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North Carolina dropped a critical road game at Wake Forest on Tuesday, another loss among a season of close-but-not-quite finishes for the Tar Heels.

2025 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. Robert Willett [email protected] If only the Tar Heels could execute better down the stretch. This North Carolina team seems to have a ...

One bright spot for the Tar Heels is five-star freshman Ian Jackson has broken out over the last month. The shooting guard tallied just six points on 1-for-8 shooting against Stanford but had dropped 18+ points in his previous seven contests, averaging 22.7 ppg over that span.

For the second time in as many games, North Carolina lost by one point. Falling 72-71 against Stanford last weekend, the Tar Heels also dropped Tuesday’s game vs. Wake Forest 67-66 after trailing by as many as seven points in the final minute.

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Wake Forest hosts the North Carolina Tar Heels after Hunter Sallis scored 24 points in Wake Forest’s 72-63 victory against the Virginia Tech Hokies

Cameron Hildreth scored 20 points as Wake Forest won its sixth straight game, beating visiting North Carolina 67-66 on Tuesday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Saturday, it was a Frenchman — Stanford’s Maxime Raynaud — who dropped 25 points to hand North Carolina a Quad 3 loss. Tuesday in Winston-Salem ... Forest past the Tar Heels, 67-66, at ...