UNC-NC State Postgame Notes

Jan. 26, 2012

Postgame Notes
North Carolina 74, NC State 55

Carolina beat NC State for the 11th consecutive time and the 17th time in 18 meetings under head coach Roy Williams.

The Tar Heels have won a school-record 30 consecutive home games.

Tyler Zeller scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high rebounds. It was Zeller's eighth double-double in 20 games this season (he had five double-doubles in 79 games over his first three seasons).

Zeller's 17 rebounds mark the fourth straight game he has 10 or more rebounds and the 10th time in the last 12 games he has double-figure boards.

Kendall Marshall had 11 assists, the eight time this year he has 10 or more assists and the 14th time in his career. He has 422 assists as a Tar Heel, passing Walter Davis (409) for 13th place at UNC.

Reggie Bullock made his first career start and responded with 11 points and five rebounds in a career-high 33 minutes (his previous high was 26 minutes at Virginia Tech on Jan.19).

Bullock scored in double figures for the first time since Jan. 1 when he had 11 against Monmouth and hit three three-pointers for thefirst time since the Long Beach game on Dec. 10.

John Henson blocked five shots, the 17th time in his career he has blocked five or more shots in a game. Henson now has 243 blocks and is just three shy of passing Sam Perkins for second place at UNC.

Desmond Hubert grabbed five rebounds in 13 minutes.

Stilman White had three points, one assist and no turnovers in five minutes. He had not scored in the previous four ACC games.

Carolina held NC State to the Pack's season lows in points (55, previous 60) and field goal percentage (36.8, previous 37.0).

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