UNC-Virginia Tech Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
NORTH CAROLINA 65, VIRGINIA TECH 57
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
CASSELL COLISEUM
BLACKSBURG, VA.

UNC Scoring Leader: Caleb Love 21
UNC Rebound Leader: Armando Bacot 15
UNC Assist Leader: Love 7
Team Records: UNC 19-8, 11-5 ACC; Virginia Tech 16-11, 8-8 ACC

Carolina Notes
• This is the 36th time UNC has won at least 11 regular-season ACC games.
• Carolina is 6-3 on the road this season, including 5-3 in ACC play.
• This was the sixth time this season the Tar Heels have held an opponent under 60 points, but the first time on the road.
• Carolina came into the game allowing 66.3 points in its wins and allowed 57 today.
• The Tar Heels held the Hokies to a season-low 57 points in Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies' previous low point total at home this season was 61 to Wake Forest.
• Carolina held Tech, which came into the game second in the country in three-point percentage, to 5 of 26 from three (a season-low 19.2% for the Hokies). Tech's previous low percentage from three was .250 vs. Virginia.
• Overall, Carolina held the Hokies to 37.5% from the floor. Carolina is 9-0 this season when holding opponents under 40 percent.
• Caleb Love had 21 points and a season-high seven assists.
• Love's seven assists equal the most by a Tar Heel in a game this season.
• Love tied his ACC career-high for assists (he had seven in both games vs. Duke as a freshman).
• Love also was 6 for 6 from the free throw line. He is shooting 84.2% from the line this season.
• Carolina is 8-0 this season and 10-0 in two seasons when Love scores 20 or more.
• Carolina is 11-0 this season when Love has five or more assists.
• Armando Bacot scored 12 points, all in the second half, and had 15 rebounds. He has 37 rebounds in two games vs. Virginia Tech this season.
• It was Bacot's 20th double-double this season, which ties the fourth most in UNC single-season history.

MOST DOUBLE-DOUBLES, SEASON
23                    Brice Johnson, 2015-16
22                    Billy Cunningham, 1963-64
21                    Antawn Jamison, 1997-98
20                    Armando Bacot, 2021-22
20                    Mitch Kupchak, 1974-75
20                    Billy Cunningham, 1962-63
20                    Doug Moe, 1960-61

• This was the 21st game this season Bacot had 10 or more rebounds, the seventh time a Tar Heel reached double figures 21 or more times in a season (the record is 23 by Brice Johnson in 2015-16).
• This was the sixth time season and ninth time in his career Bacot had 15 or more rebounds.
• Bacot has 819 career rebounds. He passed Jason Capel (807), Mike O'Koren (817) and Bobby Jones (819) to move into 19th place in UNC history.
• It was Bacot's 38th career double-double, ninth most in UNC history.
• Bacot also blocked five shots, the fourth time in his career he had five or more in a game.
• Dontrez Styles made his second three of the season.
• Carolina scored 12 points off Tech turnovers (the Hokies scored 11 off UNC turnovers). Carolina is 14-1 this season when it scores more points off turnovers than its opponent.

Series Notes
• Carolina is 72-15 all-time against the Hokies, including 19-5 since Tech began play in the ACC in the 2004-05 season.
• The Tar Heels have won four in a row and 12 of their last 14 games against the Hokies.
• Carolina is 22-6 against the Hokies on the road, including 9-4 in Cassell Coliseum.

Next Game: 7 p.m., Monday, February 21, vs. Louisville, Chapel Hill, N.C. (ESPN)

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