UNC-Miami Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
MIAMI 91, CAROLINA 88
FEB. 27, 2018, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: Joel Berry II (31)
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye (10)
UNC Assist Leader: Theo Pinson (11)

Carolina Notes
• The Tar Heels are 22-8 overall, 11-6 in the ACC and 12-3 at the Smith Center this season.
• Ja'Quan Newton's game-wining three at the buzzer was the first by an opponent since Kris Jenkins of Villanova in the 2016 national championship game.
• Miami shot 54.8 percent from the floor for the game, the highest by an opponent this season.
• Miami made 11 of 22 from three-point range. The opponents have made 50 percent from three-point range in each of Carolina's last three losses (15x30 by NC State, 15x30 at Clemson and 11x22 by Miami).
• This was the second loss this season and just the seventh in 207 games under Roy Williams that the Tar Heels lost a game when they shot 50 percent or better from the floor. UNC shot 54.4 percent vs. the Canes. UNC is now 11-2 this season when shooting 50 percent or better from the floor.
• Miami scored 20 points off UNC turnovers. In the previous three games, Notre Dame, Louisville and Syracuse combined to score 18 points off Tar Heel turnovers.
• Carolina has allowed 90 points twice this year – 95 in an overtime home loss to NC State and 91 to Miami.

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Joel Berry II scored a season-high 31 points. It tied his career high (at Clemson on 1/3/17).
• Berry tied his season high with five three-pointers. It was the third time this season he made five threes (at Stanford and at Louisville). It was the seventh time in his career he made five or more in a game. He made five against Duke last year in the final home game of the season.
• Theo Pinson had 12 points and a career-high 11 assists. It was his first career double-double in points-assists and the first by a Tar Heel since Marcus Paige had 13 and 10 against Georgia Tech on 2/21/15.
• Pinson extended his double-figure scoring streak to a career-long five games.
• This was just the second loss for UNC in 17 games this season when Pinson had five or more assists.
• Luke Maye recorded his 15th double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds. That is the fifth most in a season in the Roy Williams era.
• Cameron Johnson scored 20 points. It was his eighth career 20-point game and his third as a Tar Heel.

Series Notes
• Carolina leads 21-8. The Canes are 4-10 against UNC in the Smith Center.

Next Game: Saturday, March 3, at Duke (8:15 p.m., ESPN)

Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Cameron Johnson

Luke Maye

Theo Pinson

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