University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Visit BC Saturday
January 21, 2017 | Men's Basketball
| UNC (17-3, 5-1 ACC) vs. Boston College (9-10, 2-4 ACC) |
| When: Jan. 21, 2017 - Noon |
| Where: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass. |
| Tickets: Available |
| Watch: ACC Network |
| Live Stats: GoHeels.com |
| UNC Notes • BC Notes |
| Rankings: UNC No. 9/No. 9 (AP/coaches); BC is unranked. |
| Series: UNC leads, 15-5 |
• Carolina returns to action at noon on Saturday, January 21st, at Boston College.
• The Tar Heels are 17-3 overall and 5-1 in the ACC. UNC has won five conference games in a row over Clemson, NC State, Wake Forest, Florida State and Syracuse. Clemson had won nine games in a row, NC State was coming off a 26-point win over Virginia Tech, FSU came into the game unbeaten in ACC play and riding a school-record 12-game winning streak and Syracuse had won three of its previous four games.
• Carolina is ranked No. 9 by both the Associated Press and the USA Today/Coaches polls.
• Boston College is 9-10, 2-4 in the ACC after a 71-54 home loss to Virginia on 1/18. The Eagles have lost four of their last five games, all in league play. BC is 8-4 at home this season.
• Freshman forward Tony Bradley is expected to play against Boston College after missing the Florida State and Syracuse games due to a concussion he suffered on 1/11 at Wake Forest.
UNC-BOSTON COLLEGE SERIES
• Carolina leads the series with Boston College, 15-5, including 13-4 since the Eagles joined the ACC.
• The Tar Heels have won the last nine games and the 13 of the last 15 against the Eagles.
• Carolina is 6-1 and has won four in a row (2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016) at Conte Forum. BC beat UNC at Conte Forum in 2010.
• Roy Williams is 13-4 against Boston College (all while head coach at UNC).
LAST YEAR VS. BOSTON COLLEGE
• Carolina was 2-0 against Boston College in 2015-16, including an 89-62 win in Chapel Hill and a 68-65 win in Conte Forum just nine 10 days later.
Carolina 89, BC 62, 1/30/16 in Chapel Hill
• Carolina shot 53.7 percent from the floor and forced BC into 23 turnovers (most by the Eagles to that point in the season) that led to 30 points off turnovers. UNC turned the ball over 11 times leading to just five points off turnovers for BC.
• Carolina forced as many turnovers (23) as it allowed made field goals (23).
• Joel Berry II had 13 points, six assists, no turnovers and three steals.
• Brice Johnson led Carolina in scoring with 17 and rebounding with 11.
• Theo Pinson scored nine points and had six assists.
• Nate Britt had eight points and five assists.
Carolina 68, BC 65, 2/9/16 in Chestnut Hill
• Boston College led by as many as nine points in the first half and the Tar Heels did not lead until 3:55 to play in the second half.
• The Tar Heels shot 59.1 percent in the second half and 51.9 percent for the game.
• UNC had allowed 40 combined second-chance points in losses to Louisville and Notre Dame in its previous two games, but allowed only six vs. BC, including zero in the second half.
• Justin Jackson led the Tar Heels with 20 points on 9 of 11 shooting, including 2 of 3 three-pointers.
• Marcus Paige hit a three-pointer with 1:47 to play to give UNC the lead for good.
• BC led by six at the half, UNC's largest halftime deficit of the season.
• Eli Carter led the Eagles with 26 points. Dennis Clifford had 14 points and 13 rebounds.
• Roy Williams left the game and went to the locker room early in the second half after a dizzy spell caused by vertigo. Williams returned to Chapel Hill with the team and coached the Tar Heels in their next scheduled practice.
800 WINS FOR ROY WILLIAMS
• Carolina head coach Roy Williams became the ninth Division I coach to win 800 games with UNC's 85-68 win over Syracuse on 1/16.
• Williams joined Mike Krzyzewski, Bob Knight, Jim Boeheim, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Jim Calhoun, Jim Phelan and Eddie Sutton with 800 wins as a Division I coach.
• Williams won his 800th game in fewer seasons (29) than any coach in history and in the second-fewest games (1,012) in NCAA history.
• Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski won their 800th game in their 33rd season.
• Adolph Rupp reached 800 wins in his 972nd game.
• 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 800 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 800 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 .791. He is second all-time behind Adolph Rupp (.822) in winning percentage among those who have coached at least 1,000 games.
TAR HEEL NOTES
Scoring/Shooting
• Carolina is averaging 89.4 points per game, first in the ACC and fourth in the nation.
• UNC is on pace for 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
89.4 2016-17
89.1 1971-72
• The Tar Heels have scored under 80 points four times, 80 or more 16 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 sixth in assists.
Points Per Game
1. The Citadel 95.7
2. Kentucky 93.3
3. UCLA 92.9
4. North Carolina 89.4
5. Fort Wayne 89.1
Scoring Margin Per Game
1. West Virginia 25.1
2. Gonzaga 21.7
3. Kentucky 21.1
4. North Carolina 19.2
5. UCLA 17.6
• Carolina is 11th nationally in offensive efficiency and 10th in defensive efficiency (KenPom's version of points per 100 possessions). Carolina, Gonzaga and West Virginia are the only schools in the nation in the top 11 in both offense and defense efficiency.
• The Tar Heels have scored 85 or more points in each of their last five ACC games, the first time UNC has done that since the 1990-91 season (Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Clemson, NC State and NC State again).
• UNC has never scored 85 or more points in six consecutive ACC games.
• Carolina's 107 points vs. NC State, 93 at Wake Forest and 96 vs. Florida State marked the first time UNC scored 90 or more points in three consecutive ACC games since 1992.
• It was the first time UNC scored 93 or more points in three straight ACC games since 1986-87 season, something that only happened 12 times in ACC history.
• 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.
• Jackson and Berry are the fourth-highest scoring duo in the ACC (all games) at 33.8 points per game. They are the third-highest pair in ACC games only at 37.9 per contest.
• Carolina is the only school in the ACC with three players ranked in the top 10 in field goal percentage (Isaiah Hicks is second, Kennedy Meeks is ninth and only Joel Berry is 10th). Duke has two players in the top 10; no other team has more than one.
• Four Tar Heels are averaging in double figures in all games and in the 17 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 20 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 three times (Hawai'i, Chaminade and Syracuse) and forward Kennedy Meeks topped the Tar Heels with 18 points vs. Northern Iowa.
• Justin Jackson leads the team with 18 double-figure scoring games. Isaiah Hicks is second with 15.
• 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 5.8 points from a year ago (12.2 to 18.0). 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 three 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 1,255 points.
• Joel Berry II scored his 900th career point in his 26-point performance vs. Florida State. He has 923 points (needs 77 for 1,000). Isaiah Hicks has 913 points (needs 87 for 1,000).
• The Tar Heels are shooting 48.6 percent from the floor and 38.4 percent from 3FG in the 17 wins and 41.7 percent from the floor and 31.1 percent from 3FG in the three losses.
• The opponents are shooting 39 percent from the floor and 31.9 percent 3FG in Carolina's 17 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 (14.4 per game) and rebounds per game (46.0) and is second in offensive rebounding (16.5 per game). The Tar Heels lead the ACC in all three categories.
Rebounding Margin Per Game
1. North Carolina 14.4
2. Central Florida 12.3
3. SMU 12.2
4. St. Mary's (Calif.) 10.6
5. Indiana 10.6
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. North Carolina 46.0
2. Central Florida 44.4
3. BYU 43.3
4. Kent State 42.4
5. Rutgers 42.4
Offensive Rebounds Per Game
1. Kent State 16.8
2. North Carolina 16.5
3. West Virginia 15.7
4. UC Santa Barbara 15.3
5. Rutgers 15.2
• Carolina's rebound margin of 14.4 per game not only leads the nation but is the highest in school history.
• Carolina's rebound margin of 14.4 is the second-highest for any school in the country since 1980. Michigan State's margin in 2001 was 15.4, the largest since 1980.
Highest Rebound Margin, Any School Since 1980
Michigan State, 2001 15.4
North Carolina, 2017 14.4
Northeastern, 1991 12.9
Kentucky, 2015 12.4
Central Florida, 2017 12.3
• This is the fourth year in which the Tar Heels are out-rebounding their opponents 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 14.4
2007-08 11.0
1956-57 10.8
2011-12 10.4
1960-61 9.8
Highest Rebound Margin, Roy Williams Era
2016-17 14.4
2007-08 11.0
2011-12 10.4
2015-16 8.6
2006-07 8.5
• Carolina has 330 offensive rebounds, while the opponents have 437 defensive rebounds. The Tar Heels are getting 43 percent of their own missed shots. On the defensive end of the floor, UNC is grabbing 75 percent of the missed shots.
• Carolina has shot a higher field goal percentage than its opponents in 13 of 20 games but has more offensive rebounds in 17 games and has scored more second-chance points 18 times.
• Carolina leads the country in offensive rebound percentage. UNC is one of only four teams with an offensive rebounding percentage of at least .400. SMU, Kent State and West Virginia are the other three.
• Five Tar Heels are averaging at least five rebounds per game. This is the first time since 1956-57 five Tar Heels average at least five boards per game.
• Kennedy Meeks leads UNC with 80 offensive boards, is sixth in the country in offensive rebounding percentage (17.5 percent) and sixth in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (4.0).
• Meeks is averaging a career-high 9.7 rebounds this season. Meeks has double-figure rebounds nine times this year; he did that four times all of last season.
• 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 set career highs in rebounds in two recent games – eight vs. NC State and 15 vs. Florida State.
• Junior Justin Jackson had 10 rebounds against Syracuse (five on each end). It was the sixth time this year Jackson pulled down at least eight rebounds, something he did three times in his first two seasons.
• Isaiah Hicks has 15 rebounds in the last two games, his best two-game stretch this year.
• The Tar Heels have scored 20 or more second-chance points 10 times 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, 20 vs. Monmouth, Clemson and Syracuse.
• The opponents have 10 or more second-chance points six times, including a season-high 18 by Oklahoma State.
• Carolina has 50 or more rebounds in eight games this year with a high of 57 vs. Monmouth. That is the most 50-rebound games in one season since the 2011-12 team did it nine times.
• Carolina has a plus-16.7 rebound margin in its 16 wins and a plus-1.0 margin in its three losses.
Three-Pointers
• Carolina is making 7.4 three-pointers per game, up from 5.6 a year ago. It's the sixth-most three-pointers 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 11 of the first 20 games and made seven or more 15 times. The Tar Heels are 9-2 this year when they attempt 20 or more three-pointers and 14-1 when they make seven or more.
• UNC is shooting 37.2 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 45 for 111 from three-point range in the last five games, a percentage of .405.
• Justin Jackson leads UNC with 49 threes and is shooting 39.5 percent from beyond the arc, up from 29.2 percent last year.
• Joel Berry II leads UNC in three-point percentage at .426 and is second in made threes with 43.
• Justin Jackson is 45 for 89 (.506) 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 49 three-pointers in 20 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 0.5 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 (-0.5 per game) is the closest margin since 2012-13 when the Tar Heels made 0.7 more threes per game than their opponents.
Free Throws
• Carolina has made 359 free throws, while the opponents have attempted 357.
• Three starters are shooting 78 percent or better from the FT line– Joel Berry II (.912), Isaiah Hicks (.822) and Justin Jackson (.785).
• 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's strength of schedule is the 11th-toughest in the country (KenPom).
• Carolina's opponents have the second-highest average points per possession of any team in the nation. Nebraska is the only team in the country whose opponents average more points per 100 possession than UNC's opponents.
• 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.
• Carolina's points per possession in its 17 wins is .98; the opponents' points per possession in UNC's three losses is also .98.
• Carolina has 368 assists and 264 turnovers, while the opponents have 224 assists and 311 turnovers.
• Carolina had eight more turnovers than assists in its first two ACC games without Theo Pinson and has 22 more assists than turnovers in the last four games in which Pinson has played.
• Carolina averages 10.2 more second-chance points per game, 8.1 more points off turnovers and 15.7 more points in the paint than the opponents.
• Nine Tar Heels are averaging 10 or more minutes per game, led by Justin Jackson at 30.5 per game.
• Tar Heels have won ACC Player of the Week honors five times already this season. Joel Berry II won four times for his play against Tulane/Chattanooga, the Maui Invitational, Clemson/NC State and Wake Forest/FSU. Justin Jackson won following his 34-point performance against Kentucky.
• Three current Tar Heels have played 100 or more college games, including Isaiah Hicks (132), Nate Britt (131) and Kennedy Meeks (124). Justin Jackson is next with 98 games played, but Jackson is second in starts with 95, two behind Meeks.
• The Tar Heels have won seven of their last nine overtime games.
