Heels Look For Second Consecutive Road Win Tuesday At Clemson

GAME 24
• North Carolina hits the road again to play at Clemson on Tuesday, February 8. The game recently was moved to a 6 p.m. start (ACC Network).
• UNC is 16-7 overall, 8-4 in the ACC. The Tigers are 12-10, 4-7.
• The Tar Heels are 4-3 on the road this season, including 3-3 in conference play. Carolina won its previous road game, 90-83 in overtime at Louisville.
• Clemson has split four ACC games at home and is 8-2 at Littlejohn Coliseum this season.
• Both teams lost on Saturday. Duke jumped out to a 31-8 lead and shot 57.6% from the floor, highest against UNC this season, in the Blue Devils' 87-67 win in Chapel Hill. Georgia Tech beat the Tigers, 69-64 in Atlanta.

UNC-CLEMSON ALL-TIME
• Carolina leads the series, 133-23.
• The Tar Heels are 40-18 on the road, including 29-15 at Littlejohn Coliseum.
• Clemson has won two in a row and three of the last four games against UNC. That four-game stretch followed a 10-game Tar Heel win streak.
• The Tar Heels have won eight of the last 11 at Littlejohn.
• Clemson beat Carolina, 63-50, in Littlejohn on 2/2/2021 in the only game between the schools last season.

LAST YEAR'S GAME AT CLEMSON
• Carolina scored 50 points, its second-fewest all season.
• Day'Ron Sharpe led UNC with 16 points. He was the only Tar Heel in double figures, which marked the first time no starter scored in double figures since 12/28/2010 vs. Rutgers. • Carolina came into the game averaging 35.8 points in the paint but scored a season-low 18.
• UNC had 10 more turnovers than Clemson (17-7), its worst margin of the season.
• Carolina grabbed a season-low seven offensive rebounds.
• Armando Bacot (0 for 1 FG, 1 for 2 FT) did not make a field goal for the only time last season.
• Kerwin Walton made three three-pointers.

ACC LEADERS
• Carolina enters the game at Clemson tied for fourth in the ACC with an 8-4 record in league play (5-1 at home, 3-3 on the road).
• ACC standings are on page 6.
• The Tar Heels are fourth in the ACC in scoring offense (78.0 points per game) and 13th in scoring defense (72.7 ppg).
• Carolina leads the ACC in total rebounds per game (40.3) and rebound margin at 7.6 per game. Duke is second in rebound margin at 4.2 per game.
• The Tar Heels lead the ACC in free throw shooting (.756), are second in three-point accuracy (.386) and ninth in overall field goal percentage (.451).
• Armando Bacot leads the ACC in rebounding (12.3), offensive rebounding (3.7) and double-doubles (17) and is third in field goal percentage (.565), sixth in blocks (38) and seventh in scoring (16.3).
• Caleb Love is fifth in the ACC in three-point percentage (.410), sixth in free throw percentage (.833), ninth in three-pointers (2.2), 11th in assists (3.6) and 12th in scoring (15.0).
• RJ Davis is ninth in free throw percentage (.821) and 13th in assists (3.3).
• Brady Manek is seventh in the ACC in 3FGs per game (2.4) and eighth in three-point percentage (.407).
• In ACC games, Manek is third in the league in threes (2.4) and three-point percentage (.447).

BACOT UNC'S 79TH 1,000-POINT SCORER
• Junior forward/center Armando Bacot (Richmond, Va.) scored 18 points against NC State to become the 79th player to score 1,000 points as a Tar Heel. UNC has more 1,000-point scorers than any other school in NCAA history (Louisville is second with 69).
• Bacot became the first Tar Heel to score 1,000 points in three seasons since Joel Berry II and Justin Jackson, who both hit the 1,000-point mark as juniors in 2017.

LEAKY'S RESURGENCE
• Carolina's most consistent player the last several weeks has been senior small forward Leaky Black.
• The Concord, N.C. native had two blocks, five rebounds and played stellar defense in the loss to Duke on February 5. One game earlier, Black scored a season-high 13 points, fueled by a season-high three three-point field goals, including one in overtime in UNC's seven-point win over Louisville.
• Over the last five games, Black has scored 41 points, grabbed 23 rebounds, made 13 of 20 shots from the floor and 7 of 11 threes, and has 15 assists against just five turnovers.
• Black is averaging 37.4 minutes over those five games.

BLACK SIXTH TAR HEEL ON VERSATILE LIST
• Black became the sixth Tar Heel to amass 500 career points, 400 rebounds, 200 assists, 100 steals and 50 blocks.
• The only other Tar Heels to hit each mark are James Worthy, George Lynch, Jackie Manuel, David Noel and Danny Green.

BACOT AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
• Armando Bacot is second in the country in double-doubles with 17, third in rebounding at 12.3 per game and fifth in offensive rebounding (3.7).
• He leads the ACC in double-doubles, rebounding and offensive rebounds, is third in field goal percentage, sixth in blocks and seventh in scoring.
• Bacot leads Carolina in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage (.565) and blocks (38). He also led UNC in those categories last season. No Tar Heel has ever led in those four categories in consecutive seasons.
• Bacot leads the ACC in rebounding by 3.3 rebounds per game. Bacot is averaging 12.26, while NC State's Dereon Seabron is second with 8.96. Louisville's Malik Williams is third at 8.65.
• Bacot had double-digit rebounds in 13 consecutive games, a streak that ended when he had five rebounds against Duke. That was the third-longest streak of games with 10 or more rebounds in UNC history.

Consecutive games/10 OR MORE REBOUNDS
41 Billy Cunningham, 1962-64
15 John Henson, 2010-11
13 Armando Bacot, 2021-22
11 Doug Moe, 1959-61
11 Doug Moe, 1960-61

• Bacot's 12.3 rebounds per game are currently the fifth-highest average by a Tar Heel and the highest since Cunningham averaged 14.3 in 1964-65.
• Only one player in the ACC has averaged that many rebounds in the last 24 seasons. Notre Dame's John Mooney led the league with 12.7 per game in 2019-20.

Highest rebounding average/season
16.1 Billy Cunningham, 1962-63
15.8 Billy Cunningham, 1963-64
14.3 Billy Cunningham, 1964-65
14.0 Doug Moe, 1960-61
12.3 Armando Bacot, 2021-22

• Bacot has 20 or more rebounds three times in the last nine games – 22 against Virginia on January 8, 20 against Virginia Tech on January 24 and 22 at Louisville on February 1. The Virginia and Virginia Tech games were just the fourth and fifth times in Smith Center history a player had 20 or more rebounds (Sean May did it three times).
• Bacot is the third Tar Heel to have three 20-rebound games in a season. Cunningham had five in 1963-64, four in 1962-63 and three in 1964-65, Rosenbluth had three in 1954-55 and Bacot has three this season (three in 25 days).
• Bacot has the fifth-highest career offensive rebounding average by a Tar Heel since offensive rebounds were recorded beginning in 1986-87.

MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS per game/CAREER (since 1986-87)
3.61 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
3.47 Sean May, 2002-05
3.39 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
3.34 Day'Ron Sharpe, 2020-21
3.14 Armando Bacot (264 in 84 games)
3.06 George Lynch, 1989-93

DOUBLE-DOUBLES
• Armando Bacot is two off the lead in the nation in double-doubles with 17 behind Fardaws Aimaq of Utah Valley, who has 19.
• Bacot had 10-straight double-doubles from Furman on December 14 through Virginia Tech on January 22. That was the longest streak by a Tar Heel since Billy Cunningham in 1964-65. Bacot's 10-game streak equaled the fourth-longest by a Tar Heel.
• Bacot has double-doubles in 73.9% of Carolina's games this season, currently the fifth highest percentage in UNC history.

Career Double-Doubles Games Pct.
Billy Cunningham, 1962-63 20 21 .952
Billy Cunningham, 1963-64 22 24 .917
Doug Moe, 1960-61 20 23 .870
Billy Cunningham, 1964-65 18 24 .750
Bacot, 2021-22 17 23 .739

• Bacot's 35 career double-doubles place him 11th in UNC history.
• Bacot has 35 double-doubles in 84 games over three seasons as a Tar Heel. His double-double rate (41.7%) is the 10th highest by a Tar Heel and the fourth highest in the last 50 years.

Career Double-Doubles Games Pct.
Billy Cunningham, 1962-65 60 69 .870
Lennie Rosenbluth*, 1954-57 39 76 .513
Antawn Jamison, 1995-98 51 104 .490
Doug Moe, 1958-61 29 60 .483
Rusty Clark, 1966-69 43 91 .473
Larry Miller, 1965-68 42 91 .462
Robert McAdoo, 1971-72 14 31 .452
Pete Brennan*, 1955-58 35 81 .432
Sean May, 2002-05 33 77 .429
Armando Bacot, 2019-active 35 84 .417

FREE THROWS
• The Tar Heels lead the ACC in shooting 75.6% from the free throw line for the season, their best percentage since 2007-08, when they converted 75.7%. Last season, UNC shot 66.8%.
• Carolina has led the ACC in free throw percentage eight times but not since 1987-88. Current assistant coach Jeff Lebo shot 87.8% as a junior and senior Ranzino Smith shot 89.7% that season.
• Carolina has made 80% or better from the free throw line 10 times this season, including three of the last five games. UNC hit a season-best 90.5% on 19 of 21 shooting at home vs. Georgia Tech.
• Carolina is on pace to shoot the fifth-highest percentage in school history from the free throw line.
• Senior forward Leaky Black (.826) and sophomore guards Caleb Love (.833) and RJ Davis (.821) lead UNC at the stripe this season.
• Love and Davis are tied for 15th all-time at UNC in free throw percentage (821).
• Love made 9 of 10 in the overtime win at Louisville, including 5 of 6 in the extra period. It was the third time this season Love made nine or more free throws in a game (also 10 for 12 at Charleston, 9 for 11 vs. Virginia Tech).

SCORING
• Five Tar Heels have scored 20 or more points in a game this season. Armando Bacot and Caleb Love each have scored 20 or more seven times, Brady Manek has five and RJ Davis and Dawson Garcia each have three 20-point games.
• Tar Heels have scored 20 or more points 25 times in 23 games, including five games in which two players scored 20 or more (Loyola, Brown, Charleston, Elon and home vs. Georgia Tech). Last season, UNC had only seven 20-point performances in 29 games. Freshman Day'Ron Sharpe became the first Tar Heel to score 20 or more when he had 25 against Notre Dame in the season's 10th game. UNC did not have any games last season when two players scored 20 or more points.
• Bacot has scored 20 or more points seven times this season. He did that five times in his first two seasons combined.
• Carolina is 9-0 over two seasons when Love scores 20 or more (7-0 this season) and 9-1 when he makes 50% of his field goal attempts (4-0 last season and 5-1 in 2021-22).
• Manek has scored 20 or more three times in the last six games – 22 at Wake Forest, 24 at Louisville and 21 against Duke.
• Carolina is 12-0 when leading at the half.
• Carolina is 8-1 when scoring 80 or more points.

THREE-POINTERS
• Carolina is second in the ACC and 14th in the country in three-point percentage (.386). The Tar Heels have made 36 of 75 (.480) in the last three games. They were 9 of 22 vs. Duke (.409), 12 of 26 at Louisville (.462) and 15 for 27 (.556) against NC State.
• Carolina made a season-high 15 three-pointers against NC State and is averaging 8.43 per game, on pace for the second highest average in UNC history.

UNC Three-Pointers Per Game, Last 10 Years
2021-22 8.43
2020-21 5.59
2019-20 5.48
2018-19 (UNC record) 8.67
2017-18 8.24
2016-17 7.08
2015-16 5.60
2014-15 4.84
2013-14 4.29
2012-13 7.56

UNC Three-Pointers Per Game, All-Time
2018-19 8.67
2021-22 8.43
2002-03 8.29
1982-83 (experimental distance) 8.25
2017-18 8.24

CLEANING THE BOARDS
• The Tar Heels lead the ACC and are 13th in the country in rebound margin at plus 7.6 per game. UNC also leads the league and is 17th nationally in rebounds per game (40.3).
• The Tar Heels are on pace to average 40 or more rebounds for the eighth consecutive season and 15th time in 17 seasons.
• Carolina has led the ACC in rebound margin in each of the previous six seasons and in 13 of 18 seasons under Roy Williams.
• UNC has won the battle of the boards 20 times in 23 games this season. The Tar Heels are 16-4 when out-rebounding their opponents and 0-3 when getting out-rebounded (Tennessee, Kentucky and Duke).
• Under Roy Williams the Tar Heels won 82.3% of the games they out-rebounded their opponents. The Tar Heels were victorious in only 46.8% of the games they were out-rebounded under Williams.

MISCELLANEOUS
• The Tar Heels are 11-0 this season when scoring more points off turnovers and 5-7 when the opponents score more points off turnovers.
• Carolina allowed two more combined points off turnovers in its four road wins and has been outscored by 43 points off turnovers in its three road losses.
• Carolina's bench is averaging 10.3 points over the last 10 games. That includes a high of 22 in the 100-80 win over NC State and a low of zero in the overtime win at Louisville.
• Carolina scored 30 or more paint points in 16 of the first 18 games, but has scored less than 30 paint points in each of the last five (averaging 23.2 the last five games).
• Carolina has won five times this season when it allowed fewer than 60 points (53 by UNC Asheville, 51 by Michigan, 50 by App State, 58 by Virginia and 47 by Boston College).
• Carolina shot 54.8% from the floor against NC State, the seventh time this season the Tar Heels made at least half their shots from the floor. Carolina is 7-0 this season when shooting 50% (under Roy Williams UNC was 220-9 when shooting 50% from the floor).
• The Tar Heels are 25th nationally in KenPom's offensive efficiency, scoring 113.5 points per 100 possessions. That is fifth in the ACC behind Duke (11th), Syracuse (14th), Virginia Tech (22nd) and Miami (22nd).
• Armando Bacot leads Carolina in scoring (17.7) and rebounding (14.1) in its seven road games.
• RJ Davis leads the Tar Heels in three-point shooting on the road, making 48.4% from beyond the arc. Davis has also made 23 of 25 free throws (.920) on the road.
• Caleb Love, who made 9 of 10 free throws at Louisville, is shooting 89.3% on the road.
• Carolina is allowing 89.7 points in its seven losses and just 65.2 in its 16 victories.
• The Tar Heels are minus 10 in assist-turnovers (76 assists/86 turnovers) in the seven losses, while the opponents are plus 72 (131 assists/59 turnovers).
• While Carolina leads the ACC and is 13th nationally in rebound margin, in its seven losses the Tar Heels have been out-rebounded by nearly one per game.

SHAVER JOINS ROSTER
• Will Shaver signed with UNC in November and has joined the team this semester, although he will not play this season.
• The Birmingham, Ala., native began practicing with the team in January.
• Shaver led Oak Mountain High School to back-to-back appearances in the state finals and the 2021 Class 7A title. He averaged 14.3 points and 7.7 rebounds and was named second-team all-state.

TAR HEEL STAFF
• Head coach Hubert Davis is a Tar Heel alum, and so are each of his assistant coaches and members of the basketball staff.
• Assistant coaches Brad Frederick (1996-99), Jeff Lebo (1985-89) and Sean May (2002-05), Director of Recruiting Pat Sullivan (1990-93, 1994-95) and Director of Team and Player Development Jackie Manuel (2001-05) all played for the Tar Heels. Director of Operations Eric Hoots has been on staff for 18 seasons.
• Frederick played on Final Four teams that won ACC championships in 1997 and 1998.
• Lebo is a 20-year head coaching veteran who set 10 UNC records in his playing career.
• May was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 NCAA Final Four, scoring 26 points in the national championship game vs. Illinois.
• Manuel was twice named Carolina's defensive player of the year and was a starter on the 2005 NCAA champions.
• Sullivan was a key contributor on the 1993 national champions and is one of seven Tar Heels who have played in three Final Fours.
• Davis, Lebo, May and Frederick combined to score 4,441 points as Tar Heels. Syracuse is the only school whose coaches scored more points at their alma mater than UNC (Gerry McNamara, Adrian Autry, Allen Griffin and Jim Boeheim scored 5,189 for the Orange).

PRO HEELS: NBA
Cole Anthony, Orlando
Harrison Barnes, Sacramento
Tony Bradley, Chicago
Reggie Bullock, Dallas
Ed Davis, Cleveland
Wayne Ellington, Los Angeles Lakers
Danny Green, Philadelphia
Justin Jackson, Phoenix
Cameron Johnson, Phoenix
Nassir Little, Portland
Theo Pinson, Dallas
Day'Ron Sharpe, Brooklyn
Coby White, Chicago

International source: TarHeelInternational.com
Nate Britt, Yoast United, The Netherlands
Isaiah Hicks, Seoul Samsung Thunders, South Korea
Desmond Hubert, Al Arabi, Kuwait
Brice Johnson, Toyama Grouses, Japan
Christian Keeling, BC Rustavi, Georgia
Justin Knox, Neo-Phoenix, Japan
Ty Lawson, US Monastir, Tunisia
Sterling Manley, Sichuan Blue Whales, China
Luke Maye, BAXI Manresa, Spain
James Michael McAdoo, Hitachi Sun Rockers, Japan
Kennedy Meeks, Cholet Basket, France
Marcus Paige, Orleans Loiret, France
Justin Pierce, VfL Kircheim Knights, Germany
Reyshawn Terry, Plateros de Fresnillo, Mexico
Deon Thompson, Leones des Ponce, Puerto Rico
J.P. Tokoto, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel
Jawad Williams, Yamagata Wyverns, Japan
Kenny Williams, Kolossos Rhodes, Greece

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Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

Leaky Black

RJ Davis

Dawson Garcia

Caleb Love

Brady Manek

Sterling Manley

Day'Ron Sharpe

Will Shaver

Kerwin Walton