Tar Heels Head To Wake Forest Saturday

GAME 25 NOTEBOOK
• North Carolina will look for a 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference road record when it visits Wake Forest on Saturday at noon. Raycom will televise the game regionally.
• Carolina leads the ACC in points (87.2), rebounds (42.7) and assists (19.6) per game and rebound margin (+9.7 per game).
• Carolina is third in the league in three-point field goals per game (a school-record 8.8), its highest ACC ranking since making the third most in 2012-13 (7.6 per game).
• Graduate student Cameron Johnson and senior Luke Maye were named two of 30 mid-season candidates for the Naismith Player of the Year Award.
• Maye is one of 10 finalists for the Karl Malone Award as the top power forward in the game and is a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award.
• Maye is one rebound shy of 800 for his career. He will become the 21st Tar Heel with 800 or more rebounds; Jason Capel is 20th with 807.
• Johnson has made 223 career three-pointers – 116 in three seasons at Pitt and 107 in 50 games over the last two seasons as a Tar Heel. Only four Tar Heels ever made more three-pointers than Johnson – Marcus Paige (299), Joel Berry II (266), Shammond Williams (233) and Wayne Ellington (229).
• Coby White leads UNC with 16.0 ppg, the fifth-highest average by a UNC freshman (see chart on page 4 of the notes).
• Carolina is 9-2 in ACC play. The Tar Heels have won 10 or more ACC games in 13 of the last 15 seasons under Roy Williams and 42 times overall.
• Carolina would clinch a winning record in ACC regular-season play with one more league victory. That would be the 14th winning record in conference play under Roy Williams and the ninth in a row.
• This is the 65th season of ACC Basketball. Carolina entered the season having posted a winning record in league play 58 times in the ACC's first 64 seasons (with five losing records and one .500 record).
• Carolina's loss to Virginia was the first time in 12 games UNC lost when committing fewer turnovers (since Texas A&M last year) and the first time in 15 games UNC lost when the opponents scored less than 80 points (the ACC Tournament loss to Virginia last year).

UNC-WAKE FOREST SERIES
• Carolina leads the all-time series against Wake Forest, 160-66.
• The Tar Heels have beaten the Demon Deacons in 13 of the last 16 meetings.
• Carolina has won five in a row and nine of the last 10.
• UNC has won more games (160) against Wake Forest than any other opponent.
• The Tar Heels are 59-31 on the road against the Deacs, including 14-10 at the LJVM Coliseum.
• Carolina is also 4-0 in NCAA Tournament play the LJVM Coliseum, winning a pair of games in the 1997 and 2007 first and second rounds.
• Roy Williams is 16-6 vs. Wake Forest as a head coach, including a 14-5 record at Carolina. That 14-5 record includes a 7-3 mark in Winston-Salem and a 7-2 record in Chapel Hill. Williams was 2-1 against Wake Forest while coaching at Kansas.
• In UNC's last trip to Winston-Salem, Carolina beat Wake Forest, 93-87, on 1/1/17 as Justin Jackson (19), Joel Berry II (18) and Kennedy Meeks (18) combined for 55 points. Meeks added 11 rebounds, three steals and three blocks.

LAST TIME THEY MET
UNC 73, WAKE FOREST 69
DEC. 30, 2017 IN CHAPEL HILL
• The Tar Heels closed on an 8-0 run to beat the Deacons, 73-69, in the 2017-18 ACC opener for both teams.
• Theo Pinson had an offensive rebound and assist (to Luke Maye) and two free throws to tie the game at 69 with 51 seconds to play.
• Joel Berry II (16 points) hit a runner with 11 seconds to play for the lead and Kenny Williams iced the win with two free throws.
• Carolina held the Deacs without a point on their last four possessions.
• The Deacons missed 40 shots. The Tar Heels grabbed 35 of the misses and did not allow Wake Forest to score a single second-chance point.
• Wake Forest out-scored UNC 13-4 in points off turnovers and 15-5 in fastbreak points.
• Maye led UNC with 17 points and 15 rebounds.

MAYE, WHITE ACC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
• Senior forward Luke Maye and freshman point guard Coby White won ACC Player/Rookie of the Week honors for their play against NC State (2/5) and Miami (2/9). The awards were announced today.
• This is the first time two different Tar Heels won the ACC awards since Sean May (player) and Marvin Williams (rookie) on March 8, 2005.
• Tyler Hansbrough won both awards on March 6, 2006.
• Maye had 31 points and 12 rebounds against NC State and 20 points, six rebounds against Miami. His three-pointer with 10.2 seconds to play against the Hurricanes tied the game at 77 and sent it to overtime.
• White had 21 points against the Wolfpack, then tied his season high with 33 points and added six assists in the overtime win over Miami. White made six three-pointers in the second half vs. Miami, including five in the final 7:03. Four of the threes came on UNC's next possession after a Miami 3FG.
• Maye is the second Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Week honors this season (Cameron Johnson won for his play in UNC;s win over Gonzaga).
• This is Maye's fourth career ACC Player of the Week honor. He was the only player in the ACC to win the award three times in 2017-18.
• Maye is the 11th Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Week honors at least four times in a career (12 by Antawn Jamison; 10 by Tyler Hansbrough; 6 by Phil Ford; 5 by Joel Berry II, Marcus Paige, Michael Jordan and Mike O'Koren; and 4 by Maye, Brice Johnson, Joseph Forte and Sam Perkins).
• White has earned ACC Rookie of the Week three times this season. The previous two were for his play against Saint Francis, Texas and UCLA, then for his 27-point effort against Virginia Tech.
• White, Duke's Zion Williamson (4) and R.J. Barrett (3) are the only players to win ACC Rookie of the Week honors at least three times this season.

ROY'S REMARKABLE ROAD SUCCESS
• Carolina is 5-0 on the road in ACC games this season, which clinches a winning record in ACC road play for the eighth time in nine seasons and the 12th time in Williams' 16 seasons as UNC's head coach.
• Carolina has posted winning road records in ACC play under Williams in: 2005 (6-2), 2006 (7-1), 2008 (8-0), 2009 (6-2), 2011 (6-2), 2012 (7-1), 2013 (5-4), 2014 (5-4), 2015 (6-3), 2016 (6-3), 2017 (5-4) and 2019 (5-0).
• Williams and Carolina have accounted for 12 of the ACC's 46 winning road records in conference play in the last 16 seasons.
• Williams is third all-time with 84 ACC road wins behind only Krzyzewski (182) and Smith (133).
• Williams is second in ACC history in road winning percentage in ACC play at 64.1 percent (84-47).
ACC Road Winning Percentage, All-Time
Vic Bubas, Duke .667 (46-23)
Roy Williams, UNC .641 (84-47)
Frank McGuire, UNC/South Carolina .618 (55-34)
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke .613 (182-115)
Dean Smith, UNC .591 (133-92)
through 2/13/19

MISCELLANEOUS
• Coby White leads the Tar Heels in scoring in all games at 16.0 points per game and in conference action at 18.4 per game. He has the fifth-highest scoring average by a freshman in UNC history.
Highest Scoring Average, UNC FRESHMAN
18.9 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06
17.0 – Rashad McCants, 2002-03
16.7 – Joseph Forte, 1999-2000
16.4 – Phil Ford, 1974-75
16.0 – Coby White

• White is second on the team with 55 three-pointers. That is already the sixth most by a UNC freshman in a season and the most since Harrison Barnes (67) in 2010-11.
MOST 3FGS, UNC FRESHMAN
72 – Rashad McCants, 2002-03
69 – Raymond Felton, 2002-03
67 – Harrison Barnes, 2010-11
66 – Wayne Ellington, 2006-07
56 – Joseph Forte, 1999-2000
55 – Coby White

• White also has the sixth-highest free throw percentage by a UNC freshman and the highest since Marcus Paige in 2013.
MOST 3FGS, UNC FRESHMAN (min. 50 FTs)
.854 – Jason Capel, 1998-99 (76 of 89)
.847 – Marvin Williams, 2004-05 (138 of 163)
.839 – P.J. Hairston, 2011-12 (52 of 62)
.836 – Marcus Paige, 2012-13 (51 of 61)
.836 – Wayne Ellington, 2006-07 (51 of 61)
.814 – Coby White (70 of 86)
.810 – Raymond Felton, 2002-03 (85 of 105)

• White scored 33 points against Miami on 2/9. He scored 33 against Texas in November, making him the 10th Tar Heel to score 33 or more twice in a season, joining: Tyler Hansbrough (2007-08), Joseph Forte (200-01), Antawn Jamison (1997-98), Hubert Davis (1991-92), Al Wood (1980-81), Charlie Scott (1968-69 and 1969-70), Bobby Lewis (1964-65 and 1965-66), Billy Cunningham (1962-63, 1963-64 and 1964-65) and Lennie Rosenbluth (1954-55, 1955-56 and 1956-57).
• Carolina has won 19 games this season, the 16th time in as many seasons the Tar Heels have won at least 19 games in the Roy Williams Era.
• Luke Maye's 31-point/12-rebound performance against NC State was his fourth career 30/10 game, which ties him for the sixth-most by a Tar Heel.
30-POINT/10-REBOUND/GAMES BY A TAR HEEL
21 – Lennie Rosenbluth, 1954-57
19 – Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
5 – Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
5 – Mitch Kupchak, 1973-76
5 – Charlie Scott, 1967-70
4 – Luke Maye, 2015-
4 – Larry Miller, 1965-68
3 – Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
3 – Sam Perkins, 1980-84

• Carolina is one win from 20 for the season. The Tar Heels have won at least 20 games 60 times, including 14 of the previous 15 seasons under Roy Williams.
• Williams' teams have won 20 or more games in 28 of his previous 30 seasons as a head coach and 19 or more in all 31, including this season.
• Carolina is one win shy of its 15th consecutive 20-win season.
• Five different Tar Heels have won the team's defensive player of the game award in the last six games – Seventh Woods vs. Virginia Tech, Cameron Johnson at Georgia Tech, Kenny Williams at Louisville, Garrison Brooks vs. NC State and Virginia and Coby White vs. Miami.
• Brooks leads the team with seven defensive player of the game awards (and has 15 in two seasons). White is second with five. Brooks and White have team-high three in ACC play.
• Carolina has road wins at No. 15 NC State and No. 15 Louisville (both AP). This is the first time since 2012 UNC has two road wins in a season over AP-ranked teams (No. 25 Virginia and No. 4 Duke).
• This is the first time UNC has two road wins over top-15 teams since 2006 (three that season – No. 10 Kentucky, No. 15 NC State and No. 1 Duke).
• Carolina's 79-69 win at Louisville was the first time in UNC history the Tar Heels followed a 20-point home loss with a double-digit win on that same team's home floor.
• It was the first time since 1939 the Tar Heels followed a 20-point home loss with a win, regardless of the margin, later in the same season at that opponent's gym (against Wake Forest when the Deacons played in Wake Forest, N.C.).
• Roy Williams is 629 games over .500 in 31 seasons as a college head coach, including 312 games over .500 in 16 seasons at Carolina.
• Williams has more ACC road wins (84) than 12 of the league's other 14 head coaches have home ACC victories.
• Carolina is 7-1 on the road this year, including 5-0 in ACC play. UNC and Virginia are the only team in the ACC with seven road wins.
• Carolina is averaging 87.2 points, which is on pace for the fourth-highest figure in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach and the highest since 2008-09.

Highest Scoring Average, 2003-present
89.8 in 2008-09
88.6 in 2007-08
88.0 in 2004-05
87.2 in 2018-19
85.7 in 2006-07
• Carolina has out-rebounded its opponents in 20 of the first 24 games and won 17 of those 20 games. UNC is 1-0 when rebounds are even (UCLA) and 1-2 (beat Miami on 2/9 and lost to Kentucky and home vs. Louisville) when out-rebounded.
• Carolina leads the country in rebounds per game despite having no starter taller than 6'9" (guard Cameron Johnson).
• The Tar Heels have won 86 percent of the games in which they out-rebound the opponents in Roy Williams' 16 seasons as head coach.
• Carolina leads the ACC and is third nationally in rebound margin at plus 9.7 per game. UNC has finished in the top 10 in the nation in rebound margin in nine of Roy Williams' first 15 seasons at UNC, including No. 1 in the country in 2008, 2012 and 2017. The Tar Heels have finished ninth, ninth, first and third in the nation in the last four years.
• The Tar Heels are averaging 19.6 assists per game, third most in the nation, 10th most in UNC history and the most in a season since 1990-91 (20.0 per game).
• Carolina is 12-0 this season when it has 20 or more assists. The Tar Heels have averaged 21.8 assists in the last six games (26-25-21-16-26-17).
• The Tar Heels have finished in the top six in the country in assists per game 11 times under Williams, including second, fourth, fourth and tied for fourth in the last four seasons.
• Carolina made 13 three-pointers in its win over Miami and is averaging a school-record 8.8 three-pointers per game. UNC has made 8.0 or more in only two previous seasons (a school-record 8.3 in 2002-03 and 8.2 in 2017-18).
• Carolina was 13 for 26 from three-point range in its overtime win over Miami. That was the third-highest percentage in any game in which Carolina attempted that many threes.

Highest Three-Point Percentage,
26 or More Attempts
.519 vs. UNC Asheville, 11-30-08 (14 of 27)
.500 vs. VMI, 12-17-94 (14 of 28)
.500 vs. Miami, 2-9-19 (13 of 26

• The overtime win over Miami was the fourth time this season the Tar Heels made 13 or more three-pointers (13 vs. Gonzaga, 16 vs. Virginia Tech, 13 at Georgia Tech and 13 vs. Miami). The 2017-18 Tar Heels also had four games with at least 13 threes; UNC did that five times in 2012-13. No other UNC squad has made 13 or more threes in at least four games in a season.
• Cameron Johnson is second in the ACC in three-point percentage at .462. That is on pace for the fifth-highest percentage in a season by a Tar Heel.
Highest Three-Point Percentage, UNC Season
.496 by Dante Calabria, 1994-95 (66 of 133)
.489 by Hubert Davis, 1990-91 (64 of 131)
.472 by Ty Lawson, 2008-09 (51 of 108)
.464 by Jeff Lebo, 1987-88 (78 of 168)
.462 by Cameron Johnson, 2018-19 (60 of 130)

• Johnson has the eighth-highest career percentage by a Tar Heel at 39.9 percent (among players with at least 100 made threes).
Three-Point Percentage, UNC Career
(min. 100 3FGs)
.435 – Hubert Davis, 1988-92 (197 3FGs)
.428 – Jeff Lebo, 1985-89 (211)
.419 – Reyshawn Terry, 2003-07 (103)
.415 – Rashad McCants, 2002-05 (221)
.412 – Dante Calabria, 1992-96 (193)
.403 – Shammond Williams, 1994-98 (233)
.403 – Ty Lawson, 2006-09 (112)
.399 – Cameron Johnson, 2017- (107)

• The Tar Heels have scored 609 of their 2,031 points from three-point range, which amounts to the largest percentage (.304) in the Roy Williams Era.
SCORING FROM THREE-POINT FGs
(UNC in the Roy Williams Era)
30.4 percent – 2018-19
30.3 percent – 2017-18
29.3 percent – 2012-13
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2004-05

• Carolina is seventh in offensive efficiency and 20th in defensive efficiency (KenPom).
• Carolina has finished the season in the top 10 in KenPom's offensive efficiency in eight of the previous 15 seasons, including 10th in 2015, first in 2016, ninth in 2017 and sixth in 2018.
• Eight of this season's opponents are in the current AP top 25, including five of the top 10 teams (No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 4 Virginia, No. 5 Kentucky, No. 6 Michigan, No. 16 Louisville and No. 17 Florida State and No. 22 Virginia Tech, ).
• UNC plays eight ACC teams that played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Three of the four ACC teams the Tar Heels play twice played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament (Duke, Miami and NC State) and the fourth (Louisville) won 22 games.
• KenPom has ranked Carolina's final strength of schedule in the top six in the country in each of the last four seasons, including the most difficult in 2014-15 and 2017-18 (No. 6 in 2015-16 and 2016-17).

KEARNS ENDOWS POINT GUARD POSITION
• Tommy Kearns, point guard on the undefeated 1957 NCAA champion Tar Heels, has endowed the position at UNC, the first of its kind at Carolina Basketball.
• Kearns is endowing the point guard position with his wife, Jane, daughter and two sons.
• Freshman point guard Coby White is the first recipient of the Kearns Scholarship.
• Kearns was recognized at halftime of the UNC-Virginia game.
• "We wanted to do something special," says Kearns. "We especially liked it because it's the first of its kind, and we hope it will prompt others to do something similar."
• "The fact that our former players feel this way about Carolina basketball is something I love," says Roy Williams. "I'm so appreciative of that."

AP POLL NOTES
• Carolina is No. 8 in the current AP poll.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 911th time, more than any other school in college basketball history.
• It is the 95th consecutive AP poll in which the Tar Heels are ranked, dating back to mid-conference play in the 2013-14 season.
• UNC began the year No. 8 in the preseason AP poll. It was the 13th time in 16 seasons under Roy Williams UNC was ranked in the preseason Top 10.
• This season is the 56th time in 71 seasons the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10 in at least one week of the poll.
• UNC finished the year in the AP poll top 10 in 10 of Williams' first 15 seasons.
• Carolina has finished in the top 10 37 times, including 26 of the last 38 years. UNC has finished the season ranked in the AP poll 50 times.

NUMBER ONE IN WINS PER SEASON
• This is the 109th season of Carolina Basketball. The Tar Heels have won 2,251 games, third most in NCAA history.
• Carolina has won an average of 20.7 games per season. UNC is the only school in the top 10 in all-time NCAA wins that has averaged at least 20 wins per season.

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Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Garrison Brooks

Cameron Johnson

Luke Maye

Theo Pinson

Coby White

Kenny Williams

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