Tar Heels Visit Virginia Saturday

• Carolina (12-3, 1-1 ACC) plays its second consecutive ACC road game at Virginia (13-1, 2-0) on Saturday, Jan. 6th, at 1 p.m.
• The Tar Heels are 6-2 away from the Smith Center this year, including 3-1 on the road with wins at Stanford, Davidson and Tennessee and an 81-80 loss at Florida State on Jan. 3rd.
• Carolina has won the next game after its last 11 losses. The Tar Heels have not lost consecutive games since February 2016 at Louisville and Notre Dame.
• Luke Maye (18.1 ppg) and Joel Berry II (17.9) 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.
• Roy Williams has led Carolina to a winning record in ACC road games in each of the last seven seasons and in 11 of 14 seasons as UNC's head coach.
• No other school has a streak of winning records in ACC away games for more than one season. Notre Dame and Virginia were the only other schools with winning records in ACC road games last year, but neither accomplished that in 2015-16.
• Williams has a 75-43 record in ACC road games, the second-highest winning percentage (.636) in ACC history.
• Williams has won 828 games, two shy of tying Mt. St. Mary's Jim Phelan for seventh place in wins by a Division I head coach.
• Three of Carolina's next four games – Virginia (9), Notre Dame (64) and Clemson (10) are against teams in the top 75 in the RPI and two are against top-10 teams.
• Joel Berry II has scored 104 points (26.0 per game) in Carolina's four road games this season – 28 at Stanford, 27 at Davidson, 21 at Tennessee and 28 at Florida State.
• Berry is one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award (Tyler Hansbrough won the award in 2009).

SIXTH IN THE RPI
• Carolina is No. 6 in the nation in the NCAA's RPI behind Duke, Xavier, Oklahoma, TCU and Arizona State.
• Carolina's strength of schedule is the 12th-strongest in the country.
• Carolina's first 15 opponents have an average RPI of 102, which is the fourth-best in the country.

UNC-VIRGINIA SERIES
•Carolina leads, 131-54, including 16-8 under head coach Roy Williams.
• Neither team has scored in the 80s in the last seven games. UNC is 3-4 in those games.
• The Tar Heels are 7-6 against Tony Bennett's Virginia teams and 1-0 against Bennett at Washington State (2008 NCAA Tournament).
• UNC has scored more than 75 points once in 13 games against Bennett's UVA teams and under 65 points eight times (3-5 in those eight).
• The Tar Heels are averaging 63.8 points against Virginia in the last 13 games. That includes a high of 93 on 2/16/13 and a low of 43 on 2/27/17.
• Carolina is 44-34 against Virginia in Charlottesville, including 4-4 in John Paul Jones Arena.
• Carolina won its first four games in John Paul Jones Arena, but the Cavaliers have won the last four games there. UNC last won in Charlottesville in 2012.

LAST TIME IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, 2/27/17
VIRGINIA 53, UNC 43
• Carolina scored 43 points, its fewest under Roy Williams, its fewest against Virginia since 1945 and its fewest in any game since a 47-40 loss at Duke on 2/24/1979.
• Carolina turned the ball over 12 times in the first half (only twice in the second half).
• Joel Berry II scored 12 points and was UNC's only player in double figures. It was the first time only one Tar Heel scored in double figures since a loss to Miami on 1/8/14.
• Carolina's five starters combined for only 27 points.
• Carolina made a season-low 17 field goals and attempted just 48 shots from the floor, which was 18 fewer than its season average entering the game.
• Carolina scored 22 points in the paint, which matched its fewest in 21 games, both of which were losses (at Miami and at Virginia).
• Carolina had won 17 straight games when the opponents shot under 40 percent from the floor – Virginia shot 32.2 percent.
• Carolina had won 13 games in a row when it out-rebounded the opponent – UNC out-rebounded the Cavaliers, 38-35.
• The Tar Heels led 7-0 3:19 into the game. Virginia scored the next 12 points. Carolina led just one other time, at 21-20 with just under five minutes to play in the first half.
• Virginia committed four turnovers, the fewest against UNC all season. The previous low was six by the Cavaliers in Chapel Hill.

2/18/17 IN CHAPEL HILL
UNC 65, VIRGINIA 41
• Carolina scored 65 points, its fewest in a win since beating Virginia 61-57 in the 2016 ACC Tournament championship game.
• Virginia scored 41 points, the second-fewest by an opponent in the Smith Center (460th game). Clemson scored 39 on 2/16/1995.
• The 41 points were the fewest allowed by the Tar Heels in Roy Williams' first 14 seasons as head coach. Previous was 42 by NC Central (11/11/2009) and by Northern Iowa (12/21/2016).
• The 41 points were the fewest Virginia scored on UNC since 1/21/1947 when UNC beat the Cavaliers 63-38. That game was played in Woollen Gym.
• Carolina out-rebounded the Cavaliers, 44-26 (plus 18).
• Virginia shot 27.8 percent from the floor, the lowest percentage by an opponent since Evansville shot 25.8 percent on 12/6/2011.
• It was the lowest percentage against the Tar Heels by an ACC team since Boston College shot 26.9 percent on 2/1/2011.
• Carolina's defense held the Cavaliers to 23.3 percent shooting from the floor in the second half, the lowest in a half by an opponent all year. That was the lowest percentage the Tar Heels held an opponent to in a half since Louisville shot 22.2 percent in the second half in the ACC Tournament quarterfinal in Greensboro in 2015.
• Carolina's 24-point win was its largest margin of victory over Virginia since a 99-54 (+45) win over 3/1/2006. UNC had a combined margin of 23 points in its previous four wins over the Cavaliers dating back to 2012.
• Justin Jackson led Carolina in scoring with 20 points, 18 in the first half, and added six assists.

GAME 15: FLORIDA STATE 81, UNC 80
• Carolina rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to take the lead, but ultimately dropped an 81-80 decision in Tallahassee to snap a seven-game winning streak over the Seminoles.
• The loss was UNC's first in four games in Tallahassee.
• It was the closest margin of defeat by the Tar Heels against Florida State. It was the first one-point loss since a 74-73 Duke win on 2/17/16.
• Joel Berry II scored 28 points. He was 10 for 23 from the floor. The 23 field goal attempts were a career high and equaled the most ever by a Tar Heel in a game coached by Roy Williams.
• Berry missed a 10-footer in the lane with just under five seconds to play that could have given Carolina the lead.
• Florida State led 51-40 at the half. FSU's 51 points and shooting percentage of .545 in the first half were both season highs for a half by an opponent this season.
• The Seminoles scored 81 points on 81 possessions. Their points per possession of 1.0 was the highest by an opponent this year.
• FSU scored 51 points on 42 first-half possessions. The points per possession of 1.21 was the highest in a half by an opponent this season.
• Carolina was seven for nine from the free throw line. Both of those are season lows.
• The Tar Heels were out-scored 14-7 from the free throw line.
• Both teams made 11 of 29 three-pointers. Florida State made nine of its 11 threes in the first half.
• Carolina tied its season low with seven turnovers (also in the first game vs. UNI).
• Kenny Williams scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half. Williams made 4 of 5 from three-point range in the first half, but was 0 for 6 from distance in the second.
• Cameron Johnson led UNC in rebounds (8) and assists (6).
• Carolina out-scored the Seminoles, 24-12, in points off turnovers. Fourteen of UNC's 40 second-half points followed FSU turnovers.
• UNC lost for the first time this year (in 11 games) and first time in 13 games overall when it scored 80 or more points.

TRENDING...
• The Tar Heels are second in the ACC and fourth in the country in rebounds per game (43.9) and second in the ACC and third in the country in rebound margin (12.1).
• Carolina's rebound margin is its second highest in school history (set the record last year at 12.3 per game).
• 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 protecting its defensive backboards. The Tar Heels' opponents are rebounding only 21.2 percent of their own misses. Only Boise State, Liberty, Creighton and Milwaukee are grabbing a higher percentage of the opposition's missed shots.
• On the offensive end, Carolina is 24th in the country in rebounding. The Tar Heels are pulling down 35.8 percent of their own missed shots.
• Luke Maye is sixth in the country in defensive rebounds (8.1), 12th in rebounding (10.5) and 15th in double-doubles (8).
• Carolina is hitting 7.9 three-pointers per game, which is the second most in school history. The record is 8.3 per game in 2002-03. Last year, UNC made 7.1 per game.

MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE PER GAME
8.3 in 2002-03
7.9 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 10 times (all wins), 90 or more points five times, 100 points twice and has averaged 66.7 points in its three losses.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor six times. UNC is shooting 47.3 percent for the season. That includes 49.8 percent in its 12 wins and 34.2 percent in the three losses.
• Carolina ranks 22nd nationally in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency and 13th in adjusted defensive efficiency ratings.
• Carolina has scored 28.0 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
28.0 percent – 2017-18
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2004-05
25.3 percent – 2016-17

• Joel Berry II has played 35 minutes in three of the last four games.
• Berry has attempted 17.8 field goals in the last five games. He averaged 13.1 shots from the floor in the first nine games this year.
• Luke Maye is 20 for 56 from the floor in the last four games (.357). He shot 56.5 percent from the floor in the first 11 games.
• Kenny Williams made four three-pointers at Florida State. He made a total of three in the previous three games.
• The Tar Heels have made 11 more free throws (238) than the opponents have taken. At Florida State, however, UNC was 7 for 9 from the line while the Seminoles were 14 of 22.

IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is No. 12 in the Associated Press poll that was released on New Year's Day. The Tar Heels are 11th in the USA Today/Coaches poll.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 70th consecutive week (last four weeks in 2013-14, all 19 weeks in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 and the first nine weeks this season).
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 886th time, most in college basketball history.
• Carolina and Duke have combined for 244 weeks all-time as the No. 1 team in the AP poll. That's 244 of 300 weeks as No. 1 by every current ACC school.
• The 2017-18 season is the 55th (out of 70) in which the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina was No. 9 in this season's preseason AP poll. It marked the 12th time in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as head coach the Tar Heels entered the year ranked in the top 10. UNC has finished the year in the AP top 10 nine times in Williams' first 14 seasons.

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Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Justin Jackson

Cameron Johnson

Luke Maye

Kenny Williams