University of North Carolina Athletics
North Carolina Postgame Notes
December 20, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 20, 2003
The three overtime game is the longest for Carolina since a three-overtime win over Tulane in Carmichael Auditorium on Nov. 30, 1982. Carolina beat Tulane 70-68 in three overtimes.
This is the fifth three-overtime game in Carolina history (not counting a four-overtime game against Tulane in 1976). The Tar Heels are 3-2 in those games.
This is the first time in Smith Center history Carolina played a multiple overtime game. It is the 10th overtime game in Smith Center history. It was the 240th game played by UNC in the Smith Center.
Carolina has now lost three consecutive overtime games for the first time since the 1980-81 seasons.
119 scored by Wake Forest is the most ever allowed by Carolina. The previous high was 112 at Maryland on Jan. 9, 2002.
This is the first time in Carolina history the Tar Heels lost a game in which they scored at least 100 points. The previous high for most points in a loss was 97 to West Virginia on Dec. 31, 1965.
The 233 points scored are the most ever by both teams in a Carolina game. The previous high was 231 by UNC and Kentucky on Dec. 27, 1989. UNC won that game 121 to 110. The previous high for the Smith Center was 218 vs. VMI on Dec. 17, 1994 (UNC won 129-89).
The 233 points equal the second-most by both teams in an ACC game. The record is 234 by Maryland and NC State on Dec. 20, 1978. Clemson and Wake Forest scored 233 on Feb. 13, 2002 (Clemson 118, WF 115).
Raymond Felton had a season-high 22 points and 13 assists. It was his first double-double of the year and fifth career.
Rashad McCants had 25 points, a season high and the most he has scored since he scored 26 against Georgetown in the 2003 season finale. It is the seventh time he has scored 25 or more points as a Tar Heel.
Carolina had six players in double figures for the first time since beating Massachusetts in Charlotte on Dec. 29, 2000.
