Tar Heels Vs. Portland Thursday To Start PK80

• Carolina plays the University of Portland in the first round of PK80 on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 23) at the Moda Center, the NBA home of the Portland Trailblazers and former Tar Heel national champion Ed Davis.
• This is the first time UNC and Portland have played in men's basketball.
• This is the second time in four games dating to last season the Tar Heels have played a member of the West Coast Conference. UNC defeated Gonzaga in the 2017 national championship.
• The Tar Heels are coming off a 96-72 win at Stanford on Nov. 20. Joel Berry II scored a game-high 29 points and Kenny Williams scored all of his career-high 20 in the first nine minutes and three seconds.
• PK80 is a Nike-sponsored event to honor Phil Knight's 80th birthday.
• UNC is competing in the "Victory" bracket. The Tar Heels will play either Arkansas or Oklahoma on Nov. 24 and Connecticut, DePaul, Michigan State or Oregon on Nov. 26.
• UNC's next home game is Nov. 29th against Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

TAR HEELS IN THE BEAVER STATE
• Carolina is 6-0 in Oregon with all six games played in Portland's Memorial Coliseum.
• Carolina went 3-0 and won the Far West Classic in both 1967-68 and 1976-77.
• In 1967, the fifth-ranked Tar Heels beat Stanford, Utah and Oregon State. In 1976, ninth-ranked UNC defeated Oral Roberts, Oregon and Weber State.
• Charles Scott was the Far West Classic MVP in 1967; Walter Davis won the award in 1976.

GAME THREE – UNC 96, STANFORD 72
• UNC scored a season-high 96 points.
• Carolina made a season-high 11 three-pointers (made six in each of the first two games).
• Carolina scored a season-high 25 points off turnovers and a season-high 18 second-chance points.
• Carolina has won 10 consecutive games against Pac-12 opponents and is 11-1 against Pac-12 teams under head coach Roy Williams.
• Junior guard Kenny Williams scored a career-high 20 points (previous 19 vs. Radford on 12/4/16) and made a career-high six three-pointers (five vs. Radford).
• Williams scored all 20 of his points in the first 9:03 as UNC built a 26-11 lead. He scored UNC's first 14 points on four threes and a layup to give UNC a 14-11 lead at the 14:28 mark.
• Williams made six threes in the first half. That is the most threes ever by a Tar Heel in a first half and equals the second-most threes in a half by a Tar Heel. They are the most in a half since Wayne Ellington made seven in the second half vs. Miami in 2009.

Most Threes in a Half by a Tar Heel
7 – Wayne Ellington vs. Miami (2nd half), 1/17/09
6 – Kenny Williams at Stanford (1st half), 11/20/17
6 – Danny Green vs. UNC Asheville (2nd half), 11/30/08
6 – Hubert Davis at Florida State (2nd half), 2/27/92

• After hitting his sixth three-pointer with 10:57 to play in the first half, Williams attempted two field goals the rest of the game (a three-point attempt with 7:07 to play in the first half and a two-point attempt with 7:43 to play in the game). He had two assists in the second half (three for the game) and took a charge in both halves.
• Williams scored in double figures for the third time in as many games this year. Prior to this year, he had not scored in double figures in consecutive games as a Tar Heel.
• Williams is 10 for 16 from three-point range this year (.625).
• Joel Berry II scored a game-high 29 points (18 in the first half, 11 in the second). It was his second-highest scoring output as a Tar Heel and his 14th career 20-point game,
• Berry was 5 for 11 from three-point range. This was the sixth time in his career he made at least five threes.
• Berry has 1,233 career points. He passed the following Tar Heels in career scoring at Stanford: Sean May, James Worthy, Harrison Barnes, Joe Wolf and James Michael McAdoo. He is 53rd in UNC history.
• Berry attempted 11 threes. The only game in which he launched more was the 2017 national title game vs. Gonzaga when he attempted 13 (also tried 11 at Virginia Tech as a sophomore). It was the fourth time in his career he attempted 19 shots from the floor.
• Luke Maye had a game-high nine rebounds and had a career-high five assists. This was the second consecutive game Maye set a career-high in assists (had four vs. Bucknell).
• Freshman Garrison Brooks, Brandon Huffman and Sterling Manley combined for 15 points, 13 rebounds and 12 fouls in 33 minutes.
• Huffman scored a season-high eight points and had a season-best five rebounds.
• Senior walk-on Aaron Rohlman scored his first field goal as a Tar Heel.

GAME TWO – CAROLINA 93, BUCKNELL 81
• Luke Maye led UNC in scoring for the second time in as many games with 20 points, Theo Pinson scored a career-high 19 and had six assists, Joel Berry II returned to the lineup and had six assists, and freshman Sterling Manley had a double-double in just 17 minutes to lead UNC to a 93-81 win over defending Patriot League champion Bucknell.
• Carolina led 43-27 with 4:25 to play in the first half and by nine at the break, but the Bison pulled within a point with 12:41 to play in the game. Maye hit a pair of free throws, then a three-pointer to push the lead back to six. Bucknell did not cut the lead to less than four the rest of the game.
• Manley (10), Maye (8) and Pinson (6) combined to score 24 of UNC's next 28 points after Bucknell narrowed the lead to 59-58.
• It was UNC's 20th home win in a row.
• Carolina's bench out-scored the Bucknell reserves by 12 (26-14) and UNC won by 12.
• Carolina shot 81 percent from the free throw line in the second half (17 for 21).
• Carolina out-rebounded Bucknell by 19, including a 16-7 edge in offensive rebounds (Manley had as many offensive rebounds as Bucknell – 7).
• Pinson scored a career-high 19 points (previous was 13 twice) and made a career-best nine free throws in 10 attempts (previous highs from the line were 6 for 8 against Fairfield as a sophomore). He took a career-high 12 shots from the floor.
• Pinson shared the team lead in assists for the second time in as many games and led UNC in assists for the 23rd time in his career.
• Manley had 16 points and 13 rebounds (seven offensive) in just 17 minutes. He was 6 for 10 from the floor and 4 of 5 from the free throw line. It was his first college double-double.
• No other player in Roy Williams' 15 years as UNC's head coach finished a game with 13 or more rebounds in as few as 17 minutes.
• Manley had 21 rebounds in his first two games, most by a UNC freshman in his first since Ed Davis had 24 (14 vs. Penn and 10 vs. Kentucky) in 2008-09.
• Maye led UNC with 20 points. It was the second time in as many games Maye has scored 20 or more points. The only other time he scored in double figures in consecutive games as a Tar Heel was in the NCAA regional in Memphis in 2017 when he had 16 and 17 in consecutive games against Butler and Kentucky.
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to score 20 or more points in the first two games in a season since 2006-07, when Tyler Hansbrough scored 29 vs. Sacred Heart and 20 vs. Winthrop.
• Berry returned to the lineup after missing two exhibition games and the regular-season opener due to a broken bone in his right hand. Berry shared the team lead with six assists.
• The win was Roy Williams' 400th win as Carolina's head coach. Williams became the only coach in NCAA history to win 400 games at two schools.

GAME ONE – CAROLINA 86, UNI 69
• Luke Maye had a game-high 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead Carolina to an 86-69 win over Northern Iowa.
• For his efforts, Maye was named co-ACC Player of the Week.
• Carolina played without Final Four MOP Joel Berry II (broken hand) and Cameron Johnson (sprained neck).
• Six of the 13 Tar Heels who played were freshmen making their collegiate debuts.
• The seven players who played who were on the roster a year ago scored a total of six points in the 2017 national championship game vs. Gonzaga (all by Theo Pinson).
• The six freshmen combined to score 36 points, led by Garrison Brooks' 14 and Sterling Manley's nine.
• Maye led all players with 26 points and 10 rebounds. His previous career high was 17 points against Kentucky in the 2017 Elite Eight.
• Maye made a career-high 11 field goals (previous high was six three times – against Kentucky in the regional final, Butler in the Sweet 16 and at NC State, all last year).
• Maye attempted 16 field goals, five more than his previous high in a game.
• It was the first time in his career Maye led UNC in scoring.
• It was Maye's second career double-double – he had 16 and 12 against Butler in the 2017 Sweet 16.
• Freshman Garrison Brooks had 14 points and six rebounds in his first college game and start. The 14 points are the most by a
freshman in the season's first game since Harrison Barnes had 14 against Lipscomb on 11/12/10.
• Kenny Williams scored 10 points and tied his career highs in both assists (five) and steals (three).
• Seventh Woods tied his career scoring high with nine points (also against Radford last year).
• UNC's seven turnovers were the fewest in a season opener under head coach Roy Williams (previous was nine against Temple in Annapolis to begin the 2015-16 season).
• The seven turnovers were the fewest in a season opener since 11/14/1997 when the Tar Heels committed seven against Middle Tennessee State in Bill Guthridge's first game as UNC's head coach.
• Carolina started two freshmen (Garrison Brooks and Jalek Felton) for the first time since 2015 (Justin Jackson and Theo Pinson). It was the fourth time in 15 seasons under Coach Williams that at least two freshmen started in the season opener (2006, 2007, 2015 and 2018).
• Carolina's largest lead was 31 points at 86-55 with 4:14 to play (UNI out-scored the Tar Heels, 14-0 over the final 3:34).

SECOND-ROUND PK80 OPPONENT
• Carolina plays either Arkansas or Oklahoma on day two of PK80.
• Carolina is 6-3 all-time against the Razorbacks, including a 72-65 win over UA in the second round of the 2017 NCAA South Regional. The Tar Heels trailed for most of the second half, including 65-60 with 3:28 to play, before out-scoring the Razorbacks, 12-0 over the final 2:56.
• In that stretch, UNC held the Razorbacks scoreless on their final six possessions (0-4 FG, 0-2 FT and one turnover).
• UNC and Arkansas have faced each other six straight times in the NCAA Tournament (1990, 1993, 1995, 2008, 2015 and 2017).
• The Tar Heels are 3-0 all-time against Oklahoma.
• The last two games in the series have come in the NCAA Tournament (1990 and 2009).
• The previous meeting came on March 29, 2009, in Memphis. UNC beat Blake Griffin and Sooners, 72-60, to advance to the Final Four.
• The three games have all come in tournaments – 1982 Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, 1990 NCAA second round in Austin, Texas (UNC beat the #1 ranked Sooners on a last-second shot by Rick Fox) and the 2009 Elite Eight.

FINAL FOUR MOP JOEL BERRY II
• Senior point guard Joel Berry II broke a bone in his right hand in mid-October and did not play in the season opener against UNI. He returned to practice on Nov. 12 and played 30 minutes in the win over Bucknell on Nov. 15.
• Berry made five three-pointers and scored 29 points (his second-highest career output) in the win at Stanford on Nov. 20.
• Berry passed Sean May, James Worthy, Harrison Barnes, Joe Wolf and James Michael McAdoo in UNC career scoring during the game against Stanford.
• He has made 179 career threes, 12th most in UNC history. He passed Raymond Felton in the Stanford game. Melvin Scott is 11th with 183 and Danny Green is 10th with 184.
• Berry was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2017 Final Four and the Most Valuable Player at the 2016 ACC Tournament. James Worthy and Berry are the only Tar Heels to win both of those awards.
• Berry is a preseason first-team All-America by ESPN.com, second-team All-America by USA Today and Sporting News' third team selection.
• Berry is on the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Award (USBWA Player of the Year) and the Naismith Award (all for National Player of the Year) and the Bob Cousy Award (best point guard).
• The Apopka, Fla., native also was a preseason first-team All-ACC selection and received the second-most votes for preseason player of the year (tied with Duke's Grayson Allen behind Notre Dame's Bonzie Colson).
• Berry has 1,233 points, 344 assists, 125 steals and 179 three-point field goals in 110 career games.
• Berry has scored 825 more points than any Tar Heel on the roster (Theo Pinson is second with 408).
• He is the only Tar Heel in history to earn All-Final Four honors twice (2016 and 2017).
• He became the seventh player overall and the first since UCLA's Bill Walton in 1972-73 to score at least 20 points in consecutive national championship games.

JOHNSON OUT
• Cameron Johnson will miss four to six weeks after undergoing surgery on Nov. 15 to repair a torn meniscus.
• Johnson suffered the injury in practice on Nov. 13. He did not play in the season opener against Northern Iowa after spraining his neck in practice on 11/7.
• He led UNC with 18 points in 16 minutes in the "jamboree" vs. ECU, UNCG and UNCW on Nov. 5 and had 11 in the exhibition against Barton on Oct. 27.
• Johnson averaged 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game last year as a Pitt Panther. He shot 44.7 percent from three-point range.
• Johnson matched his career high with 24 points against the Tar Heels in the Smith Center on 1/31/17.

THE YEAR AFTER
• Carolina is third in NCAA history with six NCAA Tournament championships (1957-1982-1993-2005-2009-2017).
• In 1958, UNC went 19-7 overall and 10-4 in the ACC, but lost in the ACC Tournament finals. At that time, only the league champion was invited to the NCAA Tournament.
• In 1983, Carolina went 28-8, won the ACC regular-season title at 12-2 and advanced to an NCAA regional final before losing to Georgia.
• In 1994, Carolina spent the entire season in the AP's top five, including five weeks at No. 1. The Tar Heels went 28-7, won the ACC Tournament title, and were upset in the second round of the NCAA Tournament by Boston College.
• In 2006, the Tar Heels returned none of their top seven scorers, but senior David Noel and freshman Tyler Hansbrough led UNC to a 23-8 record, a second-place finish in the ACC at 12-4 and the second round in the NCAA Tournament.
• Injuries to key players derailed the 2010 season that ended with a 20-17 record and berth in the NIT championship game. Fifth-year senior Marcus Ginyard was still dealing with a foot injury that caused him to miss most of the previous season, Tyler Zeller missed a large portion of the ACC schedule and Ed Davis broke his wrist in the first Duke game and missed the last 14 games.
• Combined, UNC posted a 118-47 record (.715) in the previous five seasons after winning an NCAA title.

RANKED NO. 9
• Carolina is ranked No. 9 in the Nov. 20 Associated Press and USA Today/coaches polls.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 880th time, most in college basketball history, and the 663nd time in the top 10, second-most behind Kentucky.
• This marks the 55th season (out of 70) the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina was ranked No. 9 in the preseason AP poll. This was the 12th time in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as head coach the Tar Heels entered the year ranked in the top 10. UNC has finished the year in the AP top 10 nine times in Williams' first 14 seasons.

MEDIA PICKS UNC SECOND IN ACC
• The Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association picked Duke and UNC to finish 1-2 in the 2018 ACC regular-season standings.
• Notre Dame (3), Miami (4), Louisville (5), Virginia (6), Virginia Tech (7), Florida State (8), Georgia Tech (9), Syracuse (10), Wake Forest (11), NC State (12), Clemson (13), Boston College (14) and Pitt (15) round out the preseason picks.

REPLACING...
• UNC lost 2,190 of its 3,377 points (64.9 percent) and 1,178 of its 1,749 rebounds (67.4 percent) from a year ago (64.9 percent).

Roy Williams Era Trends
Roy Williams is in his 15th season as Carolina's head coach. Here are a number of stat trends from his tenure at his alma mater.

Carolina is...
• 202-27 at home (includes one home win at Carmichael Arena and one "home" win at the Greensboro Coliseum)
• 330-38 when leading at the half
• 191-5 when shooting 50 percent from the floor
• 34-53 when shooting under 40 percent
• 189-17 when holding the opponents under 40 percent shooting from the floor
• 337-54 when out-rebounding the opponent
• 53-55 when the opponents have more rebounds
• 246-51 when the opponents have more turnovers
• 265-30 when scoring 80 or more points
• 131-4 when scoring 90 or more points
• 55-2 when scoring 100 or more points
• 347-57 when the opponents score under 80 points

Carolina on the All-Time Wins Lists
• Carolina is second all-time in NCAA winning percentage and third in wins.
• Carolina has won 2,209 games, third behind Kentucky and Kansas. Only four schools have won at least 2,000 games.
• Carolina's winning percentage of .739 is second behind Kentucky. Only five schools have a winning percentage of at least .700.
• Carolina is first in Final Fours with 20.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament appearances with 48.
• Carolina is third in NCAA championships with six.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament games with 168.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament winning percentage at .732.
• Carolina is first in ACC regular-season championships with 31.
• Carolina is first in ACC victories with 672.
• Carolina is second in ACC Tournament wins with 97.
• Carolina is second in ACC Tournament winning percentage at .683.
• Carolina is first in ACC Tournament championship game appearances with 34 and second in titles with 18.
• Carolina is first in NBA first-round draft picks with 49 and third in overall NBA draft picks with 112.

MEEKS ON USA WORLD CUP ROSTER
• Kennedy Meeks, a member of the 2017 All-Final Four team, is one of 12 players on the USA roster for the first round FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Americas Qualifiers.
• Meeks currently plays for the Raptors905 in the G-League.
• Jeff Van Gundy is the head coach.
• Team USA plays qualifying games against Puerto Rico on Nov. 23 in Orlando and Mexico on Nov. 26 in Greensboro.

Tar Heels Sign three FOR 2018-19
• Rechon Black (RAY-shon)
Hometown: Concord, N.C.
High School: Cox Mill (Concord)

• Nassir Little (nuh-SEER)
Hometown: Orange Park, Fla.
High School: Orlando (Fla.) Christian Prep

• Coby White
Hometown: Goldsboro, N.C.
High School: Greenfield School (Wilson, N.C.)

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Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Garrison Brooks

Jalek Felton

Brandon Huffman

Cameron Johnson

Sterling Manley

Luke Maye

Theo Pinson

Aaron Rohlman

Kenny Williams

Seventh Woods

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