Ian Jackson and UNC will take the court against Hunter Sallis and Wake Forest in an ACC matchup on Tuesday night in college hoops.
UNC will open this week up in college basketball with an ACC battle against Wake Forest at the LJVM Coliseum on Tuesday night. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons enter this game with a 14-4 record and a 6-1 record against teams in the ACC. They are 0.5 games behind Clemson and Louisville and a game in front of SMU. They have won all four games this month, opening with a home win against NC State by 18 points.
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Game Date: Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025
Game Time: 9 p.m. ET
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After that win, they went on the road to an ACC-winless Miami and won by 10 points before coming home and beating Stanford by 13 points. Last weekend, they went back on the road just a state over to Virginia and beat Virginia Tech by nine points. ACC Player of the Year candidate Hunter Sallis leads Wake Forest in scoring this season, averaging 19.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game.
The UNC Tar Heels have fallen to 12-7 overall this season and are now just 5-2 against teams in the ACC after dropping a rough game at home to Stanford over the weekend by one point. They are now just a game behind Wake Forest and 2.5 games behind No. 3 Duke. They won four straight games, their longest winning streak of the season prior to last weekend’s loss.
They beat Notre Dame by one point, SMU by 15 points, NC State by two points, and Cal by 27 points before the no-show game against Stanford. RJ Davis and Ian Jackson lead UNC on the court. Davis is averaging 17.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game, while Jackson is averaging 15.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.
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