University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC-Boston College Notes
March 11, 2015 | Men's Basketball
North Carolina 81, Boston College 63
ACC Tournament Second Round
CAROLINA is now:
22-10 overall
91-43 all-time in the ACC Tournament
37-17 in ACC Tournament games in Greensboro
119-32 in games played in Greensboro
113-29 in the Greensboro Coliseum
ROY WILLIAMS is now:
Tied for 15th place in NCAA history with 746 wins with former Kansas coach Phog Allen
746-200 overall and 328-99 at Carolina
16-9 in the ACC Tournament
CAROLINA shot 51.5 percent from the floor in the second half. That is the fourth straight game the Tar Heels have shot better than 50 percent from the floor in the second half and the sixth time in the last nine games UNC has done that.
MARCUS PAIGE and BRICE JOHNSON led UNC with 17 points apiece. That is the 11th time Paige has led UNC in scoring and the 10th time Johnson has done that.
PAIGE has scored 40 points in the last two games (only two-game stretch this year with more points was 19 vs. Florida State and 22 vs. Syracuse).
PAIGE had a game-high nine assists, and has 54 assists in the last 10 games.
JOHNSON scored 17 points and tied J.P. TOKOTO for rebounding honors for both teams with nine. It was the ninth time in the last 14 games that Johnson has scored at least 16 points.
JUSTIN JACKSON scored 12 points and was 2 for 3 from three-point range. It was the sixth straight game he has scored in double figures, his longest streak of the season (previous was three). He also matched his season high with two three-pointers for the third time in the last five games.
J.P. TOKOTO had six points, nine rebounds, four assists, no turnovers and a season-high three blocked shots. Tokoto has 43 assists and 15 turnovers in the last 10 games. Tokoto also played a major role in limiting BC's standout guard Olivier Hanlan to 5 of 19 shooting from the floor.
JOEL JAMES made his second start of the season and the 18th of his career. He had six points, the 10th time this year he has scored at least six points (Tar Heels are 8-2 when he does).
BOSTON COLLEGE had four offensive rebounds, which matches the fewest by an opponent this year (Virginia Tech).
CAROLINA is now 13-5 against Boston College, including 2-1 in ACC Tournament play. UNC has won 11 of the last 13 meetings against the Eagles.
KENNEDY MEEKS missed his first game of the season and the first game in his collegiate career with flu-like symptoms. Meeks has not practiced or played since the Duke game last Saturday, March 7th.
THEO PINSON tweaked his left foot in practice on Monday, the same foot he broke at Wake Forest on January 21st. His availability for the rest of the week will be on a day-to-day basis.
