UNC Asheville Bulldogs at North Carolina Tar Heels
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Bacot scores 22, North Carolina beats UNC-Asheville 72-53
Bacot was 8 of 14 from the floor and grabbed seven rebounds. R.J. Davis added 12 points for North Carolina (4-2), which shot 49% from the floor and made 7 of 14 from long range. Leaky Black added nine points with 11 of North Carolina's 51 rebounds.
Jamon Battle scored a career-high 19 points, on 7-of-11 shooting with three 3-pointers, for UNC-Asheville (2-3).
North Carolina took the lead for good four minutes into the game and led by as many as 20 in the first half while building a 37-24 halftime lead. A 14-8 surge by the Bulldogs pulled them to 45-38 with 12:38 remaining but they didn’t any get closer.
The Tar Heels rebounded from consecutive losses to ranked Purdue and Tennessee that knocked them out of the AP Top 25 poll. Bacot scored a combined 18 points in the two losses.
The Tar Heels are 9-0 against the Bulldogs, including 7-0 in Chapel Hill.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 53 - 72 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 53 - 72 |
| 2nd 0:16 | Quay Kimble made Three Point Jumper. | 53 - 72 |
| 2nd 0:22 | Dontrez Styles made Layup. | 50 - 72 |
| 2nd 0:22 | Dontrez Styles Offensive Rebound. | 50 - 70 |
Statistics
 UNCA |
 UNC |
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|---|---|---|
| 18-68 | FG | 27-55 |
| 26 | Field Goal % | 49 |
| 7-37 | 3PT | 7-14 |
| 19 | Three Point % | 50 |
| 10-14 | FT | 11-13 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 85 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Defensive Rebounds | 38 |
| 8 | Assists | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 7 | Total Turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Off Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| 22 | Points in Paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fouls | 13 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 22 |
Game Information
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Attendance: 15,710 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big South Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 30-4 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 30-2 |
| Virginia | 15-3 | 2 | 28-4 |
| Miami | 13-5 | 4 | 25-7 |
| North Carolina | 12-6 | 5 | 24-8 |
| Clemson | 12-6 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Louisville | 11-7 | 6 | 23-10 |
| NC State | 10-8 | 7 | 20-13 |
| Florida State | 10-8 | 7 | 18-15 |
| California | 9-9 | 8 | 21-11 |
| Stanford | 9-9 | 8 | 20-12 |
| SMU | 8-10 | 9 | 20-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| Wake Forest | 7-11 | 10 | 17-16 |
| 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 |