
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 | 19-1 | - | 29-3 |
Clemson | 18-2 | 1 | 26-5 |
Louisville | 18-2 | 1 | 26-6 |
SMU | 13-7 | 6 | 23-9 |
Wake Forest | 13-7 | 6 | 21-11 |
North Carolina | 13-7 | 6 | 22-12 |
Stanford | 11-9 | 8 | 20-13 |
Georgia Tech | 10-10 | 9 | 17-16 |
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 |