UNC-Virginia Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
VIRGINIA 69, CAROLINA 61
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., FEB. 9, 2019

UNC Scoring Leader: Coby White 17
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye 11
UNC Assist Leader: Kenny Williams 5

CAROLINA
• Falls to 19-5 overall, 9-2 in the ACC and 11-2 at home this season.
• The loss snaps UNC's seven-game ACC win streak.
• The 61 points are a season low. Previous low was 62 in the home loss to Louisville.
• Carolina shot 35.4 percent for the game, lowest since shooting 34.5 in that loss to Louisville.
• Carolina tied its season-low for free throw attempts with six (also at Georgia Tech), but set a season low in free throw attempts with just seven (previous was 11 at Georgia Tech).
• Carolina tied its season low for points in the paint with 22 (also at Georgia Tech).
• Carolina made nine three-pointers, but its last was a Coby White three with 12:06 to play that gave UNC a 49-43 lead.
• Carolina scored eight points in the final 8:57. The Tar Heels led 53-46 with 8:58 to play after a Cameron Johnson basket.

PLAYER NOTES
• Coby White led UNC in scoring with 17 points, the second game in a row and eighth time this season he led UNC in scoring.
• Luke Maye had a game-high 11 rebounds but was held to four points, which tied his season low (also at Georgia Tech).
• Kenny Williams led UNC with five assists and had no turnovers. Williams matched his season high with three 3FGs (also at Michigan and at Miami).
• Garrison Brooks scored 12 points and matched his career best with five offensive rebounds (eight boards total).
• Nassir Little played just two minutes in the first half before spraining his right ankle. He did not return.
• White attempted 19 field goals, which equal the most this year by a Tar Heel (Maye vs. Notre Dame).
• White's 11 three-point attempts equal the 11 he took against Virginia Tech as the most by a Tar Heel this year.

Roy Williams
Overall: 861-232
UNC: 443-131
Home at UNC: 223-31
ACC Home: 105-27
vs. Virginia: 16-11 at UNC, 18-12 overall

Series
• Carolina leads 131-57
• This was Virginia's eighth win in 74 games in Chapel Hill (UNC leads 24-5 in the Smith Center).
• This was Virginia's fourth win in 10 games all-time in which both teams are ranked in the AP top 10.

Next Game: Saturday, Feb. 16 at Wake Forest (Noon, Raycom)

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Players Mentioned

Garrison Brooks

Cameron Johnson

Nassir Little

Luke Maye

Coby White

Kenny Williams

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