
North Carolina Tar Heels at Florida State Seminoles
· NCAA Men's BasketballRJ Davis, Seth Trimble lead North Carolina to 96-85 victory over Florida State

Davis made 5 of 9 shots with three 3-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws for the Tar Heels (18-11, 11-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won four in a row to pull within a half-game of Wake Forest and SMU for fourth place. The top four teams receive byes into the third round of the conference tournament. Trimble did his damage on 6-for-10 shooting with two 3-pointers.
Jae'Lyn Withers added 11 points for North Carolina and Elliot Cadeau, Ven-Allen Lubin and reserve Jalen Washington all scored 10. Cadeau had seven assists and Lubin grabbed seven rebounds.
Jamir Watkins had 26 points to lead the Seminoles (16-12, 7-10), who dropped into ninth place — a half-game behind Pittsburgh. The top nine seeds earn first-round byes.
Davis and Washington both had seven points in a balanced first-half attack as nine different Tar Heels scored in building a 49-43 lead. Watkins had 18 points at the break.
Drake Powell's layup 90 seconds into the second half gave North Carolina the first double-digit lead at 55-45. Davis and Cadeau hit back-to-back 3-pointers, and the Tar Heels led 61-47 before the half was three minutes old.
Florida State closed within six points three times — the final one on a tip-in by Christian Nitu to make it 72-66 with 9:29 remaining. Davis answered with a 3-pointer and added two more baskets in a 15-5 run as the Tar Heels upped their advantage to 87-71.
North Carolina will host Miami and Florida State plays at No. 2 Duke on Saturday with three games left in the regular season.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 96 - 85 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 96 - 85 |
2nd 0:22 | Jae'Lyn Withers Defensive Rebound. | 96 - 85 |
2nd 0:25 | Jamir Watkins missed Three Point Jumper. | 96 - 85 |
2nd 0:30 | Taylor Bol Bowen Defensive Rebound. | 96 - 85 |
Statistics
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32-58 | FG | 27-50 |
55.2 | Field Goal % | 54.0 |
10-26 | 3PT | 10-20 |
38.5 | Three Point % | 50.0 |
22-31 | FT | 21-28 |
71.0 | Free Throw % | 75.0 |
35 | Rebounds | 21 |
13 | Offensive Rebounds | 4 |
22 | Defensive Rebounds | 17 |
18 | Assists | 16 |
2 | Steals | 2 |
1 | Blocks | 3 |
8 | Turnovers | 7 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
8 | Total Turnovers | 7 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
9 | Points Off Turnovers | 10 |
11 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
42 | Points in Paint | 24 |
18 | Fouls | 25 |
16 | Largest Lead | 4 |
Game Information

Location: Tallahassee, FL
Attendance: 7,922 | Capacity:
2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Duke | 19-1 | - | 35-3 |
Clemson | 18-2 | 1 | 27-7 |
Louisville | 18-2 | 1 | 27-8 |
SMU | 13-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
Wake Forest | 13-7 | 6 | 21-11 |
North Carolina | 13-7 | 6 | 23-14 |
Stanford | 11-9 | 8 | 21-14 |
Georgia Tech | 10-10 | 9 | 17-17 |
Florida State | 8-12 | 11 | 17-15 |
Pittsburgh | 8-12 | 11 | 17-15 |
Virginia | 8-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
Notre Dame | 8-12 | 11 | 15-18 |
Virginia Tech | 8-12 | 11 | 13-19 |
Syracuse | 7-13 | 12 | 14-19 |
California | 6-14 | 13 | 14-19 |
NC State | 5-15 | 14 | 12-19 |
Boston College | 4-16 | 15 | 12-19 |
Miami | 3-17 | 16 | 7-24 |