UNC 93, LA SALLE 67
DECEMBER 14, 2024
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
UNC Scoring Leader: Cade Tyson 23
UNC Rebound Leader: Seth Trimble 8
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 7
Team Records: UNC 6-4, La Salle 6-5
• Carolina shot at least 50% from the floor in both halves for the third time this season (also did so against American and Michigan State).
• Carolina shot 53.7% overall from the floor, including 72.2% from two-point range (26 for 36).
• Carolina’s bench scored a season-high 49 points, outscoring the starters (49-44) on a non-senior night for the first time since playing Marquette on 2/24/2021.
• UNC shot 47.8% (11 for 23) from the free throw line, the lowest percentage in Hubert Davis’ four seasons as head coach and the lowest since Carolina shot 38.9% from the line against Louisville on 2/20/2021.
• Both teams shot below 50% from the free throw line for the first time since UNC (45.5%) and Notre Dame (41.7%) on 3/3/2014.
• Carolina scored 90 or more points for the fifth time this season. UNC currently leads the ACC in scoring.
• UNC improved to 25-2 when scoring at least 90 points under head coach Hubert Davis.
• Carolina out-scored the Explorers, 50-20, in the paint. The 30-point margin was the second largest in paint points this season (56-16 vs. American). It was the third time this season UNC has scored 50 or more paint points (56 vs. American and 50 vs. Alabama).
• The Tar Heels had 22 assists and 11 turnovers, its best assist/turnover ratio since the win at Hawai’i (16/5). It was the third time this season UNC had at least a 2:1 radtio (also 22/6 vs. Elon).
• UNC went on a 16-0 run in the first half, its largest run of the season. It was sixth game this season in which the Tar Heels had a double-digit scoring run.
• Carolina held La Salle to 35.6% from the field, the fourth time this season UNC held the opponent below 40%. UNC is 4-0 when the opponents shoot under 40%.
UNC scored at least 40 points in the first half for the first time since scoring 41 at Hawai’i on November 22. UNC is 4-0 this season when scoring at least 40 points in the first half.
• UNC led by 17 points at halftime, its largest halftime lead this season.
• La Salle led, 8-2, before Carolina went on a 20-2 run.
• Cade Tyson led the Tar Heels with a season-high 23 points, becoming the seventh Tar Heel to lead the team in scoring this season. Tyson’s only other double-figure scoring game this year was November 15, when he scored 11 vs. American.
• Tyson made five three-pointers, the eighth time he made five or more threes in his career (first time at UNC, seven times in two seasons at Belmont). He had made four 3FGs in his first nine games as a Tar Heel.
• It was Tyson’s first 20-point game as a Tar Heel and the 12th in his career.
• RJ Davis hit multiple three-pointers for the sixth time this season. UNC is 4-1 when Davis hits multiple threes. He has 293 career 3FGs, seven shy of passing Marcus Paige for the most ever by a Tar Heel. Davis and Ian Jackson are the only Tar Heels who have made at least one three-pointer in every game this season.
• Davis scored 13 points; he is the only Tar Heel this season to score in double figures in every game.
• Ian Jackson was a team-high plus 30. It was the third-highest plus/minus by a Tar Heel this season (Elliot Cadeau was plus 38 and Tyson was plus 37 against American).
• Cadeau had a game-high seven assists. It was the fourth time this season and the ninth time in his career he had at least seven in a game.
Seth Trimble led the Tar Heels with eight rebounds. It was the second time he led the Tar Heels in rebounds this year.
• Ven-Allen Lubin tied his season high with 10 points.
• Freshman James Brown scored a season-high six points.
• UNC is 3-1 all-time against La Salle, including 2-0 in Chapel Hill.
• UNC is 231-18 all-time against non-ACC opponents in the Smith Center.
Next Game: Tuesday, December 17 vs. Florida (Jumpman Invitational, Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.) 7 p.m., ESPN
DECEMBER 14, 2024
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
UNC Scoring Leader: Cade Tyson 23
UNC Rebound Leader: Seth Trimble 8
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 7
Team Records: UNC 6-4, La Salle 6-5
• Carolina shot at least 50% from the floor in both halves for the third time this season (also did so against American and Michigan State).
• Carolina shot 53.7% overall from the floor, including 72.2% from two-point range (26 for 36).
• Carolina’s bench scored a season-high 49 points, outscoring the starters (49-44) on a non-senior night for the first time since playing Marquette on 2/24/2021.
• UNC shot 47.8% (11 for 23) from the free throw line, the lowest percentage in Hubert Davis’ four seasons as head coach and the lowest since Carolina shot 38.9% from the line against Louisville on 2/20/2021.
• Both teams shot below 50% from the free throw line for the first time since UNC (45.5%) and Notre Dame (41.7%) on 3/3/2014.
• Carolina scored 90 or more points for the fifth time this season. UNC currently leads the ACC in scoring.
• UNC improved to 25-2 when scoring at least 90 points under head coach Hubert Davis.
• Carolina out-scored the Explorers, 50-20, in the paint. The 30-point margin was the second largest in paint points this season (56-16 vs. American). It was the third time this season UNC has scored 50 or more paint points (56 vs. American and 50 vs. Alabama).
• The Tar Heels had 22 assists and 11 turnovers, its best assist/turnover ratio since the win at Hawai’i (16/5). It was the third time this season UNC had at least a 2:1 radtio (also 22/6 vs. Elon).
• UNC went on a 16-0 run in the first half, its largest run of the season. It was sixth game this season in which the Tar Heels had a double-digit scoring run.
• Carolina held La Salle to 35.6% from the field, the fourth time this season UNC held the opponent below 40%. UNC is 4-0 when the opponents shoot under 40%.
UNC scored at least 40 points in the first half for the first time since scoring 41 at Hawai’i on November 22. UNC is 4-0 this season when scoring at least 40 points in the first half.
• UNC led by 17 points at halftime, its largest halftime lead this season.
• La Salle led, 8-2, before Carolina went on a 20-2 run.
• Cade Tyson led the Tar Heels with a season-high 23 points, becoming the seventh Tar Heel to lead the team in scoring this season. Tyson’s only other double-figure scoring game this year was November 15, when he scored 11 vs. American.
• Tyson made five three-pointers, the eighth time he made five or more threes in his career (first time at UNC, seven times in two seasons at Belmont). He had made four 3FGs in his first nine games as a Tar Heel.
• It was Tyson’s first 20-point game as a Tar Heel and the 12th in his career.
• RJ Davis hit multiple three-pointers for the sixth time this season. UNC is 4-1 when Davis hits multiple threes. He has 293 career 3FGs, seven shy of passing Marcus Paige for the most ever by a Tar Heel. Davis and Ian Jackson are the only Tar Heels who have made at least one three-pointer in every game this season.
• Davis scored 13 points; he is the only Tar Heel this season to score in double figures in every game.
• Ian Jackson was a team-high plus 30. It was the third-highest plus/minus by a Tar Heel this season (Elliot Cadeau was plus 38 and Tyson was plus 37 against American).
• Cadeau had a game-high seven assists. It was the fourth time this season and the ninth time in his career he had at least seven in a game.
Seth Trimble led the Tar Heels with eight rebounds. It was the second time he led the Tar Heels in rebounds this year.
• Ven-Allen Lubin tied his season high with 10 points.
• Freshman James Brown scored a season-high six points.
• UNC is 3-1 all-time against La Salle, including 2-0 in Chapel Hill.
• UNC is 231-18 all-time against non-ACC opponents in the Smith Center.
Next Game: Tuesday, December 17 vs. Florida (Jumpman Invitational, Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.) 7 p.m., ESPN
