1 | 2 | T | |
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ND | 36 | 23 | 59 |
UNC | 50 | 51 | 101 |
Bacot, UNC beat Notre Dame 101-59, advance to ACC semis
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- — Big men Armando Bacot and freshmen Day'Ron Sharpe and Walker Kessler each had a double-double and North Carolina dominated inside in its 101-59 win over Notre Dame on Wednesday night at the ACC tournament.
No. 6 seed UNC (17-9) plays third-seeded Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals Thursday.
Bacot, a 6-foot-10 sophomore, finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Kessler added 16 points and a career-best 12 rebounds and Sharpe had 14 points, 10 boards and a career-high six assists. Kessler added eight blocks, the most by a UNC freshman in program history and an ACC tourney single-game record.
Sharpe made three baskets in a 49-second span to make it 9-5 and the Tar Heels led the rest of the way. A 9-0 run pushed the lead into double figures for good midway through the first half and North Carolina scored 22 consecutive points during a 52-4 run that made it 101-51 with 2:65 remaining.
Prentiss Hubb and Nate Laszewski scored 13 points apiece for No. 11 seed Notre Dame (11-15).
North Carolina shot 51% from the field and had its highest-scoring game since the 2018-19 season, when the Tar Heels topped the 100-point plateau six times.
UNC outrebounded the Fighting Irish 54-31, scored 25 second-chance points off 27 offensive rebounds, and outscored Notre Dame 56-20 inside. The Tar Heels finished with a season-high 12 blocks.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Justin Porterfield
- A.J. Desai
- Ted Valentine
2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Duke | 11-0 | - | 19-2 |
Clemson | 10-1 | 1 | 18-4 |
Louisville | 9-2 | 2 | 16-6 |
SMU | 8-3 | 3 | 17-5 |
Wake Forest | 8-3 | 3 | 16-6 |
Stanford | 7-4 | 4 | 15-7 |
North Carolina | 6-5 | 5 | 13-10 |
Pittsburgh | 5-5 | 5.5 | 14-7 |
Virginia Tech | 5-6 | 6 | 10-12 |
Notre Dame | 4-6 | 6.5 | 10-11 |
Florida State | 4-7 | 7 | 13-9 |
California | 4-7 | 7 | 11-11 |
Syracuse | 4-7 | 7 | 10-12 |
Georgia Tech | 4-7 | 7 | 10-12 |
Virginia | 3-8 | 8 | 10-12 |
Boston College | 2-8 | 8.5 | 10-11 |
NC State | 2-8 | 8.5 | 9-12 |
Miami | 1-10 | 10 | 5-17 |