University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Open Maui Play Monday Vs. Chaminade
November 21, 2016 | Men's Basketball
| Carolina (4-0) vs. Chaminade (2-1) |
| When: Monday Nov. 21, 2016 ♦ 11:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. in Hawai'i) |
| Where: Lahaina Civic Center, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii |
| Tickets: Limited |
| Watch: ESPN2 (WatchESPN) |
| Twitter: @UNC_Basketball, @GoSwords |
| Live Stats: GoHeels.com |
| Series: UNC leads, 2-0; Streak: UNC has won two in a row |
Tar Heels Return to Maui for Seventh Time
• Carolina is 4-0 and begins play on Monday, November 21, in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational against Chaminade. ESPN2 will televise the game nationally.
• The University of Connecticut and Oklahoma State are in the UNC-Chaminade side of the Maui bracket.
• Georgetown, Oregon, Tennessee and Wisconsin are in the opposite bracket.
• This is Carolina's seventh appearance in the Maui Invitational. The Tar Heels have won the event three times (1999-2000, 2004-05 and 2008-09) and lost in the finals twice (1989-90 and 1995-96).
UNC in Maui
• Carolina is 15-3 in six previous Maui Invitational appearances.
• The Lahaina Civic Center is 19th in Carolina history in most wins (15) by the Tar Heels in any arena.
1989-90: beat James Madison and Villanova, lost in the final to Missouri
1995-96: beat Vanderbilt and Michigan State, lost to Villanova in the final
1999-2000: (champion) beat Southern California, Georgetown and Purdue
2004-05: (champion) beat BYU, Tennessee and Iowa
2008-09: (champion) beat Chaminade, Oregon and Notre Dame
2012-13: beat Mississippi State, lost to Butler in a semifinal, beat Chaminade
Maui MVPs
• Carolina has won the Maui Invitational three times (1999-2000, 2004-05, 2008-09) and a trio of Tar Heels have earned MVP honors in the event.
• Freshman Joseph Forte was the MVP in 1999-2000 after scoring 24 points in his college debut in the opener vs. Southern California, adding 17 in the semis vs. Georgetown and a game-high 21 in the championship vs. Purdue.
• Raymond Felton was MVP in 2004-05 after averaging 9.7 points and 10 assists in the three wins. He injured his wrist in the semifinal, but still had 13 points, nine assists and four steals against Iowa in the championship game.
• Ty Lawson earned MVP honors in 2008-09 after a 22-point, 11-assist double-double in the finals against Notre Dame.
Roy Williams in Maui
• This is the sixth time Roy Williams has brought a team to the Maui Invitational.
• Williams' teams have a 13-2 record and have won three championships in Maui.
• Williams is one of three coaches to win the Maui Invitational at least three times (Mike Krzyzewski - 5, Williams - 3, Jim Boeheim - 3).
• At Kansas, he led the Jayhawks to the title in 1996-97 with wins over LSU, California and Virginia. In 2001-02, the Jayhawks lost in the first round to Ball State before beating Houston and Seton Hall.
• His UNC teams are 8-1 in Maui, winning the title in 2004-05 and 2008-09.
UNC All-Time in Hawai'i
• The Tar Heels are 31-5 in the state of Hawai'i – 16-2 in Honolulu and 15-3 in Lahaina.
UNC vs. Chaminade
• The Tar Heels are 2-0 vs. Chaminade with both wins coming in the Maui Invitational.
• Carolina won 115-70 in the quarterfinals on 11/24/08 en route to winning the title, and 112-70 on 11/21/12 in a consolation round game on the final day of the 2012-13 event.
• James Michael McAdoo had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Reggie Bullock scored 17 and had six assists as UNC beat the Silverswords, 112-70, in 2012-13.
• The Tar Heels shot 68.6 percent from the floor in the opening half as they built a 62-33 lead, and finished the game shooting 62.3 percent.
• In 2008-09, Danny Green scored 26 and Ty Lawson had 19 points and six assists in a 115-70 win.
• The Tar Heels played without Tyler Hansbrough who sat out as a precaution due to a stress reaction in his leg.
• Carolina shot 69.2 percent from the floor in the second half and .608 for the game.
Connecticut or Oklahoma State Next Up
• The Tar Heels will play either Connecticut or Oklahoma State on Tuesday, November 22nd.
• If Carolina beats Chaminade, UNC plays in a semifinal game at 5:30 p.m. Hawaiian Time (10:30 p.m. Eastern) on ESPN.
• If Chaminade beats the Tar Heels, Carolina will play at 10:30 a.m. Hawaiian Time (3:30 p.m. Eastern) in a consolation bracket game.
• The Tar Heels are 5-1 all-time against UConn. The teams last met on 2/13/05 in the Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center. Carolina was playing without Jackie Manuel and David Noel due to illness, but came away with a 77-70 win behind 17 points from Jawad Williams, 16 points and 13 rebounds from Sean May and 16 points and 10 assists from Raymond Felton.
• The Tar Heels are 0-1 against the Cowboys. On 3/26/46, Oklahoma A&M beat UNC, 43-40, in the NCAA championship game in the original Madison Square Garden.
• Roy Williams is 2-0 against UConn (both games while coaching UNC) and 20-8 against Oklahoma State (all while at Kansas).
Early Season Tar Heel Notes
• Carolina is 4-0 for the first time since 2012-13. The Tar Heels lost to Butler in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational in their fifth game that year.
• Carolina has not started a season 5-0 since 2011-12.
• Carolina has scored 83 or more points in all four games. That's the first time UNC has scored 80 or more in the first four games to start a season since accomplishing that in the first five games in Roy Williams' first year as head coach in 2003-04.
• Carolina is shooting 49.6 percent from the floor and holding the opponents to 37.2 percent.
• Isaiah Hicks is shooting a team-high 69.7 percent from the floor and freshman Tony Bradley is next at 64.0 percent.
• Carolina has 73 offensive rebounds and the opponents have 75 defensive rebounds.
• Kennedy Meeks (20) and Tony Bradley (19) have combined for 39 offensive rebounds.
• It's only four games, but three Tar Heels are shooting 40 percent from three-point range (Nate Britt .455), Joel Berry II (.400) and Kenny Williams (.400). Last year, no Tar Heel shot 40 percent for the year. Justin Jackson is shooting at a clip of .368 which would have been second-best on the squad last year.
• Sophomore guard Kenny Williams is third with eight offensive rebounds.
• The Tar Heels have 88 assists on 132 field goals (67 percent). Four different players have double-digit assists.
• Five different Tar Heels have led Carolina in assists in the first four games: Nate Britt 5 vs. Tulane, Joel Berry II, Justin Jackson and Kenny Williams 5 vs. Chattanooga, Seventh Woods 6 vs. Long Beach State and Berry 6 at Hawai'i.
• Two Tar Heels have scored in double figures in every game (Justin Jackson and Tony Bradley).
• Carolina has made 75 free throws and the opponents have attempted 58.
• Joel Berry II is first on the team with 22 free throw attempts (although he did not get to the line at Hawai'i) and freshman Tony Bradley is second with 19 attempts.
• Carolina is shooting 40.8 percent from three-point range (29 for 71). Last year UNC set a school record for the lowest three-point percentage (.327), yet came within five seconds of winning a national championship.
• Ten Tar Heel are averaging double-figures in minutes led by Justin Jackson at 30.0 per game.
• Thirty-three percent of the opponent's baskets have been three-point field goals. UNC has made 22 percent of its field goals from behind the arc.
Non-Conference Slate One of Nation's Best
• ESPN rated Carolina's non-conference schedule the second-most difficult in the country behind Kansas.
• UNC's non-conference schedule includes five NCAA Tournament teams (Chattanooga, Hawai'i, Indiana, Kentucky and Northern Iowa) and three NIT teams from a year ago (Long Beach State, Davidson and Monmouth).
• Possible opponents in Maui include three 2016 NCAA Tournament teams in Connecticut, Oregon and Wisconsin.
• Four of UNC's non-conference opponents have been picked to win their respective conferences in preseason media polls (Chattanooga in the Southern Conference, Long Beach State in the Big West, Kentucky in the SEC and Monmouth in the Metro Atlantic).
• UConn is picked second in the American, Northern Iowa is picked third in the Missouri Valley, Indiana is picked third in the Big 10 and Davidson is picked fourth in the A-10.
• Others include possible Maui opponents Oregon (picked to win the Pac-12), Wisconsin (highest-rated Big 10 team in the preseason AP poll) and Georgetown (picked fourth in the Big East).
Tar Heels Open Hawaiian Trip with W
• Isaiah Hicks led five scorers in double figures, including Tony Bradley, who had his first collegiate double-double, and UNC overcame a poor defensive effort and shaky shooting from some of its top scorers in an 83-68 win at Hawai'i on Friday evening, November 18th.
• Carolina shot 63.3 percent from the floor in the second half, its highest percentage in any half this year.
• That followed a first half in which UNC shot a season-low for any half at 35.1 percent.
• Starting perimeter players Joel Berry II, Justin Jackson and Nate Britt were a combined 1 for 16 from the floor in the first half but UNC led 35-27 at the break.
• Carolina's bench scored 16 of its 28 points in the first half.
• Carolina's bench made 9 of 19 shots from the floor and combined for 28 points for the game. Tony Bradley had 10 points, Seventh Woods had seven, Kenny Williams had six and Brandon Robinson had five.
• Hawai'i shot 55.2 percent from the floor in the second half. Previous high in a half by the opponents was the second half by Long Beach State, which shot 45.7 percent.
• Carolina shot a season-best 73.3 percent from the free throw line (11 for 15).
• The Tar Heels had a season-best rebounding margin of plus-23 (46-23).
• Freshman Tony Bradley scored in double figures for the fourth straight game (most to start a career since Brandan Wright did it in the first 18 games in 2006-07).
• Bradley also grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds, most by a UNC freshman since Kennedy Meeks had 13 against Iowa State in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
• Nate Britt scored a season-high 13 points on 5 of 9 shooting from the floor and 3 of 5 from three-point range. It was his 16th time in double figures as a Tar Heel and his first since he had 10 against Miami on 2/20/16. It was his highest scoring game since he had 17 against Davidson on 12/6/15.
• Isaiah Hicks led UNC with 16 points on 7 of 8 shooting from the floor. It matched his season high (also 16 at Tulane).
• Joel Berry II had a season-high six assists but was 1 for 9 from the floor (0 for 5 3FGs). His previous high for attempts without making a three-pointer was four against Syracuse in the 2016 national semifinal.
• Kenny Williams made two three-pointers in a game for the first time as a Tar Heel.
