UNC-NCSU Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 113, NC STATE 96
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., FEB. 5, 2019

UNC Scoring Leader: Luke Maye 31
UNC Rebound Leader: Maye 12
UNC Assist Leader: Garrison Brooks 6

• Carolina is now 18-4 overall, 8-1 in the ACC and 10-1 at home this season.
• Carolina has won six in row.
• This is the 12th time in 16 seasons under Roy Williams the Tar Heels have swept the regular-season series against NC State (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019).
• Carolina is 8-1 in ACC play for the third time under Roy Williams (also 2005 and 2016).
• Roy Williams is 35-4 all-time vs. NC State, including 30-4 as Carolina's head coach.
• The 113 points are the most ever by the Tar Heels in 236 games against NC State (the 113 were the second most allowed by NC State in any game in the Wolfpack's history). The previous high for points by UNC vs. NC State was 107 on 1/8/2017.
• This was the fifth time in 236 games UNC scored 100 or more points against NC State (101 on 2/7/1972, 100 on 1/7/1993, 104 on 2/6/1993, 107 on 1/8/2017 and 113 on 2/5/2019).
• The 113 points are the most by UNC in an ACC game since 12/20/2003 when UNC lost in triple overtime to Wake Forest, 119-114.
• It's the most points by UNC in a regulation-length ACC game since UNC scored 115 vs. Clemson on 1/13/1968.
• The 113 points are the fourth most by UNC in a regulation-length ACC game (115 vs. Clemson on 1/13/1968, 115 vs. Wake Forest on 2/3/1966 and 115 vs. South Carolina 2/1/1958).
• Carolina shot a season-high 56.1 percent from the floor (previous high was 55.4 vs. Tennessee Tech).
• Carolina scored 56 points in the first half and 57 in the second. It was the first time UNC scored 50 in both halves since the Gonzaga game on 12/15/2018.
• Carolina had season highs in free throws made (31) and attempted (37).
• The 31 free throws were the most since UNC made 33 against Monmouth on 12/18/2016.
• Five Tar Heels scored in double figures (UNC is 9-0 in those games this year).

• Luke Maye had a game-high and season-high 31 points and 12 rebounds. It was his fourth career 30-point game (three of them have come against NC State and one against Boston College).
• It was Maye's fourth career 30-point, 10-rebound game and his 27th career double-double (ninth this year, fifth in nine ACC games).

Maye's last six games vs. NC State
2016-17 (as a non-starter)
– 9 points, 8 rebounds
– 13 points, 7 rebounds
2017-18
– 31 points, 12 rebounds
– 33 points, 17 rebounds (career high points)
2018-19
– 21 points, 11 rebounds
– 31 points, 12 rebounds (fourth straight double-double against NC State)

last four games: 29.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game

• Maye's 116 points in his current four-game scoring run against NC State (31-33-21-33) are the most points ever scored by a Tar Heel in four straight games against the Pack (previous was 106 by Lennie Rosenbluth from 1955-56 to 1956-57...23-26-29-28).
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to ever score 30 points three different times against NC State. There have been 18 30-point games by Tar Heels against NC State (by 14 players). Maye has three, Charlie Scott and Phil Ford both had two.
• Maye tied the season high for field goals by a Tar Heel with 10 (Coby White had 10 vs. Texas).
• Maye shot a UNC-best 10 for 10 from the free throw line. It was the first time a Tar Heel made 10 for 10 since Theo Pinson vs. Ohio State last season in New Orleans.
• Garrison Brooks had career highs in rebounds (10) and assists (6). He scored eight points and had no turnovers.
• This was the third time this season Brooks has led UNC in assists (he also led in assists at Pitt and at NC State).
• Brooks has 11 assists and no turnovers in 46 minutes this season against NC State.
• Coby White had 21 points and four assists. It was his fourth 20-point game and his third in ACC play.
• Kenny Williams scored a season-high 17 points (previous was 16 at Miami).
• Cameron Johnson was 3 for 5 from three-point range and scored 17 points and and had three steals. It was the 10th time this year he made three or more 3FGs (UNC is 10-0 in those 10 games).

Next Game: Saturday, Feb. 9, vs. Miami, Noon (Raycom)

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