UNC-Duke Postgame Notes

MARCH 9, 2019 – CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CAROLINA 79, DUKE 70
POSTGAME NOTES

UNC Scoring Leader: Coby White 21
UNC Rebound Leader: Luke Maye 16
UNC Assist Leader: Luke Maye 7

Carolina Notes
• The Tar Heels finish the regular season 26-5 overall, 16-2 in the ACC and clinched a share of the ACC regular-season championship.
• This is Carolina's 32nd ACC regular-season championship – 13 more than any other school.
• This is the ninth ACC regular-season championship in 16 years in the Roy Williams Era (Virginia is second with five titles in the last 16 years; four under Tony Bennett).
• Carolina is now 9-0 under Roy Williams against Duke in the final game of the regular season when first place in the ACC (outright or share) is on the line. UNC has won those games in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
• Sixteen regular-season wins are two more than Carolina has ever won.
• Carolina is 28-22 when playing host to an AP top-five opponent (Duke was No. 4).
• Carolina is 6-3 in the Smith Center in AP top-five games, including 4-2 against the Blue Devils.
• This was Carolina's eighth win over AP-ranked teams this season, most in the regular season since winning 10 in 1997-98.
• Carolina has won 14 of its last 15 games, its best stretch since 2010-11.
• This was Carolina's ninth Quadrant I win and its 16th combined Q1 and Q2 win. Only Michigan has more combined Q1 and Q2 wins (17).
• Carolina held Duke to 34.2 percent shooting from the floor, the Blue Devils' lowest FG percentage of the season. Duke's previous low was 34.7 percent against Carolina on 2/20/2019 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Coby White led UNC in scoring with 21 points. It was his 11th time as UNC's leading scorer and the eighth time he scored 20 or more.
• White has scored 20 or more points seven times in ACC play.
• White had three assists and no turnovers (had three assists and six turnovers at Duke). It was his first game this season with no turnovers.
• White blocked a season-high three shots, which equaled the season high by any Tar Heel (Maye had three at Wake Forest).
• White set the UNC freshman record for threes in a season. He hit four tonight, has 75 for the season and broke the record which was previously held by Rashad McCants (72 in 2003).
• It was the 10th time this year White made four or more threes.
• Kenny Williams made a season-high four threes and scored a season-high 18 points (previous was 17 vs. NC State).
• Luke Maye had a career-high seven assists (previous high was six in UNC's previous home game vs. Syracuse) and grabbed 16 rebounds. Maye has 36 rebounds in the last two games (20 at BC).
• It was Maye's 18th game this year with 10 or more rebounds and the 11th time in his career with 15 or more.
• Cameron Johnson had his fifth double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
• Nassir Little scored all nine of his points in the first half.
• Garrison Brooks scored 10 points, his third straight game scoring in double figures against Duke.

Roy Williams Notes
• This is the 18th time in 31 seasons as a head coach his teams have won at least a share of the regular-season title (nine times at both Kansas and UNC).
• Williams is third in ACC regular-season titles with nine in 16 seasons. Dean Smith (17 in 36 seasons) and Mike Krzyzewski (12 in 39 seasons) are the only coaches with more.
• 868-232 overall
• 450-131 at Carolina
• 196-74 ACC regular season

Series Notes
• Carolina leads 139-111, including 65-36 in Chapel Hill and 19-15 at the Smith Center.
• Carolina won at Cameron and the Smith Center in the same season for the first time since 2009.
• Carolina has won three in a row for the first time since the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
• This was the fifth straight game Carolina has held Duke under 80 points.
• Teams are 42-42 when both are ranked (AP).
• Carolina is now 24-23 when both are ranked in the AP top 10 and UNC is 7-5 when both are ranked in the top five.

Next Game:
Thursday, 7 p.m. as the No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament quarterfinal vs. either 7-seed Louisville, 10-seed Georgia Tech or 15-seed Notre Dame, Charlotte, N.C.

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Players Mentioned

Garrison Brooks

Cameron Johnson

Nassir Little

Luke Maye

Coby White

Kenny Williams

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