UNC-Louisville Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 83, LOUISVILLE 70
ACC QUARTERFINAL – SPECTRUM CENTER
MARCH 14, 2019 – CHARLOTTE, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: Luke Maye and Coby White 19
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye 9
UNC Assist Leader: Coby White 6

Carolina Notes
• 27-5 overall, 2-2 at neutral sites (13-3 away from the Smith Center)
• Carolina has won 15 of its last 16 games, the first time UNC has done that in ACC play since 1986-87.
• 101-46 in ACC Tournament play, including 2-0 vs. Louisville, 22-7 in Charlotte and 46-13 in the quarterfinals
• This is the fifth consecutive season the Tar Heels have advanced to the semifinals.
• Carolina is 35-15 in ACC semifinals.
• This was the fourth time in the 32 seasons that Carolina won at least a share of the ACC regular-season title and played a team in the quarterfinals that had beaten UNC in the regular season...UNC is now 4-0 in those quarterfinal games.
• Carolina scored 27 fastbreak points, second most this season and most since it had 29 against Tennessee Tech on November 16.
• Carolina allowed two second-chance points; Louisville had 15 in beating UNC in Chapel Hill in January.
• Carolina is 15-0 when holding the opponents under 40 percent shooting from the floor this season.
• This was the 24th time this season UNC has out-rebounded the opponents (UNC is 24-3 in those games).
• Carolina committed nine turnovers and forced 11 by Louisville; UNC is 16-1 this season when it forces more turnovers than the Tar Heels commit.
• Carolina is 175-19 in Charlotte, including 14-1 in the Spectrum Center.

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Luke Maye tied the UNC record for playing in 59 ACC wins (52 regular season and now seven ACC Tournament wins). Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks also played in 59 ACC wins from 2013-17.
• Maye and Coby White led UNC in scoring with 19 apiece. It was the eighth time Maye led UNC in scoring this year and the 12th time for White.
• White is now tied with Cameron Johnson for the team lead with 12 games leading UNC in double figures.
• This was the fourth time in the last five games White has led UNC in scoring (Syracuse, Clemson, Duke and Louisville).
• White also tied his season high with seven rebounds and had six assists and one turnover. He's committed two turnovers in the last three games.
• Maye passed Al Lifson in career scoring. Maye has 1,329 points. With nine rebounds, he passed Ademola Okulaja for 12th place in UNC history with 899 rebounds. Rusty Clark is 11th with 929 and Eric Montross is 10th with 941.
• With 19 points, White passed Phil Ford for eighth place for scoring by a UNC freshman. White has 509 points; Ford had 508 in 1975. J.R. Reid is seventh with 528.
• Garrison Brooks scored 11 points. It is the first time this season and the first time since his first two games as a freshman that he scored in double figures in consecutive games. He had 10 against Duke on March 9.
• Brandon Robinson made two three-pointers (for the first time since Wake Forest on Feb. 16) and scored seven points, with four rebounds and two assists.

Roy Williams Notes
• 869-232 overall
• 451-131 at Carolina
• 26-12 in the ACC Tournament

Series Notes
• Carolina leads 15-6 (6-3 since Louisville joined the ACC)
• Carolina is 3-0 vs. UL in Charlotte.

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Players Mentioned

Garrison Brooks

Cameron Johnson

Luke Maye

Brandon Robinson

Coby White

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