UNC-Duke Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
UNC 91, DUKE 87
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM
DURHAM, N.C.
FEBRUARY 6, 2021

UNC Scoring Leader: Caleb Love 25
UNC Rebound Leader: Day'Ron Sharpe 9
UNC Assist Leader: Love 7
Team Records: North Carolina 12-6, 7-4 ACC; Duke 7-7, 5-5 ACC

Carolina Notes
• Six Tar Heels scored in double figures for the first time this season and the first time since the Tennessee Tech game on 11/16/2018.
• Shot 50 percent from the floor in both halves for the second time this season (home win vs. NC State).
• Shot 53.1 percent from the floor for the game, the second highest percentage this season.
• Third time in the last four games (and the only three times) UNC has shot 50 percent for a game.
• Now 217-9 under Roy Williams when shooting 50 percent from the floor.
• Tied its season high with 10 three-pointers (also in the loss at Florida State).
• Season-high percentage of .667 from three-point range.
• That is the fourth-highest 3FG percentage in the Roy Williams era, minimum 10 made threes.
• Best three-point percentage ever by UNC against Duke EXCEPT 1983 game at Cameron when the ACC experimented with a line at 17 feet, 9 inches (UNC was 12 of 15 for 80.0 percent at Duke that year.
• Scored a season-high 91 points (previous 86 at home vs. NC State).
• Third time this season with 20 or more assists (22 at Iowa and at Pittsburgh).
• Season-high 28 points off turnovers (previous 24 vs. Wake Forest).
• Season-high 27 fastbreak points (previous 24 at Iowa). Only the second time this season with 20 or more.
• Now 151-6 under Roy Williams when scoring 90 or more points.
• UNC led for 35:11 and trailed for only 1:38.
• The win was No. 897 for Roy Williams. He is 897-259 in 33 seasons, including 479-158 at UNC.
• Williams is now 93-59 on the road in ACC play (.612). It's the third-most wins and fourth-highest percentage in road play in ACC history.

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Caleb Love became the first Tar Heel to ever score 25 points and have seven assists at Duke and just the third Tar Heel to reach those figures in any game vs. the Blue Devils. Charlie Scott had 34 points and eight assists in 1969 and Phil Ford had 28 and 8 in 1976, both at Carmichael Auditorium.
• Love is the third UNC freshman with at least 20 and 5 against Duke – Walter Davis had 31 and 5 at home in 1974 and Joseph Forte had 24 and 5 at Duke in 2000.
• Love set his season high in points (25), field goals (9),three-pointers (4) and assists (7). The points, field goals and threes tied the season high by any Tar Heel.
• Love had made four threes combined in UNC's previous four games.
• This was the first game Armando Bacot (16), Garrison Brooks (12) and Day'Ron Sharpe (11) all scored in double figures.
• Leaky Black scored 12 points, his fourth game in double figures this season and the first time since he netted a career-high 16 at Miami on 1/5/21.
• Black was 4 for 4 from the floor, had four assists and was a plus 16, the second best on the team.
• Bacot led UNC with a plus 19, his second best of the season (+2 vs. UNLV in November).
• Kerwin Walton tied his season high with four three-pointers (three in the first half). It was the third time he's made four (Notre Dame and FSU) and the fourth straight game he's made multiple threes.
• Sterling Manley dressed out for the first time this season. Still no timetable for his return to competition.

Series Notes
• Carolina leads the series against Duke, 140-114 (the 254 games are more than any other opponent for the Tar Heels).
• Carolina is 49-55 against the Blue Devils on the road, including 38-46 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• Roy Williams is 8-10 at Duke as Carolina's head coach with wins in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2021.
• Carolina is 47-49 against Coach Krzyzewski's teams.

Next Game: Monday, February 8, vs. Miami (7 p.m., ESPN)

Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

Leaky Black

Garrison Brooks

Caleb Love

Sterling Manley

Day'Ron Sharpe

Kerwin Walton

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