Late-Season Report Card: UNC Basketball Newcomer Cade Tyson

The UNC basketball transfer ranks 10th in the first 2024-25 North Carolina Tar Heels On SI player grades.
UNC basketball wing Cade Tyson
UNC basketball wing Cade Tyson / Bob Donnan-Imagn Images

UNC basketball junior and former two-year Belmont sharpshooter Cade Tyson tallied two points in Monday night's 85-65 road defeat at the hands of Clemson, matching his highest total for the UNC Tar Heels (14-11, 7-6 ACC) since posting three points in the loss at Louisville on New Year's Day.

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Across 22 appearances off the bench as a Tar Heel, the 6-foot-7, 200-pound Monroe, N.C., native is averaging 2.7 points and 1.2 rebounds in a career-high low 8.6 minutes per game.

He's shooting a discouraging 38.9 percent from the field, 27.0 percent beyond the arc (10-for-37), and 57.1 percent at the foul line.

Late-Season UNC Basketball Player Grade for Cade Tyson: 75.0 (C)

Cade Tyson and the rest of Hubert Davis' fourth UNC basketball team have seven more outings on their schedule, all of the ACC variety. Next up is a road test 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

Stay tuned to North Carolina Tar Heels On SI for more on the 2024-25 UNC basketball campaign and other Tar Heel news.


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MATT GILES

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