The North Carolina Tar Heels entered Sunday’s non-conference basketball finale against Campbell with one goal in the back of their minds: build some needed momentum heading into ACC play.
Sunday proved to be much more than that, particularly for star UNC guard RJ Davis.
During the first half, Davis drained his 300th 3-pointer to become North Carolina’s all-time record holder. Davis passed one of his current assistant coaches, Marcus Paige, for the honor.
Davis does seem like he’s finally starting to discover his shooting touch, as he entered tonight’s game with a 40 percent field goal percentage in consecutive games. Davis ended the first half against Campbell shooting 4-of-7 overall, with a scorching 3-of-6 mark from deep.
Making perimeter shots has been a struggle this season for Davis, the ACC reigning Player of the Year and ACC Preseason Player of the Year. Davis shot just 2-of-7 from deep in the Tar Heels’ upset win over UCLA, plus 3-of-11 in a Jumpman Invitational loss to Florida.
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Before Davis, there was Paige, another 3-point magician who played at UNC from 2012-2016.
Paige was seemingly the only former Tar Heel who could consistently make perimeter shots during those years, with his biggest make coming against Villanova in the 2016 National Championship game. Paige then played for two seasons between the NBA G-League and the NBA, spent time in international basketball and – now – is a North Carolina assistant coach.
Davis’s next milestone will be surpassing longtime teammate, Armando Bacot, for second on UNC’s all-time scoring list.
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