North Carolina Tar Heels v Western Carolina Catamounts

NCAA Men's Basketball

Final

North Carolina Tar Heels

80–72

Western Carolina Catamounts

Match events

North Carolina Tar HeelsWestern Carolina Catamounts

	1	2	T
North Carolina Tar Heels	39	41	80
Western Carolina Catamounts	30	42	72

0Lead changes

0Times tied

13Biggest leadNorth Carolina Tar Heels

1st quarter

10–0 run
16:1910–0
End of quarter39–30

2nd quarter

17:3743–38
8–0 run
8–0 run
1:3177–64
Full-time80–72

Player stats

Catamounts72

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Starters
S. DadaF	10	4	0-2	0-0	4-4	4	1	1	1	0	2	2	4
J. RobertsG	23	17	6-11	4-7	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
M. BrownG	31	1	0-2	0-0

Highlights

0:26Terrence Brown somehow gets the and-1 to fallESPN0:24Sayon Keita gets up for the beautiful jamESPN0:29Matt Able throws down big slam dunk vs. Western Carolina CatamountsESPN0:27Neoklis Avdalas rocks the rim with slamESPN

Compare these twoAll-time head to head, form, this season's numbers and our analyst's verdict

News and reaction

Match reportMontana State Bobcats vs. BYU Cougars: Game HighlightsESPN33m ago

Match reportLincoln University (CA) Oaklanders vs. CSU Fullerton Titans: Game HighlightsESPN35m ago

Match reportOklahoma State Cowboys vs. Texas A&M Aggies: Game HighlightsESPN1h ago

Where to watch

Broadcast details for this game haven't been announced yet.

Match details

Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Started: 11:00 am AEDT
Venue: Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill
Competition: NCAA Men's Basketball
Officials: Tommy Morrissey (Referee), Anthony Eades (Referee), Michael Kitts (Referee)
Crowd: 15,735

Form and ladder

North Carolina Tar HeelsWestern Carolina Catamounts

–Ladder–

–Record–

WWWLast 5WWL

Team lists

Team lists aren’t available for this game.

Updated 12 Nov, 1:26 am

Match events

North Carolina Tar HeelsWestern Carolina Catamounts

	1	2	T
North Carolina Tar Heels	39	41	80
Western Carolina Catamounts	30	42	72

0Lead changes

0Times tied

13Biggest leadNorth Carolina Tar Heels

1st quarter

10–0 run
16:1910–0
End of quarter39–30

2nd quarter

17:3743–38
8–0 run
8–0 run
1:3177–64
Full-time80–72

Player stats

Catamounts72

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Starters
S. DadaF	10	4	0-2	0-0	4-4	4	1	1	1	0	2	2	4
J. RobertsG	23	17	6-11	4-7	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
M. BrownG	31	1	0-2	0-0

Highlights

0:26Terrence Brown somehow gets the and-1 to fallESPN0:24Sayon Keita gets up for the beautiful jamESPN0:29Matt Able throws down big slam dunk vs. Western Carolina CatamountsESPN0:27Neoklis Avdalas rocks the rim with slamESPN

Compare these twoAll-time head to head, form, this season's numbers and our analyst's verdict

News and reaction

Match reportMontana State Bobcats vs. BYU Cougars: Game HighlightsESPN33m ago

Match reportLincoln University (CA) Oaklanders vs. CSU Fullerton Titans: Game HighlightsESPN35m ago

Match reportOklahoma State Cowboys vs. Texas A&M Aggies: Game HighlightsESPN1h ago

Where to watch

Broadcast details for this game haven't been announced yet.

Match details

Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Started: 11:00 am AEDT
Venue: Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill
Competition: NCAA Men's Basketball
Officials: Tommy Morrissey (Referee), Anthony Eades (Referee), Michael Kitts (Referee)
Crowd: 15,735

Form and ladder

North Carolina Tar HeelsWestern Carolina Catamounts

–Ladder–

–Record–

WWWLast 5WWL

Team lists

Team lists aren’t available for this game.

Updated 12 Nov, 1:26 am

Heels80

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Starters
J. StevensonF	30	8	3-8	0-4	2-4	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	2
S. KeitaC	20	4	1-2	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	4
N. AvdalasG	31	13	4-8	2-4	3-5	7	4	3	0	0	0	7	2
M. AbleG	26	18	6-10	2-6	4-6	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	3
T. BrownG	30	14	3-11	0-3	8-10	5	2	1	2	1	2	3	0
Bench
A. SamodurovF	12	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
M. AdamsF	18	10	3-5	2-4	2-2	4	0	1	0	1	1	3	1
I. DenisG	9	2	0-4	0-3	2-2	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	2
J. YoungG	14	6	2-5	2-5	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
A. BrizziG	10	5	1-1	1-1	2-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team		80	23-55	9-30	25-35	32	12	9	4	4	7	25	17