Tar Heels Will Host Wake Forest On Senior Night Tuesday

Tuesday, March 3

Chapel Hill

7 PM

North Carolina

Wake Forest

Tickets

Christian Keeling

Photo by: J.D. Lyon Jr.

March 2, 2020 | Men's Basketball

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Carolina will host Wake Forest on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Smith Center. The ACC Network will televise the game.

GAME 30
• Carolina (12-17, 5-13) plays host to Wake Forest (13-15, 6-12) on March 3 at 7 p.m.
• This is the final home game of the season for seniors Caleb Ellis, Robbie O'Han, Brandon Robinson and Shea Rush and graduate students Christian Keeling and Justin Pierce.
• Carolina is 100-42 in Robinson's and Rush's four-year careers, which included an NCAA championship as freshmen in 2017, two No. 1 and a No. 2 NCAA seeds and regular-season ACC titles in 2017 and 2019.
• Robinson and Rush will address the crowd immediately after the game.
• Carolina has won its last two games, its second two-game win streak in ACC play this season. UNC beat NC State, 85-79, at the Smith Center on Feb. 25 and won at Syracuse, 92-79, on Feb. 29.
• For the third month in a row, the Tar Heels won their final two games of the month after going winless prior to those games. UNC began December 0-4, then beat UCLA and Yale; went 0-5 in January before beating Miami and NC State; and went 0-7 in February before defeating NC State and Syracuse.
• Carolina enters the Wake Forest game having scored 40 or more points in four consecutive halves for the first time this season (40 and 45 vs. NC State and 40 and 52 against Syracuse). Prior to the Syracuse game, UNC had not scored 40 or more points in more than two straight halves this season.
• The 52-point half at Syracuse was UNC's second-highest output in any half this season. The Tar Heels scored 56 in the second half in the Jan. 4 loss to Georgia Tech. The 51-point first half against Miami was the only other time this season UNC scored 50 in a half.
• Carolina's second half at Syracuse was its most efficient offensive half of the season (52 points on 39 possessions, 1.33 points per possession) and the Tar Heels' 92 points on 82 possessions (1.12) marked their second most efficient game this season (surpassed only by the Miami game, 1.13).
• In the last three games in which Cole Anthony and Garrison Brooks both played (Notre Dame, NC State and Syracuse) they have combined for 145 points (48.3 per game). Anthony scored 23, 19 and 25; Brooks had 22, 30 and 26. The Notre Dame and Syracuse games are the first this season in which both scored 20 points.
• Carolina's win over Syracuse was the Tar Heels' ninth in a row over the Orange. UNC is the first team to defeat Syracuse nine consecutive times; Cornell beat the Orange eight straight in the 1920s.
• Carolina's home win over NC State, coupled with UNC's win in Raleigh on Jan. 27, gave the Tar Heels their 13th regular-season sweep over the Wolfpack in Roy Williams' 17 seasons.
• It also meant the Tar Heels have won home and away games against at least one ACC opponent in every season since the league was formed in 1953-54.
• Carolina's victory over the Wolfpack ended the Tar Heels' seven-game losing streak, the second-longest streak in UNC history.
• The win over NC State was Roy Williams' 200th regular-season ACC win, making him the third coach (and second fastest) in league history to win 200. Williams won his 200th in 287 games; Dean Smith won his 200th in 278 games and Mike Krzyzewski won his 200th in 296.

ANTHONY WINS ACC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
• Cole Anthony was the ACC's Freshman of the Week for his play against NC State (Feb. 25) and Syracuse (Feb. 29).
• He had 19 points and five assists vs. the Wolfpack and 25 points and seven assists at Syracuse. His seven three-pointers against the Orange equaled the second-most in a game by a UNC freshman (Raymond Felton hit eight at NC State in 2003 and Coby White made seven against Texas and Miami a season ago).
• It's the second time Anthony has won the award. He was the player and freshman of the week following his 34-point debut against Notre Dame on Nov. 6.

UNC-WAKE FOREST SERIES
• The Tar Heels are 161-67 against the Demon Deacons, including 76-18 in Chapel Hill.
• Carolina has beaten Wake Forest in 10 of the last 12 games and 15 of 20 under Roy Williams.
• Carolina is 22-5, including five straight wins, against the Deacs in the Smith Center.
• Wake Forest defeated the Tar Heels, 74-57, in Winston-Salem on Feb. 11, The 17 points matched UNC's largest margin of defeat in conference play this season (also at Louisville).

LAST TIME THEY MET
FEB. 11, 2020 IN WINSTON-SALEM
WAKE FOREST 74, UNC 57
• The Deacons led by 18 at the half and 26 with 16:41 to play, UNC's largest deficit of the season.
• UNC cut the deficit to nine with 2:37 remaining and had a three-point attempt to make it six, but missed and Wake Forest scored the game's final eight points.
• It was a 55-point swing from the last time the teams played. UNC beat Wake Forest by 38 last year in Winston-Salem, the Tar Heels' largest margin ever in ACC road win.
• Christian Keeling was 7 for 14 from the floor and scored a season-high 15 points, his third straight game in double figures.
• Cole Anthony also scored 15 points, but was 0 for 6 from three and had seven turnovers.
• Keeling and Armando Bacot were 12 of 24 from the floor; the rest of the team was 9 for 39.
• Carolina made a season-low one three-pointer in 16 attempts. It matched the fewest made threes in a game by UNC this season.
• The 16 attempts equaled the second most attempts ever in a game by Carolina in which it made only one three-pointer.
• UNC went 14 for 16 from the line, a game after missing 17 in an overtime loss to Duke.

TAR HEEL PLAYER NOTES
• Junior power forward Garrison Brooks is one of four players in the ACC in the top 10 in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage. The LaFayette, Ala., native Is seventh in scoring (16.1), fourth in rebounding (8.7) and second in field goal percentage (.537) among ACC players in all games.
• In conference games only, Brooks is second in scoring (17.5) , second in rebounding (8.5) and seventh in FG percentage (.529).
• Brooks averaged 6.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 73 games over his first two college seasons; as a junior, he is averaging 16.1 points and 8.7 rebounds.
• He scored 30 points in UNC's previous home game on Feb. 25 against NC State. It was his second game this season with at least 30 (35 vs. Georgia Tech). He scored a game-high 26 at Syracuse on Feb. 29, his ninth 20-point game of the season.
• Brooks is averaging 34.8 minutes per game, most by a Tar Heel since point guard Marcus Paige averaged 35.6 in 2013-14.
• The 34.8 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 is 37 for 61 (.607) from the floor in the last four games and 22 for 24 (.917) from the free throw line in the last two games, both UNC wins.
• Freshman point guard Cole Anthony is averaging 19.7 points. He has played in only 18 games doesn't qualify for NCAA stats, but his average would be the second-highest in the nation by a freshman and is on pace to be the highest ever by a UNC freshman (Tyler Hansbrough holds the record at 18.9 ppg in 2005-06).
• Anthony scored 25 at Syracuse, his eighth game with at least 20 points, and had a season-high seven three-pointers and seven assists, his highest figure in an ACC game.
• Anthony is 15 for 25 (.600) from the floor in the last two games. He was 7 for 12 against NC State and 8 for 13 at Syracuse. Those were his two best games by percentage this season.
• Anthony is averaging 20.3 points and 4.3 assists in the eight games since he returned from a right knee injury that sidelined him for 11 games from Dec. 15 to Jan. 27.
• Anthony went 14 for 14 from the free throw line against Boston College, which matched 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.
• Graduate student Christian Keeling has scored in double figures in 94 college games, including six of the last eight games (and seven times this season) as a Tar Heel.
• Keeling has set season scoring highs in each of the last two games and four times in the last eight games (14 at Florida State, 15 at Wake Forest, 16 vs. NC State and 18 at Syracuse).
• The Augusta, Ga., native is 14 for 20 from the floor in the last two games and 6 of 12 from three-point range in the last three games
• Keeling is averaging 6.8 points for the season, and 13.1 over the last eight games.
• Keeling is 41 for 72 from the floor (.569) in the last eight games (40 for 106, .377 in the first 21 games). He's also 13 for 13 from the free throw line in the last eight games (made seven free throws in the first 21 games) and he's made six 3FGs in the last three games (made nine in the first 26 games).
• Senior guard Brandon Robinson is averaging 6.0 points and is 5 for 21 from three-point range in the three games since he returned from a four-game absence due to a right ankle injury.
• Robinson set his career scoring high six times this season – 20 against Yale on Dec. 30, 27 vs. Clemson on Jan. 11 and 27 vs. Miami on Jan. 25.
• He made three or more 3FGs in seven straight games (a streak snapped on Jan. 27 at NC State), which equaled 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).
• Freshman forward Armando Bacot played only nine minutes at Syracuse due to a sprained right ankle, an injury he suffered in the first half of the game at the Carrier Dome on Saturday.
• Bacot is the only Tar Heel to start all 29 games this season, but the win over the Orange was the third time he played less than 10 minutes due to an early injury.
• 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.
• Bacot's nine double-doubles match J.R. Reid (1986-87) and Sam Perkins (1980-81) for the second most by a Tar Heel.
• Bacot's 8.1 rebounds per game are the most by a Tar Heel freshman since Sean May (8.1) in 2002-03.

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

SO ABOUT THOSE LOSSES ...
• Carolina's 17 losses tie the second most in school history (8-20 in 2001-02 and 20-17 in 2009-10).
• The 13 regular-season ACC losses are the most in UNC history (went 4-12 in 2001-02).
• This is the fourth time UNC has lost double-digit regular-season ACC games (also 12 in 2001-02, 11 in 2009-10 and 10 in 2002-03).
• 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).
• Carolina is 6-8 at home this season (6-7 at the Smith Center and 0-1 at Carmichael Arena). The eight home losses are the most since UNC went 6-9 in 2001-02.
• Carolina has lost six times by three or fewer points. This is the second time in UNC history and first time since 1940-41 the Tar Heels lost six games in a season by three points or less.

SECOND-HALF LEADS
• Carolina led Notre Dame 64-49 with 8:15 to play in the second half before the Irish closed the game on a 28-12 run to win by a point. It was the fifth time in conference play this season the Tar Heels led by double figures in the second half in a loss. Those games include: a 41-30 lead over Pittsburgh with 17:55 to play; a 68-58 lead over Clemson with 1:56 to play; a 49-37 lead in Blacksburg over the Hokies with 12:59 to play; a 77-64 lead over Duke with 3:56 to play; and the 64-49 lead at Notre Dame with 8:15 to play.
• On nine occasions in the last 14 games, the opponents have scored the tying or winning points in the last 27 seconds of the second half or an overtime period – six of those nine have come with three seconds or less and four have scored with under a second remaining: – on Jan. 11, Clemson's Aamir Simms hit a three with three seconds to play in regulation and the Tigers went on win, 79-76 in overtime;
– on Jan. 22, Virginia Tech's P.J. Horne made two free throws with 13 seconds to play in the second half to tie the game at 60, Landers Nolley hit two free throws to even the game at 67 with 27 seconds to play in the first overtime and Tyrece Radford made a driving layup with 0.4 seconds to play in the second overtime to lift the Hokies to a 79-77 victory;
– on Feb. 1, Jared Hamilton was awarded three free throws with 17 seconds to play (he made two) in Boston College's 71-70 win;
– on Feb. 8, Duke's Tre Jones sent the game to overtime with a 17-footer as time expired and Wendell Moore won the game with an offensive rebound put back of a Jones miss as time expired in overtime in Duke's 98-96 win;
– on Feb. 15, Virginia's Tomas Woldetensae made a go-ahead 3FG with 0.8 seconds to play in Virginia's 64-62 win;
– on Feb. 17, Notre Dame's Nate Laszewski hit a winning three-pointer with 2.4 seconds to play in the Irish's 77-76 victory.

FIELD GOAL/SCORING NOTES
• UNC has shot 50 percent from the floor for the game in four of 29 games this season (Miami, Duke, home vs. Virginia and at Syracuse). The Tar Heels are 2-2 in those games and 213-9 in the Roy Williams Era when shooting 50 percent.
• By contrast, through 29 games UNC shot 50 percent or better from the floor: nine times in 2018-19, 12 times in 2017-18, 11 times in 2016-17 and 17 times in 2015-16.
• Carolina has shot 50 percent from the floor in the second half eight times in 29 games this season, including three of the last four games (.517 at Notre Dame, .500 vs. NC State and .567 at Syracuse). UNC out-scored the Irish, Pack and Orange by a combined 13 points in the second half.
• Carolina's field goal percentage (.419) is its lowest since the 1959-60 season (.413) and its three-point percentage (.294) is its lowest ever (previous low of .327 in 2015-16).
• Carolina is 266th in the country in two-point percentage (.472), 328th in three-point shooting (.294) and 292nd at the free throw line (.672).
• Carolina is ninth in the ACC in scoring at 71.8 points per game. Carolina has finished first, first, second and first in the ACC in scoring in the last four seasons.
• Carolina's scoring average of 71.8 points per game is its lowest since averaging 71.4 in 1998-99.
• 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 started its ninth different lineup this season on Feb. 22 at Louisville when Garrison Brooks was unable to play due to illness. Nine lineups are the most by the Tar Heels in the Roy Williams Era. UNC started eight in 2009-10 when it went 20-17 and reached the finals of the NIT.
• 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 is the only Tar Heel to start all 29 games (Leaky Black and Brooks have each made 28 starts).

INJURY TOTALS CONTINUE TO ADD UP
• Garrison Brooks (illness) and Justin Pierce (sprained left ankle) became the ninth and 10th Tar Heels to miss games this season due to injury when they didn't suit up at Louisville on Feb. 22. Ten Tar Heels have combined to miss 91 games due to injury thus far this season.
• Armando Bacot has played in all 29 games thus far, but he played less than 10 minutes in three different games due to injuries he suffered early in those games (three minutes at UNCW due to an elbow to the head; seven minutes vs. Ohio State due to a left ankle sprain; and nine minutes at Syracuse due to a right ankle sprain).
• Bacot's status for the Wake Forest game is unknown at this time.

Missed games due to injury through Syracuse:
29 by Sterling Manley (left knee)
24 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 Brandon Huffman (left knee)
2 by Andrew Platek (left ankle)
1 by Leaky Black (turf toe)
1 by Garrison Brooks (illness)
1 by Justin Pierce (left ankle)

• The 91 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).

REBOUNDING LEADERS ONCE AGAIN
• Carolina grabbed 47 rebounds in the 77-76 loss at Notre Dame. That was the 17th time this season the Tar Heels had at least 40 rebounds in a game.
• Prior to this season, Carolina was 384-66 (.853) under Roy Williams when it out-rebounded the opponents, a winning percentage of .853. This season, Carolina is 11-12 when it has more rebounds (.478).
• The Tar Heels are second in the nation in rebounds per game (42.3), are sixth in offensive rebounds per game (13.8) and eighth in rebound margin (+8.1). Carolina has led the nation in rebounds per game in each of the previous three seasons.
• UNC is 12th in the nation in offensive rebound percentage.
• In the last seven seasons, Carolina's offensive rebound percentages include: 13th, fifth, third, first, third, 16th and now 12th.

ROY FOURTH ALL-TIME IN WINS WITH 883
• 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 883-251.
• Williams is also third in wins by an ACC head coach with 465.
• 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
1155 Mike Krzyzewski
962 Jim Boeheim
902 Bob Knight
883 Roy Williams
879 Dean Smith

MOST WINS AS ACC HEAD COACH, ALL GAMES
1082 Mike Krzyzewski Duke
879 Dean Smith North Carolina
465 Roy Williams North Carolina
461 Gary Williams Maryland
354 Bobby Cremins Georgia Tech

MEDIA POLLING
• Carolina was not ranked in the March 2 Associated Press poll for the 12th 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.

2020 MAUI JIM MAUI INVITATIONAL
• Carolina will be returning to Maui in November 2020 for the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
• Carolina has won the event in 1999-2000, 2004-05, 2008-09 and 2016-17.
• As part of playing in the tournament, the Tar Heels will receive a custom-designed surfboard at a timeout during the game vs. Wake Forest.
• Georgia Burkhard, a UNC stusent, deasifgned the Tar Heels' 2020 surfboard.