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North Carolina Tar Heels at Clemson Tigers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
North Carolina Tar Heels
14-11, 3-6 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
65 - 85
Clemson Tigers
20-5, 13-2 Home

Lakhin leads No. 23 Clemson to 85-65 win over North Carolina

Clemson's Jaedan Zackery gets crafty with an amazing layup

Chase Hunter added 19 points with four 3s for the Tigers (20-5, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who followed up their 77-71 win over then-No. 2 Duke on Saturday night with a dominant showing against the Tar Heels (14-11, 7-6).

It's the first time Clemson has beaten Duke and North Carolina in the same year since the 2019-20 season.

While the Duke game was tight throughout, Clemson took control of this one early. All but two of Lakhin’s points came in the first half, and the 6-foot-11 Cincinnati transfer also finished with five of Clemson’s eight blocks.

The Tigers were up 49-33 at the break, and North Carolina never made a second-half charge.

R.J. Davis led UNC with 18 points.

Takeaways North Carolina: The Tar Heels were hoping to begin a late push for an NCAA bid. Instead, they struggled from long distance and at the foul line.

Clemson: The Tigers have lost just once in their past nine games — in double overtime to Georgia Tech at home last week — and appear a legitimate threat to win the program's second ACC regular-season title.

Key moment Davis’ 3-pointer put North Carolina ahead 23-21 midway through the first half. That’s when Lakhin followed with a 3 to start a 28-10 burst to end the half.

Key stat Clemson reached 20 wins for a third straight season and the seventh time in coach Brad Brownell’s 15 seasons.

Up next North Carolina plays at Syracuse on Saturday night.

Clemson visits Florida State on Saturday.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 65 - 85
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 65 - 85
2nd 0:19 Cade Tyson made Layup. Assisted by Drake Powell. 65 - 85
2nd 0:20 Drake Powell Defensive Rebound. 63 - 85
2nd 0:22 Asa Thomas missed Layup. 63 - 85

Statistics

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28-62 FG 32-64
45 Field Goal % 50
4-19 3PT 12-25
21 Three Point % 48
5-11 FT 9-12
45 Free Throw % 75
28 Rebounds 41
10 Offensive Rebounds 15
18 Defensive Rebounds 26
13 Assists 17
8 Steals 8
5 Blocks 9
13 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 2
13 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
22 Points Off Turnovers 15
18 Fast Break Points 11
40 Points in Paint 34
14 Fouls 12
4 Largest Lead 26

Game Information

Littlejohn Coliseum

Location: Clemson, SC
Attendance: 8,704 | Capacity:

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
Full Standings