ACC Hoops: Tar Heels Beat Hokies In Final Road Game Of The Season, 91-59 

March 4 ,2025 

Blacksburg, VA- Ven-Allen Lubin collected his first double-double as a Tar Heel and Ian Jackson hit five of North Carolina’s season-high 15 3-pointers while scoring 19 points in a 91-59 victory over Virginia Tech on Tuesday night at Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies have been playing good basketball recently so this was an impressive win for the Tar Heels. 

The Tar Heels (20-11, 13-6 ACC) extended their season-high win streak to six as they prepare to end the regular season at home against No. 2 Duke on Saturday. North Carolina won 20 games in a season for the 65th time. The Heels have scored 545 points in the last six games, putting them at 90.8 points per game in those contests. That was the first 30-point ACC road win since at Wake in 2019. 

Lubin, whose previous stops were at Notre Dame and Vanderbilt, had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Jackson was 5 of 8 from the arc. Seth Trimble scored 17 points, RJ Davis added 15 and Drake Powell had 13. Elliot Cadeau finished with 12 assists. 

The Tar Heels made 15 of 28 3-pointers and shot 59% overall. UNC has shot at least 55 percent in each of the last three games, the first time it’s done so since the first three games of the 2009-10 season. 

For the Hokies (13-17, 8-11), Jaydon Young and Ben Burnham scored 12 points each. Virginia Tech’s leading scorer and rebounder, Tobi Lawal was on the bench with a lower leg injury. He also missed the Hokies’ previous game. 

The Hokies led by two when North Carolina went on a 25-6 run over the final seven minutes of the first half, capped when Lubin fed Trimble in the lane for a dunk as time ran out for a 46-29 lead. Davis had nine of his 15 first-half points and Trimble seven of his 12 in that run. Jackson made consecutive 3-pointers in a 15-0 run that produced a 34-point bulge with 12 minutes remaining. It was one of the most impressive stretches of the season for the Tar Heels because it had a little bit of everything: tough defense, transition play, and good shooting.

UNC secured its 65th 20-win season and fourth in four years under head coach Hubert Davis. Five Tar Heels scored in double figures. Carolina extended its season-best winning streak to six games. 

Carolina is 74-17 all-time vs. Virginia Tech, including 21-7 since the Hokies joined the ACC. UNC is 10-1 this season and 31-2 when scoring 90+ points. 

Carolina is 56-23 in ACC regular-season games under Coach Davis, the second-most ACC wins by any team in the last four seasons. Carolina also continued their excellent rebounding. They led on the boards 38-27 and are now +70 on the glass in the last five games. 

The Tar Heels now prepare the Blue Devils, who they lost to 87-70 on Feb. 1 at Duke. Virginia Tech travels to play No. 11 Clemson, also Saturday.