University of North Carolina Athletics
Syracuse Visits Monday Night
January 16, 2017 | Men's Basketball
| UNC (16-3, 4-1 ACC) vs. Syracuse (11-7, 3-2 ACC) |
| When: Jan. 16, 2017 - 7 p.m. |
| Where: Smith Center, Chapel Hill |
| Tickets: Available |
| Watch: ESPN |
| Live Stats: GoHeels.com |
| UNC Notes • Syracuse Notes |
| Rankings: UNC No. 11/No. 12 (AP/coaches); Syracuse is unranked. |
| Series: UNC leads, 8-4 |
• Carolina plays host to Syracuse on Monday, 1/16, at 7 p.m. at the Dean E. Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels are 16-3 overall and 4-1 in the ACC. UNC has won four conference games in a row over Clemson, NC State, Wake Forest and Florida State. Clemson had won nine games in a row, NC State was coming off a 26-point win over Virginia Tech and FSU came into the game unbeaten in ACC play and riding a school-record 12-game winning streak.
• Syracuse is 11-7 overall, 3-2 in ACC play The Orange beat Boston College, 76-53 on 1/14, and has won three of its last four games.
• Carolina head coach Roy Williams has 799 wins. A win over Syracuse would make Williams the ninth Division I coach with 800 career victories.
• Mike Krzyzewski, Bob Knight, Jim Boeheim, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Jim Calhoun, Jim Phelan and Eddie Sutton are the eight coaches with 800 wins as a Division I coach.
• A win over Syracuse would make Williams the fastest coach to 800 wins by number of seasons coached and the second-fastest to 800 by games coached.
• Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski reached 800 wins in their 33rd season (Williams is in his 29th).
• Adolph Rupp reached 800 wins in his 972nd game (Williams has 799 wins in 1011 games).
• Williams has the most wins of any coach after 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 seasons.
• Jerry Tarkanian held the previous record for wins after 29 seasons with 701. Williams has 799 in his 29th season. No coach won that many games in 30, 31 or 32 seasons either.
• Williams has wins over 196 teams of the 202 schools he has faced at Kansas and North Carolina.
• Williams has 10 or more wins against 18 different schools, including three schools 30 or more times, and seven schools 20 or more times.
• Williams has 36 wins over Kansas State, 33 over Colorado and 31 over NC State.
• Williams entered the season averaging 28.0 wins per season, the most wins per year among coaches who have won at least 700 games. Mike Krzyzewski is second with 25.4 wins per season.
• Williams is sixth all-time and first among active coaches with 20 years experience in winning percentage at .790. He is second all-time behind Adolph Rupp (.822) in winning percentage among coaches with at least 1,000 games.
TOP-10 WINS
• Carolina's 96-83 win over ninth-ranked Florida State was the 30th win over a top-10 team in Roy Williams' 14 years as the Tar Heels' head coach. ESPN Research says that ties Kansas's Bill Self for the most top-10 wins in the country in the last 14 years.
1/11/04: UNC 103, #8 Georgia Tech 88
1/17/04: UNC 86, #1 UConn 83
12/4/04: UNC 91, #8 Kentucky 78
1/12/05: UNC 91, #8 Georgia Tech 69
3/6/05: UNC 75, #6 Duke 73
4/4/05: UNC 75, #1 Illinois 70
12/4/05: UNC 83, #10 Kentucky 79
3/4/06: UNC 83, #1 Duke 76
11/29/06: UNC 98, #3 Ohio State 89
3/8/08: UNC 76, #6 Duke 68
11/26/08: UNC 102, #8 Notre Dame 87
1/21/09: UNC 94, #10 Clemson 70
2/11/09: UNC 101, #6 Duke 87
3/8/09: UNC 79, #7 Duke 71
3/27/09: UNC 98, #10 Gonzaga 77
3/29/09: UNC 72, #7 Oklahoma 60
4/6/09: UNC 89, #8 Michigan State 72
12/1/09: UNC 89, #9 Michigan State 82
12/4/10: UNC 75, #10 Kentucky 73
3/5/11: UNC 81, #4 Duke 67
11/30/11: UNC 60, #9 Wisconsin 57
3/3/12: UNC 88, #4 Duke 70
11/24/13: UNC 93, #3 Louisville 84
12/4/13: UNC 79, #1 Michigan State 65
2/20/14: UNC 74, #5 Duke 66
1/10/15: UNC 72, #5 Louisville 71
3/13/15: UNC 71, #3 Virginia 67
12/1/15: UNC 89, #2 Maryland 81
3/12/16: UNC 61, #4 Virginia 57
1/14/17: UNC 96, #9 Florida State 83
• The 96-83 win over Florida State was Carolina's 157th win over a top-10 team. Dean Smith's teams won 98 games against top-10 opponents; Roy Williams has 30, Frank McGuire had 16, Bill Guthridge had eight and Matt Doherty won five.
UNC-SYRACUSE SERIES
• Carolina leads the series against Syracuse, 8-4.
• The Tar Heels won all three games last year, including the national semifinals in Houston.
• The Tar Heels are 4-1 against the Orange since Syracuse joined the ACC prior to the 2013-14 season.
• Carolina is 2-0 in Chapel Hill and the Smith Center against the Orange.
• The Tar Heels have defeated the Orange in the Smith Center 93-83 on 1/26/2015 and 75-70 on 2/29/2016.
• Roy Williams is 4-2 against Syracuse as UNC's head coach. That includes a 4-1 record since SU joined the ACC and an 87-71 Syracuse win on 11/20/2009 in Madison Square Garden in New York in the Coaches vs. Cancer championship game.
• The two schools have played each other a dozen previous times in nine different cities.
• Jim Boeheim has been the Syracuse coach in 10 of the previous 12 games in the series.
• The Tar Heels scored 45 points at the Carrier Dome in 2014 in the first ACC game between the schools, the fewest in any game coached by Roy Williams as UNC's head coach. In the next four games, the Tar Heels have averaged 83.8 points and won those four games by an average margin of 10.8 points.
UNC-SYRACUSE IN 2015-16
• The Tar Heels won all three games last year: 84-73 in the Carrier Dome, 75-70 in the Smith Center and 83-66 in the Final Four (semifinals) at NRG Stadium in Houston.
• Carolina averaged 80.7 points and allowed 69.7 points in the three games.
• Brice Johnson led the Tar Heels in scoring in the three games with 15.3 points per game, but Marcus Paige was only the sixth-leading scorer at 7.3 per contest.
• Justin Jackson (14.0), Isaiah Hicks (12.3), Joel Berry II (11.7) and Kennedy Meeks (11.0) all averaged double figures in the three games.
• Carolina shot 49 percent from the floor and held the Orange to 41.6 percent shooting.
• Carolina had 31 more assists (59-28) and four fewer turnovers (34-38) in the three games.
• Carolina won all three games despite shooting just 13 of 58 from three-point range (.224).
UNC 84, SU 73 at Syracuse
• UNC scored on 16 of its final 19 possessions over the final 8:15. On two of the three failed possessions, the Tar Heels got an offensive rebound and scored.
• Isaiah Hicks tied his career scoring high with 21 points (since surpassed) and had a career-best eight rebounds (since surpassed). Hicks scored 19 points in the second half.
• Brice Johnson had 16 points and a career-high eight assists.
• Carolina shot 64.3 percent from the floor in the second half when the Tar Heels out-scored the Orange, 51-40 (game was tied at 33 at halftime).
• Justin Jackson scored 16 points (missed shoot around due to illness). Joel Berry II had 14 points, four assists and four steals.
• Marcus Paige had only one field goal but eight assists.
UNC 75, SU 70 in Chapel Hill
• Brice Johnson had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead five Tar Heels in double figure scoring.
• Marcus Paige had two field goals and eight assists.
• UNC forced 15 turnovers (seven by Michael Gbinije) and had a 14-8 edge in points off turnovers.
• Carolina led by 13 with 15 minutes to play, but the Orange cut the gap to one with 2:23 to play. Isaiah Hicks scored in the lane with 2:03 left and Johnson grabbed an offensive rebound and scored with 1:09 to play to give UNC a 73-68 lead.
• The teams combined to shoot 11 of 45 (.244) from three-point range and shot 41.1 percent from the floor.
UNC 83, SU 66 in Houston, Final Four
• Carolina shot 60 percent from the floor in the second half and 53.8 percent for the game.
• Justin Jackson and Brice Johnson had 16 points apiece, Kennedy Meeks had 15 points and eight rebounds, Marcus Paige had 13 points and Joel Berry II had 10 assists.
• Carolina missed its first 12 three-point attempts, but made four of its final five attempts over the final nine and a half minutes.
• Paige hit three 3FGs and Theo Pinson hit a key three-pointer.
• After Syracuse hit a three cut Carolina's 17-point lead to pull within seven, Carolina went on a 10-3 run over the next two and half minutes, keyed by three-pointers from Paige and Pinson.
• The 17-point margin of victory matched the largest by the Tar Heels in a Final Four victory (semifinals or finals).
• Carolina out-scored the Orange, 50-32, in the paint, and shot 81.8 percent from the free throw line (9 of 11), while SU was 4 for 13 from the stripe.
UNC-FLORIDA STATE RECAP
• Carolina was ranked lower than Florida State for just the second time in 61 games in the series, but the Tar Heels won, 96-83. UNC was 11th in the AP poll, while the Seminoles were No. 9.
• It was the first time three Tar Heels scored 20 points since 3/18/11 against LIU in Charlotte in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Tyler Zeller (32), John Henson (28) and Harrison Barnes (24) did it in 2011; Joel Berry (26), Isaiah Hicks (22) and Justin Jackson (22) accomplished that today.
• Carolina out-rebounded the Seminoles, 56-34. This was the eighth time this year the Tar Heels have grabbed 50 or more rebounds. The previous high by an FSU opponent this year was 52 by George Washington.
• The Tar Heels entered the game No. 1 in the nation in rebounding margin and out-rebounded the Seminoles by 22. The previous high for rebounding margin against FSU this year was 10 when George Washington out-rebounded FSU, 52-42.
• Carolina scored 25 second-chance points, the ninth time this year UNC has scored 20 or more second-chance points. The 25 second-chance points are UNC's most since they scored 25 vs. Tennessee.
• It was the fourth time this year UNC scored at least 25 second-chance points.
• This was the 11th time this season UNC scored at least 90 points. The Tar Heels are 10-1 this year and 123-4 in Roy Williams' 14 years when they score at least 90 points.
• Carolina is the first team to score 90 points against the Seminoles this year (previous high was 89 by Temple).
• Carolina shot 44.4 percent (8 of 18) from three-point range. It was the fourth consecutive game UNC has shot at least 40 percent from 3FG. That's the first time UNC has done that in four straight games since 2011.
• Carolina had 21 offensive rebounds; Florida State had 25 defensive boards.
• It was the 16th time in 19 games UNC has had more offensive rebounds and the 17th time UNC scored more second-chance points than the opponents.
• It was Carolina's 387th win in the Smith Center (194 vs. ACC opponents and 193 vs. non-conference teams).
• Joel Berry led UNC with 26 points. It was his seventh 20-point game and the sixth time he has led UNC in scoring this year.
• Isaiah Hicks tied his career scoring high with 22 (also had 22 vs. Chaminade) and set a career high with 12 made free throws (in a career high 14 attempts). He was 11 for 13 from the line last year at Syracuse when he scored 21 points.
• Hicks entered the game averaging 12.2 points; he scored 13 of his 22 in the first half.
• Justin Jackson scored 22 points, his eighth 20-point game of the season.
• Jackson was 3 for 5 from three-point range. He is 12 for 21 from 3FG in the last three games.
• Luke Maye grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds. He is the first Tar Heel to come off the bench for 15 rebounds since Isaiah Hicks had 15 vs. Notre Dame in the 2016 ACC Tournament.
• Maye had seven more rebounds than he had in any previous game as a Tar Heel.
• Theo Pinson, playing in his third game of the season, had his first career double-double with 12 points (one off his career best) and a career-best 10 rebounds. He also had three assists and a steal in a season-high 24 minutes.
• Pinson made his first field goal of the season on a drive and dunk with 5:46 to play to give UNC an 82-76 lead, then drained his first 3FG of the year with 2:16 to play to push the lead to 11.
• Carolina is now 11-6 under Roy Williams in games in which the opponents come into the Smith Center as the higher-ranked team.
BERRY, JACKSON NAMED TO WOODEN MID-SEASON LIST
• Juniors Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson were two of 25 players named to the mid-season watch list for the John R. Wooden National Player of the Year Award.
• Carolina is one of five schools with two players on the list (with Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA and Wisconsin).
• The ACC and the Pac-12 led all conferences with five players apiece on the 25-man list. Berry and Jackson are joined on the list by Florida State's Dwayne Bacon, Duke's Luke Kennard and Clemson's Jaron Blossomgame.
TAR HEEL NOTES
Scoring/Shooting
• Carolina is averaging 89.6 points per game, first in the ACC and fourth in the nation.
• UNC is on pace to have the fourth-highest scoring average in school history and the second-highest average in Roy Williams' 14 years as Carolina's head coach.
Points Per Game, UNC Single-Season History
91.3 1986-87
90.0 1988-89
89.9 2008-09
89.6 2016-17
89.1 1971-72
• The Tar Heels have scored under 80 points four times, 80 or more 15 times, 90 or more 11 times and 100 or more five times.
• Carolina is fourth in the nation in scoring margin, fourth in points per game and seventh in assists.
Points Per Game
1. The Citadel 95.7
2. Kentucky 93.6
3. UCLA 92.9
4. North Carolina 89.6
5. West Virginia 89.1
Scoring Margin Per Game
1. West Virginia 26.7
2. Kentucky 21.9
3. Gonzaga 21.7
4. North Carolina 19.3
5. UCLA 17.6
• Carolina is 12th nationally in offensive efficiency and ninth in defensive efficiency (KenPom's version of points per 100 possessions).
• Carolina has scored 107 (vs. NC State), 93 (at Wake Forest) and 96 (vs. Florida State) points in its last three ACC games. This is the first time UNC has scored 90 or more points in three consecutive ACC games since 1992 when UNC did that against Clemson (103), Maryland (96) and Wake Forest (90).
• UNC has never scored 90 or more points in four straight ACC games in the same season.
• It is the first time UNC has scored 93 or more points in three straight ACC games since the 1986-87 season. That has only happened 12 times in ACC history. This is just the third time it's happened in the last 30 years – UNC 2016-17, Duke 2001-02 and Florida State 1992-93. (Courtesy Rob Daniels)
• Small forward Justin Jackson and point guard Joel Berry II are Carolina's leading two scorers. The last time UNC's top two scorers were perimeter players was 1990-91, when small forward Rick Fox (16.9) and shooting guard Hubert Davis (13.3) were UNC's top two scorers.
• Four Tar Heels are averaging in double figures in all games and in the 16 wins, but in the three losses only Justin Jackson (23.7) and Joel Berry II (13.0) are averaging double figures. The Tar Heels have scored 76.7 points in their three losses (11.2 below season average).
• Three different perimeter players have led UNC in scoring in 16 of the 19 games (Justin Jackson has been the top scorer eight times, Joel Berry II six and Kenny Williams twice.)
• Forward Isaiah Hicks led UNC in scoring twice (consecutive games against Hawai'i and Chaminade) and forward Kennedy Meeks topped the Tar Heels with 18 points vs. Northern Iowa.
• Justin Jackson leads the team with 17 double-figure scoring games. Isaiah Hicks is second with 14.
• Justin Jackson has scored 20 or more points eight times, including 27 or more four times. Brice Johnson scored 27 or more four times last year en route to first-team All-America honors.
• The last player to score 27 or more points five times in a season was Tyler Hansbrough who did it six times in 2008-09 (he did it 11 times in 2007-08).
• Jackson's scoring average is up 5.7 points from a year ago (12.2 to 17.9). The last returning starter to improve that much in one season was Marcus Paige, who increased his average 9.3 points from his freshman to sophomore seasons.
• Four Tar Heels have scored 20 or more points in a game this year. Justin Jackson has eight 20-point games, Joel Berry II has seven, Isaiah Hicks has two and Kennedy Meeks one.
• The last time two players scored 20 points seven or more times in a season was 2012 when Harrison Barnes (12) and Tyler Zeller (11) combined for 23 20-point performances.
• The Tar Heels have hit the century mark five times this year. That's the most 100-point games in one season since 2008-09, when the eventual national champions hit 100 nine times.
• Earlier this season, Kennedy Meeks and Justin Jackson became the 73rd and 74th Tar Heels to score 1,000 career points. Carolina has more 1,000-point scorers than any other school in the nation.
• Justin Jackson is UNC's active career scoring leader with 1,236 points.
• Joel Berry II scored his 900th career point in his 26-point performance vs. Florida State. He has 913 points (needs 87 for 1,000). Isaiah Hicks has 893 points (needs 107 for 1,000).
• The Tar Heels are shooting 48.4 percent from the floor and 39.1 percent from 3FG in the 16 wins and 41.7 percent from the floor and 31.1 percent from 3FG in the three losses.
• The opponents are shooting 38.7 percent from the floor and 31.3 percent 3FG in Carolina's 16 wins and 48.6 percent from the floor and 42.0 percent from 3FG in UNC's three defeats.
Rebounding
• Carolina leads the nation in rebound margin (14.1 per game) and rebounds per game (46.2) and is second in offensive rebounding (16.4 per game). The Tar Heels lead the ACC in all three categories.
Rebounding Margin Per Game
1. North Carolina 14.1
2. SMU 13.0
3. Central Florida 12.2
4. Indiana 12.1
5. Wisconsin 11.0
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. North Carolina 46.2
2. Central Florida 45.0
3. BYU 43.3
4. Rutgers 42.7
5. Kent State 42.5
Offensive Rebounds Per Game
1. Kent State 16.9
2. North Carolina 16.4
3. West Virginia 15.5
4. Rutgers 15.5
5. UC Santa Barbara 15.3
• Carolina's rebound margin of 14.1 per game not only leads the nation but woud be the highest in school history.
• This is the fourth year in which the Tar Heels are out-rebounding their oppnents by at least 10 rebounds per game.
• The school record for rebound margin for a season is 11.0 per game by the 2007-08 team that went 36-3, won the ACC Tournament and played in the Final Four.
• Three of the top five rebound margins in UNC history have come in Roy Williams' 14 years as head coach.
Highest Rebound Margin in UNC History
2016-17 14.1
2007-08 11.0
1956-57 10.8
2011-12 10.4
1960-61 9.8
Highest Rebound Margin, Roy Williams Era
2016-17 14.1
2007-08 11.0
2011-12 10.4
2015-16 8.6
2006-07 8.5
• Carolina has 312 offensive rebounds, while the opponents have 419 defensive rebounds. The Tar Heels are getting 42.7 percent of their own missed shots. On the defensive end of the floor, UNC is grabbing 74.7 percent of the missed shots.
• Against Florida State, Carolina missed 53 shots. There were seven deadball rebounds, which means there were 46 possible offensive rebounds. UNC grabbed 21 of them.
• Carolina has shot a higher field goal percentage than its opponents in 12 out of 19 games but has more offensive rebounds in 16 games and has scored more second-chance points 17 times.
• Carolina leads the country in offensive rebound percentage. UNC is one of only five teams with an offensive rebounding percentage of at least .400. SMU, Kent State, Wes Virginia and Indiana are the other four.
• Kennedy Meeks leads UNC with 70 offensive boards, is sixth in the country in offensive rebounding percentage (17.2 percent) and is 11th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game.
• Freshman Tony Bradley is second with 60 offensive rebounds. He grabs 22.8 percent of the offensive rebounds when he is on the floor.
• Bradley has seven or more offensive rebounds in three games (eight at Hawai'i, seven vs. Chattanooga and seven vs. Tennessee).
• Sophomore Luke Maye has set career highs in rebounds in two of the last three games – eight vs. NC State and 15 vs. Florida State.
• The Tar Heels have scored 20 or more second-chance points in nine games this year: 28 at Hawai'i, 26 vs. Chaminade, 25 vs. Tennessee, 25 vs. Florida State, 22 vs. NC State, 21 vs. Chattanooga, 21 vs. Oklahoma State and 20 vs. Monmouth and Clemson. The opponents have 10 or more second-chance points six times, including a season-high 18 by Oklahoma State and 17 by Long Beach.
• Carolina has 50 or more rebounds in eight games this year with a high of 57 vs. Monmouth. That is the most times in one season since the 2011-12 team had 50 or rebounds nine times.
• Carolina has a plus-16.5 rebound margin in its 16 wins and a plus-1.0 margin in its three losses.
• Kennedy Meeks is averaging a career-high 9.5 rebounds this season. Meeks has double-figure rebounds eight times this year; he did that four times all of last season.
Three-Pointers
• Carolina is making 7.4 three-pointers per game, up from 5.6 a year ago. It's the sixth-most threes per game in UNC history.
• This is the eighth season since 1986-87 the Tar Heels are averaging at least seven three-point field goals per game.
UNC 3FGs Per Game
2002-03 8.3 per game
1994-95 7.8
2012-13 7.6
2001-02 7.6
2004-05 7.5
2016-17 7.4
1995-96 7.3
1991-92 7.0
• Carolina has attempted 20 or more three-pointers in 10 of the first 19 games.
• UNC is shooting 37.7 percent from three-point range, up from a school-record low of 32.7 percent last season.
• The Tar Heels have shot 40 percent or better 3FG in 10 games and are 9-1 in those games (lost to Kentucky despite making 9 of 17 3FGs).
• Carolina is 38 for 87 from three-point range in the last four games, a percentage of .437. That includes 10 for 24 (.417) at Clemson, 12 for 27 (.444) against NC State, 8 for 18 at Wake Forest (.444) and 8 for 18 against FSU (.444).
• This is the first time UNC has shot 40 percent or better from 3FG in four straight games since 2011 (at Florida State, home vs. Duke, vs. Miami and Clemson in the ACC Tournament).
• The last time UNC shot 40 percent or better from 3FG in five consecutive games was 2006-07 (six games in a row: .400 vs. UNC Asheville, .467 vs. Florida Atlantic, .467 at Saint Louis, .533 vs. Rutgers, .412 vs. Dayton, .471 vs. Penn).
• The last time UNC shot 40 percent or better from 3FG in five consecutive ACC games was the 1995 ACC championship game vs. Wake Forest and the first four ACC regular-season games in 1995-96.
• Justin Jackson leads UNC with 47 threes and is shooting 40.5 percent from beyond the arc, up from 29.2 percent last year.
• Joel Berry II leads UNC in three-point percentage at .427 and is second in made threes with 41.
• Justin Jackson is 43 for 80 (.538) from three-point range in games where he makes more than one and 4 for 36 in games where he makes none or one.
• Jackson has 47 three-pointers in 19 games. He made 28 in 38 games as a freshman and 35 in 40 games as a sophomore.
• Justin Jackson has made four or more three-pointers six times this season (four times in the last eight games). Prior to this season, he made four in a game once (vs. Virginia in the 2015 ACC Tournament).
• Jackson is the first Tar Heel since 2004 to make six or more three-pointers in three games in the same season.
• Thirty-one percent of the opponents' baskets have been three-point field goals. Twenty-three percent of UNC's field goals are behind the arc.
• The opponents have attempted 38 percent of their shots from three-point range. UNC has attempted 29 percent of its field goals from behind the arc.
• The opponents are making 0.3 more three-pointers per game than the Tar Heels. Last year, Carolina made 2.1 fewer threes per game than the opponents.
• The margin of made three-pointers (-0.3 per game) is the closest margin since 2012-13 when the Tar Heels averaged 0.7 more threes than the opponents.
Free Throws
• Carolina has made 351 free throws, while the opponents have attempted 350.
• Three starters are shooting 78 percent or better from the FT line– Joel Berry II (.912), Isaiah Hicks (.812) and Justin Jackson (.781).
• Berry leads the ACC and is 10th in the nation in free throw shooting at 91.2 percent.
• Berry II has the highest career free throw percentage in UNC history at .859 (171 for 199). That's ninth in ACC history.
• Berry is 52 for 57 from the line this year – 91.2 percent. UNC's single-season record is 91.1 percent by Shammond Williams in 1997-98.
• Four of UNC's top five all-time leaders have played for Roy Williams.
Carolina's All-Time Free Throw Pct. Leaders
.859 Joel Berry II, 2014-
.849 Shammond Williams, 1994-98
.847 Marvin Williams, 2004-05
.845 Danny Green, 2005-09
.844 Marcus Paige, 2012-16
Miscellaneous
• Carolina has played nine games this year in which it had a points per possession of 1.0 or better with a season high of 1.14 vs. Kentucky and 1.13 vs. Oklahoma State. The Tar Heels were 1.05 in their 51-point win over NC State and 1.06 at Wake Forest.
• Carolina's points per possession in its 16 wins is .98; the opponents' points per possession in UNC's three losses is also .98.
• Carolina has 346 assists and 255 turnovers, while the opponents have 210 assists and 298 turnovers.
• Carolina averages 10.4 more second-chance points per game, 7.7 more points off turnovers and 15.2 more points in the paint than the opponents.
• Nine Tar Heels are averaging 10 or more minutes per game, led by Justin Jackson at 30.3 per game.
• Tar Heels have won ACC Player of the Week honors four times already this season. Joel Berry II won three times for his play against Tulane/Chattanooga, the Maui Invitational and Clemson/NC State. Justin Jackson won following his 34-point performance against Kentucky.
• Three current Tar Heels have played 100 or more college games, including Isaiah Hicks (131), Nate Britt (130) and Kennedy Meeks (123). Justin Jackson is next with 97 games played, but Jackson is second in starts with 94, two behind Meeks.
• The Tar Heels have won seven of their last nine overtime games.
