Tar Heels Visit Notre Dame Monday Night

North Carolina will look for a victory when it visits Notre Dame on Monday night at 7 p.m. ESPN will televise the game.

GAME 26 NOTEBOOK
• Carolina is 10-15 overall, including 3-11 in ACC play. Notre Dame is 15-10, 6-8 in the ACC.
• The Tar Heels are coming off a 64-62 home loss to Virginia. Carolina guard Christian Keeling gave UNC a 62-61 lead with 10.3 seconds to play but Tomas Woldetensae made a three-pointer (his sixth of the game) with 0.8 seconds remaining.
• Carolina has lost five games by three points or less in its last 10 games. That's the most losses by three points or less in the Roy Williams Era (previous high for an entire season was four in 2003-04, his first as head coach of the Tar Heels). UNC lost five games by three or less in the previous three seasons combined.
• Carolina has lost five in a row for the second time this season. It's the ninth time in UNC history it has lost five or more games in a row. It also happened twice in a season one other time (in 2001-02).
• UNC has lost four or more consecutive games three times this season. The Tar Heels had lost four in a row only one time (in 2009-10) in the Roy Williams Era prior to this season.
• Carolina's 15 losses equal the fourth most in school history.
• Carolina has lost five ACC games in a row. It had a school-record six-game ACC losing streak earlier this year. This is the fifth time in UNC history the Tar Heels have lost five or more ACC games in a row and the second time (2001-02) it has happened twice in a season.
• Carolina's last four home losses have been decided by a total of eight points (79-76 in overtime vs. Clemson; 71-70 to Boston College; 98-96 in overtime to Duke; and 64-62 to Virginia).
• It was the second home game in a row the opposition made a shot with less than a second to play to win the game (Duke).
• Carolina is 3-11 in the league through 14 games for the first time since 2001-02.

CAROLINA-NOTRE DAME SERIES
• Carolina leads the series, 25-7, including a 76-65 win in Chapel Hill on 11/6/19 in the season opener for both teams. UNC has won the last seven games against Notre Dame (only one of those seven games was on the road). The Tar Heels beat the Irish eight in a row from 1958-72.
• UNC is 9-3 against Notre Dame since the Irish joined the ACC, including 1-1 in the ACC Tournament (2015 championship game and 2016 semifinal) and 1-0 in the NCAA Tournament (2016 East Regional final).
• Carolina is 5-2 against the Irish at Notre Dame. The Tar Heels are 2-1 at Notre Dame since the Irish joined the ACC.
• UNC beat the Irish, 69-68, on 1/13/2018 in its most recent game at Purcell Pavilion.
• Roy Williams is 10-3 against Notre Dame, all as UNC's head coach.

EARLIER THIS SEASON: NOV. 6, 2019
UNC 76, NOTRE DAME 65
• Cole Anthony scored 23 of his game-high and ACC-record 34 points in the second half to overcome a five-point deficit in the win.
• Anthony set the ACC record for points by a freshman in his debut, breaking the previous mark of 33 set by Duke's RJ Barrett vs. Kentucky a year ago.
• It was Carolina's 700th ACC regular-season win. UNC became the first school to win 700 ACC regular-season games. .
• Carolina shot 31.3 percent from the floor in the first half and 64.3 percent (18 of 28) in the second.
• Carolina made 10 of 20 from three-point range (50.0 percent) and out-rebounded the Irish, 51-31.
• Anthony led both teams in scoring (34), rebounds (11), three-pointers (6) and tied for the team lead in assists (5) and steals (1).
• Anthony set the UNC record for most points in his first game as a freshman with 34, breaking the previous mark of 28.
• Anthony was the first Tar Heel point guard with 11 rebounds in a game since Raymond Felton had 11 vs. Villanova in the 2005 NCAA regional semifinal.

FIELD GOAL NOTES
• Carolina has made 50 percent or better shots from the floor in 221 of the 611 games under 17-year head coach Roy Williams (36.2 percent of the time).
• Carolina has lost just nine of those 221 games, but in each of the last two home games against Duke and Virginia.
• Carolina shot 52.2 percent against Duke and 50.0 percent against the Cavaliers. UNC became just the fourth team to shoot 50 percent against UVA this season.
• Carolina shot 56.5 percent from the floor in the first half against UVA as the teams battled to a 28-all draw over the first 20 minutes.
• Carolina shot 59.1 percent from the floor against Duke in the first half on Feb. 8 as it built a 44-35 lead at the break; it was UNC's highest percentage in a first half this season, the third highest in any half and the highest surrendered by the Blue Devils in a half this year.
• UNC has shot 50 percent from the floor three times in 25 games this season and all three have come in the last seven games (Miami, Duke and Virginia).
• By contrast, through 25 games UNC shot 50 percent or better from the floor: eight times in 2018-19, 10 times in 2017-18, nine times in 2016-17 and 16 times in 2015-16.
• Carolina did not shoot 50 percent from the floor in the first half in any of its first 17 games this season but has made at least half its shots from the floor in the opening 20 minutes five times in the last eight games (.516 at Virginia Tech, .550 vs. Miami, .533 at NC State, .594 vs. Duke and .565 against Virginia). The only time UNC also shot better than 50 percent in the second half was in the win over Miami when it made 62.1 percent in the second half.
• Carolina's field goal percentage (.413) is its lowest since the 1959-60 season (.413) and its three-point percentage (.287) is its lowest ever (previous low of .327 in 2015-16).
• Carolina is ninth in the ACC in scoring at 70.9 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.

LINEUP NOTES
• Carolina has played the last four games against Florida State, Duke, Wake Forest and Virginia without injured senior shooting guard Brandon Robinson, the Tar Heels' third-leading scorer and top three-point shooter. Without him, the Tar Heels have started two different lineups. One included Andrew Platek at shooting guard, which was the eighth different starting quintet this season, and one against Virginia that had Christian Keeling at the two, which was the lineup UNC also started in its first four games this season.
• The eight starting lineups equal the most by the Tar Heels in the Roy Williams Era. UNC also started eight in 2009-10 when it went 20-17.
• Last season, UNC earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and won a share of the ACC regular-season title with just two starting lineups (one for 35 games and another for one game).
• Freshman forward Armando Bacot and junior Garrison Brooks are the only Tar Heels to start all 24 games.

ROY NEARING 200 ACC WINS
• Carolina is 199-85 in 284 regular-season ACC games under 17-year head coach Roy Williams. Dean Smith won his 200th ACC game in 278 games and Mike Krzyzewski won his 200th in his 296th ACC game. Smith and Krzyzewski are currently the only coaches to win 200 regular-season ACC games.

COLE ANTHONY
• Freshman point guard Cole Anthony is averaging 19.6 points over the five games since his return from an 11-game absence to injury, just above his season average of 19.3 points. Anthony led UNC in scoring in the first three games back, but is shooting 29 of 88 from the floor (8 of 33 from three) in these last five games.
• The rookie point guard scored 26 points on Feb. 1 against Boston College in his first action since 12/8/19. He underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Dec. 16 and missed 11 games.
• He went 14 for 14 from the free throw line against the Eagles, which matched Tyler Hansbrough's 14 for 14 performance in 2006 vs. NC State for the highest percentage from the free throw line in both the Roy Williams Era and the Smith Center.
• He had 24 points and 11 rebounds against Duke, becoming the first Tar Heel freshman to have a double-double against the Blue Devils since Kendall Marshall (in points and assists) in 2011.
• The Tar Heels went 4-7 in the 11 games he missed due to injury.

ROBINSON OUT THE LAST FOUR CONTESTS
• Senior guard Brandon Robinson went down with another ankle injury with 17 seconds to play in the loss to Boston College on Feb. 1. He has missed nine games due to three separate injuries this season. He is questionable for the game at Notre Dame.
• Robinson has played in only 16 of Carolina's 25 games. He and Cole Anthony have played in six games together (Alabama, Michigan, Oregon, Ohio State, Virginia and Boston College).
• Robinson missed the first four games this season due to a right ankle sprain that he suffered in the exhibition game on 11/1/19 against Winston-Salem State and the Jan. 22 game at Virginia Tech due to neck soreness following an auto accident in which the other driver was cited for driving while impaired.

INJURY TOTALS CONTINUE TO ADD UP
• Senior guard Brandon Robinson, junior forward Sterling Manley and freshman guard Anthony Harris didn't play against Virginia. They are among the seven Tar Heels who have combined to miss 79 games due to injury thus far this season.

• Missed games include (through Virginia):
25 by Sterling Manley (left knee)
20 by Anthony Harris (left and right knees)
11 by Cole Anthony (right knee)
11 by Jeremiah Francis (left knee)
9 by Brandon Robinson (right ankle, neck)
2 by Andrew Platek (left ankle)
1 by Leaky Black (turf toe)

• The 79 missed games are the most in a season by scholarship players in the Roy Williams Era. The previous highs were 64 in 2008-09 and 63 in 2011-12.
• In 2008-09, Marcus Ginyard (34), Tyler Zeller (23), Tyler Hansbrough (4) and Ty Lawson (3)totaled 64 missed games, previously the most in the Williams Era.
• In 2011-12, Leslie McDonald (38), Dexter Strickland (19), John Henson (3), Kendall Marshall (2) and P.J. Hairston (1) accounted for the 63 missed games.
• Only six players missed a total of 12 games in Williams' first three seasons (2003-06).

IN THE MIAMI AND NC STATE WINS
• Carolina beat Miami, 94-71 in Chapel Hill on Jan. 25 and won at NC State, 75-65, on Jan. 27. In those games, the Tar Heels averaged 84.5 points, shot 54.0 percent from the floor, had a rebound margin of plus-15.5 and were plus-18 in assist/turnovers. Defensively, UNC allowed Miami and NC State to score 68.0 points and shoot 41.9 percent from the floor and 22.7 percent from three. UNC made 12 threes to their opponents 10.
• Carolina scored a season-high 94 points, shot a season-best 58.0 percent from the floor and handed out 32 assists on 40 field goals in the win over Miami. The 32 assists tied the most by UNC in the Roy Williams Era.
• The Miami game was the first this season in which Carolina shot 50 percent or better from the floor and the first time UNC scored 90 points.

NOTABLE
• Graduate student Christian Keeling has scored in double figures in 92 college games, including five overall and each of the last four as a Tar Heel.
• Keeling is 21 for 37 (.568) from the floor and 8 for 8 from the free throw line in the last four games (had made 13 field goals in the previous 10 games and seven free throws in the first 21 games).
• Garrison Brooks is averaging 34.6 minutes per game, most by a Tar Heel since point guard Marcus Paige averaged 35.6 in 2013-14.
• The 34.6 minutes are the most by a big man in the Roy Williams Era (previous high was 33.7 by power forward David Noel in 2005-06).
• Brooks played a career-high 48 minutes in the double overtime loss at Virginia Tech.
• Brooks netted a career-high 35 points on Jan. 4 vs. Georgia Tech.
• Brooks had six double-doubles in a row (from Yale through Virginia Tech), the longest streak by a Tar Heel since John Henson's nine in a row in 2011.
• Brandon Robinson averaged 2.3 points over his first three seasons but is averaging 13.1 this year. Last year, he scored 3.4 per game and this season is averaging 9.7 more per game, the third-highest increase from one season to the next in the Roy Williams Era at Carolina.
• The only higher scoring increases from one year to the next are by Reyshawn Terry and Luke Maye. Terry improved 12.0 per game (from 2.3 in 2004-05 to 14.3 in 2005-06); Maye improved by 11.3 (5.5 in 2016-17 to 16.9 in 2017-18).
• Robinson set his career scoring high six times this season, including 20 against Yale on Dec. 30, 27 vs. Clemson on Jan. 11 and 27 vs. Miami on Jan. 25.
• Robinson is the first Tar Heel to have a career high of 11 points in his first three seasons and score 25 or more twice and 20 or more three times as a senior.
• Robinson scored in double figures two times in his first 106 games and in 12 of his 16 games this season.
• He made three or more 3FGs in seven straight games (a streak snapped at NC State), equaling the second-longest such streak in Carolina history (three or more in eight straight games by Donald Williams in the 1993 postseason and seven in a row by Dante Calabria in 1996).

SCORING INCREASES
12.1 – Donald Williams
(2.2 in 1991-92 to 14.3 in 1992-93)
12.0 – Larry Brown
(4.5 in 1960-61 to 16.5 in 1961-62)
12.0 – Reyshawn Terry
(2.3 in 2004-05 to 14.3 in 2005-06)
11.3 – Luke Maye
(5.5 in 2016-17 to 16.9 in 2017-18)
10.9 – Coy Carson
(4.4 in 1947-48 to 15.3 in 1948-49)
10.2 – Donnie Walsh
(3.2 in 1960-61 to 13.4 in 1961-62)
10.1 – Bill Bunting
(7.9 in 1967-68 to 18.0 in 1968-69)
9.7 – Brandon Robinson
(3.4 in 2018-19 to 13.1 in 2019-20)

BACOT'S DOUBLE-DOUBLES
• Freshman Armando Bacot has nine double-doubles in points and rebounds.
• He's the first Tar Heel freshman with nine double-doubles since Antawn Jamison set the freshman record with 13 in 1995-96.
• His nine double-doubles match J.R. Reid (1986-87) and Sam Perkins (1980-81) for the second most by a Tar Heel.
• Bacot had 19 points, 12 rebounds and a season- and game-high seven assists against Miami.
• He became the first Tar Heel to have at least 19 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in a game since Lee Dedmon had 20/13/7 against Clemson in 1971. Dennis Wuycik and Charlie Scott are the only other Tar Heels ever to reach each of those marks in a game.
• His 8.3 rebounds per game are the most by a Tar Heel freshman since Jamison averaged 9.7 in 1995-96.

UNC'S FRESHMAN DOUBLE-DOUBLES
13 Antawn Jamison, 1995-96
9 Armando Bacot, 2019-20
9 J.R. Reid, 1986-87
9 Sam Perkins, 1980-81
6 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-06
6 Rasheed Wallace, 1993-94
6 Mike O'Koren, 1976-77

REBOUNDING LEADERS ONCE AGAIN
• The Tar Heels lead the nation in rebounds per game (42.9), are sixth in offensive rebounds per game (13.9) and seventh in rebound margin (+8.4). Carolina has led the nation in rebounds per game in each of the previous three seasons.
• Carolina is scoring 13.3 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.
• UNC is 20th in the nation in offensive rebound percentage.

ROY FOURTH ALL-TIME IN WINS WITH 881
• Carolina's win over Miami on Jan. 25 was the 880th career win for Roy Williams, surpassing Dean Smith for fourth place in NCAA wins by a Division I head coach.
• Williams is now 881-249.
• Williams is also third in wins by an ACC head coach with 463. Gary Williams (Maryland) is fourth with 461.
• Williams passed Jim Calhoun (873) and Adolph Rupp (876) and Smith (879) this season in wins by a Division I head coach.

MOST WINS BY A DIVISION I HEAD COACH
1154 Mike Krzyzewski
960 Jim Boeheim
902 Bob Knight
881 Roy Williams
879 Dean Smith
876 Adolph Rupp
873 Jim Calhoun

MOST WINS AS ACC HEAD COACH, ALL GAMES
1081 Mike Krzyzewski Duke
879 Dean Smith North Carolina
463 Roy Williams North Carolina
461 Gary Williams Maryland
354 Bobby Cremins Georgia Tech

MEDIA POLLING
• Carolina was not ranked in the February 10 Associated Press poll for the ninth week in a row, its longest streak out of the poll since going unranked in the last 13 polls in 2012-13.
• UNC was ranked in each of the first six 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'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.

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Players Mentioned

Cole Anthony

Armando Bacot

Leaky Black

Garrison Brooks

Jeremiah Francis

Anthony Harris

Christian Keeling

Sterling Manley

Luke Maye

Andrew Platek

Brandon Robinson