Quick Turnaround As Tar Heels Visit Virginia Tech On Monday

Monday, January 22

Blacksburg, VA.

7:00 PM

North Carolina

Virginia Tech

Joel Berry II and the Tar Heels will play their second game in three days on Monday.

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 21, 2018 | Men's Basketball

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• Carolina travels to Blacksburg, Va., to play at Virginia Tech on an ESPN Big Monday. Tip time is 7 p.m.
• The Tar Heels are 16-4 overall, 5-2 in the ACC after four consecutive wins over Boston College, Notre Dame, Clemson and Georgia Tech.
• Virginia Tech is 13-6, 2-4. The Hokies have lost two straight – at Louisville and home vs. Florida State. The Hokies lead the ACC in field goal percentage (.521) and are second in scoring at 85.6 points per game.
• KenPom ranks Carolina 14th in the nation in both offensive and defensive efficiency.
• Carolina is one of three schools in KenPom's top 14 in both offensive and defensive efficiency with Purdue and Michigan State.
• Luke Maye (17.8) and Joel Berry II (17.3) lead Carolina in scoring. The last time two Tar Heels averaged 17 points or more in the same season was 1983-84, when Michael Jordan (19.6) and Sam Perkins (17.6) were UNC's top scoring duo.
• As of 1/21, Berry ranked fourth in the ACC in free throw percentage (.899) and fifth in scoring. Maye was second in the league in rebounding (10.5), fourth in scoring and ninth in field goal percentage (.513).
• As of 1/21, Luke Maye led the ACC and was eighth in the country in defensive rebounds (7.9). Nationally he was 10th in double-doubles (11) and 15th in rebounding (10.5).
• Joel Berry II and Luke Maye are among 25 mid-season candidates for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's.
• Berry has played in 99 wins as a Tar Heel.
• Carolina is one of four schools that have two players on the mid-season Wooden Award list; Berry and Maye are among five ACC players on the list.

CAROLINA-VIRGINIA TECH SERIES
• Carolina is 67-13 against the Hokies, including 14-3 since Virginia Tech joined the ACC.
• Carolina has won the last seven games in the series and 12 of the last 13.
• Carolina is 21-6 in Blacksburg against the Hokies, including 8-2 in Cassell Coliseum.
• Roy Williams is 14-3 against Virginia Tech, all as UNC's head coach.

LAST YEAR IN CHAPEL HILL
UNC 91, VIRGINIA TECH 72
• The Tar Heels out-rebounded the Hokies, 43-22 and grabbed 19 offensive boards and scored 20 second-chance points.
• Led by Kennedy Meeks with seven, UNC grabbed 19 offensive rebounds; the Hokies had 18 defensive rebounds.
• Led by five each from Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson, who scored a game-high 26 points, UNC made a season-high 14 three-pointers in a season-high 30 three-point attempts.
• Carolina handed out 25 assists and turned the ball over only seven times.
• Carolina shot 61.3 percent in the second half and had a points per possession of 1.27 in the second half.

THE RPI (as of 1/21)
• Carolina is No. 2 in the nation in the NCAA's RPI behind Duke. Villanova, Xavier and Virginia are ranked 3-5.
• Carolina's strength of schedule is the toughest in the country. UNC's non-conference schedule was the seventh-most difficult in the nation. (UNC went 11-2).
• Carolina's first 20 opponents have an average RPI of 81, which is the highest in the country.
• The Tar Heels have five Quadrant 1 wins and nine wins in Quadrants 1 and 2. Kansas and Purdue are the only schools with more Q1 wins and UNC's nine wins in Qs1+2 trail only Clemson and Kansas, who each have 10.

GAME 20: UNC 80, GEORGIA TECH 66
• Carolina out-rebounded the Yellow Jackets, 46-25, including a 19-6 edge on the offensive boards. It was UNC's second-largest rebound margin in its seven ACC games this season (+35 vs. BC).
• The Tar Heels scored a season-high 26 second-chance points (Tech had four). It was the fifth time this year UNC had 20 or more second-chance points.
• Carolina scored 22 more second-chance points than Tech, its largest scoring margin in that category this season (previous was 25-5 vs. Davidson).
• Carolina had 12 more possessions.
• Carolina committed 10 turnovers in the first half, but the Yellow Jackets only scored two points of those 10 turnovers.
• The Tar Heels committed only four turnovers in the second half, but those miscues led to 10 Georgia Tech points.
• It was Carolina's 15th straight ACC home win.
• Carolina improved to 9-1 when four or more players score in double figures (Maye 17, Johnson 16, Berry 16 and Pinson 11).
• Theo Pinson scored 11 points, tied his career high with 10 rebounds, and added four assists and three steals.
• It was Pinson's second career double-double (had 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Florida State a year ago).
• Pinson has scored in double figures in three straight games for the first time as a Tar Heel (also had 13 at Notre Dame and 12 vs. Clemson).
• Carolina is 6-1 when Pinson scores in double figures and 13-1 when he has more assists than turnovers.
• Luke Maye had his 11th double-double of the season with a team-high 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

Double-Doubles in a Season
(under Roy Williams, 10 or more)
23 by Brice Johnson, 2015-16
19 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08
18 by John Henson, 2010-11 and 2011-12
18 by Sean May, 2004-05
14 by Tyler Zeller, 2011-12
13 by Kennedy Meeks, 2016-17
12 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2008-09
12 by Sean May, 2003-04
11 by Luke Maye, 2017-18
10 by Ed Davis, 2009-10
10 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07

• It was the 10th time Maye led UNC in scoring, 15th time in rebounds and eighth time in both categories.
• Carolina is 8-0 when Maye leads UNC in scoring and rebounds.
• Joel Berry II was 3 for 17 from the floor, but made a career-high nine free throws (in 10 attempts) and tied his career high with eight rebounds.
• Cameron Johnson was 6 for 12 from the floor and finished with 16 points. Johnson scored 37 points in UNC's last two wins.
• Johnson made two three-pointers. UNC is 4-0 when he makes multiple threes.
• Sterling Manley tied his ACC scoring high with nine.
• Kenny Williams tied his career best with five assists.

TRENDING...
• Carolina is 4-2 in away games this year, including 1-2 in ACC play.
• Three Tar Heels are averaging double figures in scoring on the road – Joel Berry II (22.8 ppg), Luke Maye (14.8) and Kenny Williams (13.5).
• Berry is shooting 41.5 percent from three-point range on the road this season (22 of 53), compared to 32.8 percent at the Smith Center.
• Berry (22), Williams (15) and Maye (6) have made 43 of UNC's 47 three-pointers on the road.
• Berry is also 21 for 21 from the free throw line on the road. Pinson is 17 of 21 from the line (.810). The rest of the team is shooting 57.7 percent from the line on the road.
• Carolina has scored 824 points on 866 first-half possessions and 830 on 868 second-half possessions. Overall, UNC is scoring .95 points per possession, while the opponents are scoring .88.
• The Tar Heels lead the country in rebound margin (12.2) and are second in rebounds per game (43.5).

REBOUND MARGIN
12.2 – North Carolina
11.6 – Michigan State
11.2 – Duke
10.6 – Wichita State
9.8 – Gonzaga

REBOUNDS PER GAME
43.6 – Duke
43.5 – North Carolina
42.6 – Michigan State
42.0 – Texas A&M
41.5 – Wichita State

• Carolina has had a plus-10 or more rebound margin four previous times in its history – three of those four seasons have come in the Roy Williams era (2007-08, 2011-12 and 2016-17 under Williams and the undefeated season in 1956-57).
• Roy Williams' teams have finished in the top 10 nationally in rebound margin in 14 of his previous 29 seasons as a head coach, including ninth, ninth and first in the last three seasons.
• Carolina is fourth in the country in rebounding its own missed shots. The Tar Heels grab 38.0 percent of their own missed shots. Duke, Cincinnati and Illinois are the only schools rebounding a higher percentage of its missed shots.
• Carolina is ninth in the country in protecting its defensive backboards. The Tar Heels are rebounding 76.9 percent of the opponents' missed field goals and free throws.
• Luke Maye has led UNC in both scoring and rebounding in four of the first seven ACC games (Wake Forest, BC, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech). Maye has led in both categories eight times this season. UNC is 8-0 when Maye leads in both categories.
• Maye leads UNC in blocked shots with 21. At 6-8, Maye would the shortest Tar Heel to lead the team in blocks since Danny Green (6-5) in 2006.
• Theo Pinson averaged 11.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.3 turnovers in UNC's last four games, all wins.
• Carolina is 13-1 when Pinson has more assists than turnovers and 10-0 when he has five or more assists.
• Pinson is averaging 6.1 rebounds in UNC's wins and 3.3 in the losses. He has an assist-error ratio of 2.4 in the wins and has nine assists and 12 turnovers in the losses.
• Joel Berry II scored 26 of his 33 points in the second half in UNC's wins over Clemson and Georgia Tech. He had three points (all free throws) in the first half against the Tigers, and finished with 17. He scored four first-half points vs. Tech, then scored a dozen in the second half.
• Cameron Johnson totaled 12 points in back-to-back losses at FSU and Virginia, but has averaged 14.5 points in the four games since (all wins).
• Carolina is hitting 8.1 three-pointers per game, which is second in school history and the most in the Roy Williams era. The previous high under Roy Williams was 7.6 in 2012-13 when UNC started four perimeter players over the final 13 games.

MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE PER GAME
8.3 in 2002-03
8.1 in 2017-18
7.8 in 1994-95
7.6 in 2012-13
7.6 in 2001-02

• Carolina has scored 85 or more points 12 times (all wins), 90 or more points six times, 100 points twice and has averaged just 62.2 points in its four losses.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor eight times. UNC is shooting 46.0 percent for the season. That includes 49.0 percent in its 16 wins and 33.2 percent in the four losses.
• Carolina has scored 29.4 percent of its points on three-point field goals. That's the highest percentage in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as UNC's head coach.

SCORING FROM THREE-POINT FGs (last 15 seasons)
29.4 percent – 2017-18
29.3 percent – 2012-13
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2004-05
25.3 percent – 2016-17

• Carolina is attempting one-third of its field goals from three-point range. That is the highest percentage in the Roy Williams era. The previous high was 31.7 percent in 2005-06.
• This is the fifth time in the last 15 seasons UNC attempted at least 30 percent of its field goals from three-point distance. UNC attempted 39.9 percent from beyond the arc under head coach Matt Doherty in 2002-03.
• The opponents have out-scored UNC in points off turnovers in nine of the last 13 games, including an 130-86 edge in the last nine games.
• Carolina scored more fast break points in 10 of the 13 non-conference games (and had the same number of points in the other three games), but has been out-scored on the break in six of the seven ACC games.
• UNC out-scored Boston College, 19-2, in fastbreak points. The other six ACC opponents have out-scored UNC, 62-36.
• Carolina's bench averaged 23.1 points in non-conference play. In the seven ACC games, UNC's bench is scoring 13.3 per game.
• Carolina is 15-0 this year and 342-38 under Roy Williams when leading at the half.
• The Tar Heels are 8-0 this year and 197-5 under Roy Williams when shooting 50 percent from the floor.