UNC-Syracuse Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 93, SYRACUSE 85
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
FEB. 26, 2019

UNC Scoring Leader: Coby White 34
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye 12
UNC Assist Leader: Luke Maye 6
Points Per Possession: UNC 1.03 (93 points on 90 possessions); SU 1.08 (85 points on 79 possessions)

Carolina Notes
• Tar Heels are now 23-5, 13-2 in the ACC and 13-2 at the Smith Center this season.
• Carolina has won 11 of its last 12 games (best stretch in ACC play since winning of 13 of 14 in 2013-14).
• This is the 15th time Carolina has won at least 13 ACC games, including nine times in 16 seasons under Roy Williams.
• Carolina is now 3-5 this season when trailing at the half (wins over UCLA, Notre Dame and Syracuse).
• UNC made a season-high 34 free throws, attempted a season-high 37 and shot a season-best 91.9 percent from the line (previous highs were 31 for 37 in the home win over NC State and 88.4 percent against Harvard).
• This was the first game in which UNC shot 90 percent from the line with at least 20 attempts since shooting 90.5 percent (19 for 21) against Providence in Raleigh in the 2016 NCAA second round.
• In the second half, Carolina out-scored the Orange, 11-5 in points off turnovers, 11-6 in second chance points and 11-0 in fastbreak points.

Tar Heel Notes
• Coby White is the first Tar Heel freshman to score 30 points three times. J.R. Reid scored 31 twice in 1986-87. White had a season-high 34 tonight (had 33 against Texas and Miami).
• White went 10 for 10 from the line (his previous high for free throws was seven in the home win against NC State). He is the first freshman to make at least 10 for 10 in a game since Tyler Hansbrough went 14 for 14 against NC State in 2006.
• White made six three-pointers. He had made six combined in the previous four games.
• It was the fifth time this year he made five or more threes in a game.
• It was the 20th time White has scored in double figures, the sixth time he has scored 20 or more and the ninth time he led UNC in scoring.
• Nassir Little scored in double figures (11) for the second game in a row and 15th time this season.
• Little has scored in double figures in seven ACC games and is 36 for 44 from the free throw line (.818), including 7 for 8 tonight, in those games.
• Carolina is 14-1 when Little scores in double figures and 12-1 when both Little and White score in double figures.
• Luke Maye had a game-high 12 rebounds (his 15th double-figure game this year and the 36th of his career).
• Maye had a career-high six assists (previous high was five several times).
• Kenny Williams had five assists and one turnover. It was the 10th time this year he had five or more assists. He leads the team in assist-error with 102 assists and 44 turnovers (2.32).
• Cameron Johnson scored in double figures (16) for the 26th time in 28 games. He made two threes – UNC is 20-2 when he makes multiple threes.

Series
• This is Carolina's eighth win in a row over the Orange.
• UNC leads, 12-4, including 8-1 since Syracuse joined the ACC.
• UNC leads, 4-0, in Chapel Hill (all in the Smith Center).

Roy Williams
• 865-232 overall
• 447-131 at UNC
• 193-74 in ACC regular-season games
• 426-49 all-time at home (KU and UNC)
• 225-32 at home (UNC)

Next Game: Saturday, March 2 at Clemson ( 6 p.m.)

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