University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Basketball Game Notes
February 8, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 8, 2002
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Date: Sunday, February 10, 2002, 6:30 p.m.
Site (capacity): Smith Center (21,750), Chapel Hill, N.C.
UNC's Series Record vs. Maryland: UNC leads, 107-49
Television: Fox Sports Net
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Woody Durham (play-by-play), Mick Mixon (color) and Phil Ford (analysis) provide the call. A live broadcast also is available on Carolina's official athletic website, TarHeelBlue.com
Websites: UNC (TarHeelBlue.com), Maryland (UMTerps.com)
TONIGHT'S GAME: Maryland
* The Tar Heels return home after back-to-back road games and will host Maryland on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in the Smith Center. The game will be televised nationally by Fox Sports Net as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference's Sunday night television package.
* The Tar Heels lead the series with Maryland, 107-49. The Terps downed Carolina, 112-79, last month in College Park. UNC swept a pair of meetings from the Terrapins last season. The Tar Heels have won four of their last six meetings with Maryland. Carolina is 11-5 against the Terps at the Smith Center and 50-14 overall at home against Maryland.
* Carolina is 4-7 at home this season. The seven losses are the most home defeats in a season in UNC history (the previous record was five).
* Tonight's guest analyst on the Fox Sports Net television broadcast is former Tar Heel star Walter Davis, who ranks ninth in school history with 1,863 points. Davis has his jersey honored in the Smith Center rafters as a member of the 1976 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team (coached by Dean Smith). After playing at Carolina and in the Olympics, Davis was the 1978 NBA Rookie of the Year and a five-time NBA All-Star.
* This year, the Tar Heels are eight games under .500 in a season for the first time in school history.
Earlier this Season vs. the Terrapins
Maryland scored 112 points (the most ever given up in a game by Carolina) and shot 57.9 percent from the floor to defeat the Tar Heels, 112-79, on Jan. 9 in College Park. The game marked UNC's final appearance at storied Cole Field House.
Juan Dixon had 29 points and eight steals and Steve Blake had 12 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds for Maryland.
Jason Capel tied his career scoring high with 27 points for UNC.
LAST GAME: Wake Forest
Wake Forest shot 76.9 percent from the floor in the first half and 58.2 percent for the game on its way to a 90-66 win over the Tar Heels in Winston-Salem on Feb. 6. The Demon Deacons hit 20 of 26 field goal attempts in the first half.
Josh Howard led five Deacons in double-figures with 24 points. Carolina committed 24 turnovers, shooting 34.6 percent from the field in the second half and 39.2 percent for the game.
Kris Lang led the Tar Heels with 14 points and 8 rebounds. Brian Morrison added 13 points for his third straight double-figure scoring game.
With a Tar Heel Win Tonight . . .
* ... Carolina will break a three-game losing streak.
* ... Carolina will improve to 4-0 in Sunday night games broadcast on Fox Sports Net. The Tar Heels have defeated Georgia Tech, Texas A & M and Clemson on Sunday nights this season.
With a Tar Heel Loss Tonight . . .
* ... Carolina (6-14) will tie the school record with its 15th loss of the season. UNC lost 15 games in both 1950-51 and 1951-52.
* ... Carolina (2-8 ACC) will set a new school record for ACC losses in a season. UNC went 6-8 in ACC play in 1963-64, Dean Smith's third year as Carolina head coach.
Carolina's Starting Lineups This Season
The following represents Carolina's starting lineups this season and the Tar Heels' record in those games.
Hampton - Boone, Morrison, Williams, Capel, Lang (0-1)
Davidson - Boone, Scott, Manuel, Capel, Lang (0-1)
Indiana, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Binghamton, College of Charleston, Wake Forest - Scott, Manuel, Capel, Johnson, Lang (2-4)
Saint Joseph's, NC A&T, Texas A&M - Scott, Manuel, Capel, Johnson, Bersticker (3-0)
Maryland - Boone, Manuel, Capel, Johnson, Bersticker (0-1)
Virginia - Boone, Morrison, Manuel, Capel, Lang (0-1)
Florida State - Boone, Morrison, Manuel, Williams, Lang (0-1)
Connecticut - Boone, Manuel, Johnson, Williams, Lang (0-1)
NC State - Williams, Johnson, Lang, Boone, Scott (0-1)
Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest - Capel, Johnson, Lang, Scott, Boone (1-3)
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