Caleb Love helped No. 4 Arizona rebound from a loss with 28 points to score his 2,000th career point, and Justin McKoy scored career-highs of 26 points and six 3-pointers in a Hawaii victory. Meanwhile, Kerwin Walton scored 18 points in a loss for No. 23 Texas Tech, D’Marco Dunn helped Penn State get a big win, and Dontrez Styles played well as Georgetown ended an 11-game losing streak.
Ryan’s hot shooting helps UNC finally end skid at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Whatever it takes. That’s what Coach Hubert Davis said he got from No. 10 North Carolina to survive abysmal second-half shooting and finally leave John Paul Jones Arena with a victory for the first time since 2012.
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Pitching, Honeycutt help unbeaten UNC power by No. 11 ECU
CHAPEL HILL — Vance Honeycutt’s good arm and improved power stroke were just what No. 15 North Carolina needed to emerge from a terrific pitching battle with No. 11 East Carolina. The junior center fielder led off the eighth inning by launching a 1–2 curveball 409-foot feet over the left-field fence as the Tar Heels won the opener of a three-game series Friday over the Pirates 2–1 at Boshamer Stadium.
Is there a way for Bacot to get his jersey in the rafters?
CHAPEL HILL — Could RJ Davis and Armando Bacot become the first Carolina teammates to have their jerseys go up in the Smith Center rafters since four members of the 2015–16 team earned the honor?
Puff Johnson gets key bucket in Penn State’s upset of No. 14 Illinois; Love hits 27 in loss; Garcia scores 22 in win
It hasn’t always gone smoothly for Puff Johnson in his first season at Penn State, but he made a huge play Wednesday when the Nittany Lions pulled off a huge upset of No. 14 Illinois. That was one highlight for the former Tar Heels during a week that Caleb Love and Dawson Garcia scored in the 20s while Destiny Adams and Kennedy Todd-Williams each scored 15.
UNC keeps foot on gas, runs over No. 6 N.C. State, led by 23 from Donarski
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina’s record would be dramatically different if a few plays at the end of close losses had gone differently. The Tar Heels repeatedly shot down any chance that Thursday’s game against No. 6 N.C. State would come down to one or two possessions like the other defeats. UNC came through with its best perimeter shooting game of the season, never trailing after the opening quarter, on its way to an 80–70 win at Carmichael Arena.
UNC gains Quad 1 win but falls in NET rankings after two blowouts on Tuesday
Just because No. 10 Carolina isn’t playing a mid-week game doesn’t mean there aren’t fluctuations in the Tar Heels’ NCAA resume. A pair of Tuesday night blowouts both helped and hurt the league-leading Tar Heels (20–6, 12–3 ACC), who fell one spot to 10th in the NET rankings.
Honeycutt slams into UNC history; Pence closes out fourth UNC win
CHAPEL HILL — Vance Honeycutt’s likely last season at Carolina couldn’t have started much better, making history and helping the Tar Heels get off to an impressive start. The third home run of the season for the talented junior center fielder, a 365-foot grand slam that just made it over the right-field fence in the fourth inning, sparked No. 15 UNC to an 8–7 victory over Elon on a cool Tuesday evening at Boshamer Stadium.
Depleted backcourt has led to plenty of adjustments for UNC women
With some of the players UNC expected to create good guard depth watching from the sidelines, Coach Courtney Banghart has had to adjust. Redshirt sophomore Kayla McPherson is out for the season with a knee injury. Lower-body injuries have kept sophomore Paulina Paris out for the last eight games and freshman Reniya Kelly sidelined for the last two.