Carolina-Duke Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
UNC 91, DUKE 73
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
MARCH 6, 2021

UNC Scoring Leader: Armando Bacot, Caleb Love and Kerwin Walton 18
UNC Rebound Leader: Bacot 6
UNC Assist Leader: Love 7
Team Records: UNC 16-9, 10-6 ACC; Duke 11-11, 9-9 ACC

Carolina Notes
• This is the 15th time in 18 seasons under Roy Williams the Tar Heels have won at least 10 regular-season ACC games (and the 44th time in ACC history).
• Carolina was 10-1 at home this season, including 7-0 in ACC play.
• This is the first time UNC went undefeated at home in ACC play since going 8-0 in 2016-17.
• This is the sixth time UNC went undefeated in ACC play in the Smith Center (1986-87, 1992-93, 2004-05, 2010-11, 2016-17 and 2020-21).
• This is the first time UNC scored 90-plus points in consecutive games against Duke since 3-2-97 (91) and 2-5-98 (97). It's the first time UNC scored 90 in both games in the same season against the Blue Devils since 1983.
• UNC is 3-0 this season when scoring 90 and 153-6 in 18 seasons under Coach Williams.
• Carolina is 12-3 this season when four or more players score in double figures.
• Carolina shot 55.4 percent from the floor, second only to 60.9 percent in the win over Louisville.
• UNC is 5-0 this season when it shoots 50 percent from the floor and is 219-9 under Roy Williams when shooting at least 50 percent.
• UNC shot 55.2 percent in the first half and 55.6 in the second. This was the fourth time UNC shot at least 50 percent from the floor in both halves (wins over NC State, at Duke, Louisville and Duke).
• Carolina shot 51.6, 54.5, 55.2 and 55.6 percent from the floor in four halves against Duke this season.
• Carolina was 21 for 26 from the free throw line, a percentage of .808. This was the fourth time this season UNC made at least 80 percent from the line (wins over NC Central, Northeastern, Florida State and Duke).
• Carolina committed 20 turnovers, the third straight game with 20 or more. This is the fourth time this season UNC won when committing at least 20 turnovers (24 vs. Stanford, 20 at Miami, 21 vs. Florida State and 20 vs. Duke).
• Carolina's 22-point lead in the first half was Duke's largest deficit of the season (19 vs. Illinois) and the 16-point halftime lead was the largest vs. the Blue Devils this season (14 vs. Illinois).
• UNC's largest lead was 24 in the second half.
• Carolina held Duke to 26 points in the first half, which matched the fewest in a half by Duke this season (first half vs. Louisville).
• Carolina scored 42 points on 40 first-half possessions (1.05) and held the Blue Devils to 26 on 40 possessions (.65).
• Carolina blocked a season-high 11 shots.
• Carolina handed Duke its largest defeat of the season (previous 15 by Illinois).
• Carolina led for 39:19. The game was tied for 41 seconds. Duke never led.
• This was the first time an opponent had more offensive rebounds.

Tar Heel Player Notes
• Seniors Garrison Brooks, Andrew Platek, KJ Smith and Walker Miller started (with junior Leaky Black).
• Kerwin Walton scored 18 points, his second highest scoring total this season (19 vs. Louisville). He made four threes, the fifth time this year he made four or more threes (UNC is 4-1 in those games).
• Brooks made two threes in a game for the first time in his career. He had 14 points in his final game at the Smith Center.
• Caleb Love had 18 points and seven assists. It was the fourth time this season he had seven or more assists.
• Love had 43 points and 14 assists in the two games this season against Duke.
• Bacot scored 18 points for the second game in a row. He and Brooks scored in double figures for a team-leading 16th time this season.
• It was the first time Bacot scored in double figures in back-to-back games since he had three in a row in late January.
• Sterling Manley played for the first time this season and had two points and a block.

Series Notes
• Carolina leads the all-time series against Duke, 141-114.
• Carolina is 65-37 in Chapel Hill vs. the Blue Devils, including 20-16 in the Smith Center.
• This is the second time in three seasons UNC won both regular-season games.
• The 18-point win is UNC's largest in the series since 3-3-2012, an 88-70 win at Duke.
• It was UNC's largest home win over Duke since 2-5-1998, a 97-73 Tar Heel victory.

Next Game: approximately 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 10 vs. Notre Dame or Wake Forest, ACC second round

Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

Leaky Black

Garrison Brooks

Caleb Love

Sterling Manley

Walker Miller

Andrew Platek

Kerwin Walton

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