Pitt’s toughness was exactly the kind of wake-up call UNC needed.
North Carolina, the ACC Tournament’s top seed, went back-and-forth with the 4-seeded Panthers all night on Friday.
The Tar Heels were determined to get back to the title game, though, as they closed out Pitt late in a 72-65 victory.
As has been the case all season long, UNC (27-6, 17-3) was led by another stellar scoring effort from star guard RJ Davis. The senior from White Plains, NY, who’s also the ACC Player of the Year, scored 25 points on 8-of-8 shooting from the field (3-of-10 from downtown) and a 6-of-8 mark from the free throw line.
RJ entered Friday’s game with 1,975 career points, so you know what Friday’s output meant: he now has 2,000 career points.
There’s another Tar Heel you might recognize who reached the 2,000-point mark earlier this year: Armando Bacot.
In addition to Bacot, Davis joins Charlie Scott, Al Wood, Lennie Rosenbluth, Sam Perkins, Phil Ford and Tyler Hansbrough in the 2K point club.
If this is Davis’ last year in Chapel Hill, he’ll likely pass Scott (2,007), Al Wood (2,015) and Rosenbluth (2,047) on the all-time scoring list. If Davis returns for his COVID year in the Fall, there’s a chance he surpasses Psycho T (2,872) as the all-time leading scorer.
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