.png&width=36&height=36&type=webp)
University of North Carolina Athletics
Garrison Brooks has three consecutive double-doubles.
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Tar Heels Will Welcome Clemson For Saturday Matinee
January 10, 2020 | Men's Basketball
North Carolina will host Clemson on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in the Smith Center. RSN will televise the game regionally.
GAME 16 NOTEBOOK
• Carolina is 8-7 overall, including 1-3 in ACC play. The Tar Heels have lost two conference home games in a row, 96-83 to Georgia Tech and 73-65 to Pittsburgh.
• Clemson is 7-7, 1-3 in the ACC.
• Carolina has lost seven of its last 10 games since beginning the season with wins in its first five games.
• The Tar Heels are 2-4 since leading scorer Cole Anthony was sidelined with a right knee injury.
• Carolina has not lost three consecutive home games since dropping four straight in 2010.
• Carolina's seven losses in its first 15 games are the most since the 2001-02 team went 5-10 in its first 15 games (and 5-11 in the first 16).
• The Clemson game is the finale of a season-long four-game homestand for the Tar Heels. It began with a 70-67 win over Yale prior to the losses to Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh.
• The Clemson game is UNC's 500th game in the Smith Center. The Tar Heels are 423-76 in the Smith Center since the building opened on 1/18/1986. That includes a 215-59 record in ACC play.
• Carolina has won 423 of its 992 home wins in the Smith Center (42.6 percent).
• Carolina is 4-4 at home this season (4-3 at the Smith Center and 0-1 at Carmichael). This is the first time UNC has lost four times at home games since 2014-15, when the Tar Heels went 10-5 at the Smith Center.
GARRISON'S STELLAR PLAY
• Junior forward Garrison Brooks has played well all season, performing at an even higher clip in the last six games without Cole Anthony.
• For the season, the LaFayette, Ala., native is averaging 14.4 points and 8.8 rebounds, shooting 54.7 percent from the floor. With Anthony, Carolina's leading scorer at 19.1 points per game, out of action, Brooks has increased his production to 18.7 points and 9.8 boards per game and is shooting 58.9 percent from the floor.
• Brooks is second in the ACC in field goal percentage, third in rebounding and fourth in offensive rebounding, while playing the seventh-most minutes in the league. He's averaging just under 11 minutes more per game than he did a year ago when he started every game.
• Brooks has double-doubles in each of the last three games, including 35 points and 11 rebounds against the Yellow Jackets and 21 and 10 vs. Pitt. He has five career double-doubles, all this season.
• Brooks tied his career high with nine field goals against both Georgia Tech and Pitt, went 17 for 18 from the free throw line vs. Tech and hit his first career three (to tie the game late in the second half) vs. the Panthers.
• He was UNC's defensive player of the game against Pittsburgh, his team-leading seventh award of the season and the 27th of his career. He was UNC's defensive player of the year as a sophomore in 2018-19.
SERIES VS. CLEMSON
• Carolina is 133-21 against the Tigers, including an NCAA-record 59-0 in Chapel Hill and 28-0 in the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels won at Clemson, 81-79, on 3/2/19 in the only matchup from a season ago.
• Carolina has won 11 of the last 12 games against the Tigers.
• Roy Williams is 21-3 against Clemson, all while head coach of the Tar Heels.
• The teams are not scheduled to play this season at Clemson.
• This is the first time UNC has played host to the Tigers as an unranked team in the AP poll since 2014.
• Carolina was ranked in the AP poll in 36 of the 42 previous games against Clemson in Chapel Hill dating back to 1964.
LAST TIME – AT CLEMSON
March 2, 2019
Carolina 81, Clemson 79
• Coby White (28) and Cameron Johnson (19) both made six three-pointers. It was the first time in UNC history two Tar Heels made six three-pointers in a game.
• The Tar Heels won at Clemson for the eighth time in the last 10 tries.
• Roy Williams left the court with 55 seconds to play in the first half due to vertigo and did not return to the bench. Assistant coach Steve Robinson led the team in Williams' absence.
• Garrison Brooks scored six points and had three rebounds; the six points represent all of UNC's scoring from players active this season.
ROY AT 879
• Carolina's win over Yale moved Roy Williams into a tie with Dean Smith for fourth place in wins by a Division I head coach with 879 and into a tie with Gary Williams for third place for wins by an ACC head coach with 461.
• Earlier this season Williams passed Jim Calhoun (873) and Adolph Rupp (876).
MOST WINS AS A DIVISION I HEAD COACH
1146 Mike Krzyzewski
954 Jim Boeheim
902 Bob Knight
879 Dean Smith
879 Roy Williams
876 Adolph Rupp
MOST WINS AS ACC HEAD COACH, ALL GAMES
1073 Mike Krzyzewski Duke
879 Dean Smith North Carolina
461 Roy Williams North Carolina
461 Gary Williams Maryland
354 Bobby Cremins Georgia Tech
• Williams led UNC to more wins in his first 600 games as an ACC head coach than any other coach in league history.
MOST WINS IN FIRST 600 GAMES AS ACC HEAD COACH
461 Roy Williams North Carolina
456 Dean Smith North Carolina
446 Mike Krzyzewski Duke
392 Gary Williams Maryland
CHALLENGING SCHEDULE
• Ken Pomeroy ranks UNC's schedule as the 12th most difficult in the country, with the non-conference schedule as the 24th hardest. That's easily the most challenging schedule among ACC teams. The average ACC non-conference strength of schedule (other than UNC) is 211.
• Carolina has already faced five teams that are ranked in this week's AP top 25 (No. 1 Gonzaga, No. 9 Oregon, No. 11 Ohio State, No. 18 Virginia and No. 19 Michigan).
• No.2 Duke (twice), No. 10 Florida State and No. 13 Louisville are upcoming in ACC play.
INJURY BUG
• Mainly due to the injuries, UNC has used five different starting lineups in 15 games. Last season, Roy Williams used two starting lineups – one for 35 games and a different one for one game.
• Freshman guard Anthony Harris tore his right ACL in the second half of the Yale game. Harris missed the first eight games this season due to a left knee injury he suffered as a high school senior. He played for the first time as a Tar Heel at Virginia on 12/8 and scored 14 second-half points in the win over UCLA on 12/21.
• Seven different Tar Heels have combined to miss a total of 46 games due to injury thus far this season: Sterling Manley (15 games– left knee surgery on 12/12/19), Anthony Harris (10– including the first eight games due to left knee injury from high school, and two games after right knee surgery on 1/4/2020), Jeremiah Francis (first 8 games– left knee injury from high school), Cole Anthony (last 6 games– right knee surgery on 12/16/19), Brandon Robinson (first 4 games– right ankle), Andrew Platek (2 games– left ankle) and Leaky Black (1 game– turf toe, right foot).
• Anthony (nine games), Smith (three) and Francis (three) have started at the point this season. This is the first time since 2007-08 UNC started three players at the point in a season (Ty Lawson 29, Quentin Thomas 9 and Bobby Frasor 1).
GARRISON'S BIG OFFENSIVE NIGHT
• Forward Garrison Brooks led all scorers in the Georgia Tech game with a career-high 35 points.
– It was the most points by a Tar Heel since Brice Johnson's 39 at Florida State on 1/4/2016;
– He became the fourth Tar Heel and ninth collegiate player to score 35 or more in the Smith Center (with Tar Heels Antawn Jamison, Joseph Forte and Tyler Hansbrough).
• Brooks made 17 of 18 free throws against the Yellow Jackets. His percentage of .944 is the second highest in UNC history among players with 18 or more attempts in a game. The 17 free throws equal the sixth most in any game by a Tar Heel and tie the third most by a Tar Heel in an ACC game.
HIGHEST FT PCT. IN A GAME BY A TAR HEEL
(min. 15 attempts)
1.000 by York Larese vs. Duke, 12/29/59 (21x21)
.944 by Garrison Brooks vs. Georgia Tech, 1/4/20 (17x18)
.900 by Pete Brennan at NC State, 2/18/58 (18x20)
.895 by Tyler Hansbrough vs. Clemson, 2/10/08 (17x19)
.895 by Lennie Rosenbluth at NC State, 1/15/57 (17x19)
.895 by Lennie Rosenbluth vs. Duke, 2/4/55 (17x19)
MOST FREE THROWS MADE IN A GAME BY A TAR HEEL
21 by York Larese vs. Duke, 12/29/59
20 by Tyler Zeller vs. Maryland, 2/29/12
19 by Dennis Wuycik vs. Creighton, 12/12/70
19 by Larry Miller vs. Oregon State, 12/30/67
18 by Pete Brennan at NC State, 2/18/58
17 by Garrison Brooks vs. Georgia Tech, 1/4/20
17 five other times
B-ROB PLAYING AN EXPANDED ROLE
• Brandon Robinson has played in 117 games as a Tar Heel. He established career highs in points (20), three-pointers (5) and minutes played (36) against Yale on Dec. 30 and assists (6) and steals (4) against Georgia Tech on Jan. 4. The Yale game marked the first time Robinson led UNC in scoring in his career.
• He leads the team in total assists (35) and threes (25).
• Robinson has scored in double figures in seven of the 11 games he has played in this season. He reached double figures twice in his first three collegiate seasons.
• Robinson has made 15 three-pointers in the last four games (three vs. UCLA, five vs. Yale, four vs. Georgia Tech and three vs. Pitt). His 25 threes this season are already the most in a season in his collegiate career (23 last year).
REBOUNDING LEADERS ONCE AGAIN
• The Tar Heels lead the nation in rebounds per game (43.9), are fifth in offensive rebounds per game (14.7) and eighth in rebound margin (+9.7). Carolina has led the nation in rebounds per game in each of the previous three seasons.
• Carolina is scoring 14.7 second-chance points per game. UNC averaged 14.4 in 2015-16, 17.6 in 2016-17, 15.1 in 2017-18 and 15.3 in 2018-19.
SCORING/SHOOTING WOES
• Carolina scored a season-high 83 points in the loss to Georgia Tech. It was second time in four games UNC scored 80 or more points, but UNC has lost both those games (GT and Gonzaga). Dating back to the 97-80 loss to Auburn in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, UNC has lost three consecutive games in which it scored 80 or more points. That's the first time UNC has lost three straight games when scoring 80 points since the 1991-92 season (lost 99-94 to NC State, 110-96 at Florida State and 82-80 at Maryland).
• The Tar Heels have shot under 50 percent from the floor in the first 15 games. That's the longest stretch to open a season since the 1959-60 team shot 53.6 percent against Duke in the 16th game.
• Carolina's field goal percentage (.404) is its lowest since the 1957-58 season and its three-point percentage (.301) is its lowest ever.
• Carolina is 10th in the ACC in scoring at 70.3 points per game. Carolina has finished first, first, second and first in the ACC in scoring in the last four seasons.
• In Roy Williams' previous 16 seasons, Carolina has led the ACC in scoring eight times, finished second five times and third three times.
• No Roy Williams-coached team in 16 previous seasons at UNC has averaged fewer than 74.5 points per game (in 2009-10). The lowest scoring average in his 15 seasons at Kansas (1988-2003) was 72.1 in 1998-99. Williams' teams have averaged 80 or more points in 23 of his previous 31 seasons as a head coach.
MEDIA POLLING
• Carolina is not ranked in the Associated Press poll for the fourth week in a row. UNC had been ranked in the top 10 in each of the first five weeks of the 2019-20 AP poll.
• The December 16th poll marked the first time in 107 polls the Tar Heels were not ranked in the AP poll.
• UNC has finished the season in the top 10 in each of the last four seasons (3 in 2015-16, 5 in 2016-17, 10 in 2017-18 and 3 in 2018-19).
• Carolina has been ranked in 922 AP polls, the most rankings of any school in the country.
• Carolina has finished in the Top 10 of the AP poll 38 times, including 27 of the previous 39 years.
• Carolina's 106-week streak of being ranked in the AP poll was the third longest in UNC history and the sixth longest in ACC history.
GAME 16 NOTEBOOK
• Carolina is 8-7 overall, including 1-3 in ACC play. The Tar Heels have lost two conference home games in a row, 96-83 to Georgia Tech and 73-65 to Pittsburgh.
• Clemson is 7-7, 1-3 in the ACC.
• Carolina has lost seven of its last 10 games since beginning the season with wins in its first five games.
• The Tar Heels are 2-4 since leading scorer Cole Anthony was sidelined with a right knee injury.
• Carolina has not lost three consecutive home games since dropping four straight in 2010.
• Carolina's seven losses in its first 15 games are the most since the 2001-02 team went 5-10 in its first 15 games (and 5-11 in the first 16).
• The Clemson game is the finale of a season-long four-game homestand for the Tar Heels. It began with a 70-67 win over Yale prior to the losses to Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh.
• The Clemson game is UNC's 500th game in the Smith Center. The Tar Heels are 423-76 in the Smith Center since the building opened on 1/18/1986. That includes a 215-59 record in ACC play.
• Carolina has won 423 of its 992 home wins in the Smith Center (42.6 percent).
• Carolina is 4-4 at home this season (4-3 at the Smith Center and 0-1 at Carmichael). This is the first time UNC has lost four times at home games since 2014-15, when the Tar Heels went 10-5 at the Smith Center.
GARRISON'S STELLAR PLAY
• Junior forward Garrison Brooks has played well all season, performing at an even higher clip in the last six games without Cole Anthony.
• For the season, the LaFayette, Ala., native is averaging 14.4 points and 8.8 rebounds, shooting 54.7 percent from the floor. With Anthony, Carolina's leading scorer at 19.1 points per game, out of action, Brooks has increased his production to 18.7 points and 9.8 boards per game and is shooting 58.9 percent from the floor.
• Brooks is second in the ACC in field goal percentage, third in rebounding and fourth in offensive rebounding, while playing the seventh-most minutes in the league. He's averaging just under 11 minutes more per game than he did a year ago when he started every game.
• Brooks has double-doubles in each of the last three games, including 35 points and 11 rebounds against the Yellow Jackets and 21 and 10 vs. Pitt. He has five career double-doubles, all this season.
• Brooks tied his career high with nine field goals against both Georgia Tech and Pitt, went 17 for 18 from the free throw line vs. Tech and hit his first career three (to tie the game late in the second half) vs. the Panthers.
• He was UNC's defensive player of the game against Pittsburgh, his team-leading seventh award of the season and the 27th of his career. He was UNC's defensive player of the year as a sophomore in 2018-19.
SERIES VS. CLEMSON
• Carolina is 133-21 against the Tigers, including an NCAA-record 59-0 in Chapel Hill and 28-0 in the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels won at Clemson, 81-79, on 3/2/19 in the only matchup from a season ago.
• Carolina has won 11 of the last 12 games against the Tigers.
• Roy Williams is 21-3 against Clemson, all while head coach of the Tar Heels.
• The teams are not scheduled to play this season at Clemson.
• This is the first time UNC has played host to the Tigers as an unranked team in the AP poll since 2014.
• Carolina was ranked in the AP poll in 36 of the 42 previous games against Clemson in Chapel Hill dating back to 1964.
LAST TIME – AT CLEMSON
March 2, 2019
Carolina 81, Clemson 79
• Coby White (28) and Cameron Johnson (19) both made six three-pointers. It was the first time in UNC history two Tar Heels made six three-pointers in a game.
• The Tar Heels won at Clemson for the eighth time in the last 10 tries.
• Roy Williams left the court with 55 seconds to play in the first half due to vertigo and did not return to the bench. Assistant coach Steve Robinson led the team in Williams' absence.
• Garrison Brooks scored six points and had three rebounds; the six points represent all of UNC's scoring from players active this season.
ROY AT 879
• Carolina's win over Yale moved Roy Williams into a tie with Dean Smith for fourth place in wins by a Division I head coach with 879 and into a tie with Gary Williams for third place for wins by an ACC head coach with 461.
• Earlier this season Williams passed Jim Calhoun (873) and Adolph Rupp (876).
MOST WINS AS A DIVISION I HEAD COACH
1146 Mike Krzyzewski
954 Jim Boeheim
902 Bob Knight
879 Dean Smith
879 Roy Williams
876 Adolph Rupp
MOST WINS AS ACC HEAD COACH, ALL GAMES
1073 Mike Krzyzewski Duke
879 Dean Smith North Carolina
461 Roy Williams North Carolina
461 Gary Williams Maryland
354 Bobby Cremins Georgia Tech
• Williams led UNC to more wins in his first 600 games as an ACC head coach than any other coach in league history.
MOST WINS IN FIRST 600 GAMES AS ACC HEAD COACH
461 Roy Williams North Carolina
456 Dean Smith North Carolina
446 Mike Krzyzewski Duke
392 Gary Williams Maryland
CHALLENGING SCHEDULE
• Ken Pomeroy ranks UNC's schedule as the 12th most difficult in the country, with the non-conference schedule as the 24th hardest. That's easily the most challenging schedule among ACC teams. The average ACC non-conference strength of schedule (other than UNC) is 211.
• Carolina has already faced five teams that are ranked in this week's AP top 25 (No. 1 Gonzaga, No. 9 Oregon, No. 11 Ohio State, No. 18 Virginia and No. 19 Michigan).
• No.2 Duke (twice), No. 10 Florida State and No. 13 Louisville are upcoming in ACC play.
INJURY BUG
• Mainly due to the injuries, UNC has used five different starting lineups in 15 games. Last season, Roy Williams used two starting lineups – one for 35 games and a different one for one game.
• Freshman guard Anthony Harris tore his right ACL in the second half of the Yale game. Harris missed the first eight games this season due to a left knee injury he suffered as a high school senior. He played for the first time as a Tar Heel at Virginia on 12/8 and scored 14 second-half points in the win over UCLA on 12/21.
• Seven different Tar Heels have combined to miss a total of 46 games due to injury thus far this season: Sterling Manley (15 games– left knee surgery on 12/12/19), Anthony Harris (10– including the first eight games due to left knee injury from high school, and two games after right knee surgery on 1/4/2020), Jeremiah Francis (first 8 games– left knee injury from high school), Cole Anthony (last 6 games– right knee surgery on 12/16/19), Brandon Robinson (first 4 games– right ankle), Andrew Platek (2 games– left ankle) and Leaky Black (1 game– turf toe, right foot).
• Anthony (nine games), Smith (three) and Francis (three) have started at the point this season. This is the first time since 2007-08 UNC started three players at the point in a season (Ty Lawson 29, Quentin Thomas 9 and Bobby Frasor 1).
GARRISON'S BIG OFFENSIVE NIGHT
• Forward Garrison Brooks led all scorers in the Georgia Tech game with a career-high 35 points.
– It was the most points by a Tar Heel since Brice Johnson's 39 at Florida State on 1/4/2016;
– He became the fourth Tar Heel and ninth collegiate player to score 35 or more in the Smith Center (with Tar Heels Antawn Jamison, Joseph Forte and Tyler Hansbrough).
• Brooks made 17 of 18 free throws against the Yellow Jackets. His percentage of .944 is the second highest in UNC history among players with 18 or more attempts in a game. The 17 free throws equal the sixth most in any game by a Tar Heel and tie the third most by a Tar Heel in an ACC game.
HIGHEST FT PCT. IN A GAME BY A TAR HEEL
(min. 15 attempts)
1.000 by York Larese vs. Duke, 12/29/59 (21x21)
.944 by Garrison Brooks vs. Georgia Tech, 1/4/20 (17x18)
.900 by Pete Brennan at NC State, 2/18/58 (18x20)
.895 by Tyler Hansbrough vs. Clemson, 2/10/08 (17x19)
.895 by Lennie Rosenbluth at NC State, 1/15/57 (17x19)
.895 by Lennie Rosenbluth vs. Duke, 2/4/55 (17x19)
MOST FREE THROWS MADE IN A GAME BY A TAR HEEL
21 by York Larese vs. Duke, 12/29/59
20 by Tyler Zeller vs. Maryland, 2/29/12
19 by Dennis Wuycik vs. Creighton, 12/12/70
19 by Larry Miller vs. Oregon State, 12/30/67
18 by Pete Brennan at NC State, 2/18/58
17 by Garrison Brooks vs. Georgia Tech, 1/4/20
17 five other times
B-ROB PLAYING AN EXPANDED ROLE
• Brandon Robinson has played in 117 games as a Tar Heel. He established career highs in points (20), three-pointers (5) and minutes played (36) against Yale on Dec. 30 and assists (6) and steals (4) against Georgia Tech on Jan. 4. The Yale game marked the first time Robinson led UNC in scoring in his career.
• He leads the team in total assists (35) and threes (25).
• Robinson has scored in double figures in seven of the 11 games he has played in this season. He reached double figures twice in his first three collegiate seasons.
• Robinson has made 15 three-pointers in the last four games (three vs. UCLA, five vs. Yale, four vs. Georgia Tech and three vs. Pitt). His 25 threes this season are already the most in a season in his collegiate career (23 last year).
REBOUNDING LEADERS ONCE AGAIN
• The Tar Heels lead the nation in rebounds per game (43.9), are fifth in offensive rebounds per game (14.7) and eighth in rebound margin (+9.7). Carolina has led the nation in rebounds per game in each of the previous three seasons.
• Carolina is scoring 14.7 second-chance points per game. UNC averaged 14.4 in 2015-16, 17.6 in 2016-17, 15.1 in 2017-18 and 15.3 in 2018-19.
SCORING/SHOOTING WOES
• Carolina scored a season-high 83 points in the loss to Georgia Tech. It was second time in four games UNC scored 80 or more points, but UNC has lost both those games (GT and Gonzaga). Dating back to the 97-80 loss to Auburn in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, UNC has lost three consecutive games in which it scored 80 or more points. That's the first time UNC has lost three straight games when scoring 80 points since the 1991-92 season (lost 99-94 to NC State, 110-96 at Florida State and 82-80 at Maryland).
• The Tar Heels have shot under 50 percent from the floor in the first 15 games. That's the longest stretch to open a season since the 1959-60 team shot 53.6 percent against Duke in the 16th game.
• Carolina's field goal percentage (.404) is its lowest since the 1957-58 season and its three-point percentage (.301) is its lowest ever.
• Carolina is 10th in the ACC in scoring at 70.3 points per game. Carolina has finished first, first, second and first in the ACC in scoring in the last four seasons.
• In Roy Williams' previous 16 seasons, Carolina has led the ACC in scoring eight times, finished second five times and third three times.
• No Roy Williams-coached team in 16 previous seasons at UNC has averaged fewer than 74.5 points per game (in 2009-10). The lowest scoring average in his 15 seasons at Kansas (1988-2003) was 72.1 in 1998-99. Williams' teams have averaged 80 or more points in 23 of his previous 31 seasons as a head coach.
MEDIA POLLING
• Carolina is not ranked in the Associated Press poll for the fourth week in a row. UNC had been ranked in the top 10 in each of the first five weeks of the 2019-20 AP poll.
• The December 16th poll marked the first time in 107 polls the Tar Heels were not ranked in the AP poll.
• UNC has finished the season in the top 10 in each of the last four seasons (3 in 2015-16, 5 in 2016-17, 10 in 2017-18 and 3 in 2018-19).
• Carolina has been ranked in 922 AP polls, the most rankings of any school in the country.
• Carolina has finished in the Top 10 of the AP poll 38 times, including 27 of the previous 39 years.
• Carolina's 106-week streak of being ranked in the AP poll was the third longest in UNC history and the sixth longest in ACC history.
Players Mentioned
G
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's BasketballCarolina Stories: The Reese Brantmeier Project
Wednesday, November 05
UNC Field Hockey: Tar Heels Clip Cards in ACC Tourney Opener, 2-1
Tuesday, November 04
Head Coach Bill Belichick Pre-Stanford Press Conference
Tuesday, November 04
Hubert Davis Post-Central Arkansas Press Conference
Tuesday, November 04