Notre Dame vs UNC: Box score, stats, game summary and more ft. Jae'Lyn Withers

The Notre Dame vs UNC clash took place on Wednesday, March 12, at 2:30 p.m. ET. The No. 12-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (15-17) tried to pull off an upset over the No. 5-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels (20-12) in the second round of the ACC Tournament.

Coming into the game, the Fighting Irish were coming off of a narrow 55-54 win over No. 13-ranked Pittsburgh in the first round of the tournament. Before that, Notre Dame had won two games in a row to finish their season.

The Tar Heels entered the game as a big favorite. They had lost their most recent game to No. 1-ranked Duke but had won six games in a row before that.

According to the sportsbooks before the game started, North Carolina was a big -600 favorite to advance to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. Conversely, Notre Dame was a big +430 underdog.

Notre Dame vs UNC box score

Team	1st	2nd	Total
Notre Dame	29	27	56
UNC	43	33	76

Notre Dame Fighting Irish stats

	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Tae Davis	3 for 13	0 for 2	3 for 5	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	9
Nikita Konstantynovskyi	4 for 6	0 for 0	0 for 0	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	2	8
Markus Burton	3 for 11	0 for 2	5 for 7	0	4	4	1	3	0	0	2	11
Matt Allocco	3 for 6	3 for 5	0 for 0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	9
Julian Roper II	2 for 5	1 for 2	1 for 2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	6
Thomas Crowe	0 for 0	0 for 0	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garrett Sundra	0 for 1	0 for 1	0 for 0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
Burke Chebuhar	1 for 1	1 for 1	0 for 0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Thomas Hattan	0 for 0	0 for 0	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
JT Kelly	0 for 1	0 for 1	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Certa	0 for 2	0 for 2	0 for 0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sir Mohammed	1 for 7	0 for 2	0 for 1	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	2
Logan Imes	0 for 2	0 for 0	1 for 2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
J.R. Konieczny	3 for 7	1 for 2	0 for 0	1	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	7

UNC Tar Heels stats

	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Ven-Allen Lubin	8 for 13	0 for 1	1 for 2	5	5	10	1	1	2	0	2	17
Jae'Lyn Withers	7 for 10	7 for 10	0 for 0	0	9	9	1	2	2	0	2	21
Drake Powell	4 for 5	1 for 2	0 for 0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	9
Elliot Cadeau	1 for 2	1 for 1	0 for 0	0	6	6	10	0	0	2	1	3
RJ Davis	3 for 7	3 for 6	4 for 4	0	3	3	6	0	0	1	2	13
John Holbrook	0 for 0	0 for 0	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Brown	1 for 1	0 for 0	0 for 2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ty Claude	0 for 1	0 for 0	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Washington	2 for 5	1 for 2	1 for 2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	6
Dante Mayo Jr.	0 for 1	0 for 1	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russell Hawkins	0 for 1	0 for 0	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Cade Tyson	0 for 2	0 for 1	0 for 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ian Jackson	2 for 6	0 for 1	0 for 0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Seth Trimble	0 for 4	0 for 3	1 for 2	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1

Notre Dame vs UNC game summary

The North Carolina Tar Heels entered this game as big favorites. They were -600 favorites to win the game, and they did not disappoint their fans. It was immediately apparent in this game that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were outclassed by the North Carolina Tar Heels.

The Tar Heels jumped out to a lead in the opening minutes, and they never let it go. By the time five minutes had passed, the Tar Heels were leading 17-5.

Although the Fighting Irish were able to score at a similar pace to the Tar Heels for the rest of the first half, they were still behind 43-29 at the end of the first half. When the second half started, things did not change much. The teams went back and forth, with the lead staying similar for most of the second half.

However, as the game got closer to its ending point, the Tar Heels started to pull away even further. With three minutes left, North Carolina had a 24-minute lead over Notre Dame. It was such a large lead that both teams started to put in their bench players.

Although some of Notre Dame’s bench players scored some points and closed the lead in the final minutes, there was still a huge deficit at the end of the game. The North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 76-56, advancing to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.