UNC-Arkansas Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA (87), ARKANSAS (68)
NOV. 24, 2017, PORTLAND, ORE.
PK80 "VICTORY" BRACKET SEMIFINAL #1

UNC Scoring Leader: Luke Maye (28)
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye (16)
UNC Assist Leader: Luke Maye (5)
Points Per Possession: Carolina 1.00 (87 points on 87 possessions); Arkansas .81 (68 points on 74 possessions)

• Carolina led 74-58 (+16) with 6:44 to play. Arkansas went on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to six with 3:32 to play. From that point, the Tar Heels closed the game on a 13-0 run to win by 19. Joel Berry II's two free throws upped the lead to eight and was followed by a Theo Pinson drive and dunk (10), a steal by Berry and layup by Kenny Williams (12), a three by Luke Maye (15), a layup by Williams (17) and free throws by Sterling Manley (19).
• Carolina's defense held the Razorbacks without a point on its last nine possessions (seven field goal attempts and two turnovers).
• Last year, in the NCAA Tournament second round, the Razorbacks led the Tar Heels by five with 2:57 to play, but UNC ended the game on a 12-0 run to win, 72-65. Arkansas was 0-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and had a turnover in its last seven possessions.
• Carolina shot 50 percent from the floor in the second half for the third game in a row.
• Carolina blocked seven shots. It also blocked seven shots against Bucknell on Nov. 15.
• Arkansas forced five more turnovers than Carolina (UNC committed 14, the Razorbacks turned it over nine times), but the teams both scored 15 points off turnovers and Carolina had an 8-2 advantage in fastbreak points.
• Carolina matched its season-high in turnovers with 14, but the UNC point guards committed none of the turnovers (Berry, Jalek Felton and Seventh Woods combined to play 46 minutes with six assists and no turnovers).
• The Tar Heels made eight of 16 three-pointers. Dating back to the first half of Thursday's game against Portland, the Tar Heels have converted 17 of 31 from three-point range (.548).
• Carolina shot 81 percent from the free throw line (17 of 21), the second time in five games it has shot 80 percent or better.
• Carolina held Arkansas to 32.3 percent shooting from the floor in the first half (10 of 31). The Razorbacks had a points per possession of .68 in the first half, the lowest by a UNC opponent in a half this season (26 points on 38 possessions).
• Carolina missed its first eight field goal attempts and committed three turnovers before Garrison Brooks made UNC's first field goal with 14:43 to play in the first half. That cut Arkansas' lead to 8-4.
• The Razorbacks led 10-4 with 13:00 to play in the first half. UNC then went on a 13-0 run over the next three minutes and 10 seconds to take a 17-10 lead. Four different Tar Heels (Sterling Manley, Kenny Williams, Joel Berry II and Luke Maye) scored during that run.
• Carolina out-rebounded UA, 46-30. The Razorbacks entered the game out-rebounding their opponents by 4.5 per game. Three Tar Heels (Luke Maye 16, Kenny Williams 8 and Brandon Robinson 6) established career highs in rebounds.
• The Tar Heels are 5-0 this year, including 2-0 at the PK80 Invitational.
• The Tar Heels are 8-0 all-time in Portland and 8-0 in the state of Oregon.

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Junior forward Luke Maye had career highs in points (28), three-pointers (4), rebounds (16) and assists (five). He is the first Tar Heel to lead the team in points, rebounds and assists since Reggie Bullock (15/9/4) against Maryland in the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C., on 3/6/2013.
• Maye was 11 for 16 from the floor, including 4 for 5 from three. He was also 11 for 16 from the floor in the season opener vs. Northern Iowa. His previous high in three-pointers was three against Bucknell.
• Maye topped his previous scoring high of 26 against UNI. His previous rebounding high was 15 last year vs. Florida State. He matched his career high in assists (five against Stanford).
• Maye is averaging 21.2 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists in the first five games.
• Junior guard Kenny Williams scored 19 points. He has compiled three of his four highest scoring games in the three games on this west coast road trip. He had 20 at Stanford, 19 vs. Arkansas and 17 vs. Portland. He had 19 against Radford on 12/4/16.
• Williams was 7 for 12 from the floor for the second game in a row. He is 21 for 35 from the floor, including 10 for 16 from three-point range, on the road trip.
• Maye and Williams have scored in double figures in all five games this season.
• Williams grabbed a career-high eight rebounds, all on the defensive glass. His previous high was 7 vs. Monmouth.
• Williams played a career-high 35 minutes. His previous high was 34 vs. Kentucky in Las Vegas last year.
• Brandon Robinson came off the bench for five points, a career-high six rebounds and no turnovers in 15 minutes.
• Theo Pinson matched his career high with three blocked shots (also against Kansas State as a sophomore).

Roy Williams Notes
• 821-216 in 30 seasons as a college head coach
• 403-115 in 15 seasons at UNC

Series Notes: Carolina leads, 7-3, including four wins in a row (4-0 vs. Arkansas under Roy Williams).

Next Game: Sunday, Nov. 26 vs. Connecticut or Michigan State at 8:30 p.m. Eastern (ESPN), in the championship game of the "Victory" bracket

Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Garrison Brooks

Jalek Felton

Sterling Manley

Luke Maye

Theo Pinson

Brandon Robinson

Kenny Williams

Seventh Woods

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