UNC-Iowa State Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
IOWA STATE 70, UNC 65
PHIL KNIGHT INVITATIONAL SEMIFINAL
FRIDAY, NOV. 25, 2022
VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, PORTLAND, ORE.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 15
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 9
UNC Assist Leader: Caleb Love and Pete Nance 3
Team Records: UNC 5-1, Iowa State 5-0

• Carolina falls to 5-1 overall, 0-1 at neutral sites, this season.
• Carolina falls to 193-32 as the No. 1-ranked team in the AP poll.
• It's the first time UNC lost as the AP No. 1-ranked team since 11/21/2015 at Northern Iowa.
• Iowa State scored 21 points off 14 Carolina turnovers. The 21 points off turnovers are the most by an opponent this season. Portland scored 20 in the previous game.
• The Cyclones held a 21-6 advantage in points off turnovers.
• Carolina led for 25 minutes and 19 seconds. The Cyclones led for 7:56.
• The Tar Heels led 57-49 with 5:43 to play and 60-53 with 3:55 remaining after a Leaky Black basket. The Tar Heels didn't make another field goal until a tip-in at the buzzer by Pete Nance.
• In between Black's and Nance's field goals, UNC went 0 for 3 from the floor, 3 for 4 from the free throw line and committed four turnovers, while Iowa State went 4 for 5 from the floor (with two 3FGs) and 7 for 8 from the free throw line.
• Thursday against Portland all five UNC starters had a positive plus/minus and every sub had a negative plus/minus. Today, every starter had a negative plus/minus and all three non-starters had a positive rating.
• Carolina shot a season-low 16.7% from three-point range (3 of 18), one game after making 11 of 22 against Portland.
• The Tar Heels were 18 of 25 from the free throw but missed six, including the front end of a one-and-one, in the second half.
• Armando Bacot had a game-high nine rebounds and passed Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham for fourth in UNC history with 1,070 rebounds. George Lynch is third with 1,097.
• Bacot was 5 for 6 from the floor, but only attempted two field goals in the second half (1 for 2).

REBOUNDS – UNC, CAREER
1.       1,219   Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
2.       1,168   Sam Perkins, 1980-84
3.       1,097   George Lynch, 1989-93
4.       1,070   Armando Bacot, 2019-
5.       1,062   Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
6.       1,052   Kennedy Meeks, 2013-17
7.       1,035   Brice Johnson, 2012-16
8.       1,027   Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
9.       1,006   Mitch Kupchak, 1972-76
10.       1,003   Brad Daugherty, 1982-86

• Iowa State's Caleb Grill was 7 for 11 from three and scored 31 points. It was the most points by an opponent since Syracuse's Cole Swider had 36 on 2/28/2022. Swider also made seven three-pointers.
• Carolina led 34-32 at halftime. UNC is 25-2 under Hubert Davis when leading at the half. UNC's last two losses (Kansas and Iowa State) came in games when leading at the half.

vs. Iowa State
• Carolina is 3-2 against the Cyclones.
• Iowa State has won the last two times the teams have played.

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Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

Leaky Black

RJ Davis

Caleb Love

Pete Nance

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