Tar Heels Look To Rebound At Clemson

• Carolina travels to Clemson on Tuesday, Jan. 30th, to play the Tigers for the second time in 14 days. On January 16th, the Tar Heels overcame a hot-shooting start to the second half by Clemson in an 87-79 win in the Smith Center.
• Clemson is one of four ACC opponents the Tar Heels play twice in the regular season this year. UNC has two games left with Duke, and return games against Notre Dame (at home) and at NC State.
• UNC has lost its last two games and comes into the Clemson game 16-6 overall and 5-4 in the ACC.
• Clemson has split its last six games and is 17-4 overall, 6-3 in the ACC. The Tigers beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 72-70, on Sunday, Jan. 28th.
• The Tigers are 11-0 at home this season, including 4-0 in ACC play.
• Carolina has not lost three in a row since opening ACC play 0-3 in 2014 (losses at Wake Forest, to Miami and at Syracuse).
• Carolina and Clemson are ranked 19th and 20th, respectively in the AP poll. Carolina is 17th in the coaches poll.
• Carolina has four wins over teams ranked this week in the AP top 25 (over No. 17 Ohio State, No. 18 Tennessee, No. 20 Clemson and No. 24 Michigan). Two of UNC's six losses have come against current top-five teams (No. Virginia and No. 5 Michigan State).
• Carolina is 13th in KenPom's rankings – 18th in offensive efficiency and 24th in defensive efficiency.
• Carolina fell to 11th in the RPI after consecutive losses. Clemson is fifth.
• Carolina's opponents have an average RPI of 82, which is the second highest in the country.
• Carolina's strength of schedule is now ranked fourth-most difficult in the nation.

UNC vs. CLEMSON
• Carolina leads the series, 132-20. The 132 wins are the fourth most by UNC against any opponent behind Wake Forest, NC State and Duke.
• Carolina has won 10 in a row and 20 out of 21 in the series. The lone loss in that span came on 1/13/2010 at Clemson.
• Carolina is 39-16 at Clemson, including 28-13 at Littlejohn Coliseum.
• UNC has won the previous four games at Littlejohn.
• The two teams have played 18 previous games (at all sites) when both teams were ranked in the AP poll, including on 1/16/18. UNC is 16-2 in those games (Clemson wins in 1977 and 2010, both in Littlejohn Coliseum).
• This is the first time since 2008 UNC and Clemson have played multiple games in a season when both teams were ranked in the AP top 25. Both teams were ranked in the first game in 2008, played at Clemson, and in the third meeting in the ACC Tournament championship game in Charlotte.
• Both teams were ranked in the AP poll in both regular-season games in 1977, 1987 and 1997 and now 2018.
• The game in Chapel Hill on 1/16 was the first in which both teams were ranked in the AP poll since 1/13/10, when No. 24 Clemson beat No. 12 UNC, 83-64, in Littlejohn Coliseum.
• Roy Williams is 20-2 against Clemson. He has coached all 22 times against the Tigers as UNC's head coach.

EARLIER THIS SEASON
UNC 87, CLEMSON 79 (JAN. 16)
• Cameron Johnson made six of UNC's 15 three-pointers and shared scoring honors with Clemson's Marcquise Reed in an 87-79 Tar Heel victory.
• The teams combined for 61 points in the first half as UNC built a 15-point lead, then combined for 105 in the second half.
• The Tar Heels shot 65 percent from the floor in the second half, their second-highest percentage in a half this season (.679 in first half vs. Tulane on 12/3/17) and highest in a half in ACC play this year.
• All five Tar Heel starters scored in double figures for the first time this season.
• Clemson's 56 points in the second half were the most in a half against UNC this year. That marked the fourth-most points by an opponent in a half in Smith Center history.
• The Tigers' 23 points in the first 20 minutes were the lowest in any half by an opponent in the first 22 games.
• Carolina had 23 assists on 26 field goals (UNC assisted on 88 percent of its field goals).
• UNC's 15 made three-pointers equal the fifth most in any game in UNC history and are the second most this season (16 vs. WCU).
• Carolina attempted 31 three-pointers, second most in the Roy Williams era and tied for the ninth-most in school history.
• UNC shot 48.4 percent from three-point range, second highest in school history for at least 31 attempts.
• The Tar Heels took 31 of their 51 field goal attempts from three-point range. It was the first time in the Roy Williams era the Tar Heels attempted more three-point shots than two pointers (and did so by 11).
• It was the first time Carolina attempted more threes than twos since 3/18/03 vs. DePaul in the NIT. UNC took 28 threes and 27 twos vs. the Blue Demons.
• Clemson shot 61.3 percent from the floor in the second half. That is the highest in a half this year by any opponent. The Tigers missed their first attempt of the second half, then made 15 in a row, before finishing three for their final 15.
• Johnson tied his career high with six three-pointers and led UNC in scoring for the first time with a game-high 21 points. Johnson made six three against Syracuse at Pitt last year and made six threes against UNC at the Smith Center on 1/31/17. He became the first player to make six three-pointers in a game both for and against UNC (made six for Pitt last season).
• Theo Pinson scored 12 points and led UNC with a game-high seven rebounds, a game-high six assists and a game-high three blocks.
• Joel Berry II did not make a field goal in the first half (0-5 FG, 0-2 3FG), but went four for seven from three-point range in the second half and ended with 17 points.
• Carolina extended its NCAA-record home winning streak over Clemson to 59 games. That is 23 games longer than the next-longest active streak (Marquette over Milwaukee).

GAME 22: NC STATE 95, UNC 91 (OT)
• Ended a 15-game win streak at home against ACC opponents.
• Ended a 16-game streak when scoring 90 or more points.
• Ended a 20-game streak when leading at the half.
• This was the fifth time in 140 games under Roy Williams the Tar Heels lost when scoring 90 or more points.
• Carolina came into the game 15-0 when leading at the half and 8-0 when shooting 50 percent from the floor this year. UNC led 41-38 at the half and shot 52.8 percent for the game.
• This was the sixth time in 203 games under Roy Williams the Tar Heel shot 50 percent from the floor in a loss.
• Carolina shot a season-low 55.0 percent from the free throw line The Tar Heels were 11 of 20, including 9 of 17 in the second half and overtime.
• NC State's Allerik Freeman is the first UNC opponent ever to make 7 for 7 from three-point range. Geoff Brewer of Florida State (2/24/95) and Jordan Swing of UAB (12/1/12) were 5 for 5, which were the previous best games by percentage against UNC.
• NC State made 15 three-pointers, the most by an opponent this season (previous was 14 at Davidson). State's three-point percentage (.500) was also the highest by an opponent this year (previous .464 by Northern Iowa and Portland).
• NC State scored 22 second-chance points and 22 points off turnovers. The second-chance points are the most by an opponent and the points off turnovers are the second-most against UNC this year (Virginia had 25).
• NC State had three players with 20 or more points, the first time an opponent did that since Duke in 2010.
• Luke Maye led all scorers with 31 points and added 11 rebounds. It was his 12th double-double, seventh game with at least 20 and 10, 10th game with at least 20 points and second with 30 or more points.
• Maye attempted 23 field goals, which equals the most in any game by a Tar Heel in the Roy Williams era.
• Theo Pinson had career highs in points (22), rebounds (15), field goals (10) and field goal attempts (16).
• It was Pinson's second double-double in the last three games and third of his career.
• Cameron Johnson matched his season high with six assists.
• It was the first game this season Joel Berry II, Cameron Johnson and Kenny Williams did not make a three-pointer. The trio was 0 for 9 from behind the arc.
• Berry had a career-high three blocked shots.
• It was the first time since the Arkansas game on 11/24/17 Berry did not make a three-point shot.

TRENDING...
• Luke Maye (18.6) and Joel Berry II (17.0) 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 and Maye are among 25 mid-season candidates for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's.
• Carolina is one of four schools that have two players on the mid-season Wooden Award list; Joel Berry II and Luke Maye are among five ACC players on the list.
• 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).
• The Tar Heels lead the country in rebounds per game (43.4) and are second in rebound margin (11.7).

REBOUND MARGIN
12.1 – Michigan State
11.7 – North Carolina
10.5 – Wichita State
10.5 – Duke
9.7 – Gonzaga

REBOUNDS PER GAME
43.4 – North Carolina
43.1 – Duke
42.3 – Texas A&M
42.2 – Michigan State
41.9 – 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 37.7 percent of their own missed shots.

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING PERCENTAGE
.406 – Duke
.395 – Cincinnati
.390 – Michigan State
.377 – North Carolina
.374 – Syracuse

• Carolina is 21st in the country in protecting its defensive backboards. The Tar Heels are rebounding 76.4 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 12 games, the Tar Heels have made 50 percent or better in three of 24 halves (.514 in second half vs. Boston College, 65.0 in second half vs. Clemson and 63.0 in second half vs. NC State).
• Luke Maye has led UNC in both scoring and rebounding in five of the first nine 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 27. At 6-8, Maye would the shortest Tar Heel to lead the team in blocks since Danny Green (6-5) in 2006.
• Carolina is hitting 8.0 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
8.0 in 2017-18
7.8 in 1994-95
7.6 in 2012-13
7.6 in 2001-02

• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor nine times. UNC is shooting 46.2 percent for the season. That includes 49.0 percent in its 16 wins and 38.5 percent in the six losses.
• Carolina has scored 29.1 percent of its points on three-point field goals. That's the second-highest percentage in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as UNC's head coach.

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

• Carolina is attempting 33.6 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 15 of 22 games, including seven of nine in ACC play. UNC is 11-4 when the opponents make 10 or more threes.
• Carolina's opponents are scoring 42.2 percent of its points on three-pointers. Charleston Southern (42.7) is the only school in the nation whose opponents score a higher percentage from beyond the arc.
• The opponents are making 10.2 three-pointers per game, the highest in a season against the Tar Heels.

OPPONENT THREE-POINTERS PER GAME
10.2 – 2017-18
9.6 – 1995-96
8.8 – 1994-95
8.0 – 2016-17
7.9 – 1996-97

• The opponents have out-scored UNC in points off turnovers in 11 of the last 15 games, including an 163-96 edge in the last 11 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 nine ACC games.
• UNC out-scored Boston College 19-2 and NC State 8-2 in fastbreak points. The other seven ACC opponents have out-scored UNC, 73-40.
• Luke Maye and Kenny Williams have played more minutes this year than they did all of last season. Maye has played 710 minutes; last year he played 497. Williams has played 657 minutes; last year he played 617 before suffering a season-ending injury.
• Luke Maye has 12 double-doubles in the first 22 games. He is tied for the seventh-most double-doubles in a season 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 Luke Maye, 2017-18
12 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2008-09
12 by Sean May, 2003-04
10 by Ed Davis, 2009-10
10 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07

• Theo Pinson is averaging 11.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists in the last six games.
• Pinson is also averaging 3.0 turnovers in the last three games.
• Carolina is 13-2 when Pinson has more assists than turnovers and 2-4 when he commits more turnovers than he has assists.
• Since the win over Clemson (in the last three games), Joel Berry II, Cameron Johnson and Kenny Williams are a combined 8 for 47 from three-point range. In those three games, Luke Maye is 7 for 13 from beyond the arc.
• Carolina is 4-0 when Cameron Johnson makes two or more three-pointers and 2-5 when he makes one or none.

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Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Cameron Johnson

Luke Maye

Kennedy Meeks

Theo Pinson

Kenny Williams