Clemson Tigers vs North Carolina Tar Heels, T. Rowe Price ACC Tournament Quarterfinal

College Basketball

24-9

80-79

Final

24-8

Spectrum Center

TV: ESPN

Team	1H	2H	T
CLEM	39	41	80
UNC	31	48	79

Who won: Clemson 80-79

The Clemson Tigers beat the North Carolina Tar Heels 80-79 in T. Rowe Price ACC Tournament Quarterfinal on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at Spectrum Center. The Clemson outscored the North Carolina 39-31 in the 1st half. Nick Davidson led the Clemson in points (17). Henri Veesaar led the North Carolina in points (28).

Leaders

CLEMUNC

Points

Nick Davidson

17

Henri Veesaar

28

Assists

Dillon Hunter

3

Seth Trimble

8

Rebounds

Nick Davidson

11

Henri Veesaar

17

Scoring

2nd Half

14:09

MadeFreeThrow

Henri Veesaar makes free throw 1 of 2

48-38

14:09

MadeFreeThrow

Henri Veesaar makes free throw 2 of 2

48-39

13:48

MadeFreeThrow

Chase Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2

49-39

13:48

MadeFreeThrow

Chase Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2

50-39

13:34

LayUpShot

Seth Trimble makes driving layup (Derek Dixon assists)

50-41

13:19

JumpShot

Ace Buckner makes 15-foot floating jump shot

52-41

12:54

JumpShot

Butta Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ace Buckner assists)

55-41

12:23

LayUpShot

RJ Godfrey makes layup

57-41

12:23

MadeFreeThrow

RJ Godfrey makes free throw 1 of 1

58-41

12:02

TipShot

Henri Veesaar makes 0-foot tip in layup

58-43

11:36

JumpShot

Nick Davidson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jestin Porter assists)

61-43

11:13

JumpShot

Jonathan Powell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Henri Veesaar assists)

61-46

10:37

MadeFreeThrow

Jestin Porter makes free throw 2 of 2

62-46

9:37

JumpShot

Luka Bogavac makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jonathan Powell assists)

62-49

8:39

DunkShot

RJ Godfrey makes 0-foot dunk (Ace Buckner assists)

64-49

7:16

JumpShot

Henri Veesaar makes 27-foot three point jumper (Seth Trimble assists)

64-52

6:52

JumpShot

Butta Johnson makes 12-foot floating jump shot

66-52

6:34

LayUpShot

Henri Veesaar makes layup (Luka Bogavac assists)

66-54

5:07

JumpShot

Nick Davidson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dillon Hunter assists)

69-54

4:55

MadeFreeThrow

Luka Bogavac makes free throw 1 of 2

69-55

4:55

MadeFreeThrow

Luka Bogavac makes free throw 2 of 2

69-56

4:27

LayUpShot

Seth Trimble makes driving layup

69-58

4:07

JumpShot

Ace Buckner makes 14-foot pullup jump shot

71-58

3:36

JumpShot

Dillon Hunter makes 20-foot pullup jump shot

73-58

3:23

LayUpShot

Derek Dixon makes layup

73-60

2:39

MadeFreeThrow

Henri Veesaar makes free throw 1 of 2

73-61

2:39

MadeFreeThrow

Henri Veesaar makes free throw 2 of 2

73-62

2:28

JumpShot

Derek Dixon makes 24-foot three pointer

73-65

1:38

MadeFreeThrow

Nick Davidson makes free throw 1 of 2

74-65

1:27

JumpShot

Derek Dixon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Seth Trimble assists)

74-68

1:15

MadeFreeThrow

Nick Davidson makes free throw 1 of 2

75-68

1:15

MadeFreeThrow

Nick Davidson makes free throw 2 of 2

76-68

1:06

JumpShot

Henri Veesaar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derek Dixon assists)

76-71

0:23

LayUpShot

Seth Trimble makes driving layup

76-73

0:20

MadeFreeThrow

Dillon Hunter makes free throw 1 of 2

77-73

0:20

MadeFreeThrow

Dillon Hunter makes free throw 2 of 2

78-73

0:13

JumpShot

Henri Veesaar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Seth Trimble assists)

78-76

0:11

MadeFreeThrow

Dillon Hunter makes free throw 1 of 2

79-76

0:11

MadeFreeThrow

Dillon Hunter makes free throw 2 of 2

80-76

0:03

JumpShot

Derek Dixon makes 28-foot three point jumper (Seth Trimble assists)

80-79

Scores shown as CLEM-UNC.

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