UNC-Ohio State Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 86, OHIO STATE 72
DEC. 23, 2017, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
CBS SPORTS CLASSIC

UNC Scoring Leader: Joel Berry II and Theo Pinson (19)
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye (10)
UNC Assist Leader: Jalek Felton (5)

Carolina Notes
• The Tar Heels conclude regular-season, non-conference play with an 11-2 record, including 6-1 away from the Smith Center.
• Carolina is 3-1in the CBS Sports Classic with two wins over Ohio State and one over UCLA.
• Carolina is 16-2 in New Orleans and 20-3 in the state of Louisiana.
• This was UNC's 3,000th game (fifth school to play 3,000 games). The Tar Heels are 2,217-783.
• Seven different players made a three-pointer for the Tar Heels, a season high.
• Carolina made 13 threes, including nine in 16 attempts in the first half when UNC out-scored the Buckeyes, 41-27.
• The Tar Heels' nine three-pointers matched Ohio State's scoring in the first half.
• Carolina was 21 for 25 from the free throw line. The Tar Heels shot 84 percent, second best this season and one of three times over 80 percent.
• The Tar Heels tied their season high with 17 turnovers (UNC has won both games it has turned the ball over 17 times...also vs. Western Carolina).
• UNC has committed 64 turnovers in the last four games (16 per).
• Carolina grabbed 30 defensive rebounds, while the Buckeyes pulled down three offensive boards.
• The Buckeyes did not have an offensive rebound until the 10:00 mark of the second half.
• Carolina's bench out-scored the OSU reserves, 32-6, led by Cameron Johnson (14) and Jalek Felton (12).

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Theo Pinson tied his career high with 19 points (also vs. Bucknell) and set a career high with 10 made free throws (in 10 attempts).
• Pinson is the first Tar Heel to go 10 for 10 or better from the line since Marcus Paige was 10 for 10 vs. Kentucky on 12/14/13.
• Pinson made the first of UNC's nine first-half threes. It was his first made three since 11/23 vs. Portland.
• Joel Berry II moved past Kris Lang for 38th in UNC scoring with 1,403 points.
• Cameron Johnson scored a season-high 14 points.
• Jalek Felton tied season highs with four three-pointers and a team-high five assists. He scored nine of his 12 points in the first half. He hit three consecutive three-pointers (nine straight UNC points) in a span of one minute and 35 seconds. His first tied the game at 20, his second gave UNC a 23-20 lead and his third gave Carolina the lead for good at 26-23 with 5:25 to play in the half.
• Luke Maye had a game-high 10 rebounds, the eighth time this year he grabbed double-digit rebounds.
• Seven Tar Heels made three-pointers today. That's the first time seven Tar Heels hit threes in a game since Nov. 21, 2012, vs. Chaminade in Maui.
• The seven players who hit three-pointers today were Jalek Felton (4), Joel Berry II (3), Cameron Johnson (2) and Theo Pinson, Luke Maye, Brandon Robinson and Kenny Williams (1 apiece).

Roy Williams Notes
• 827-218 overall
• 409-117 at Carolina
• 8-0 vs. Ohio State (including 5-0 as Carolina's head coach)

Series Notes: Carolina leads, 12-2, including five wins in a row

Next Game: ACC opener vs. Wake Forest, Saturday, Dec. 30, Noon, Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill

Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Jalek Felton

Cameron Johnson

Luke Maye

Theo Pinson

Brandon Robinson

Kenny Williams

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