Maryland Terrapins at North Carolina Tar Heels

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Maryland Terrapins

13-10, 2-5 Away

<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
63 - 75

North Carolina Tar Heels

15-7, 11-3 Home

North Carolina beats Maryland 75-63

Brice Johnson added 19 points on 8-for-8 shooting off the bench for the Tar Heels (15-7, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who jumped to a 16-point lead in the game's opening minutes and led the entire way. North Carolina shot 49 percent, scored 19 points off turnovers and controlled the boards to beat the Terrapins (13-10, 5-5) for the 14th time in 18 meetings.

North Carolina certainly needed this one to keep its momentum. The Tar Heels' win against North Carolina State on Saturday evened their league record after an 0-3 start, and UNC heads to Notre Dame on Saturday before returning home to host No. 11 Duke in the latest installment of the fierce rivalry.

Dez Wells scored 18 points to lead the Terrapins.

Maryland shot just 29 percent (8-for-28) in the opening half and finished at 39 percent while committing 16 turnovers.

Paige scored 18 points and hit three 3-pointers after halftime to lead UNC in his best scoring performance since going for a career-high 32 points against Louisville in November. The team's leading scorer on the season, Paige had reached 20 points just once in the past 11 games since scoring 23 in consecutive games against Kentucky and Texas in December.

Paige also finished with seven assists in 37 minutes.

The duo's increased output came at the right time for the Tar Heels, who scored the first 12 points and led 19-3 early. After Maryland closed the gap to three late in the first half, the Tar Heels pushed that margin to 39-27 at the break and never let the Terps closer than six again.

Evan Smotrycz added 14 points and Charles Mitchell grabbed 13 rebounds for the Terps, who had won two straight coming in but couldn't earn their first win in Chapel Hill since knocking off the then-No. 1 Tar Heels in 2008.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00	End of Game	63 - 75
2nd 0:11	James Michael McAdoo Defensive Rebound.	63 - 75
2nd 0:14	Seth Allen missed Jumper.	63 - 75
2nd 0:18	Brice Johnson made Free Throw.	63 - 75
2nd 0:18	Brice Johnson missed Free Throw.	63 - 74

Statistics

MD		UNC
22-56	FG	25-51
39	Field Goal %	49
6-23	3PT	6-15
26	Three Point %	40
13-20	FT	19-37
65	Free Throw %	51
32	Rebounds	40
8	Offensive Rebounds	11
24	Defensive Rebounds	29
11	Assists	17
5	Steals	10
7	Blocks	4
16	Turnovers	14
0	Team Turnovers	0
16	Total Turnovers	14
0	Technical Fouls	0
0	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
9	Points Off Turnovers	19
4	Fast Break Points	4
26	Points in Paint	30
29	Fouls	18

Game Information

Dean E. Smith Center

Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Attendance: 17,225 | Capacity:

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Duke	17-1	-	35-3
Virginia	15-3	2	30-6
Miami	13-5	4	26-9
North Carolina	12-6	5	24-9
Clemson	12-6	5	24-11
Louisville	11-7	6	24-11
NC State	10-8	7	20-14
Florida State	10-8	7	18-15
California	9-9	8	22-12
Stanford	9-9	8	20-13
Virginia Tech	8-10	9	19-13
SMU	8-10	9	20-14
Wake Forest	7-11	10	18-17
Syracuse	6-12	11	15-17
Pittsburgh	5-13	12	13-20
Notre Dame	4-14	13	13-18
Boston College	4-14	13	11-20
Georgia Tech	2-16	15	11-20

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