Charleston Southern Buccaneers @ North Carolina Tar Heels
Charleston Southern takes on No. 18 North Carolina, aims to stop 3-game slide
Charleston Southern Buccaneers (2-9) at North Carolina Tar Heels (10-3, 0-1 ACC)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Charleston Southern aims to end its three-game skid with a win over No. 18 North Carolina.
The Tar Heels have gone 5-1 at home. North Carolina is 10-3 in games decided by at least 10 points.
The Buccaneers are 0-5 in road games. Charleston Southern ranks sixth in the Big South shooting 29.8% from 3-point range.
North Carolina scores 78.9 points, 5.5 more per game than the 73.4 Charleston Southern allows. Charleston Southern's 36.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.1 percentage points lower than North Carolina has given up to its opponents (38.4%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Nyla Brooks averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Tar Heels, scoring 10.0 points while shooting 43.1% from beyond the arc. Indya Nivar is shooting 51.1% and averaging 12.2 points over the last 10 games.
Caelan Ellis averages 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Buccaneers, scoring 11.3 points while shooting 34.4% from beyond the arc. Ashra Sra is averaging 11.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and four assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tar Heels: 8-2, averaging 80.5 points, 32.8 rebounds, 16.8 assists, 10.6 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 57.9 points per game.
Buccaneers: 2-8, averaging 55.2 points, 31.1 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 5.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 35.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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2025-26 Big South Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 0-0 | - | 11-2 |
| Longwood | 0-0 | - | 8-4 |
| Radford | 0-0 | - | 8-6 |
| Winthrop | 0-0 | - | 7-7 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 0-0 | - | 5-9 |
| UNC Asheville | 0-0 | - | 4-8 |
| Gardner-Webb | 0-0 | - | 3-10 |
| Charleston Southern | 0-0 | - | 2-9 |
| Presbyterian | 0-0 | - | 2-10 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 2-0 | - | 12-3 |
| NC State | 2-0 | - | 8-4 |
| Syracuse | 1-0 | 0.5 | 11-1 |
| Stanford | 1-0 | 0.5 | 10-2 |
| Notre Dame | 1-0 | 0.5 | 8-2 |
| Virginia | 1-0 | 0.5 | 9-3 |
| Duke | 1-0 | 0.5 | 6-6 |
| Virginia Tech | 1-1 | 1 | 10-3 |
| Wake Forest | 1-1 | 1 | 10-3 |
| Clemson | 1-1 | 1 | 8-4 |
| Miami | 1-1 | 1 | 7-4 |
| North Carolina | 0-1 | 1.5 | 10-3 |
| California | 0-1 | 1.5 | 8-4 |
| Pittsburgh | 0-1 | 1.5 | 7-6 |
| SMU | 0-1 | 1.5 | 6-6 |
| Boston College | 0-1 | 1.5 | 4-10 |
| Florida State | 0-2 | 2 | 5-9 |
| Georgia Tech | 0-2 | 2 | 4-9 |

