UNC-Iona Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 88, IONA 73
NCAA FIRST ROUND
MARCH 22, 2019 – COLUMBUS, OHIO

UNC Scoring Leader: Cameron Johnson 21
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye 9
UNC Assist Leader: Cameron Johnson and Coby White 4

Carolina Notes
• 28-6 overall, 3-3 at neutral sites (14-4 away from the Smith Center)
• Carolina has won 16 of its last 18 games
• Carolina has won its last 17 NCAA first round games – 2000 under Bill Guthridge, 2001 under Matt Doherty and 15 in a row under Roy Williams (2004-09, 2011-19)
• Carolina is 31-1 all-time in the round of 64
• Carolina is 125-46 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, 62-11 as a No. 1 seed and 14-0 against No. 16 seeds
• Iona's 15 three-pointers are the most in any NCAA Tournament game vs. UNC (previous was 14 by Weber State in 1999).
• Iona's Rickey McGill made seven threes, which tie the fourth-most against UNC in an NCAA Tournament game.
• Carolina is 12-2 when Cameron Johnson leads UNC in scoring and 15-0 when he makes three or more three-pointers (he made four vs. Iona).
• Carolina is 11-0 when five or more players score in double figures (five did that vs. Iona).
• Carolina is 16-1 when Nassir Little scores in double figures (he had 19).
• Carolina is 18-2 when Coby White has four or more assists (he had four).
• Carolina shot 62.9 percent in the second half, its highest percentage in a half since shooting 74.1 percent in the first half at Wake Forest on Feb. 16.
• It was Carolina's highest field percentage in a half in an NCAA Tournament game since shooting 64.0 in the second half vs. Notre Dame in the 2016 regional final.
• Carolina has made 296 three-pointers, second most in a season in UNC history (305 last year).
• Carolina is 5-5 when trailing at the half this season. Iona led 38-33 at the half. The five-point deficit matched the largest halftime deficit UNC has overcome to win this year (also vs. UCLA).
• The five-point halftime deficit is the sixth-largest overcome by UNC in an NCAA Tournament game. It was the largest comeback from a halftime deficit in the NCAA Tournament since the 2007 Sweet 16 vs. USC. The Trojans led the Tar Heels by nine (42-33) but UNC rallied for a 74-64 win.

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Cameron Johnson led UNC with 21 points. It was his 32nd game in double figures and his 11th 20-point game this season. He has led UNC in scoring 14 times, most on the team.
• Johnson made four threes and has made 91 this season to move into fifth in UNC single-season history.
• Johnson and Coby White (two threes tonight) have combined for 169 threes to pass Joel Berry II and Kenny Williams (165 last year) for third most by two Tar Heels in a season.
• White scored 10 points. He has 530 this season. He passed J.R. Reid (528) for seventh place by a UNC freshman.
• Nassir Little scored 19 points (tied team lead in first half with eight points with Coby White). He scored 11 second-half points and finished 9 of 13 from the floor.
• It was the most by points by a Tar Heel freshman in the NCAA Tournament since Harrison Barnes had 20 against Marquette in 2011 (Sweet 16) and the most in a freshman's first NCAA Tournament game since Barnes had 24 vs. LIU in 2011 first round.
• It was Little's top scoring game since he had 23 against Virginia Tech on Jan. 21.
• Luke Maye had 16 points and nine rebounds. He has 356 rebounds this season, the 11th most in a season by a Tar Heel (he had the eighth most, 373, last year).
• Maye is the only player to have TWO of the 11-highest rebound totals in a season in UNC history.
• Maye has 921 career rebounds, 12th most in school history.

Roy Williams Notes
• 870-233 overall
• 452-132 at Carolina
• 29-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (15-0 at Carolina in the first round).
• 78-25 overall in the NCAA Tournament
• 44-11 at Carolina in the NCAA Tournament

Series Notes
• Carolina leads, 4-1

Next Game:
Sunday, March 24 (2:40 p.m.) vs. Washington
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Players Mentioned

Joel Berry II

Cameron Johnson

Nassir Little

Luke Maye

Coby White

Kenny Williams

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