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UNC-JMU Postgame Notes
November 20, 2022 | Men's Basketball
POSTGAME NOTES
NORTH CAROLINA 80, JAMES MADISON 64
SUNDAY, NOV. 20, 2022
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 21
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 23 (career high)
UNC Assist Leader: RJ Davis 5
Team Records: UNC 4-0, James Madison 4-1
• Tar Heels are 4-0 at home this season.
• Carolina held previously-unbeaten JMU to 41 points below the Dukes' season average. The Tar Heels limited JMU to 34.8% shooting from the floor and 7 of 27 from three (JMU was shooting 58.6% from the floor and 54.1% from three entering the game).
• The Tar Heels out-rebounded the Dukes, 50-34, UNC's largest rebound margin of the season (JMU was plus 18 per game).
• Carolina equaled its season high in three-pointers with eight.
• Seven different Tar Heels made threes, a season high (previous was four players against Charleston and Gardner-Webb).
• Six different Tar Heels mde threes in the first half.
• Carolina led 45-26 at the half. The 45 points were a season high for a first half and the 19-point margin was UNC's largest of the season at the half.
• Armando Bacot and Leaky Black both had career highs in rebounds and combined to out-rebound JMU, 35-34.
• Bacot had 23 rebounds, his sixth career 20-rebound game and 18th career game with 15 or more. He had 22 rebounds twice last season (vs. Virginia at home and St. Peter's in Philadelphia in the NCAA Elite 8).
• Bacot passed both Antawn Jamison and Brice Johnson to move into sixth place in UNC history with 1,048 rebounds.
REBOUNDS – UNC, CAREER
1. 1219 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
2. 1168 Sam Perkins, 1980-84
3. 1097 George Lynch, 1989-93
4. 1062 Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
5. 1052 Kennedy Meeks, 2013-17
6. 1048 Armando Bacot, 2019-
7. 1035 Brice Johnson, 2012-16
8. 1027 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
9. 1006 Mitch Kupchak, 1972-76
10. 1003 Brad Daugherty, 1982-86
• Bacot had 19 points to go along with the 23 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. It was Bacot's 50th career double-double. He is one shy of tying Jamison and 11 from passing Billy Cunningham in UNC history.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES (POINTS & REBOUNDS) – UNC, CAREER
60 Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
51 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
50 Armando Bacot, 2019-
• Bacot had 11 points and 11 rebounds in the first half. His previous scoring high in a first half this season was eight vs. UNCW (combined for only three in the first halves in the last two games). His previous rebounding high for a game this season was nine twice).
• Bacot led UNC in plus/minus at +15.
• Black had career-high 12 rebounds. His previous high was 11 vs. UNC Asheville on 11/23/21.
• Carolina led the entire game for the first time this season.
• RJ Davis led UNC in scoring with 21 points. It was his sixth career 20-point game and ninth career time as UNC's top scorer.
• Puff Johnson played for the first time this season after missing the first three games with a sore right knee. He scored six points in 13:30 and was a plus 13. He made Carolina's only three of the second half.
• Pete Nance joined Davis and Bacot in double figures in scoring with 11. It was his second straight game in double figures.
Series vs. James Madison
• UNC is 4-0 against the Dukes.
Next Game: at Portland, Phil Knight Invitational first round, 1 p.m. Eastern (10 a.m. local time), Thursday, Nov. 24, Moda Center, Portland, Ore.
NORTH CAROLINA 80, JAMES MADISON 64
SUNDAY, NOV. 20, 2022
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 21
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 23 (career high)
UNC Assist Leader: RJ Davis 5
Team Records: UNC 4-0, James Madison 4-1
• Tar Heels are 4-0 at home this season.
• Carolina held previously-unbeaten JMU to 41 points below the Dukes' season average. The Tar Heels limited JMU to 34.8% shooting from the floor and 7 of 27 from three (JMU was shooting 58.6% from the floor and 54.1% from three entering the game).
• The Tar Heels out-rebounded the Dukes, 50-34, UNC's largest rebound margin of the season (JMU was plus 18 per game).
• Carolina equaled its season high in three-pointers with eight.
• Seven different Tar Heels made threes, a season high (previous was four players against Charleston and Gardner-Webb).
• Six different Tar Heels mde threes in the first half.
• Carolina led 45-26 at the half. The 45 points were a season high for a first half and the 19-point margin was UNC's largest of the season at the half.
• Armando Bacot and Leaky Black both had career highs in rebounds and combined to out-rebound JMU, 35-34.
• Bacot had 23 rebounds, his sixth career 20-rebound game and 18th career game with 15 or more. He had 22 rebounds twice last season (vs. Virginia at home and St. Peter's in Philadelphia in the NCAA Elite 8).
• Bacot passed both Antawn Jamison and Brice Johnson to move into sixth place in UNC history with 1,048 rebounds.
REBOUNDS – UNC, CAREER
1. 1219 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
2. 1168 Sam Perkins, 1980-84
3. 1097 George Lynch, 1989-93
4. 1062 Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
5. 1052 Kennedy Meeks, 2013-17
6. 1048 Armando Bacot, 2019-
7. 1035 Brice Johnson, 2012-16
8. 1027 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
9. 1006 Mitch Kupchak, 1972-76
10. 1003 Brad Daugherty, 1982-86
• Bacot had 19 points to go along with the 23 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. It was Bacot's 50th career double-double. He is one shy of tying Jamison and 11 from passing Billy Cunningham in UNC history.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES (POINTS & REBOUNDS) – UNC, CAREER
60 Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
51 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
50 Armando Bacot, 2019-
• Bacot had 11 points and 11 rebounds in the first half. His previous scoring high in a first half this season was eight vs. UNCW (combined for only three in the first halves in the last two games). His previous rebounding high for a game this season was nine twice).
• Bacot led UNC in plus/minus at +15.
• Black had career-high 12 rebounds. His previous high was 11 vs. UNC Asheville on 11/23/21.
• Carolina led the entire game for the first time this season.
• RJ Davis led UNC in scoring with 21 points. It was his sixth career 20-point game and ninth career time as UNC's top scorer.
• Puff Johnson played for the first time this season after missing the first three games with a sore right knee. He scored six points in 13:30 and was a plus 13. He made Carolina's only three of the second half.
• Pete Nance joined Davis and Bacot in double figures in scoring with 11. It was his second straight game in double figures.
Series vs. James Madison
• UNC is 4-0 against the Dukes.
Next Game: at Portland, Phil Knight Invitational first round, 1 p.m. Eastern (10 a.m. local time), Thursday, Nov. 24, Moda Center, Portland, Ore.
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