In a season where nothing is easy for the graduate guard, RJ Davis looked the most comfortable he has appeared this entire season against SMU.

In its first meeting with SMU as a conference foe, UNC never trailed and rolled to an 82-67 win at the Smith Center on Tuesday night.

The UNC men's basketball team (10-6, 3-1 ACC) dominated the SMU Mustangs (11-4, 2-2 ACC), 82-67, on Tuesday evening at the Dean E. Smith Center.

In SMU’s first basketball visit to Chapel Hill as an ACC member, the Mustangs arrived leading their new conference in scoring and 3-point shooting, but UNC had plenty to say about that Tuesday.

Throughout their college basketball season, the North Carolina Tar Heels have largely struggled to do two things: play solid defense and good basketball in the first half. On Tuesday night against SMU in a late-night ACC basketball batle,

UNC hosted SMU and while it wasn’t perfect, the Tar Heels finally played a game that they mostly controlled from start to finish. Led by 26 points from RJ Davi