North Carolina Tar Heels at Louisville Cardinals
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Bacot, North Carolina roll Louisville 80-59
Bacot scored 14 points and had 16 rebounds and R.J. Davis and Puff Johnson scored 12 apiece for the Tar Heels (12-6, 4-3 ACC). The Tar Heels' bench contributed 26 points to the win effort.
El Ellis scored 22 points for Louisville (2-16, 0-7) which hasn't won since Dec. 17.
Louisville played with aggression and built a 15-7 lead with 13:28 left before halftime. But North Carolina proceeded to outscore the Cardinals 30-11 and went to the break up 37-26. Other than Ellis, only Jae’Lyn Withers scored more than two points before halftime for Louisville.
Bacot turned his left ankle a little more than a minute into Tuesday’s loss at Virginia and did not play the rest of the game. North Carolina again played without Pitt Nance, who hurt is back at Pitt on Dec. 30. He played two minutes against Wake Forest Jan. 4 and has missed the last three games.
The Tar Heels moved their all-time record to 19-7 against Louisville.
North Carolina hosts Boston College Tuesday. Louisville faces Pitt Wednesday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 80 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:11 | D'Marco Dunn made Free Throw. | 80 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:11 | D'Marco Dunn made Free Throw. | 79 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Foul on Roosevelt Wheeler. | 78 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:35 | Zan Payne made Layup. | 78 - 59 |
Statistics
 UNC |
 LOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-57 | FG | 20-54 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 37 |
| 7-24 | 3PT | 1-14 |
| 29 | Three Point % | 7 |
| 19-23 | FT | 18-28 |
| 83 | Free Throw % | 64 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 12 | Assists | 6 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 23 | Points Off Turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 38 |
| 25 | Fouls | 16 |
| 23 | Largest Lead | 8 |
Game Information
Location: Louisville, KY
Attendance: 14,842 | Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 35-2 |
| 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 | 20-12 |
| 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 |