UNC Basketball scores second-largest comeback win in program history

After a season-high 30 points from graduate RJ Davis and a career-high 27 points from junior guard Seth Trimble, Hubert Davis’ fourth UNC basketball team got off to a flying start with a 92-90 win over the Maui Invitational over the previously undefeated Dayton Flyers (5th). -1, 0-0 Atlantic 10) on Monday night at the Lahaina Civic Center.

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After trailing 51-33 at halftime, the 12th-ranked Tar Heels (4-1, 0-0 ACC) trailed by 21 points with 17:36 left in the game. From that point on, they outscored the Flyers 57-34, setting up a Maui Invitational semifinal against the No. 4 Auburn Tigers on Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET (ESPN).

The 21-point comeback win was the largest second-half comeback win in UNC basketball history. And it’s the program’s second-largest comeback win overall, as the 1991-92 Tar Heels rallied from a first-half deficit of 22 to defeat the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in February of that season.

UNC’s 59 points after halftime marked the second time in the Tar Heels’ last three games that they have reached that point total in the second half.

In addition to his career scoring night, eight points more than his previous best, Trimble recorded his first UNC basketball double-double by grabbing a career-best ten rebounds and led the Tar Heels on the boards. He and Davis, who topped 30 points for the sixth time as a collegiate player, each had a team-high five assists against the Flyers.

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