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Ian Jackson scores 23 with 5 3-pointers, North Carolina beats Syracuse 88-82

AP
Feb 15, 2025

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Freshman Ian Jackson tied his career high with five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points, Jae'Lyn Wither scored a season-high 19 on 7-of-10 shooting and North Carolina beat Syracuse 88-82 on Saturday night.

RJ Davis added 16 points, six assists, five rebounds, two steals and a block for North Carolina (15-11, 8-6 ACC).

J.J. Starling converted a three-point play and then made two free throws before Eddie Lampkin Jr. hit two foul shots to cap a 7-1 spurt that cut the Orange's deficit to 82-80 with 1:01 to play but Elliot Cadeau answered with a layup and Davis followed with two free throws to make it a six-point game with 25 seconds remaining.

Lampkin led the Orange with 26 points and 11 rebounds and Starling scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half. Lucas Taylor finished with 10 points.

The Tar Heels have won four games in a row against Syracuse (11-15, 5-10).

Drake Powell hit a 3-pointer that gave UNC a 56-46 lead five minutes into the second half but Lampkin answered with a dunk that sparked a 14-4 run that made it 60-all when Starling converted a three-point play. Starling scored 11 points in the spurt.

Withers made a jumper in the paint and the converted a pair of three-point plays all in a span of 54 seconds to give North Carolina a 73-64 lead with 7:26 remaining. Davis hit a 3-pointer that pushed the lead to 10 with four minutes left.

Syracuse hits the road to play Tuesday at Pittsburgh. North Carolina returns home to face in-state rival N.C. State on Wednesday.

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1st Half
UNC
Tar Heels
42
SYR
Orange
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Ven-Allen Lubin vs. Jyare Davis (Orange gains possession)
19:41		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (lost ball)
19:15		Ven-Allen Lubin misses two point hook shot
19:13		J.J. Starling defensive rebound
18:48		Jyare Davis misses two point jump shot
18:46		Seth Trimble defensive rebound
18:33		Elliot Cadeau turnover (bad pass) (Lucas Taylor steals)
18:16		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (lost ball) (RJ Davis steals)
17:58		Ven-Allen Lubin misses two point layup
17:56		Jae'Lyn Withers offensive rebound
17:49	+2	Elliot Cadeau makes two point layup	2-0
17:30	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	2-2
17:16		J.J. Starling shooting foul (Elliot Cadeau draws the foul)
17:16	+1	Elliot Cadeau makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-2
17:16	+1	Elliot Cadeau makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-2
17:16		J.J. Starling turnover (lost ball) (Seth Trimble steals)
17:14		Seth Trimble misses two point jump shot
17:12		Jae'Lyn Withers offensive rebound
17:12		Jae'Lyn Withers misses two point dunk
17:10		Elliot Cadeau offensive rebound
17:05		RJ Davis misses three point jump shot
17:03		Orange defensive rebound
16:53		Jae'Lyn Withers blocks J.J. Starling's two point jump shot
16:51		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
16:49		Jalen Washington blocks Eddie Lampkin Jr.'s two point layup
16:47		RJ Davis defensive rebound
16:26		RJ Davis misses three point jump shot
16:24		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
16:11		Elijah Moore misses two point jump shot
16:09		Elijah Moore offensive rebound
16:04		Elijah Moore misses two point jump shot
16:02		Elliot Cadeau defensive rebound
16:00		Elliot Cadeau misses two point layup
15:58		Lucas Taylor defensive rebound
15:44	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point jump shot	4-4
15:30		J.J. Starling shooting foul (Jalen Washington draws the foul)
15:30		TV timeout
15:30	+1	Jalen Washington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-4
15:30		Jalen Washington misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:30		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
15:12		Jyare Davis misses two point layup
15:10		Jalen Washington defensive rebound
14:57	+3	Ian Jackson makes three point jump shot (RJ Davis assists)	8-4
14:32	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point hook shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	8-6
14:13		Elliot Cadeau turnover (bad pass)
13:57	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	8-8
13:40		Jalen Washington turnover (bad pass)
13:23		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point hook shot
13:21		Seth Trimble defensive rebound
13:21		Jump ball. Seth Trimble vs. Eddie Lampkin Jr. (Tar Heels gains possession)
13:11		Ian Jackson misses three point jump shot
13:09		Chris Bell defensive rebound
13:01		Chris Bell turnover (lost ball) (Ian Jackson steals)
12:56	+2	Ian Jackson makes two point dunk	10-8
12:33		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
12:31		Ian Jackson defensive rebound
12:25	+3	Jalen Washington makes three point jump shot (RJ Davis assists)	13-8
12:07		Chris Bell misses three point jump shot
12:05		Seth Trimble defensive rebound
11:47		Seth Trimble misses two point jump shot
11:45		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
11:40		Ian Jackson personal foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
11:40		TV timeout
11:34	+2	Naheem McLeod makes two point layup (Jaquan Carlos assists)	13-10
11:06	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point layup	15-10
10:46		RJ Davis blocks Jaquan Carlos's two point jump shot
10:44		Naheem McLeod offensive rebound
10:36		Jaquan Carlos turnover (lost ball) (RJ Davis steals)
10:34		Jaquan Carlos blocks Ian Jackson's two point layup
10:32		Tar Heels offensive rebound
10:23		Ven-Allen Lubin misses two point jump shot
10:21		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
10:05		Naheem McLeod misses two point jump shot
10:03		Naheem McLeod offensive rebound
9:56	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point jump shot (Naheem McLeod assists)	15-12
9:43		RJ Davis misses three point jump shot
9:41		Petar Majstorovic defensive rebound
9:33	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point layup (Jaquan Carlos assists)	15-14
9:16	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point dunk (Drake Powell assists)	17-14
8:57		Drake Powell blocks Jaquan Carlos's two point layup
8:55		Seth Trimble defensive rebound
8:53		Kyle Cuffe Jr. shooting foul (Ian Jackson draws the foul)
8:53		Ian Jackson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:53		Ian Jackson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:53		Jyare Davis defensive rebound
8:34		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses two point jump shot
8:32		Jyare Davis offensive rebound
8:31	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point layup	17-16
8:11		Elliot Cadeau turnover (traveling)
7:56		Jaquan Carlos turnover (bad pass) (Seth Trimble steals)
7:50		Seth Trimble misses two point layup
7:48		Ian Jackson offensive rebound
7:47	+2	Ian Jackson makes two point layup	19-16
7:28		Elliot Cadeau personal foul (Chris Bell draws the foul)
7:28		TV timeout
7:28	+3	Chris Bell makes three point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	19-19
7:13	+3	Ian Jackson makes three point jump shot (Elliot Cadeau assists)	22-19
6:49		Ian Jackson blocks Kyle Cuffe Jr.'s two point layup
6:47		Jae'Lyn Withers defensive rebound
6:30	+2	Jae'Lyn Withers makes two point jump shot	24-19
6:23		Elliot Cadeau personal foul (Jaquan Carlos draws the foul)
6:15		Chris Bell misses two point jump shot
6:13		Orange offensive rebound
6:10		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses three point jump shot
6:08		Jalen Washington defensive rebound
5:53		Jae'Lyn Withers misses two point jump shot
5:51		Jalen Washington offensive rebound
5:50	+2	Jalen Washington makes two point layup	26-19
5:21		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:19		Jae'Lyn Withers defensive rebound
5:01		RJ Davis misses three point jump shot
4:59		RJ Davis offensive rebound
4:57	+2	RJ Davis makes two point jump shot	28-19
4:57		Orange 30 second timeout
4:50	+2	Lucas Taylor makes two point jump shot (J.J. Starling assists)	28-21
4:25	+3	Ian Jackson makes three point jump shot	31-21
3:57		Jyare Davis misses three point jump shot
3:55		RJ Davis defensive rebound
3:48		Jalen Washington misses three point jump shot
3:46		J.J. Starling defensive rebound
3:39		Jae'Lyn Withers shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
3:39		TV timeout
3:39	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-22
3:39	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-23
3:18	+3	RJ Davis makes three point jump shot (Jae'Lyn Withers assists)	34-23
2:58		Petar Majstorovic misses two point layup
2:56		Petar Majstorovic offensive rebound
2:55	+2	Petar Majstorovic makes two point layup	34-25
2:41		Seth Trimble misses two point jump shot
2:39		Seth Trimble offensive rebound
2:38	+2	Seth Trimble makes two point layup	36-25
2:21		Jaquan Carlos misses two point jump shot
2:19		Petar Majstorovic offensive rebound
2:13	+3	Lucas Taylor makes three point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	36-28
1:53	+3	Jae'Lyn Withers makes three point jump shot (Seth Trimble assists)	39-28
1:34		Seth Trimble personal foul (Elijah Moore draws the foul)
1:25	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	39-30
1:25		Jalen Washington shooting foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
1:25	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	39-31
1:09		Seth Trimble misses three point jump shot
1:07		Jaquan Carlos defensive rebound
1:00	+3	Lucas Taylor makes three point jump shot (Elijah Moore assists)	39-34
0:39	+3	Ian Jackson makes three point jump shot (RJ Davis assists)	42-34
0:06		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:04		Seth Trimble defensive rebound
0:04		Elijah Moore personal foul (Seth Trimble draws the foul)
0:04		Tar Heels 30 second timeout
0:02		Lucas Taylor personal foul (RJ Davis draws the foul)
0:01		Ian Jackson misses three point jump shot
0:00		Seth Trimble offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UNC
Tar Heels
46
SYR
Orange
48

Time		Play	Score
19:47	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point jump shot	42-36
19:30	+2	Ven-Allen Lubin makes two point dunk (Elliot Cadeau assists)	44-36
19:07		Jyare Davis misses two point layup
19:05		Jae'Lyn Withers defensive rebound
18:55	+3	Jae'Lyn Withers makes three point jump shot (RJ Davis assists)	47-36
18:33	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point layup (J.J. Starling assists)	47-38
18:17	+2	Seth Trimble makes two point layup	49-38
17:59		Jae'Lyn Withers blocks J.J. Starling's two point layup
17:58		Orange offensive rebound
17:54	+3	Jyare Davis makes three point jump shot (J.J. Starling assists)	49-41
17:37	+3	Jae'Lyn Withers makes three point jump shot (Elliot Cadeau assists)	52-41
17:14		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
17:12		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
17:04	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup (Lucas Taylor assists)	52-43
16:51		Jaquan Carlos personal foul (Elliot Cadeau draws the foul)
16:51	+1	Elliot Cadeau makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-43
16:51		Elliot Cadeau misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:51		J.J. Starling defensive rebound
16:34	+2	Lucas Taylor makes two point layup (Jaquan Carlos assists)	53-45
16:24		Elliot Cadeau offensive foul
16:24		Elliot Cadeau turnover (offensive foul)
16:12		Jalen Washington personal foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
16:01		J.J. Starling turnover (out of bounds)
15:48		Jae'Lyn Withers misses three point jump shot
15:46		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
15:35		Jae'Lyn Withers shooting foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
15:35		TV timeout
15:35	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-46
15:35		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:35		Jalen Washington defensive rebound
15:09	+3	Drake Powell makes three point jump shot (Jalen Washington assists)	56-46
14:46	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point dunk (J.J. Starling assists)	56-48
14:34		Eddie Lampkin Jr. shooting foul (Ian Jackson draws the foul)
14:34	+1	Ian Jackson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-48
14:34		Ian Jackson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:34		Drake Powell offensive rebound
14:19		RJ Davis misses three point jump shot
14:17		J.J. Starling defensive rebound
14:15		Ian Jackson shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
14:15	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-49
14:15	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-50
13:53		Ian Jackson turnover (out of bounds)
13:40	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point jump shot	57-52
13:26		Seth Trimble misses two point jump shot
13:24		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
13:11		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
13:09		Seth Trimble defensive rebound
12:43		Ian Jackson misses three point jump shot
12:41		RJ Davis offensive rebound
12:35	+3	RJ Davis makes three point jump shot	60-52
12:11		Jalen Washington shooting foul (Petar Majstorovic draws the foul)
12:11		Petar Majstorovic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:11	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-53
11:55		Petar Majstorovic blocks Ian Jackson's three point jump shot
11:53		Ven-Allen Lubin offensive rebound
11:41		Ven-Allen Lubin turnover (lost ball) (J.J. Starling steals)
11:28	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point jump shot	60-55
10:55		Elliot Cadeau misses two point jump shot
10:53		Naheem McLeod defensive rebound
10:42		Ven-Allen Lubin shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
10:42		TV timeout
10:42	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-56
10:42	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-57
10:21		RJ Davis misses three point jump shot
10:19		Chris Bell defensive rebound
10:10	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	60-59
10:10		Jae'Lyn Withers shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
10:10	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 1	60-60
9:47		Naheem McLeod shooting foul (RJ Davis draws the foul)
9:47	+1	RJ Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-60
9:47	+1	RJ Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-60
9:31	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point dunk (Petar Majstorovic assists)	62-62
9:10	+3	Ian Jackson makes three point jump shot (RJ Davis assists)	65-62
8:35		Jalen Washington shooting foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
8:34		Official timeout
8:35	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-63
8:35	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-64
8:20	+2	Jae'Lyn Withers makes two point jump shot (Drake Powell assists)	67-64
7:54		J.J. Starling misses two point jump shot
7:52		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
7:45	+2	Jae'Lyn Withers makes two point layup (Drake Powell assists)	69-64
7:45		Eddie Lampkin Jr. shooting foul (Jae'Lyn Withers draws the foul)
7:45		TV timeout
7:45	+1	Jae'Lyn Withers makes regular free throw 1 of 1	70-64
7:32		Jaquan Carlos misses two point jump shot
7:30		RJ Davis defensive rebound
7:26	+2	Jae'Lyn Withers makes two point layup (RJ Davis assists)	72-64
7:26		Eddie Lampkin Jr. shooting foul (Jae'Lyn Withers draws the foul)
7:26	+1	Jae'Lyn Withers makes regular free throw 1 of 1	73-64
7:08	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	73-66
6:54		Ian Jackson misses three point jump shot
6:52		Orange defensive rebound
6:28		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (bad pass)
6:28		Tar Heels 60 second timeout
6:09		RJ Davis turnover (traveling)
5:51		Jae'Lyn Withers personal foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
5:51	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-67
5:51	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-68
5:25	+2	Elliot Cadeau makes two point jump shot	75-68
5:10		Petar Majstorovic offensive foul
5:10		Petar Majstorovic turnover (offensive foul)
4:46	+3	RJ Davis makes three point jump shot (Elliot Cadeau assists)	78-68
4:27		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
4:25		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
4:21		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
4:19		Elliot Cadeau defensive rebound
3:59		Drake Powell misses three point jump shot
3:57		Lucas Taylor defensive rebound
3:52	+2	Jaquan Carlos makes two point jump shot	78-70
3:52		Elliot Cadeau shooting foul (Jaquan Carlos draws the foul)
3:52		TV timeout
3:52	+1	Jaquan Carlos makes regular free throw 1 of 1	78-71
3:33		Jaquan Carlos personal foul (Ian Jackson draws the foul)
3:33	+1	Ian Jackson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-71
3:33		Ian Jackson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:33		Lucas Taylor defensive rebound
3:22	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	79-73
3:01		RJ Davis misses two point layup
2:59		Drake Powell offensive rebound
2:34		Drake Powell misses two point jump shot
2:34		J.J. Starling defensive rebound
2:34		Jae'Lyn Withers blocks J.J. Starling's two point layup
2:32		Ian Jackson defensive rebound
2:20	+2	Ian Jackson makes two point layup	81-73
2:20		Lucas Taylor turnover
2:20		Tar Heels 30 second timeout
2:00		Ian Jackson misses two point layup
1:58		Jyare Davis defensive rebound
1:50		Jaquan Carlos misses two point layup
1:48		Jae'Lyn Withers defensive rebound
1:45		Jae'Lyn Withers turnover (bad pass) (J.J. Starling steals)
1:45	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	81-75
1:45		Jae'Lyn Withers shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
1:45	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 1	81-76
1:25		Petar Majstorovic personal foul (RJ Davis draws the foul)
1:25	+1	RJ Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-76
1:25		RJ Davis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:25		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
1:16		Seth Trimble shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
1:16	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-77
1:16	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-78
1:15		Lucas Taylor personal foul (Elliot Cadeau draws the foul)
1:15		Elliot Cadeau misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:15		Chris Bell defensive rebound
1:08		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
1:06		J.J. Starling offensive rebound
0:59		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
0:58		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
0:58		Jalen Washington personal foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
0:58	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-79
0:58	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	82-80
0:40	+2	Elliot Cadeau makes two point layup	84-80
0:31		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:29		Ian Jackson defensive rebound
0:25		Jaquan Carlos personal foul (RJ Davis draws the foul)
0:25	+1	RJ Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-80
0:25	+1	RJ Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	86-80
0:25		Tar Heels 30 second timeout
0:19		Drake Powell blocks J.J. Starling's two point layup
0:17		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
0:12		Jaquan Carlos misses three point jump shot
0:10		Orange offensive rebound
0:09	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	86-82
0:09		Orange 30 second timeout
0:09		J.J. Starling personal foul (Drake Powell draws the foul)
0:09	+1	Drake Powell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	87-82
0:09	+1	Drake Powell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	88-82
0:01		Chris Bell misses two point jump shot
0:00		Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Ven-Allen Lubin defensive rebound