UNC-Yale Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
NORTH CAROLINA 70, YALE 67
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
DEC. 30, 2019 – CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: Brandon Robinson 20
UNC Rebound Leader: Garrison Brooks 11
UNC Assist Leader: Jeremiah Francis 5

Carolina Notes
• Tar Heels improve to 8-5 overall
• Tonight was the final regular-season non-conference game of the season. UNC went 7-4 in those non-conference games.
• Finishes calendar year 2019 with a 28-9 record.
• Eight turnovers equals the season low (also at UNCW).
• Yale led 11-2. The nine-point deficit UNC overcame to win matches the largest comeback win of the season. Elon led UNC by nine in UNC's 75-61 victory.
• Carolina had 15 offensive rebounds to one for Yale. The Tar Heels had a 14-3 advantage in second chance points.
• It is the second time in three games the Tar Heels allowed just one offensive rebound (Gonzaga had one).

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Senior Brandon Robinson had career highs in points (20) and three-pointers (5). His previous highs were 16 points on 12/15/19 vs. Wofford and three three-pointers five times.
• Garrison Brooks (11 points, 11 rebounds) had his third career double-double.
• Justin Pierce had 14 points and seven rebounds. It was his second game scoring in double figures as a Tar Heel and 48th overall (46 at William & Mary).
• Freshman Jeremiah Francis made his first career start at the point. Tonight was Francis's fifth collegiate game.
• Francis is the third Tar Heel to start at the point this season. Cole Anthony started the first nine games; K.J. Smith started against Wofford, Gonzaga and UCLA.
• It's the first time UNC has started three different players at the point (not counting senior nights) since 2007-08 (Ty Lawson 29 starts, Quentin Thomas 9 and Bobby Frasor 1).
• Anthony Harris left the game in the second half with an injury to his right knee. He tore his left ACL on 12/1/18 and did not play in the first eight games due to that injury. He had six points in 13 minutes tonight before the injury.

Roy Williams Notes
• The win is the 879th in his 32-year career as a college head coach, which ties Williams with Dean Smith for fourth place in NCAA history for wins by a Division I head coach.
• It also moves Roy Williams into a tie with former Maryland head coach Gary Williams for third place in wins by an ACC head coach with 461.
• Williams is 879-239 overall and 461-138 as Carolina's head coach.

Most Wins by a Division I Head Coach
1143               Mike Krzyzewski
953                 Jim Boeheim
902                 Bob Knight
879                 Dean Smith
879                 Roy Williams
876                 Adolph Rupp

MOST WINS AS ACC HEAD COACH, ALL GAMES
1069               Mike Krzyzewski                    Duke
879                 Dean Smith    North Carolina
461                 Roy Williams  North Carolina
461                 Gary Williams Maryland
354                 Bobby Cremins                      Georgia Tech

Series Notes
Carolina leads, 7-1

Next Game:
vs. Georgia Tech, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020
6 p.m., Smith Center, Chapel Hill (ACC Network)

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Players Mentioned

Cole Anthony

Garrison Brooks

Jeremiah Francis

Anthony Harris

Justin Pierce

Brandon Robinson

K.J. Smith

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