Tar Heels Host N.C. State On Saturday

• The Tar Heels play host to NC State on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Carolina is 16-5 overall, 5-3 in the ACC and 9-1 at the Smith Center this season.
• The Tar Heels are coming off an 80-69 loss at Virginia Tech on Jan. 22nd.
• Carolina has scored less than 70 points in three of its five losses and is shooting 10 percentage points lower than the opponents in the five defeats.
• UNC began the week 10th in both the AP and coaches poll. This is the sixth different week the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10 in the AP poll this season.
• UNC is ranked in the AP poll for the 889th time in history (most all-time) and the 73rd week in a row.
• Luke Maye (18.0) and Joel Berry II (17.6) 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.
• Berry is third in the ACC in free throw percentage (.900), third in three-pointers (2.7 per game), fifth in scoring and 10th in 3FG percentage (.360). Maye is second in the league in rebounding (10.4), fourth in scoring and eighth in field goal percentage (.519).
• Maye leads the ACC and is 13th nationally in defensive rebounds (7.7). He is 10th in the country double-doubles (11) and 14th in rebounding (10.4).
• Berry and 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.
• Maye is on pace to become the sixth Tar Heel to average a double-double in the last 40 years with Brice Johnson (2016), John Henson (2011), Tyler Hansbrough (2008), Sean May (2005) and Antawn Jamison (1998).
• 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.

HONORING THE 1967-68-69 TAR HEELS
• The 1967-69 Tar Heels are holding a reunion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their historic championship run, and will be honored at halftime on Saturday.
• The 1967-68-69 Tar Heels are the first and only teams in ACC history to win the regular-season title outright and the ACC Tournament in three consecutive seasons.
• The Tar Heels went 81-15 overall and 36-6 in ACC regular-season play from 1967-69.
• These teams were the first three of Dean Smith's 11 Final Fours, 13 ACC Tournament titles and 17 ACC regular-season titles.
• The Tar Heels also won three straight NCAA East Regionals and played in the Final Four.
• UNC finished fourth in the Associated Press poll in all three seasons and third, fourth and second in the coaches' poll.
• Larry Miller was the ACC Player of the Year and the ACC Tournament MVP in 1967 and 1968; Charlie Scott was the ACC Tournament MVP in 1969.
• Bob Lewis (1967), Rusty Clark (1968) and Scott (1969) won NCAA Regional MVP honors.

SNEAKERS FOR COACHES VS. CANCER
• This is the annual Suits and Sneakers Week, an NABC initiative to promote cancer research awareness.
• Carolina's coaches and staff are wearing Jordan Brand shoes on behalf of the American Cancer Society.

CAROLINA-NC STATE SERIES
• The Tar Heels lead the series, 155-77, winning 21 of the last 23 games, 27 of the last 30 and 44 of the last 54 games against the Wolfpack.
• Carolina is 75-23 against NC State in Chapel Hill, including 25-6 in the Smith Center.
• This is the seventh consecutive game in the series in which the Tar Heels have been ranked in the AP poll (UNC has won five of the previous six games).
• Roy Williams is 32-3 as a head coach against NC State, including a 5-0 record at Kansas and a 27-3 mark at Carolina.
• Carolina has scored 80 or more points in seven of the last eight games vs. NC State – the exception was in 2015, when the Tar Heels lost 58-46, the fewest points it has ever scored in the Smith Center.
• Carolina has won the last two games against the Wolfpack in the Smith Center.
• Last year, Carolina beat NC State, 107-56, at home, and 97-73 in Raleigh.
• The 107 points were the most points in series history and the 51-point win was UNC's largest margin of victory in an ACC game.
• Joel Berry II had 19 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals in Chapel Hill and a team-high 18 points and six assists at NC State.
• Luke Maye scored a then-career-high 13 points and had seven rebounds at NC State.
• Theo Pinson made his first start of the season in Raleigh and scored 12 points on 6 of 8 shooting from the floor. Pinson played his first game of the 2016-17 season in the home win over the Pack (he had missed the first 16 games due to injury).

GAME 21: VIRGINIA TECH 80, UNC 69
• Justin Robinson (19), Ahmed Hill (18) and Kerry Blackshear Jr. (16) combined for 53 of Virginia Tech's 80 points.
• Carolina led 30-24, but the Hokies out-scored UNC, 15-2, to end the first half.
• The Hokies scored 39 points on 34 possessions in the first half, a points per possession of 1.15, which was the third highest in a half by an ACC opponent this year (1.30 in second half by Clemson, 1.21 first half by Florida State).
• The teams combined to make 22 three-pointers – 12 by the Hokies and 10 by UNC.
• UNC was 10 for 31 from three-point range. It was the second time in three games UNC attempted a season-high 31 three-pointers, the second-most in the Roy Williams era.
• Seven Hokies made three-pointers.
• Joel Berry II (four) and Luke Maye (three) made seven of UNC's 10 threes.
• Virginia Tech made 30 field goals, most by an opponent this season.
• Carolina was 5 for 5 from the free throw line, season lows for makes and attempts.
• UNC did not attempt a free throw in the second half until there was 3:35 left in the game.
• The Hokies out-rebounded UNC, 36-35. It was the third time this season the opponents had more rebounds (loss to Michigan State, win against Notre Dame and loss at Virginia Tech).
• Berry and Maye both scored a game-high 23 points, but were the only Tar Heels to score in double figures. No other Tar Heel scored more than five points.
• It was the third time this season two or fewer Tar Heels scored in double figures. UNC is 0-3 in those games (Michigan State, at Virginia, at Virginia Tech).
• Theo Pinson tied his career high with eight assists, but took only two shots from the floor and two free throws and finished with four points.
• It was the first time this season UNC lost when Pinson had five or more assists and the second time in 15 games that Pinson had more assists than turnovers.
• Carolina scored a season-low two points off turnovers, was out-scored 32-26 in the paint, and 11-4 on the break.
• Virginia Tech scored all nine of its second-chance points in the second half; the Tar Heels had nine second-chance points in the first half, but only two in the second.

THE RPI (as of 1/25)
• Carolina is No. 5 in the nation in the RPI behind Duke, Xavier Villanova and Virginia.
• Carolina's strength of schedule is the second-most difficult in the country. UNC's non-conference schedule was the fifth-most difficult in the nation. (UNC went 11-2).
• Carolina's first 21 opponents have an average RPI of 82, which is the second highest in the country.

TRENDING...
• The Tar Heels lead the country in rebounds per game (43.1) and are second in rebound margin (11.6).

REBOUND MARGIN
12.1 – Michigan State
11.6 – North Carolina
10.6 – Wichita State
10.4 – Duke
9.8 – Gonzaga
REBOUNDS PER GAME
43.1 – North Carolina
43.0 – Duke
42.4 – Texas A&M
42.3 – Michigan State
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 fifth in the country in rebounding its own missed shots. The Tar Heels grab 37.7 percent of their own missed shots.
• Carolina is 13th in the country in protecting its defensive backboards. The Tar Heels are rebounding 76.7 percent of the opponents' missed field goals and free throws.
• Carolina shot 50 percent or better from the floor in 11 of 20 halves in the first 10 games this season. In the last 11 games, the Tar Heels have made 50 percent or better in two of 22 halves (.514 in second half vs. Boston College and 65.0 in second half vs. Clemson).
• Luke Maye has led UNC in both scoring and rebounding in five of the first eight ACC games. Maye has led in both categories nine times this season. UNC is 8-1 when Maye leads in both categories (loss at Virginia Tech).
• Maye leads UNC in blocked shots with 24. 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 wins. He had four points, six rebounds, eight assists and three turnovers in the loss in Blacksburg.
• Pinson averaged 7.5 field goal attempts in UNC's last four wins and just 2.5 per game in its last two losses (at Virginia and Virginia Tech).
• Carolina is hitting 8.2 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
8.2 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 63.6 points in its five losses.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor eight times. UNC is shooting 45.8 percent for the season. That includes 49.0 percent in its 16 wins and 35.2 percent in the five losses.
• Carolina has scored 29.9 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)
29.9 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 34 percent 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 made 10 or more three-pointers in 14 of 21 games, including six of eight in ACC play. UNC is 11-3 when the opponents make 10 or more threes.
• The opponents have out-scored UNC in points off turnovers in 10 of the last 14 games, including an 141-88 edge in the last 10 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 seven of the eight ACC games.
• UNC out-scored Boston College, 19-2, in fastbreak points. The other seven ACC opponents have out-scored UNC, 73-40.
• 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.
• Luke Maye and Kenny Williams have played more minutes this year than they did all of last season. Maye has played 673 minutes; last year he played 497. Williams has played 623 minutes; last year he played 623 before suffering a season-ending injury.
• Luke Maye is averaging a team-high 20.1 points and 10.9 rebounds in 10 games in the Smith Center.
• Carolina is shooting .493/.395/.738 in the Smith Center and .428/.356/.735 in all other games.
• Luke Maye has 11 double-doubles in the first 21 games. He has the ninth most double-doubles in the Roy Williams era.

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

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Players Mentioned

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Kennedy Meeks

Theo Pinson

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