By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis spoke to the media on Monday morning at the ACC’s weekly Zoom press conference with the league’s coaches ahead of the Tar Heels’ 9 p.m. Tuesday game at Wake Forest.

Here is what he said on various subjects:

— On the extra attention freshman guard Ian Jackson continues to get and how it’s affecting his play after he went without a 3-pointer for the first time this season and scored a season-low two points in Carolina’s 72–71 home loss to Stanford on Saturday:

“Every game, he’s getting more and more attention, and rightfully so by the way that he’s playing. I don’t necessarily think Stanford did anything drastic. It’s just the way that Ian has been playing, he’s at the top of the list in terms of trying to keep him out of transition, trying to keep him out of the lane, trying to keep him from the basket.

“In regards for the entire team, we went to the free-throw line, I think 24 times made 20 of them. We just got to do a better job. The two best ways that we score is: one in transition, and two, being able to attack the basket, able to score around there and be able to get fouled and get to the free-throw line. So as a team, we just got to do a better job of that.”

— On what the team needs to do better in terms of execution in the last five minutes of games:

“I wouldn’t just look at it the last five minutes of the game. I think I said on Saturday, there were a number of little things that we just made mistakes on, from execution on the offensive ends, like setting screens, spacing, going to the offensive glass, out of bounds, underneath, boxing out, those things.

“Guys, I don’t look at just the five minutes. I look at the entire game. And there’s plays all throughout the game, in any game — the details matter, every possession matters. It’s not just within the last five minutes, it’s the entire game that you have to look at and look at ways to continue to do the things that you’re doing well and also the things that you aren’t doing well — how to fix those and make those consistently things that you’re doing doing on the good part.”

— On the production in the post from Jalen Washington and Ven-Allen Lubin, who combined for 21 points and nine rebounds against Stanford:

“I don’t know the statistics, but combining their stats in terms of points and rebounds over the last five, six, maybe seven games, they’ve consistently given us production from that position. And so whether it be J-Wash blocking shots, rebounding, the basketball guys finishing around the basket, running the floor in transition, that’s been really good for us. I’m happy that they’re continuing to improve and giving the team the type of production that they’ve been given over the last five or six games.

—On the challenges of winning at Wake Forest:

“Well, Wake Forest is always good, and Coach [Steve] Forbes is a great coach. The last two times that we’ve been there, we haven’t played our best. We haven’t played well, and we just hadn’t played well. But we had a good practice yesterday. We’ll have a good one today, and we’re excited about the challenge of playing tomorrow

—On what makes Hunter Sallis, who leads the Demon Deacons with 19.5 points per game, tough to defend:

“He’s got good size, quickness, he’s aggressive, he’s a three-level scorer, so he can finish around the basket. He can shoot 3s, and he’s got a really good mid-range game. The ball will be in his hands a lot. You know he has the green light to be able to attack on every possession, and he gets after it defensively, too. He’s a really good defender, active defender that gets steals and deflections. He’s a two-way, complete player. And I think those are some of the things that make him really productive and why he’s on a stretch of five or six straight 20-point games.

— On whether the wrap around RJ Davis’ thumb is affecting him:

“I think that’s a question for RJ. We haven’t talked about that at all. I think you can go to pretty much any player in the country that’s playing heavy minutes, there’s got to be something that’s sore. I’ve been blessed to be able to coach RJ the last five years, and I couldn’t think of a better person and a better player to coach over these last five years. I’ve absolutely loved it.

— On how the efficiency of Wake Forest’s offense has improved since Ty-Laur Johnson was inserted into the starting lineup, freeing Sallis and Cameron Hildreth to work more without the ball.

“You talk about the freedom and the spacing to be able to be scorers, to be more on attack from an offensive standpoint. I think you know the responsibility of getting a team in the offense, getting everybody set, that is something that, obviously, both of them can do. But it allows them to really be impactful on the offensive end, in terms of thinking attack. They’re both great distributors. They can create not only for themselves, but for their teammates. But I think it puts them in a position where I think, naturally, where they fit from an offense and standpoint, where they can first think score and attack and create, as opposed to getting everybody else involved.”

UNC season statistics

Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 4 Duke	8–0	19–1	2
No. 22 Clemson	7–1	17–4	29
No. 17 Virginia	6–2	17–3	16
Miami	6–2	17–4	36
N.C. State	6–2	15–6	27
No. 16 North Carolina	4–3	16–4	26
SMU	4–3	15–5	31
Virginia Tech	5–4	16–6	54
No. 20 Louisville	4–4	14–6	19
California	3–5	15–6	56
Stanford	3–5	14–7	77
Syracuse	3–5	12–9	80
Boston College	2–5	9–11	157
Georgia Tech	2–6	11–10	140
Notre Dame	2–6	11–10	82
Wake Forest	2–6	11–10	67
Florida State	2–6	9–12	107
Pittsburgh	2–6	9–12	118

* — Through Wednesday games
Monday’s result
No. 4 Duke 83, No. 20 Louisville 52
Tuesday’s results
Pittsburgh 80, Wake Forest 76, OT
N.C. State 88, Syracuse 68
No. 17 Virginia 100, Notre Dame 97, 2 OTs
Virginia Tech 71, Georgia Tech 65
Wednesday’s results
Florida State 63, California 61
Miami 79, Stanford 70
Saturday’s games
No. 4 Duke at Virginia Tech, noon, ESPN
N.C. State at Wake Forest, noon, TV TBA
Pittsburgh at No. 22 Clemson, noon, ACC Network
No. 17 Virginia at Boston College, 1:30, The CW
No. 16 North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m., ACC Network
SMU at No. 23 Louisville, 2 p.m., ESPN
California at Miami, 4 p.m., ACC Network
Stanford at Florida State, 6 p.m., ACC Network
Notre Dame at Syracuse, 6 p.m., The CW
Monday’s game
Syracuse at No. 16 North Carolina, 7 p.m., ESPN

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