UNC-The Citadel Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
NORTH CAROLINA 100, THE CITADEL 67
TUESDAY, DEC. 13, 2022
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: Caleb Love 17
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 11
UNC Assist Leader: Love 6
Team Records: UNC 7-4, The Citadel 5-5

• The 33-point margin of victory was Carolina's largest of the season (previous was 16 three times).
• UNC led by 36 in the second half, its largest lead of the season.
• Carolina made a season-high 15 three-pointers and had a season-high 24 assists.
• The 15 threes equal the most in two seasons under head coach Hubert Davis (also 15 at home last season vs. NC State).
• UNC had 24 assists on 32 made field goals, its highest percentage of assists to field goals this season (75%). The previous high was in the previous game vs. Georgia Tech (15 on 27 baskets for 55.6%).
• Carolina reached the century mark for the third time this season (102 vs. Charleston and 101 in 4 OT vs. Alabama).
• Armando Bacot had 14 points and 11 rebounds. He set the UNC record for games with 10 or more rebounds with his 62nd, one more than Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham.
• It was Bacot's 55th career double-double in 110 college games (one in 50% of his games).
• Caleb Love led UNC with 17 points and also with a season-high six assists. He had no turnovers for the first time this season.
• Love, RJ Davis and Pete Nance made a combined 9 of 14 three-pointers.
• Love made a season-high four three-pointers and shot 60% from the floor (6x10), including 66.7% from three (4x6).
• Freshman Tyler Nickel scored a season-high16 points, the most off the bench by a Tar Heel this season. He had eight points against both Charleston and Virginia Tech and came into the game with 18 points this season.
• Nickel made three 3FGs; he made one in the first 10 games.
• Nickel's 16 points off the bench equaled the previous high point total by UNC's bench in any game this season.
• Carolina's bench scored a season-high 42 points and out-scored the Bulldogs' bench, 42-16.
• The previous scoring high for UNC's bench this season was 16 vs. Charleston and Virginia Tech.
• This was the second time in 11 games this season UNC's bench out-scored its opponent's bench (also at Virginia Tech).
• Seth Trimble had three first-half assists for the second straight game and finished with a season-best five.
• Three players (Nickel, Jalen Washington and Jackson Watkins) set career scoring highs and two others (Dontrez Styles and Creighton Lebo) tied their career scoring highs. Washington had six, Watkins three, Styles nine and Lebo two points.
• Carolina shot 54.5% from the floor in the second half, the third game in a row UNC shot 50% in the second half.
• The Tar Heels are 457-83 all-time in 38 seasons in the Dean E. Smith Center, including 223-18 against non-ACC opponents.
• UNC has won 12 straight home games against non-ACC opponents.

Series vs. The Citadel
• Carolina is 20-0 all-time against The Citadel.
• UNC is 9-0 in Chapel Hill vs. The Citadel, including 3-0 in the Smith Center.
• Carolina's 20 wins are the most in school history without a loss against any opponent.

Next Game: Saturday, December 17, vs. Ohio State in New York in the CBS Sports Classic (3 p.m., CBS)

Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

RJ Davis

Creighton Lebo

Caleb Love

Pete Nance

Tyler Nickel

Dontrez Styles

Seth Trimble

Jalen Washington

Jackson Watkins

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