Wake Forest vs. North Carolina – Men’s College Basketball Game Recap – January 4, 2023 | ESPN

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — — RJ Davis scored 22 of hit 27 factors within the second half and Armando Bacot had 21 factors, 9 rebounds and 5 assists to assist North Carolina beat Wake Forest 88-79 Wednesday night time in a back-and-forth recreation that featured 9 ties and 20 lead modifications.

Davis made 9 of 14 from the sphere and 5 of 8 from 3-point vary and Bacot was 7-of-11 taking pictures and hit 7 of 10 from the free-throw line.

Seth Trimble made a layup to offer North Carolina (10-5, 2-2 ACC) the lead for good, 65-64, with 8:55 to play. Bacot adopted with a fast-break dunk then stole a go and hit Davis for a 3-pointer to spark a 12-3 run that gave the Tar Heels an eight-point lead when Caleb Love hit a 3-pointer with 6:41 to play that capped the spurt.

Damari Monsanto led Wake Forest (10-5, 2-2) with 17 factors, Andrew Carr had 16 factors, 9 rebounds and 5 assists and Tyree Appleby additionally scored 16 factors and had 9 assists.

Play was paused shortly halfway via the second half as a fan a number of rows up from the court docket acquired medical consideration. Emergency medical technicians finally wheeled the fan — who was sitting up and speaking — from the constructing and the sport resumed lower than 10 minutes later.

Leaky Black made 6 of 8 from the sphere, together with 3 of 5 from behind the arc, and completed with 16 factors for UNC. Trimble, a 6-foot-3 freshman who went into the sport with 34 factors this season, added a career-high 11 on 4-of-4 taking pictures.

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Wake Forest stays on the highway to tackle Louisville on Saturday.

North Carolina performs the second of back-to-back dwelling video games Saturday towards Notre Dame.

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