Photo credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
RJ Davis Breaks UNC Basketball Champ's Record 3-Point Streak
In his 100th career college start, UNC basketball senior RJ Davis powered the third-ranked Tar Heels (16-3, 8-0 ACC) to Monday night's 85-64 home win over unranked Wake Forest (13-6, 5-3 ACC). His career-high 36 points are the most by a Tar Heel in the Smith Center since Tyler Hansbrough's 39 against Clemson in February 2008.
And Davis became the first UNC bucket-getter to tally 30 or more points against Wake Forest since now-third-year Tar Heel head coach Hubert Davis finished with 30 in a February 1992 contest.
RJ Davis, now averaging 21.0 points per game and looking like the clear frontrunner for ACC Player of the Year, shot 14-for-23 from the field, 4-for-8 from deep, and 4-for-5 at the line. The 22-year-old guard added four rebounds and two assists without committing a single turnover across his team-high 37 minutes on the floor.
And his performance beyond the arc, where he's shooting a career-high 41.7 percent this season, marked his 16th straight outing with multiple 3-point makes. That's a new UNC basketball record, surpassing Justin Jackson's 15 in a row as a junior for the eventual 2016-17 national champions.
On that note, it seems fitting that Davis became the first Tar Heel to drop a 30-burger with zero turnovers since Jackson, again in his 2016-17 campaign, did so against Kentucky.
Moreover, note that North Carolina now boasts a nine-game winning streak, its longest since the 11 consecutive victories that began with the six NCAA Tournament wins in 2017 and carried over to the first five games of the following season.
NEXT UNC BASKETBALL GAME: at unranked Florida State (11-7, 5-2 ACC), 2 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN)
STREAM: fuboTV (start your free trial)
Stay tuned to All Tar Heels on SI.com for more UNC basketball news.
