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Jan 4, 2025; South Bend, Indiana, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Hubert Davis watches in the second half against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Purcell Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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RJ Davis racked up 26 points and North Carolina put together a suffocating defensive performance to down SMU 82-67 on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, N.C. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Davis made 8 of 15 shots from the field while hauling in five rebounds and dishing out four assists, but it was the Tar Heels’ defense that stole the spotlight. North Carolina (10-6, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) held the Mustangs to 33.3 percent shooting from the field and a 22.2 percent clip from beyond the arc to win its second straight game. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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SMU (11-4, 2-2) never led, with one of its few offensive highlights coming within the game’s first five minutes. The Mustangs rattled off six unanswered points after falling into a 6-0 hole to start the contest before the Tar Heels used a 9-0 spurt to pull away.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Ian Jackson supplied 18 points and seven boards for North Carolina, which also got 17 points from Drake Powell. Only six Tar Heels in all got into the scoring column. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Chuck Harris broke through the stiff UNC defense to post 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting to lead SMU. B.J. Edwards chipped in 15 points, while Matt Cross paired 13 with 11 boards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Despite struggling from the floor, the Mustangs did have success at the free-throw line, where they went 17-for-21 (81 percent). <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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After North Carolina had created some distance between itself and the visitors, a Harris free throw had SMU within 15-10 with 12:34 left in the first half. But the Tar Heels put together a 10-2 run not long after, going up 33-19 on a triple by Davis with 4:25 to go. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jackson canned a trey to give UNC its largest lead of the first half, 39-22, with 1:33 left. Cross responded with a jumper that closed the scoring in the period. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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From there, North Carolina led by at least 11 the rest of the way, turning the game into a rout at one point by using a 13-3 run to make it 63-38 at the 12:32 mark of the second half. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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