UNC-Gonzaga Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 103, GONZAGA 90
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER

UNC Scoring Leader: Cameron Johnson 25
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye 16
UNC Assist Leader: Coby White 6

Carolina Notes
• 8-2 overall, 5-0 at home this year

• 103 points are UNC's second-most against an AP top-five team
105 vs. No. 4 Louisville in Final Four consolation game, 3/25/1972
103 tonight vs. No. 4 Gonzaga
101 vs. No. 2 Virginia, 1/15/1983

• 61-2 under Roy Williams when scoring 100 or more points
• Just the sixth time in 25 games under Roy Williams that UNC won when allowing 90 or points
• 27-22 when playing host to AP top-five opponent, including 7-1 against top-five, non-conference opponents.
• Out-scored Gonzaga, 27-0, in second-chance points
• The 27 second-chance points are the third most this season (30 vs. Tennessee Tech, 29 vs. Elon)
• Gonzaga is first opponent to score zero second-chance points since Clemson on 1/16/2018
• This was the third time this year UNC scored 50 or more points in both halves (Elon and Tennessee Tech)
• This was the third time UNC shot 50 percent or better from the floor in both halves (Tennessee Tech and Saint Francis)
• Made a season-high 13 three-pointers (previous high 11 vs. Texas and UCLA)
• Season-high 23 turnovers (previous high 18 vs. Saint Francis)
• First time UNC won when committing 20 or more turnovers since committing 20 vs. Syracuse on 1/26/2015.
• Gonzaga's 29 points off UNC turnovers were the second most vs. UNC this year (31 by Texas).

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Luke Maye had 20 points and 16 rebounds. His 20th point was his 1,000th career point.
• Maye is the 77th player to score 1,000 points as a Tar Heel, the most in NCAA history (Cameron Johnson also had 1,000 plus career points; he scored 583 of them while playing at Pitt for three seasons).
• It was the 15th 20-point game of Maye's career (second this season, first since season opener at Wofford) and the ninth 20/10 game of his career.
• It was Maye's 21st career double-double (third this year).
• It was the eighth time in his career he had 16 or more rebounds.
• Maye was 7 for 7 from the free throw line, the best game of his career (previous best perfect game was 5 for 5 vs. Pitt as a junior)
• Johnson led all scorers with 25 points, the 12th 20-point game of his career, but only the second game with 25 or more.
• Johnson tied his career high with six three-pointers (fifth time in his career...twice at Pitt, three times as a Tar Heel)
• It was the fifth time in 10 games this season Johnson led UNC in scoring.
• Seventh Woods scored a career-high 14 points (had 11 to set a career high just in the first half). Previous high was nine twice.
• Woods made six field goals – his previous high in a game was three on three occasions.
• Woods made two three-pointers for the first time in his career (he had made three in his career in 67 previous games).
• Garrison Brooks had a career-high nine rebounds (previous was eight). Brooks tied his career high with five offensive rebounds.

Roy Williams Notes
• His 850th career win (seventh-most wins as a Division I head coach)
• 850-229 overall in 31 seasons
• 432-128 at Carolina in 16 seasons
• 217-30 at home at Carolina

Series Notes
• Carolina leads 3-1 (tonight was first time in the series played at either school)

Next Game:
Saturday, Dec. 22 vs. Kentucky (CBS Sports Classic, United Center, Chicago, Ill.), approximately 5:15 p.m. Eastern

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Players Mentioned

Garrison Brooks

Cameron Johnson

Luke Maye

Coby White

Seventh Woods

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