10
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 6
Team Records: Carolina 26-6, Florida State 17-16

• Carolina is 107-51 in the ACC Tournament, including 5-1 in Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
• Carolina is 49-14 in the quarterfinals, including 22-0 as a No. 1 seed.
• Carolina is 52-15 all-time as the No. 1 seed.
• Carolina scored 92 points. UNC is 15-2 this season when scoring 80 or more and 8-0 when scoring at least 90.
• Carolina has won 10 straight ACC Tournament games when it scores 90 or more points.

• The Tar Heels shot 52.3% from the floor. UNC is 7-0 this season (22-0 under Hubert Davis) and has won 30 in a row when shooting 50% from the floor.
• Carolina outrebounded the Seminoles, 48-22, its largest rebound margin (+26) of the season.
• The rebound margin (+26) was UNC’s second-largest ever in an ACC Tournament game (+27 vs. Clemson in 1969).
• Carolina has outrebounded its opponents in 21 straight games (+211), which includes 18 wins.
• Carolina had 17 offensive rebounds, third most this season and most since it had 22 in the loss at Georgia Tech.

• Carolina made 16 of 20 from the free throw line, a percentage of .800. The Tar Heels are 12-1 this season when they make 80% from the line.
• Carolina scored 23 points off 12 FSU turnovers. The 23 points equaled the most in an ACC game by the Tar Heels this season (also in the 36-point home win over Syracuse).
• Carolina scored a season-high 26 fastbreak points (previous was 23 vs. Oklahoma).
• The Tar Heels went on a 12-0 run in the first half. This was the 19th game this season UNC had at least one 10-0 run.
• Carolina led by double digits for the 19th time in 21 ACC games (regular season and Tournament).

• Carolina’s bench scored 29 points, most since the Jan. 17 win over Syracuse.
• RJ Davis led UNC with 18 points, the 22nd time this season he led UNC in scoring.
• Davis made two three-pointers, the 37th straight game with a three and the 28th time this season he made multiple threes.
• Davis passed Brady Manek for second place in UNC single-season history with 99 3FGs. Manek made 98 in 2021-22. The record is 105 by Justin Jackson in 2017.
• Davis has 1,975 career points, passing Antawn Jamison (1,974) for ninth in UNC history.

• Armando Bacot had 14 points and 10 rebounds. It was his 15th double-double of the season and 83rd of his career.
• Bacot is third in ACC history with 83 double-doubles behind Tim Duncan’s 87 and Ralph Sampson’s 84.
• Bacot tied Syracuse’s Derrick Coleman and La Salle’s Lionel Simmons for fifth in NCAA history with 83.
• It was Bacot’s 92nd career game with double-figure rebounds.
• It was Bacot’s sixth double-double in the ACC Tournament.

• Harrison Ingram had 10 rebounds, the 17th time this season he had 10 or more (UNC is 15-2 in those games). He is three rebounds from 300 this year.
• It was the eighth time this season Bacot and Ingram both had 10 or more rebounds (UNC is 7-1 in those games, all of which have come in ACC play).
• Bacot (6) and Ingram (5) combined for 11 offensive rebounds, four more than the Seminoles had as a tesam.
• Elliot Cadeau had a game-high six assists, the ninth game this season he had six or more (UNC 8-1).
• Carolina is 8-4 when Cadeau has five or more assists.

• Cormac Ryan made three 3FGs and scored 14 points. It was the seevnth time in the last nine games he hit multiple three-pointers.
• Ryan has made a career-high 64 threes this season (made 63 while playing for Notre Dame in 2022-23).
• Ryan has made 37 threes in the last 13 games (2.85 per game).
• Seth Trimble scored 12 points, tying his career high. UNC is 6-0 this season when he scores in double figures. It was his seventh career game in double figures).
• Jay’Len Withers scored six points and seven rebounds. He has 12 points and 15 rebounds in the last two games.
• This was Hubert Davis’ 75th win, tying Roy Williams for the second most by a UNC coach in his first three seasons (Bill Guthridge had 80 from 1997-2000).


UNC-Florida State
• The Tar Heels are 56-15 against the Seminoles with five straights (3-0 this season).
• UNC is 6-3 against FSU in the ACC Tournament.

Next Game
• Friday, March 15, ACC Semifinal vs. Wake Forest or Pittsburgh

ODDS
-10.5 UNC
Over/Under 154.5

Florida State​

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