North Carolina dropped a critical road game at Wake Forest on Tuesday, another loss among a season of close-but-not-quite finishes for the Tar Heels.

UNC basketball hasn't won at Wake Forest since 2019. Will the Tar Heels end their drought against the Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem? Here's our pick.

RJ Davis and UNC basketball head to Winston-Salem on Tuesday for a Tobacco Road rivalry game against Hunter Sallis and Wake Forest at Joel Coliseum. The Tar Heels (12-7, 5-2 ACC) and Demon Deacons (14-4,

Wake Forest will aim to stop its five-game road slide when the Demon Deacons visit No. 13 North Carolina. The teams square off Thursday for the first time this season.

One bright spot for the Tar Heels is five-star freshman Ian Jackson has broken out over the last month. The shooting guard tallied just six points on 1-for-8 shooting against Stanford but had dropped 18+ points in his previous seven contests, averaging 22.7 ppg over that span.

Cameron Hildreth scored 20 points as Wake Forest won its sixth straight game, beating visiting North Carolina 67-66 on Tuesday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.