UNC-UNCW Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
NORTH CAROLINA 69, UNCW 56
MONDAY, NOV. 7, 2022
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis and Caleb Love 17
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 9
UNC Assist Leader: Pete Nance 2
Team Records: North Carolina 1-0, UNCW 0-1

• Carolina shot 54.2% from the floor in the second half and 45.8% for the game.
• UNC held the Seahawks to 24.2% from the floor in the second half (8x33) and 29.3% for the game (17x58).
• The teams combined for seven assists on 39 field goals.
• The Tar Heels had four assists, fewest since it had four in a double-overtime loss to Texas A&M in the 1980 NCAA Tournament.
• Pete Nance led UNC with two assists.
• UNCW had three assists, fewest by a Tar Heel opponent since Kentucky had three on 12/8/1975.
• Carolina made 23 of 30 free throws, while UNCW converted 18 of 24.
• In the second half UNCW scored 19 points from the floor (eight field goals, including three three-pointers) and made 16 free throws.
• The Tar Heels are 101-12 in season-opening games with wins in each of the last 18 season openers.
• The Tar Heels have won their last 21 home openers at the Dean E. Smith Center.
• Carolina is 189-31 in 21 seasons as the No. 1 team in the AP poll.
• Carolina's previous game as No. 1 was a 71-67 loss at Northern Iowa on Nov. 21, 2015.
• Carolina's previous win as No. 1 was a 78-58 win over Wofford in Chapel Hill on Nov. 18, 2015.
• The Tar Heels are 452-83 in 535 games in the Smith Center, including 219-18 against non-ACC opponents.
• Armando Bacot had nine rebounds and has 1,010 in his career. He passed Brad Daugherty (1,003) and Mitch Kupchak (1,006) to move into eighth place in Tar Heel history in rebounds.

REBOUNDS – UNC, CAREER
7.       1,027    Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
8.       1,010    Armando Bacot, 2019-
9.       1,006    Mitch Kupchak, 1972-76
10.       1,003    Brad Daugherty, 1982-86

• Pete Nance, Tyler Nickel and Seth Trimble made their Tar Heel debuts.
• Puff Johnson (sore knee) and Jalen Washington (rehabbing high school knee injury) were not available.

Series vs. UNCW
• The Tar Heels are 6-0 all-time vs. the Seahawks, including 4-0 in the Smith Center.
• Carolina is 177-18 all-time against in-state, non-ACC opponents.
• The Tar Heels have won the last 47 times they played an in-state, non-ACC opponent.

Hubert Davis
• 30-10 overall, 16-2 in the Smith Center

Next Game: vs. College of Charleston, Friday, Nov. 11, Chapel Hill, 7 p.m. (RSN)

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