NCAA SOUTH REGION FIRST ROUND
OLE MISS 71, UNC 64
MARCH 21, 2025
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 15
UNC Rebound Leader: Jalen Washington 8
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 8
Team Records: UNC 23-14, Ole Miss 23-11
• Carolina’s season ends with a 23-14 record.
• Carolina is 134-51 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including 8-3 under head coach Hubert Davis.
• Davis is 101-45 in four seasons as UNC’s head coach.
• The Tar Heels drop to 33-3 in the round of 64 (other losses were 2021 and 1999).
• It was the first time UNC was the lower-seeded team in the round of 64 (tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985).
• UNC played in the state of Wisconsin for the fourth time ever and the first game since 1/19/1986. UNC is 1-3 all-time in Wisconsin.
• Carolina played Ole Miss for the third time ever and the first time since a 38-23 victory on 3/1/1926. UNC is 1-2 all-time against the Rebels. The previous two games were played in Atlanta in the Southern Conference Tournament.
• Ole Miss led 44-26 at the half. The 18-point deficit was Carolina’s second-largest NCAA Tournament halftime deficit ever. The largest was 19 against Houston in the 1967 third-place game in the Final Four.
• Carolina was 5 for 24 from three-point range (20.8%).The Tar Heels lost for the ninth in the 11 games this season when they shot under 30% from three.
• The Tar Heels shot 40.6% from three in their 23 wins and 27.4% (86 for 314) in the 14 losses.
• Carolina’s three-point shooting was its lowest in an NCAA Tournament game since 2018 vs. Texas A&M, when UNC went 6 for 31 for 19.4%.
• Carolina shot 38.1% from the floor. The Tar Heels were 2-2 this season when shooting under 40% (wins over Georgia Tech and Wake Forest, losses to Duke in Chapel Hill and Ole Miss).
• RJ Davis led Carolina with 15 points. He scored in double figures for the 140th time as a Tar Heel and 34th time this season. UNC was 95-45 when Davis scored in double figures.
• Davis’ final career totals:
- 175 games (ACC and UNC records; never missed a game in five seasons)
- 2,725 points (second in UNC history, third in ACC history)
- 140 games scoring in double figures (ACC and UNC records)
- scored 1,421 points over the last two seasons
- 15.6 points per game (eighth-highest by a UNC guard)
- 900 for 2155 field goals (second-most field goals in UNC history)
- 359 for 977 three-pointers (UNC record for made 3FGs, fourth in ACC history)
- 36.7% from three
- 566 for 657 free throws (fourth-most made in UNC history)
- 86.1% from the free throw line (UNC record for highest percentage, 11th highest in ACC history)
- 568 assists (11th in UNC history)
• Ven-Allen Lubin (14 points) was the only other Tar Heel to score in double figures vs. Ole Miss. It was his 11th straight double-figure game and 16th time this season he scored in double figures.
• Lubin was 6 for 7 from the floor but was limited to 16 minutes, his fewest since the Boston College game on January 25, due to foul trouble.
• Lubin finished the season 134 for 196 from the floor. His percentage of .684 is the second highest single-season percentage by a Tar Heel with 100 or made field goals in a season (Brendan Haywood .697 in 1999-2000).
• Elliot Cadeau had eight assists and tied his career high with four steals.
• It was only the second time UNC lost this season when Cadeau had eight or more assists (7-2).
• Cadeau finished the season with 231 assists, most since Kendall Marshall set the UNC single-season record with 351 in 2011-12.
• Cadeau averaged 6.2 assists this season, the highest average by a Tar Heel since Marshall averaged 9.8 in 2011-12 (also as a sophomore).
• Jae’Lyn Withers sprained his right ankle with 16:02 to play and was unable to return.
• Jalen Washington scored eight points (most since he had 10 at Florida State on February 24) and eight rebounds (most since he had 12 at NC State on January 11).
• Drake Powell had a season-high four assists and led UNC with eight rebounds.
OLE MISS 71, UNC 64
MARCH 21, 2025
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 15
UNC Rebound Leader: Jalen Washington 8
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 8
Team Records: UNC 23-14, Ole Miss 23-11
• Carolina’s season ends with a 23-14 record.
• Carolina is 134-51 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including 8-3 under head coach Hubert Davis.
• Davis is 101-45 in four seasons as UNC’s head coach.
• The Tar Heels drop to 33-3 in the round of 64 (other losses were 2021 and 1999).
• It was the first time UNC was the lower-seeded team in the round of 64 (tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985).
• UNC played in the state of Wisconsin for the fourth time ever and the first game since 1/19/1986. UNC is 1-3 all-time in Wisconsin.
• Carolina played Ole Miss for the third time ever and the first time since a 38-23 victory on 3/1/1926. UNC is 1-2 all-time against the Rebels. The previous two games were played in Atlanta in the Southern Conference Tournament.
• Ole Miss led 44-26 at the half. The 18-point deficit was Carolina’s second-largest NCAA Tournament halftime deficit ever. The largest was 19 against Houston in the 1967 third-place game in the Final Four.
• Carolina was 5 for 24 from three-point range (20.8%).The Tar Heels lost for the ninth in the 11 games this season when they shot under 30% from three.
• The Tar Heels shot 40.6% from three in their 23 wins and 27.4% (86 for 314) in the 14 losses.
• Carolina’s three-point shooting was its lowest in an NCAA Tournament game since 2018 vs. Texas A&M, when UNC went 6 for 31 for 19.4%.
• Carolina shot 38.1% from the floor. The Tar Heels were 2-2 this season when shooting under 40% (wins over Georgia Tech and Wake Forest, losses to Duke in Chapel Hill and Ole Miss).
• RJ Davis led Carolina with 15 points. He scored in double figures for the 140th time as a Tar Heel and 34th time this season. UNC was 95-45 when Davis scored in double figures.
• Davis’ final career totals:
- 175 games (ACC and UNC records; never missed a game in five seasons)
- 2,725 points (second in UNC history, third in ACC history)
- 140 games scoring in double figures (ACC and UNC records)
- scored 1,421 points over the last two seasons
- 15.6 points per game (eighth-highest by a UNC guard)
- 900 for 2155 field goals (second-most field goals in UNC history)
- 359 for 977 three-pointers (UNC record for made 3FGs, fourth in ACC history)
- 36.7% from three
- 566 for 657 free throws (fourth-most made in UNC history)
- 86.1% from the free throw line (UNC record for highest percentage, 11th highest in ACC history)
- 568 assists (11th in UNC history)
• Ven-Allen Lubin (14 points) was the only other Tar Heel to score in double figures vs. Ole Miss. It was his 11th straight double-figure game and 16th time this season he scored in double figures.
• Lubin was 6 for 7 from the floor but was limited to 16 minutes, his fewest since the Boston College game on January 25, due to foul trouble.
• Lubin finished the season 134 for 196 from the floor. His percentage of .684 is the second highest single-season percentage by a Tar Heel with 100 or made field goals in a season (Brendan Haywood .697 in 1999-2000).
• Elliot Cadeau had eight assists and tied his career high with four steals.
• It was only the second time UNC lost this season when Cadeau had eight or more assists (7-2).
• Cadeau finished the season with 231 assists, most since Kendall Marshall set the UNC single-season record with 351 in 2011-12.
• Cadeau averaged 6.2 assists this season, the highest average by a Tar Heel since Marshall averaged 9.8 in 2011-12 (also as a sophomore).
• Jae’Lyn Withers sprained his right ankle with 16:02 to play and was unable to return.
• Jalen Washington scored eight points (most since he had 10 at Florida State on February 24) and eight rebounds (most since he had 12 at NC State on January 11).
• Drake Powell had a season-high four assists and led UNC with eight rebounds.
