CHAPEL HILL — UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis heard about Jonathan Powell’s jersey-ripping competitiveness while on the recruiting trail.

Davis, the Tar Heels' fifth-year coach, was asked about it while chatting with some of Powell’s former West Virginia coaches.

Has he ripped a jersey yet?

Powell ripped several practice jerseys in Morgantown, but he's dialed back that ritual in Chapel Hill.

He hasn’t dialed down the intensity. In the Tar Heels’ 80-62 win against USC Upstate on Dec. 13 at the Smith Center, the sophomore wing scored a season-high 17 points off the bench to match the career-best mark he set as a freshman with the Mountaineers.

“If he keeps making shots, he can rip all the jerseys he wants,” Davis said with a smile during his postgame press conference.

Powell hasn’t r

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