North Carolina's RJ Davis sets home scoring record in win over Miami
North Carolina guard RJ Davis etched his name into the program's record book on Monday night.
The Tar Heels senior scored 42 points in a 75-71 win over Miami, the most by a North Carolina player at Dean E. Smith Center in program history. Forward Tyler Hansbrough set the previous record at 40 points in 2006.
Davis made a pair of free throws with 3:31 remaining to give himself the scoring record and North Carolina a 72-59 lead. Miami then went on an 11-0 run to make things interesting before Davis drained another freebie to help secure the win.
The senior guard has been the Tar Heels' best player this season, entering Monday averaging a team-high 21 points per game while shooting 39.9 percent from deep.
"It's his team," said fifth-year senior Armando Bacot in a recent ESPN.com profile.
Davis' production has helped North Carolina rebound from a humiliating 2022-23 season that began with the program ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press preseason top 25 poll and ended with it missing the NCAA Tournament.
No. 9 North Carolina (22-6, 14-3 in ACC) is a projected No. 2 seed in the East Region of Joe Lunardi's most recent Bracketology update (Feb. 23).
The Tar Heers are ninth in NET rankings. Their seven Quad 1 wins are tied with Arizona, Kansas and Houston as the third-most in the country.
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