By R.L. Bynum

RJ Davis is the ACC Player of the Week for the second time this season, becoming the first Carolina guard to earn the honor multiple times since Joel Berry II did it four times in the 2016–17 season.

Davis scored a game-high 23 points with a game-high five assists without a turnover in No. 9 Carolina’s 81–69 win Wednesday over the previously unbeaten Sooners, who were No. 7 but now are No. 12, in Charlotte in the Jumpman Invitational.

Davis, who shared the honor with Virginia Tech senior center Lynn Kidd, leads the ACC in scoring (21.7 points per game) and free-throw percentage (94.6%). He’s second in minutes (34.5 per game), fourth in 3-pointers per game (2.9) and eighth in 3-point shooting percentage (38.1%).

Davis has scored at least 23 points in seven consecutive games.

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The senior guard from White Plains, N.Y., scored 13 of his 23 points in the second half, including one of his five 3-pointers with 2:46 to play. That three ended a 17–8 Oklahoma run that had cut the Tar Heels’ lead to five points.

Davis made five of nine 3-point attempts and all four free-throw attempts. He has made 45 of his last 46 free-throw tries, making a school-record-tying 41 in a row during that stretch.

Davis also earned the weekly honor when he scored 23 points against Villanova and tied his career high with 30 in a win over Arkansas during the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas. He shared the honor that week as well, as Florida State redshirt junior forward Jamir Watkins also was honored.

Davis has scored 23, 30, 27, 27, 26, 27 and 23 points in the last seven games, the most (183) by a Tar Heel in a seven-game span in 16 seasons.

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Davis’ last seven games

Opponent	MP	FG	3PFG	FT	R	A	TO	S	Pts	Avg
vs. Villanova	41	8-22	2-8	5-6	5	3	2	0	23	15.8
vs. Arkansas	35	9-18	2-5	10-10	2	2	1	1	30	18.2
Tennessee	38	8-17	5-11	6-6	4	2	0	0	27	19.4
Florida St.	38	8-17	3-9	8-8	3	5	2	2	27	20.4
vs. UConn	38	8-17	4-8	6-6	4	1	1	1	26	21
vs. Kentucky	37	8-18	3-9	8-9	7	4	5	0	27	21.6
vs. Oklahoma	35	7-18	5-9	4-4	4	5	0	3	23	21.7

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Date	Month/day	Time	Opponent/event (current ranks)	TV/ record
	October
24	Friday	L, 78–76	vs. No. 13 BYU in SLC	Exhib.
29	Wednesday	W, 95–53	vs. Winston-Salem St.	Exhib.
	November
3	Monday	W, 94–54	vs. Central Arkansas	1–0
7	Friday	W, 87–74	vs. No. 14 Kansas	2–0
11	Tuesday	W, 89–74	vs. Radford	3–0
14	Friday	W, 97–53	vs. N.C. Central	4–0
18	Tuesday	W, 73–61	vs. Navy	5–0
			Fort Myers Tip-Off
25	Tuesday	W, 85–70	vs. St. Bonaventure	6–0
27	Thursday	L, 74–58	vs. No. 7 Michigan State	6–1
	December		ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge
2	Tuesday	W, 67–64	at Kentucky	7–1
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7	Sunday	W, 81–61	vs. Georgetown	8–1
13	Saturday	W, 80–62	vs. USC Upstate	9–1
16	Tuesday	W, 77–58	vs. ETSU	10–1
			CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta
20	Saturday	W, 71–70	vs. Ohio State	11–1
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22	Monday	W, 99–51	vs. East Carolina	12–1
30	Tuesday	W, 79–66	vs. Florida State	13–1, 1–0 ACC
	January
3	Saturday	L, 97–83	at SMU	13–2, 1–1
10	Saturday	W, 87–84	vs. Wake Forest	14–2, 2–1
14	Wednesday	L, 95–90	at Stanford	14–3, 2–2
17	Saturday	L, 84–78	at California	14–4, 2–3
21	Wednesday	W, 91–69	vs. Notre Dame	15–4, 3–3
24	Saturday	W, 85–80	at No. 17 Virginia	16–4, 4–3
31	Saturday	2 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	ACCN
	February
2	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. Syracuse	ESPN
7	Saturday	6:30	vs. No. 4 Duke	ESPN
10	Tuesday	7 p.m.	at Miami	ESPN or ESPN2
14	Saturday	2 p.m.	vs. Pittsburgh	ESPN
17	Tuesday	7 p.m.	at N.C. State	ESPN or ESPN2
21	Saturday	1 p.m.	at Syracuse	ABC
23	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 20 Louisville	ESPN
28	Saturday	6:30 or 8:30	vs. Virginia Tech	ESPN or ESPN2
	March
3	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. No. 22 Clemson	ESPN or ESPN2
7	Saturday	6:30	at No. 4 Duke	ESPN
10–14	Tues.-Sat.	ACC tournament	Spectrum Center, Charlotte

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