Tar Heels Down Mount Olive In Exhibition, 107-64

Friday, November 2

7:30 PM

North Carolina

107

Mount Olive (exhibition)

Sophomore Garrison Brooks had a double-double on Friday.

Photo by: Grant Halverson

November 2, 2018 | Men's Basketball

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CHAPEL HILL—Tar Heel sophomore forward Garrison Brooks led North Carolina with 16 points and 16 rebounds in a 107-64 exhibition game win over Mount Olive Friday evening at Roy Williams Court at the Dean E. Smith Center.

UNC led 14-13 seven minutes into the game, then went on a 13-0 run to stretch the lead to 27-13 and ended the half on another 27-12 run to build a 54-29 advantage at the half.

Kenny Williams (15), Cameron Johnson (11), Nassir Little (11) and Coby White (10) also scored in double figures for Carolina, which is ranked No. 8 in the preseason Associated Press poll.

Cameron Robinson led the Trojans with 12. Michael Brown and Jonathan Mebane added 11 apiece.

White started at point guard for Carolina and had a game-high six assists.

Carolina shot 58.3 percent from the floor in the second half and 51.2 (42 of 80) for the game. The Trojans shot just 28.4 percent for the contest (25 of 88), including 8 of 37 (.216) from three-point range.

UNC out-rebounded Mount Olive, 69-36, but both teams scored 25 second-chance points. The Tar Heels had 26 assists on 41 field goals, but committed 22 turnovers for the game.

"I think we played 12 guys in the first 12 minutes of the game, or something like that," said Williams. "We were trying to get a lot of guys out there and that in itself makes it a little more difficult to get a good flow into the game. I was extremely disappointed with 26 assists and 22 turnovers. That's one of the three things we've been emphasizing more than anything else this preseason, is not turning the ball over so we've got to do a better job there.

"Rebounding – everybody said, 'You really killed them on the boards – 69-36,' and we did not kill them on the boards because they got 25 points on offensive rebounds and we got 25 points on offensive rebounds. You've got to be more productive when you do get the rebounds. Our shot selection wasn't bad, we didn't shoot it very well but the shot selection wasn't nearly as bad as the turnovers and doing a poor job on rebounding."

The Tar Heels open the 2018-19 regular season on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at Wofford in Spartanburg, S.C.

Mount Olive plays Augusta on Nov. 9 in Wilson, N.C., in the Barton 45 Second Classic.