CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Wofford men's basketball team made history on Wednesday night, defeating No. 5 North Carolina, the defending national champions, 79-75 to give the program its first win over an AP Top 25 ranked team in the Division I era (1-22). The win, Wofford's fifth consecutive, improves the Terriers to 8-4 on the season. Wofford is 2-0 against ACC teams this season after an earlier win against Georgia Tech, also a program first. North Carolina falls to 10-2 with its other loss coming to Michigan State.
 
"I think a big part of it is when you come in here and you see all the banners and history, you better believe that you can play and compete, fight on the glass and do the things necessary to win a basketball game," said head coach Mike Young. "We did that tonight. We had a lot of great performances from a number of people. We had a lot of guys play well, and I am awfully proud of them."
 
Fletcher Magee led all players with 27 points, 16 of which game in the second half of play. Magee entered the contest second in the country in points per game (24.1) and bested his average. The junior guard, who played 39 minutes, made 10 of Wofford's 28 shots and shot a season high 23 attempts. Magee averaged 31.5 points in the two ACC contests this season.
 
Magee went 4-12 from beyond the arc and went 3-3 from the free throw line to remain perfect on the season. He is just one of two players in the Division I ranks to still be perfect from the line in 2017-18. Magee's double-digit scoring streak, now at 57 games, is the second longest in the country.
 
Cameron Jackson contributed on both ends of the floor, playing a career high 35 minutes. The junior from Winchester, Va. set a program record for blocks in a game (6), while also scoring 18 points to help the offensive effort. He added three assists and a game high three steals in the win.
 
Trevor Stumpe earned the start for the third consecutive game. The junior added nine points for the Terriers and tied a team high with three assists. Wofford's lone senior, Derrick Brooks, scored seven points and had eight rebounds in 28 minutes of action. Freshman Storm Murphy had a solid performance from the point guard position and finished with six points and two assists.
 
Wofford held the Tar Heels to 12 points below their season average (87.2 PPG) and held them to 36.4% from the field, though North Carolina entered shooting 49.0%.
 
Wofford scored the first basket of the game on a layup by Jackson less than a minute in. The Terriers led for the first six minutes of play until the Tar Heels tied it at 11 with 13:56 to go in the first half. North Carolina took a 13-11 lead when Kenny Williams sunk two of three free throw attempts. Brooks hit a three to put Wofford back out in front, but the Tar Heels went on a 9-1 run to take a 22-15 lead. North Carolina led the remainder of the half until Magee scored on a layup with 49 seconds to go. Wofford closed the half on an 8-0 run in the last three and a half minutes and held on to take a 34-33 lead into the locker room at the break.
 
Magee, the Division I leader in total threes and threes per game, didn't have a single three in the first half of play but opened the second half with two quick makes from deep in the first three minutes of play to stretch the Wofford lead to seven. The Terriers never trailed in the second half of play. Jackson converted on a dunk to put Wofford up 11, the Terriers' first double-digit lead of the game. Nathan Hoover hit a three pointer with 13:28 to go to push the lead to 14, Wofford's largest lead of the contest.
 
Luke Maye cut it to four with 7:30 to go in the game and then to three with 6:13 left. Magee responded with a three to push it back to six, but Joel Berry answered with a three of his own to again chip away at the lead. Brooks pushed it back to five with a basket at 4:36, but again, Berry responded and pulled the Tar Heels back within three. Johnson went to the line and sank two free throws to pull North Carolina one, 70-69, but Hoover responded with a three to extend the lead and keep the Tar Heels at bay.
 
Maye sunk two free throws with 1:22 to go to make it 73-72, but a layup by Magee, two free throws from Stumpe and two free throws by Brooks gave Wofford a 79-72 lead with six seconds to go. Berry nailed a three pointer with two seconds on the clock to cut the lead to four, but the Terriers emerged victorious 79-75. 
 
The game was Wofford's final game before the Christmas holiday. Next on the schedule, Wofford begins conference play at UNCG on Dec. 30.