It required a fifth season in college. Even so, UNC basketball star RJ Davis now sits above Duke basketball treasure Christian Laettner with sole possession of seventh place on the all-time ACC scoring list.
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Davis passed Laettner (2,460 points), a fellow New York native, during the first half of the Tar Heels’ road game against Duke basketball alum Jeff Capel’s Pitt Panthers on Tuesday night.
RJ Davis (2,464 career points) has passed Christian Laettner for seventh all-time in ACC scoring.
— Carolina Basketball Stats & Info (@UNCMBBStats) January 29, 2025
Earlier this season, the 23-year-old Davis, averaging 17.7 points per game as a graduate talent under Hubert Davis after posting a career-high 21.2 points per game as the eventual ACC Player of the Year last go-round, passed a 2010 Blue Devil national champion on the list in Kyle Singler (2,392 points).
Singler now checks in at No. 9, one notch below Laettner, who powered back-to-back national championships under Mike Krzyzewski in 1991 and 1992.
For now, it’s still conceivable that RJ Davis could climb as high as No. 2 and finish below only fellow UNC basketball alum Tyler Hansbrough (2,872 points). If so, he’d pass two more former Blue Devils in Johnny Dawkins, currently No. 4 with his 2,556 points, and JJ Redick, No. 2 with his 2,769 points.
Of course, RJ Davis and the archrival Tar Heels (13-8, 6-3 ACC) will be in Durham to face Jon Scheyer’s Blue Devils (18-2, 10-0 ACC) at 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN).
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