Elon Phoenix at North Carolina Tar Heels

· BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS - CAMPUS GAME

Elon Phoenix

2-3, 0-3 Away

<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
61 - 75

North Carolina Tar Heels

4-0, 3-0 Home

Bacot, Anthony lead No. 5 UNC past Elon 75-61

Armando Bacot had season highs of 22 points and 14 rebounds, Garrison Brooks added 14 points and the slow-starting Tar Heels beat Elon 75-61 on Wednesday night.

Bacot said coach Roy Williams "talked to me and Garrison and was like, `We need to dominate in the paint."

"So we just told all the guards to get the ball and feed us," Bacot added.

As a result, fellow freshman Cole Anthony flirted with North Carolina's first triple-double in 19 years. He finished with nine points, 10 rebounds and a season-high eight assists for North Carolina (4-0), which hasn't had a player with a triple-double since Brendan Haywood and Jason Capel each did it 10 days apart in December 2000.

And yet, in a sign of how high Anthony's ceiling is, Williams called it a bad night for his star guard, who was 4 of 14 from the field with four turnovers.

"I've seen some really good players, and he's got a chance to be one of the best I've ever seen," Williams said. "But I also know when good players stink and that was him about half the game."

The Tar Heels were 30 1/2-point favorites who a year ago beat Elon on the road by 49 points. They trailed at halftime for the second time this season before opening the second half with a Bacot-led 21-5 run that pushed the lead into double figures, and wound up outrebounding Elon 56-25.

BIG PICTURE

"The first 20 minutes, we'll take, but I thought the start of the second half, they really imposed their will," Schrage said. "I thought we got worn down trying to fight them."

BACOT BITS

This was by far Bacot's best night of his young career. He set scoring and rebounding highs for the second straight game after finishing with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Gardner-Webb last Friday night. He also had three blocks, his first game with more than one.

KEY STATS

Elon: Plays host to Manhattan on Saturday.

North Carolina: Faces Alabama on Nov. 27 in its Battle 4 Atlantis opener in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00	End of Game	61 - 75
2nd 0:12	Walker Miller Defensive Rebound.	61 - 75
2nd 0:12	Hunter Woods missed Three Point Jumper.	61 - 75
2nd 0:16	Shea Rush made Free Throw.	61 - 75
2nd 0:16	Shea Rush made Free Throw.	61 - 74

Statistics

ELON		UNC
20-63	FG	29-68
32	Field Goal %	43
12-32	3PT	3-19
38	Three Point %	16
9-9	FT	14-23
100	Free Throw %	61
25	Rebounds	56
5	Offensive Rebounds	18
20	Defensive Rebounds	38
11	Assists	19
5	Steals	4
2	Blocks	7
10	Turnovers	10
0	Team Turnovers	0
10	Total Turnovers	10
0	Technical Fouls	0
0	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
0	Points Off Turnovers	0
0	Fast Break Points	0
0	Points in Paint	0
22	Fouls	13
9	Largest Lead	16

Game Information

Dean E. Smith Center

Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Attendance: 20,251 | Capacity:

2025-26 Coastal Athletic Association Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
UNC Wilmington	15-3	-	27-7
Charleston	14-4	1	21-11
Hofstra	12-6	3	24-11
Monmouth	11-7	4	19-15
William & Mary	10-8	5	20-12
Drexel	10-8	5	17-16
Towson	9-9	6	19-15
Stony Brook	9-9	6	17-15
Campbell	8-10	7	16-18
Hampton	7-11	8	13-19
Elon	6-12	9	14-18
North Carolina A&T	4-14	11	11-19
Northeastern	2-16	13	7-24

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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