CAROLINA 103, SYRACUSE 67
JANUARY 13, 2024
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 22
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 11
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau and Harrison Ingram 3
Team Records: UNC 13-3, 5-0 ACC, Syracuse 11-5, 2-3 ACC
• UNC improved to 7-0 at home this season and 34-5 at home under head coach Hubert Davis.
• Carolina has won six in a row (ties the longest streak under Davis, longest since 2021-22).
• The Tar Heels are 5-0 in the ACC for the first time since 2015-16 (won their first eight ACC games that season).
• The 103 points were UNC’s most in an ACC game since a 113-96 win over NC State on 2/5/2019.
• RJ Davis made four three-pointers. It was the 13th straight game Davis made multiple three-pointers, tying the second-longest streak in UNC history. Justin Jackson set the record with 15 straight games in 2017. Marcus Paige had two streaks of 13 games and Shammond Williams and Donald Williams also had streak of 13 games with multiple 3FGs.
• Davis passed Mitch Kupchak, Hubert Davis, Jawad Williams, Justin Jackson and Eric Montross in career scoring to move into 24th place in UNC history. Davis has 1,630 points. Kupchak scored 1,611 from 1973-76, Hubert Davis scored 1,615 from 1988-92, Williams scored 1,626 from 2002-05, Jackson scored 1,626 from 2014-17 and Montross scored 1,627 from 1990-94.
• Davis tied his career high with five steals (also vs. Charleston Southern).
• Davis scored 22 points, his 10th 20-point game of the season and 22nd of his career. UNC is 7-3 this season and 17-5 overall when Davis scores 20 or more.
• Davis led UNC in scoring for the 12th time this season and 31st time in his career. UNC is 9-3 this season and 20-11 in his career when he leads UNC in scoring. It was the seventh time this season he led all scorers on both teams.
• Bacot had 16 points and 11 rebounds, his eighth double-double of the season and 76th of his career. He is first in UNC history and third in ACC history with 76 double-doubles. It was Bacot’s fourth double-double in his last five games against the Orange.
• Bacot passed the 1,500-rebound mark. He is Carolina’s all-time leader with 1,507.
• Bacot played in his 148th game, tying Brice Johnson for fifth in games played by a Tar Heel.
• Harrison Ingram also had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. It was his third of the season and eighth of his career.
• Ingram grabbed double-figure rebounds for the third time in four games. He had 15 at Pitt, a career-high 19 at NC State and 10 vs. Syracuse.
• Jalen Washington scored in double figures (11) for the third time this season and fourth overall.
• It was the first time this season two Tar Heels (Bacot and Ingram) had double-doubles.
• Carolina held the Orange to 29.0% from the floor in the first half. It was the third straight half the opponents shot under 30% for a half (NC State shot 28.1 and 26.5 by half in Raleigh). It was the fourth time in six halves the opponents shot below 30% (also Pittsburgh in the second half).
• Carolina led 52-30 at halftime. The 22-point margin was UNC’s largest halftime lead in an ACC game since leading Florida State by 38 on 2/12/2022.
• The 22-point lead equaled the second largest of the season (23 vs. UC Riverside and 22 vs. Tennessee).
• Carolina had a 10-0 run early in the second half. It was the 10th time in 16 games UNC had at least one 10-0 run a game.
• Carolina scored a season-high 22 second-chance points. The previous high was 16 vs. UC Riverside. UNC is 10-0 this season when scoring more second-chance points.
• Carolina out-rebounded the Orange, 53-30. The margin (+23) was the largest of the season (previous +21 vs. Lehigh and CSU).
• Carolina’s 53 rebounds were a season high (52 vs. Lehigh).
• Carolina’s 58 paint points were a season high (previous was 52 vs. Charleston Southern).
• Five Tar Heels scored in double figures, the third time this season five or more Tar Heels scored in double figures.
• UNC has held six straight opponents under 70 points.
• Syracuse shot 36.5%, the fifth consecutive opponent to shoot below 40%. The last time Carolina held five consecutive opponents under 40% shooting was the first five games in 2019-20.
• Cormac Ryan was a game-high plus 35, the most by a Tar Heel in an ACC game this season.
• Carolina made a season-high 13 steals, most since making 13 in a 38-point win at Wake Forest 2/16/2019.
• Carolina’s bench outscored the Syracuse bench, 39-19, UNC’s largest margin in an ACC game this season.
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• Carolina is 17-6 all-time against the Orange, including 7-0 in Chapel Hill (all in the Smith Center).
• The Tar Heels have won three in a row and 13 of 16 since Syracuse joined the ACC prior to the 2014-15 season.
• The 103 points were the most UNC has scored against Syracuse (previous was 96 in an overtime win 11/21/87.
• The 36-point margin Carolina’s largest win over the Orange. The previous was 23 twice (87-64 win in Charlotte on 1/8/83 and an 87-64 win in Syracuse on 12/10/83).
• It was the first time UNC played Syracuse without Jim Boeheim as the Orange’s head coach since 3/20/1975, an NCAA Tournament game in Providence, R.I. That was the second of 23 times the Tar Heels have played the Orange.
Next Game: Wednesday, January 17, vs. Louisville in Chapel Hill, 9 p.m., ACC Network
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