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North Carolina became the first ACC team to score 70 points against Virginia this season when No. 5 North Carolina handed No. 19 Virginia a 70-52 setback Saturday at the Smith Center.

Seattle University remains the only team to have scored more than  70 against the Cavaliers, who prevailed 83-77 in that game.

Until Saturday, Virginia (now 19-5, 6-4 ACC) had not lost a game by more than three points all season. In fact, the combined margin for Virginia’s four losses was 10 points.

Mike Scott continued his fifth-year push, hitting nine of 17 shots for 18 points in 27 minutes. He picked up his second foul with 9:10 remaining in the first half and sat for the remainder of the first half, eventually finishing the game with three fouls.

Junior point guard Jontel Evans (12 points) kept Virginia in the game in the first half, but wings Joe Harris and Sammy Zeglinski were a combined 3-for-16 from the field. As a team, UVa was 3-of-16 on 3-pointers.

Zeglinski is 3-for-20 on 3-pointers over the last four games and is 1-for-19 on 3-pointers in UVa’s four ACC losses. He missed his first 14 before hitting on his second attempt Saturday, then missed his last five.

Virginia plays again Tuesday at Clemson, a team that played the Cavaliers to a four-point game in Charlottesville.