Late-Season Report Card: UNC Basketball Forward Ty Claude

The UNC basketball newcomer stacks up ninth in the first 2024-25 North Carolina Tar Heels On SI player grades.

UNC basketball forward Ty Claude / Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

First-year UNC basketball reserve forward Ty Claude went scoreless across six minutes off the bench in Monday night's 85-65 loss at Clemson, totaling two rebounds as the UNC Tar Heels (14-11, 7-6 ACC) tallied a fifth loss in their past seven games and fell well outside the NCAA Tournament bubble.

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Across 15 appearances as a Tar Heel, Claude is averaging 1.5 points and 1.8 rebounds in 5.4 minutes per game, drops from the 6-foot-7, 230-pound Goldsboro, N.C., native's 4.8 points, 5.2 boards, and 17.4 minutes as a Georgia Tech senior following stints at Western Carolina and Morehead State.

He's shooting 57.1 percent from the field (8-for-14) and 46.2 percent at the charity stripe (6-for-13).

Late-Season UNC Basketball Player Grade for Ty Claude: 77.5 (C+)

Ty Claude and the Tar Heels, 0-7 in games airing on ESPN this season and 3-6 in true road games, are now preparing for a road bout against the Syracuse Orange (11-14, 5-9 ACC) in the JMA Wireless Dome at 6 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN).

RANKED LATE-SEASON NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS ON SI REPORT CARDS:

1. RJ Davis

2. Ian Jackson

3. Seth Trimble

4. Elliot Cadeau

5. Ven-Allen Lubin

6. Drake Powell

7. Jalen Washington

8. Jae'Lyn Withers

9. Ty Claude

10. Cade Tyson

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