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Chapel Hill: Georgia beats UNC 78-70

Catchings scored 22 and Cain added 20 at the Smith Center. Georgia closed on a 10-2 run after a 68-68 tie. UNC is 3-1.

ConfirmedThe main facts are confirmed by official or first-hand sources.

By Alexandru Stanciu · Published

Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill

File photo: Mx. Granger (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.

What we know

Confirmed

  • Georgia beat North Carolina 78-70 on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill. UNC's recap, the UNC box score and the Associated Press all list that final. The box lists attendance of 16,041. The halves were Georgia 38 and 40, and North Carolina 31 and 39. North Carolina is 3-1 and 0-0 in the ACC. Georgia is 4-0 and 0-0 in the SEC. The athletics page lists a 7 p.m. tip.Confirmed by UNC Athletics recap and box score; Associated Press
  • UNC's recap says the score was tied at 68 with 2:42 left, and Georgia finished on a 10-2 run. In that close the Bulldogs hit two three-pointers and four free throws, while the Tar Heels missed four of their last five shots. The same recap says UNC led 60-51 with 10:35 left, then Georgia closed the game on a 27-10 burst, and Carolina missed 16 of its last 21 shots. Those are two different stretches in the school write-up. They are not the same run.Confirmed by UNC Athletics recap
  • The Associated Press says Georgia outscored North Carolina 20-8 in the last 6 minutes. That window is the wire's. It is not substituted for the 10-2 close or the 27-10 burst on the school page. The wire says Kanon Catchings made two free throws with 2:11 left to put Georgia ahead for good, 69-68, then a three-pointer from the left baseline with 1:44 left. UNC's recap times a Catchings three at 1:44 that made the score 72-68 and brought a Carolina timeout.Confirmed by Associated Press; UNC Athletics recap for the 1:44 clock and the 72-68 score
  • Both accounts then describe a Sayon Keita dunk that made it 72-70 and a Blue Cain three-pointer with 1:01 left. UNC's recap adds that Marcus Millender hit two free throws and James Scott hit one to make the final 78-70. The Associated Press says Keita's dunk came 20 seconds after the Catchings three.Confirmed by UNC Athletics recap; Associated Press
  • UNC's recap says Georgia hit three consecutive three-pointers and closed the first half on a 9-0 run, leading 38-31. It says Carolina was scoreless for the final 2:49 and missed its last five shots of the half. The box lists a 38-31 halftime score and a first-half UNC line of 9 of 36, 25.00 percent. The recap calls that 25 percent the worst of Carolina's first seven halves this season and a tie for the third-lowest shooting half in Smith Center history.Confirmed by UNC Athletics recap and box score
  • The Associated Press says Maximo Adams converted a three-point play with 2:49 left in the first half to make it 31-29, and that a Catchings three started the 9-0 answer. The wire says 38-31 was the largest lead for either team at the break. It also says the Tar Heels outscored Georgia 17-7 in the first 5 1/2 minutes of the second half and led 48-45, then moved ahead 50-45 before the lead reached 60-51. UNC's recap describes the second-half start as a 19-7 run, then a 29-13 run to 60-51 at 10:35, after Carolina hit 9 of its first 14 shots of the half. The 17-7 line stays with the wire. The 19-7 and 29-13 lines stay with the school page.Confirmed by Associated Press; UNC Athletics recap
  • Terrence Brown scored 21 points. The box lists 7 of 15 from the field, 4 of 8 from three and 3 of 4 at the line, with 3 rebounds, in 34 minutes. He started. UNC's recap says 21 tied his season high and that the four threes were one short of a career high of five. The Associated Press also lists 21.Confirmed by UNC Athletics box score and recap; Associated Press
  • Neo Avdalas scored 14. The box lists 5 of 13, 0 of 3 from three and 4 of 5 at the line, with 2 rebounds, in 23 minutes. He started. UNC's recap says 11 of the 14 came in the second half. The Associated Press also lists 14.Confirmed by UNC Athletics box score and recap; Associated Press
  • Isaiah Denis scored 11. The box does not mark him as a starter. It lists 3 of 9, 3 of 7 from three and 2 of 2 at the line, with 4 rebounds, in 20 minutes. UNC's recap says the 11 included three three-pointers. The Associated Press calls him a reserve and also lists 11.Confirmed by UNC Athletics box score and recap; Associated Press
  • Maximo Adams had 11 rebounds and 4 points. The box lists 1 of 8 from the field, 0 of 4 from three and 2 of 5 at the line. UNC's recap says the 11 rebounds tied his season high.Confirmed by UNC Athletics box score and recap
  • Kanon Catchings scored 22. The box lists 7 of 16, 5 of 10 from three and 3 of 4 at the line, with 11 rebounds, in 35 minutes. UNC's recap says he scored 11 points in each half. Blue Cain scored 20. The box lists 7 of 17, 4 of 9 from three and 2 of 2 at the line, with 7 rebounds. Marcus Millender scored 17 with 7 rebounds. The box lists 6 of 12, 2 of 4 from three and 3 of 4 at the line. The Associated Press also lists 22, 20 and 17.Confirmed by UNC Athletics box score and recap; Associated Press
  • For the game, the box has North Carolina at 24 of 73, 32.88 percent, 9 of 38 from three and 13 of 19 at the line, with 43 rebounds, 14 assists, 10 turnovers, 7 blocks and 10 steals. Georgia was 27 of 70, 38.57 percent, 14 of 36 from three and 10 of 15 at the line, with 52 rebounds, 12 assists, 12 turnovers, 4 blocks and 6 steals. UNC's recap prints three-point rates of 23.7 percent and 38.9 percent, which match 9 of 38 and 14 of 36. The recap calls 38 three-point tries a program record. The box lists 13 lead changes and 5 ties.Confirmed by UNC Athletics box score and recap
  • UNC's recap says Georgia won the rebounding battle 52-43, the third time in four games Carolina has lost that battle, and that 13 of Georgia's 15 second-chance points came in the second half. The box lists 15 second-chance points for Georgia and 17 for North Carolina.Confirmed by UNC Athletics recap and box score
  • In the UNC recap, Brown said, "We've just got to execute at the end of the games." Isaiah Denis said the team did not make a lot of threes and still has a lot to improve in effort. Coach Michael Malone said he showed one loose-ball clip at halftime and told the team, "We have to be the more desperate team."Confirmed by UNC Athletics recap, quoting Terrence Brown, Isaiah Denis and Michael Malone
  • The Associated Press says Georgia is 4-0 for the third straight year and that the loss ended a 21-game North Carolina home winning streak. UNC's recap also says the result snapped a 21-game home winning streak. The wire says Georgia hosts Jacksonville on Monday and North Carolina hosts Marshall on Nov. 20. UNC's recap says the Marshall game is the fifth of six straight home games to open the season, Friday, Nov. 20, at 9 p.m. in the Smith Center, on ACC Network.Confirmed by Associated Press; UNC Athletics recap

Still unknown

  • How the late Georgia run is counted. The school recap uses a 10-2 close after a 68-68 tie at 2:42, and a separate 27-10 burst after a 60-51 lead at 10:35. The Associated Press uses a 20-8 margin over the last 6 minutes. The lines are not merged
  • The second-half opening run. UNC's recap uses 19-7, then 29-13, to reach 60-51. The Associated Press uses 17-7 to reach 48-45. The lines are not merged
  • Whether 38-31 was the largest lead of the night. The Associated Press attaches that margin to the break. UNC's recap says the Tar Heels later led by as many as nine. This file does not treat 38-31 as the biggest lead of the game

What happened

In Chapel Hill, Georgia beat North Carolina 78-70 on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, at the Dean Smith Center.

UNC's recap, the school box and the Associated Press all list that final. The box puts the crowd at 16,041. Georgia scored 38, then 40. The Tar Heels scored 31, then 39. North Carolina is 3-1 and 0-0 in the ACC. Georgia is 4-0 and 0-0 in the SEC. The athletics page lists a 7 p.m. tip.

Friday was the Georgia visit named in this site's Wyoming recap. The same night, NC State beat Troy and Duke beat SIU Edwardsville.

After the tie

UNC's recap says the game was tied at 68 with 2:42 remaining, and Georgia finished on a 10-2 run. In that close the Bulldogs made two threes and four free throws. Carolina missed four of its last five shots.

The same write-up uses a longer window for the collapse. It says the Tar Heels led 60-51 with 10:35 left, then Georgia scored the next stretch 27-10, and Carolina missed 16 of its last 21 attempts. The 10-2 run and the 27-10 burst are both on the school page. They are not one number written two ways.

The Associated Press counts the finish differently: Georgia outscored North Carolina 20-8 over the last 6 minutes. That 20-8 line stays with the wire.

The wire says Catchings made two free throws with 2:11 left for a 69-68 lead, the first time Georgia was ahead for good, and then a three from the left baseline with 1:44 left. UNC's recap puts a Catchings three at that same 1:44 mark and lists the score as 72-68, with a Carolina timeout. A Keita dunk then made it 72-70. The Associated Press says the dunk came 20 seconds after the Catchings three. Cain's three with 1:01 left is in both accounts. The school write-up adds Millender's two free throws and one from James Scott for the 78-70 final.

The first half, then the push

Trouble showed up before the break, in the school account. Georgia hit three threes in a row and closed the half on a 9-0 run, ahead 38-31. Carolina did not score in the last 2:49 and missed its last five shots of the period. The box matches the 38-31 halftime score. It also lists UNC at 9 of 36 before intermission, an even 25 percent. The recap calls that the weakest of Carolina's first seven halves this season, and a tie for the third-lowest shooting half in the building's history.

The Associated Press fills in the basket that made it 31-29: an Adams three-point play with 2:49 left in the half, answered by a Catchings three and the 9-0 run. The wire says 38-31 was the largest lead either side held at the break. Later, UNC's recap says the Tar Heels led by as many as nine. This file does not turn the halftime margin into the biggest lead of the night.

After the break, the school write-up says Carolina opened on a 19-7 run and then stretched the push to 29-13, leading 60-51 at the 10:35 mark. It says the Tar Heels made 9 of their first 14 shots of the half. The Associated Press describes the first 5 1/2 minutes as a 17-7 edge that put UNC up 48-45, then a Brown three-point play, a Brown three and a Jarin Stevenson dunk for 50-45, before the lead reached 60-51. The 17-7 figure is the wire's. The 19-7 and 29-13 figures are the recap's.

Who scored

The individual lines are the official box.

Terrence Brown led North Carolina with 21, on 7 of 15 shooting and 4 of 8 from three, plus 3 of 4 free throws and 3 rebounds. He started. The school write-up says 21 matched his season high, and that four made threes left him one short of a career high of five. The Associated Press also lists 21.

Neo Avdalas had 14, on 5 of 13, with no threes in three tries, 4 of 5 at the line and 2 rebounds. The recap says 11 of those points came after halftime. Isaiah Denis had 11, all three of his field goals coming from deep, on 3 of 7 threes and 2 of 2 at the line. The box does not mark him as a starter. The wire calls him a reserve. Maximo Adams grabbed 11 rebounds to go with 4 points, on 1 of 8 from the field. The recap says those 11 boards tied a season high.

Kanon Catchings led Georgia with 22, on 7 of 16 and 5 of 10 from three, with 11 rebounds. The recap splits his points 11 and 11. Blue Cain scored 20, on 7 of 17 and 4 of 9 from three, with 7 rebounds. Marcus Millender had 17 and 7 rebounds, on 6 of 12 and 2 of 4 from deep. The Associated Press also lists 22, 20 and 17.

Brown, in the school recap, said, "We've just got to execute at the end of the games." Denis said the group did not make many threes and still has work to do on effort. Michael Malone said he showed the team one loose-ball clip at the break and told them, "We have to be the more desperate team."

The shot chart, and Nov. 20

The box has Carolina at 24 of 73, printed as 32.88 percent, with 9 of 38 from three and 13 of 19 at the line. Georgia shot 27 of 70, 38.57 percent, made 14 of 36 threes and 10 of 15 free throws. The recap's 23.7 percent and 38.9 percent match 9 of 38 and 14 of 36. The school write-up calls the 38 three-point attempts a program record. The sheet is where the 38 comes from. The record label is the recap's.

Rebounds were 52-43, Georgia. UNC's recap says that is the third time in four games the Tar Heels have lost the glass. It also says 13 of Georgia's 15 second-chance points came after halftime. The box lists those team second-chance totals as 15 and 17, Georgia first. Turnovers were 12 for the visitors and 10 for Carolina. The box lists 13 lead changes and 5 ties.

The Associated Press says this is Georgia's third straight season opening at 4-0, and that the defeat ended a 21-game North Carolina home winning streak. The school recap uses that same 21-game streak.

The wire sends Georgia home against Jacksonville on Monday, and sends North Carolina to Marshall on Nov. 20. The clock and the network are the UNC recap: Friday, Nov. 20, at 9 p.m. in the Smith Center, on ACC Network, the fifth of six consecutive home games to start the year.

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Why it matters

Chapel Hill's men's basketball team fell to 3-1 at the Smith Center, and the loss ended a 21-game home winning streak that both the school recap and the Associated Press describe.

Updates

  1. Nov 14, 2026, 9:10 AM

    First file from the UNC recap and box and the Associated Press. Player lines and the 16,041 attendance are the box. The 10-2 close, the 27-10 burst and the 19-7 start are the recap. The wire's 20-8 and 17-7 lines are not swapped in. The 21-game home streak is in both the recap and the wire. No athletics photos. lead is false. onTikTok is false.

Sources

  1. Georgia Closes Strong & Tops Tar Heels, 78-70 (UNC Athletics recap, Matt Bowers, Nov. 13, 2026, Chapel Hill, 7 p.m.: 78-70 at the Smith Center; halves 38-40 and 31-39; Georgia 4-0, UNC 3-1; tied 68 with 2:42 left and a 10-2 close; two threes and four free throws by Georgia; UNC missed four of its last five; led 60-51 with 10:35 left; 27-10 Georgia burst; UNC missed 16 of its last 21; 21-game home winning streak snapped; Catchings 22 with five threes, 11 in each half and 11 rebounds; Cain 20 with four threes; Millender 17 and seven boards; Brown 21, tying a season high, four threes, one short of a career high of five; Avdalas 14, with 11 after halftime; Denis 11 with three threes; Adams 11 rebounds, tying a season high; first-half 9-0 Georgia run to 38-31; UNC 9 of 36, 25 percent, called the third-worst Smith Center shooting half and the worst of the first seven halves; second half opened 19-7, then 29-13 to 60-51; 9 of the first 14 after the break; program-record 38 three-point tries, 9 for 23.7 percent; Georgia 14 of 36 for 38.9 percent; rebounds 52-43; 13 of 15 Georgia second-chance points in the second half; Catchings three at 1:44 for 72-68; Keita dunk to 72-70; Cain three at 1:01; Millender two free throws and Scott one for 78-70; next Marshall, Friday, Nov. 20, 9 p.m., ACC Network, fifth of six home games. Quotes from Brown, Denis and Malone are shortened in the story. Text-only. No athletics photos used.)

    Official sourcePublished by UNC Athletics · Checked Nov 14, 2026, 9:10 AM

  2. Men's Basketball vs Georgia on 11/13/26, box score (Final 78-70; Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill; attendance 16,041; date 11/13/26; Georgia 4-0 and 0-0 SEC, North Carolina 3-1 and 0-0 ACC; halves 38-40 and 31-39; Catchings 22 on 7-16 and 5-10 from three, 11 rebounds, starter; Cain 20 on 7-17 and 4-9 from three, 7 rebounds, starter; Millender 17 on 6-12 and 2-4 from three, 7 rebounds, starter; Brown 21 on 7-15 and 4-8 from three, 3 rebounds, starter; Avdalas 14 on 5-13 and 0-3 from three, 4-5 at the line, starter; Denis 11 on 3-9 and 3-7 from three, no start marked; Adams 4 points and 11 rebounds; Georgia 27-70, 14-36, 10-15, 52 rebounds, 12 turnovers, 15 second-chance points; UNC 24-73, 9-38, 13-19, 43 rebounds, 10 turnovers, 17 second-chance points; first half UNC 9-36. Lead changes 13. Scores tied 5. Referees Jeb Hartness, A.J. Desai, Lee Cassell. Text-only.)

    Official sourcePublished by UNC Athletics · Checked Nov 14, 2026, 9:10 AM

  3. Catchings, Cain serve as 1-2 punch for Georgia as Bulldogs pull comeback win over North Carolina (Associated Press, updated 2:48 a.m. UTC Nov. 14, 2026 / 9:48 p.m. Eastern Nov. 13: 78-70 Friday night in Chapel Hill; 21-game home win streak; Catchings 22; Cain 20; Millender 17; Georgia 4-0 for the third straight year; Brown 21; Avdalas 14; Denis 11, called a reserve; UNC 3-1; Georgia outscored UNC 20-8 in the last 6 minutes; Catchings free throws at 2:11 for 69-68; Catchings three at 1:44; Keita dunk 20 seconds later to 72-70; Cain three at 1:01; Adams three-point play at 2:49 of the first half for 31-29; 9-0 run; 38-31 at the break, called the largest lead for either team at intermission; second half 17-7 in the first 5 1/2 minutes to 48-45, then 50-45, then 60-51; Georgia hosts Jacksonville on Monday; North Carolina hosts Marshall on Nov. 20. The apnews.com page returned a 403 to a direct request. The text used here is the story body retrieved for that URL. Text-only. No AP photos used.)

    Third-party sourcePublished by Associated Press · Checked Nov 14, 2026, 9:10 AM

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