Tar Heels Will Face Hokies For Berth In ACC Final

GAME 33: ACC SEMIFINAL
• Carolina, the No. 3 seed in the ACC Tournament, plays No. 7 seed Virginia Tech in the semifinals at 9:30 p.m. tonight in Brooklyn (ESPN).
• Carolina defeated Virginia, 63-43, in the quarterfinals, while the Hokies beat Clemson, 76-75, in overtime in the second round and No. 2 seed Notre Dame, 87-80, last evening.
• UNC defeated the Hokies twice this season – 78-68 in Chapel Hill on January 24 and 65-57 in Blacksburg on February 19.
• Last season, the sixth-seeded Tar Heels beat the No. 3 Hokies, 81-73, in the quarterfinals in Greensboro. The teams met in the ACC Tournament after not having played during the regular season due to Covid. It was the first time UNC ever played a team in the ACC Tournament it didn't play in the regular season.
• This is the first time UNC and Virginia Tech are playing for the third time in a season since UNC swept all three games in 1947-48, including a win at (then known as) Duke Indoor Stadium in Durham in the Southern Conference Tournament.
• The last time Carolina beat a team three times in a season was Maryland in 2012-13.
• The Tar Heels have won 12 of their last 14 games and are 24-8 overall. UNC has won six straight, its longest win streak of the season.
• As of Friday morning, March 11, Carolina is No. 17 in the country in ESPN's Strength of Record, 21st in Sagarin, 25th in the BPI, 25th in KenPom, 29th in the NCAA NET and 29th in the KPI. The average of those six metrics is 24.
• Carolina tied Notre Dame for second place in the ACC at 15-5, one game behind Duke.
• The 15 regular-season ACC wins were Carolina's second most all-time. The Tar Heels went 16-2 in 2018-19.
• Carolina has won 20 or more games for the 62nd time (first time since going 29-7 in 2018-19). A win in the ACC semifinals would extend Carolina's NCAA record for 25-win seasons to 39.
• Carolina's 13-point win at Duke on March 5 marked the second time in UNC history the Tar Heels were beaten at home by 20-plus points then defeated the same opponent on their home court by double digits. Duke defeated UNC, 87-67, in Chapel Hill on February 5. In 2019, Louisville beat UNC by 21 at the Smith Center; three weeks later the Tar Heels won by 10 in Louisville.
• NCAA.com named Carolina its National Team of the Week following its wins over Syracuse and Duke.
• With the 94-81 win at Duke the Tar Heels went 7-3 (.700) on the road in ACC play this season and 8-3 (.727) in all road games. The national average road win percentage this college basketball season was 42.5%.
• This was Carolina's 43rd winning record on the road in 69 seasons of ACC basketball.

BACK IN THE AP POLL
• Carolina is ranked No. 25 in the country in this week's Associated Press poll, the 931st time the Tar Heels are in the AP poll, second most all-time.
• This week is Carolina's first appearance in the AP poll since November 15, when the Tar Heels were ranked No. 18 prior to games that week against Charleston, Purdue and Tennessee.

SERIES VS. VIRGINIA TECH
• Carolina is 72-15 against the Hokies, 19-5 since Tech began play in the ACC in 2004-05.
• The Tar Heels have won four in a row and 12 of their last 14 games vs. Virginia Tech.
• Carolina is 17-3 against the Hokies at neutral sites.
• UNC is 4-0 in the ACC Tournament. This is the third consecutive season the teams are playing one another in the ACC Tournament. Carolina beat Virginia Tech in Greensboro, 78-56, in the first round in 2020, and 81-73, in the quarterfinals in 2021.

JANUARY 24 IN CHAPEL HILL
UNC 78, VIRGINIA TECH 68
• It was the first time this season five Tar Heels scored in double figures.
• Armando Bacot had 14 points and 20 rebounds, his 10th consecutive double-double.
• It was Bacot's second 20-rebound performances in five games.
• Leaky Black made two three-pointers for the first time in a game this season and first time since he had two against the Hokies in last year's ACC quarterfinals.
• Black scored 10 points, his first game in double figures this season.
• Caleb Love scored a game-high 22 points and had a game-high five assists (against two turnovers which he committed on back-to-back possessions).
• Carolina shot 39.4% from the floor in the first half and 33.3% in the second, the first time it won when shooting under 40% in both halves since winning at Miami on 1/5/2021.
• Brady Manek scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half.
• It was Carolina's 10th straight win holding the opponent under 70 points, the longest stretch since 2006-07.
• Carolina shot 40% from three (10 of 25) after making only 12 of 58 in the previous two games.

FEBRUARY 19 IN BLACKSBURG
UNC 65, VIRGINIA TECH 57
• It was the sixth time this season the Tar Heels held an opponent under 60 points, but the first time on the road.
• The Tar Heels held Virginia Tech 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.
• Caleb Love had 21 points and a season-high seven assists. The seven assists equaled 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).
• Armando Bacot scored 12 points, all in the second half, and had 15 rebounds. He grabbed 37 rebounds in two games vs. Virginia Tech this season.
• Bacot also blocked five shots, the fourth time in his career he had five or more in a game.
• Bacot joined John Henson (six times), Ed Davis and Rasheed Wallace as the only Tar Heels ever with 15 rebounds and five blocks in a game. Only Henson (9) and Wallace (5) have more in UNC history.

ACC QUARTERFINAL: UNC 63, VIRGINIA 43
• It was Carolina's first neutral-site win of the season (1-3).
• It was Carolina's sixth straight win, its longest win streak of the season.
• Carolina allowed 43 points, fewest in an ACC Tournament game by a UNC opponent since Georgia Tech scored 39 in the 1982 ACC quarterfinal.
• The 43 points were the fewest allowed by UNC in an ACC Tournament game in the shot clock era (which began in 1985-86).
• They were the fourth fewest allowed by UNC in any ACC Tournament game all-time (21 by Duke in a 21-20 Blue Devil win in 1966; 39 by Georgia Tech in 1982; 41 by Clemson in a 76-41 UNC win in 1971; and 43 by Virginia).
• UNC had played 97 ACC Tournament games since allowing the 39 points by Georgia Tech in 1982.
• The 43 points are the fewest allowed by UNC in any game this season (previous was 47 by BC in Chapel Hill) and the fewest since a 65-41 win over Virginia on 2/18/2017 in Chapel Hill.
• Virginia's 13 points were the fewest in a first half in the shot clock era in any ACC Tournament game (Maryland scored 14, also against UNC, in the first half in Atlanta in 1989).
• The 13 points were the fewest by a UNC opponent in any half since East Tennessee State scored 12 in the first half on 12/8/2012.
• Brady Manek out-scored Virginia, 19-13, in the first half. It was the first time a Tar Heel out-scored an opponent in a half since Reggie Bullock out-scored Maryland, 21-20, in the first half in Chapel Hill on 1/19/2013.
• Manek led UNC with 21 points. It was his third straight game with 20 or more points and seventh of the season.
• Armando Bacot had 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. It was his 24th double-double, which set the UNC single-season record.
• Bacot has 398 rebounds this season, the third most by a Tar Heel. He passed Antawn Jamison (389 in 1997-98) and Sean May (397 in 2004-05). Brice Johnson holds the record with 416 in 2015-16 and Tyler Hansbrough is second with 399, just one ahead of Bacot.
• Caleb Love had five assists. UNC is 14-0 this season when he has five or more.
• Love's consecutive made free throw streak ended at 40, the second longest in UNC history (41 by Jeff Lebo in 1989). Love made his first four against Virginia to pass Bobby Lewis, who made 39 straight in 1966).
• Leaky Black played sensational defense against Virginia point guard Kihei Clark, limiting him to seven points on 3 of 9 shooting with three turnovers.
• Black had three steals and three assists. UNC is 14-0 this year when he has three or more assists.
• RJ Davis had a career-high eight rebounds (previous seven) and had six assists.
• Justin McKoy scored a season-high five points (his first field goals since Jan. 22) and had a season-high five rebounds.
• Virginia shot 18.5% (5 of 27) from the floor in the first half.
• Carolina had seven turnovers and has 12 in the last two games.

CAROLINA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
• The Tar Heels have won 18 ACC Tournament titles and played in the championship game 35 times.
• UNC's championships were won in 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008 and 2016.
• The Tar Heels are 105-49, including 48-13 in the quarterfinals and 35-17 in the semifinals.
• Carolina is second in wins (105), second in championships (18) and first in championship game appearances (35).
• Carolina is 14-8 as the No. 3 seed. The Tar Heels won the 1997 ACC Tournament in Greensboro as the No. 3 seed.
• The Tar Heels have won at least one game in each of the last eight ACC Tournaments.

BROOKLYN
• Carolina is 5-2 in ACC Tournament games in Brooklyn.
• Carolina is 7-3 all-time in Brooklyn.
• Carolina is 43-24 in Brooklyn and Manhattan, which includes games in two different Madison Square Gardens, the Barclays Center, the Crescent Athletic Club and the New York Athletic Club.

ACC AWARDS FOR BACOT, BLACK
• Junior forward/center Armando Bacot was the leading vote-getter on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team and senior forward Leaky Black was selected to the league's All-Defensive team.
• Bacot is the 52nd Tar Heel to win first-team All-ACC honors a total of 79 times, both of which are the most in ACC history.
• Black is the eighth Tar Heel to make the ACC's All-Defensive team and the first since Brice Johnson in 2016.
• Bacot was second in the voting for ACC Player of the Year. Black received the third-highest vote total for the All-Defensive team and third-most votes for Defensive Player of the Year.
• Caleb Love and Brady Manek were honorable mention All-ACC.

BACOT LEADS CAROLINA, ACC
• Armando Bacot leads the ACC in field goal percentage and rebounding, just the ninth time in 69 seasons one player has led in both categories.
• It would also be only the sixth time a player has led the ACC in field goal percentage, rebounding and double-doubles (with Duke's Marvin Bagley in 2018, Wake Forest's Tim Duncan in 1997, Clemson's Dale Davis in 1990, Clemson's Horace Grant in 1987 and Virginia's Ralph Sampson in 1983).

LED ACC IN FG PCT AND REBOUNDING, SAME SEASON
2021-22 Armando Bacot ##
2017-18 Marvin Bagley III, Duke ##
2008-09 Trevor Booker, Clemson
1996-97 Tim Duncan, Wake Forest ##
1989-90 Dale Davis, Clemson ##
1988-89 Dale Davis, Clemson
1986-87 Horace Grant, Clemson ##
1982-83 Ralph Sampson, Virginia ##
1980-81 Buck Williams, Maryland
## also led the ACC in double-doubles

• No Tar Heel has ever led the ACC in rebounding and field goal percentage in the same season.
• Duncan is the only ACC player ever to have higher scoring and rebound averages and a higher field goal percentage in the same season (1996-97) than Bacot's current numbers.
• Bacot is averaging 16.4 points and 12.4 rebounds, shooting 58.9% and has blocked 56 shots. No other Tar Heel has ever reached all four of those numbers in one season.
• Nationally, Bacot is third in rebounding and double-doubles (24), fifth in offensive boards (3.8) and 13th in field goal percentage (.589).
• Bacot averaged 14.1 rebounds in the 20 ACC games. That was the highest average in league play since Duncan averaged 14.9 in 16 games in 1996-97.
• Bacot's 14.1 rebounds in ACC games were the fourth highest average ever by a Tar Heel. Billy Cunningham averaged 16.6 in 1962-63, 16.0 in 1963-64 and 14.4 in 1964-65.
• Bacot had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the quarterfinal vs. Virginia, his 24th double-double this season, which broke Brice Johnson's single-season UNC record, set over 40 games in 2015-16.
• Bacot has scored 20 or more points 10 times this season. He has also blocked five or more shots four times and made 60 percent or better from the floor 18 times.

300-PLUS FOR BRADY
• Brady Manek, a 6-9 power forward, made 235 three-pointers in four seasons at Oklahoma, becoming the tallest player in Big 12 history to make 200 threes.
• Manek leads UNC with 76 threes and in three-point percentage at a career-best 39.6% (previous was 38.3% as a freshman at OU).
• The Harrah, Okla., native made five 3FGs at Duke, his 14th career game with five or more, and three in the first half last night vs. Virginia. He's hit 311 in his college career.
• Manek has made at least one three-pointer in 126 of 154 games and multiple threes 82 times (at least one in 30 of 32 games as a Tar Heel with two or more 19 times).
• Manek is averaging 2.38 threes per game this season, the second-most by a Tar Heel who measured 6-9 or taller behind only Cameron Johnson, who averaged 2.67 threes in earning first-team All-ACC honors in 2018-19.
• Johnson is the only Tar Heels to play significant time at power forward (the 4) and average more threes per game than Manek, who plays almost exclusively at the 4. Manek is just ahead of current Dallas Maverick Reggie Bullock, who averaged 2.34 threes in 2012-13, when UNC played four perimeter players around James Michael McAdoo at the 5. Johnson also split time at the 3 and 4 in 2018-19.
• Manek is one of three Tar Heels 6-9 or taller to make 50 threes in a season. Cameron Johnson made 96 in 36 games in 2018-19, Ademola Okulaja made 59 in 34 games in 1998-99 and Manek has made 76 in 32 games.

THREE STRAIGHT 20S FOR BRADY
• Brady Manek led UNC with 21 points against Virginia, the seventh time he's led the Tar Heels in scoring and the third straight game he scored at least 20 points.
• Manek was named ACC Player of the Week for his play against Syracuse and Duke in the final week of the regular season, when he scored 22 against the Orange in an overtime win and 20 at Duke.
• Manek is averaging 17.0 points over the last 15 games.
• He had three assists and one turnover vs. Virginia and has nine assists and two turnovers in 111 minutes over the last three games.

THREE WITH 50 THREES
• Carolina has three players with 50 or more threes this season for the just the fourth time in history.
• Brady Manek leads with 76, Caleb Love has 72 and RJ Davis 56.
• Carolina also had three players make 50 or more threes in 2017-18 (Joel Berry II, Kenny Williams and Luke Maye), 2008-09 (Wayne Ellington, Danny Green and Ty Lawson) and 2002-03 (Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton and Melvin Scott).

DAVIS'S AND LOVE'S IMPROVEMENT
• Sophomores RJ Davis and Caleb Love have started every game together but Senior Night this season and are both averaging more than 33 minutes per game.
• Davis and Love have combined for 29.0 points and 7.3 assists per game. A year ago as freshmen, they combined for 18.9 points and 5.5 assists.
• They have 128 three-pointers and 232 assists.
• Davis is second on the team in three-point percentage (.394) and third in free throw shooting (.798); Love leads the team at the FT line (.872) and is third from three (.379).
• Love made a career-high six three-pointers in Carolina's win over Florida State, including five in the first half as UNC built a 38-point lead. He made three 3FGs in the final 2:23 of regulation and overtime against Syracuse.
• Davis hit a career-high six three-pointers in November in a 26-point outing against Brown and hit five on February 28 vs. Syracuse.
• Love is making 37.9% of his three-point attempts, up from 26.6% a year ago. Davis has improved from 32.3 to 39.4%.
• In Carolina's 24 wins, Davis and Love are shooting 42.0% and 41.2%, respectively from three. In the eight losses, Davis has made 30.0% and Love 26.2% from three.
• Love has 13 assists and two turnovers in 107 minutes over the last three games.

BLACK SIXTH TAR HEEL ON VERSATILE LIST
• Leaky 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.
• Black was third in voting for AC Defensive Player of the Year and earned his first award for the league's All-Defensive team.
• The Concord, N.C., native is shooting career-best percentages from the floor (.483) and the free throw line (.882).
• Black had a season-high seven assists against Syracuse. Including last night when he had three vs. Virginia, Carolina is 14-0 this season when the senior has three or more assists and 12-2 in his career when he has five or more.
• Black has 13 assists and three turnovcers in the last three games.

BACOT NEARS 400 REBOUNDS IN A SEASON
• Armando Bacot has 398 rebounds this season, the third-most in a season by a Tar Heel. He needs just two to pass Tyler Hansbrough for the second most in a season and to become just the second Tar Heel with 400 in a season.
• He passed Antawn Jamison and Sean May with his 11 rebounds last night vs. Virginia.

MOST REBOUNDS – season
416 Brice Johnson, 2015-16 (1st-team All-America)
399 Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08 (NPOY)
398 Armando Bacot, 2021-22
397 Sean May, 2004-05 (NPOY)
389 Antawn Jamison, 1997-98 (NPOY)

• Bacot has 10 or more rebounds 25 times this season, a UNC single-season record. Brice Johnson set the previous record with 23 double-figure games in 2015-16, a season in which he earned first-team All-America honors and led UNC to the national championship game.

Most games double-figure REBOUNDS — season
25 Armando Bacot, 2021-22 (in 32 games)
23 Brice Johnson, 2015-16 (in 40 games)
22 Billy Cunningham, 1963-64
21 John Henson, 2011-12
21 John Henson, 2010-11
21 Antawn Jamison, 1997-98
21 Billy Cunningham, 1962-63

• Bacot's 12.4 rebounds per game are on pace for the fifth-highest average by a Tar Heel and the highest since Billy Cunningham averaged 14.3 in 1964-65.

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
12.4 Armando Bacot, 2021-22

• 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.
• Bacot has 888 career rebounds, 14th most in UNC history. He passed John Henson in the Virginia game. Ademola Okulaja is 13th with 890.

REBOUNDS – CAREER
11. 941 Eric Montross, 1990-94
12. 933 Rusty Clark, 1966-69
13. 890 Ademola Okulaja, 1995-99
14. 888 Armando Bacot, 2019-
15. 885 John Henson, 2009-12

• Bacot has the ninth-highest career rebounding average by a Tar Heel at 9.5 per game. He has the highest career average since Sean May, who averaged 10.0 from 2002-05.

Highest rebounding average — career
15.4 Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
10.6 Doug Moe, 1958-61
10.5 Pete Brennan, 1955-58
10.4 Lennie Rosenbluth, 1954-57
10.3 Rusty Clark, 1966-69
10.0 Sean May, 2002-05
10.0 Bud Maddie, 1953-54
9.9 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
9.5 Armando Bacot, 2019-
9.2 Larry Miller, 1965-68

• Bacot leads Carolina in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocks. 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 by 4.5 rebounds per game in all games and by 6.1 per game in ACC play.
• Bacot had a streak of 13 straight games with double-digit rebounds from December 14 through February 1. 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 has 20 or more rebounds three times this season – 22 against Virginia on January 8, 20 against Virginia Tech on January 24 and 22 at Louisville on February 1.
• 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
3.22 Armando Bacot (299 in 93 games)
3.06 George Lynch, 1989-93

BACOT SETS UNC DOUBLE-DOUBLE MARK
• Bacot's 24 double-doubles are the UNC single-season record, breaking Brice Johnson's standard set in 2015-16.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES (POINTS & REBOUNDS) – SEASON
24 Armando Bacot, 2021-22 (in 32 games)
23 Brice Johnson, 2015-16 (in 40 games)
22 Billy Cunningham, 1963-64
21 Antawn Jamison, 1997-98
20 Mitch Kupchak, 1974-75
20 Billy Cunningham, 1962-63
20 Doug Moe, 1960-61

• Bacot is third in the country with 24 double-doubles. Fardaws Aimaq of Utah Valley has 26 and Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky has 25.
• Bacot has six more double-doubles this season than he had combined in his first two seasons (18).
• 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 Cunningham in 1964-65. Bacot's 10-game streak equaled the fourth-longest by a Tar Heel.
• Bacot has double-doubles in 75.0% of Carolina's games this season, which equals the fourth-highest percentage in UNC history and the highest since 1964.

PCT. OF DOUBLE-DOUBLE GAMES – SEASON
Career 2X-2X Games Pct.
Billy Cunningham, 1962-63 20 21 .952
Billy Cunningham, 1963-64 22 24 .917
Doug Moe, 1960-61 20 23 .870
Armando Bacot, 2021-22 24 32 .750
Billy Cunningham, 1964-65 18 24 .750

• Bacot has 42 career double-doubles, which ties Larry Miller for the seventh most by a Tar Heel.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES (POINTS & REBOUNDS) – CAREER
60 Billy Cunningham, 1962-65
51 Antawn Jamison, 1995-98
47 Tyler Hansbrough, 2005-09
47 Sam Perkins, 1980-84
44 Mitch Kupchak, 1972-76
43 Rusty Clark, 1966-69
42 Armando Bacot, 2019-
42 Larry Miller, 1965-68
39 Lennie Rosenbluth, 1954-57
37 John Henson, 2009-12

• Bacot has 42 career double-doubles in 93 games. His double-double rate (45.2%) ties the seventh highest by a Tar Heel and is the third highest in the last 50 years.

PCT. OF DOUBLE-DOUBLE GAMES – CAREER
Career 2X-2X 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
Armando Bacot, 2019-active 42 92 .452
Robert McAdoo, 1971-72 14 31 .452
Pete Brennan, 1955-58 35 81 .432
Sean May, 2002-05 33 77 .429

• Bacot became 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.
• Bacot has 1,189 points. He passed Jerry Vayda for 62nd place at UNC in the Virginia game.

Scoring – CAREER
60. 1,213 Sean May, 2002-05
61. 1,191 George Glamack, 1938-41
62. 1,189 Armando Bacot, 2019-
63. 1,187 Jerry Vayda, 1952-56
64. 1,165 Matt Doherty, 1980-84

FREE THROWS
• The Tar Heels lead the ACC in free throw shooting at 77.0%, their second-best percentage ever (78.3% in 1983-84).
• Last season, UNC shot 66.8%.
• Carolina is 18th in the country.
• 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 15 times this season, including five straight games from at Virginia Tech through at Duke (12 times in 20 ACC games). That was the first time in UNC history the Tar Heels shot 80.% in five consecutive games.
• UNC made a season-best 91.3% on 21 of 23 shooting at NC State.

HIGHEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
.783 in 1983-84 (551 of 704)
.770 in 2021-22 (449 of 583)
.761 in 1984-85 (569 of 748)
.758 in 1959-60 (542 of 715)
.757 in 2007-08 (738 of 975)

• Senior forward Leaky Black (.882) and sophomore guards Caleb Love (.872) and RJ Davis (.798) lead UNC at the stripe this season.
• Love went 12 for 12 from the free throw line at Duke (which tied the third-best performance at the line by a Duke opponent in Cameron Indoor Stadium history).
• Love is virtually tied with Shammond Williams for the all-time lead in UNC history in free throw percentage. Williams leads Love by .00006.

HIGHEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE – CAREER
.84840 Shammond Williams, 1994-98
.84834 Caleb Love, 2020-
.847 Marvin Williams, 2004-05
.845 Danny Green, 2005-09
.844 Marcus Paige, 2012-16

• Love is shooting 87.2% this season, the sixth-best percentage in a season by a Tar Heel.

Highest FT percentage — SEASON (min. 75 made)
.911 Shammond Williams, 1997-98 (133 of 146)
.893 Joel Berry II, 2017-18 (108 of 121)
.878 Jeff Lebo, 1987-88 (86 of 98)
.877 Marcus Paige, 2013-14 (128 of 146)
.876 Steve Hale, 1984-85 (85 of 97)
.872 Caleb Love, 2021-22 (116 of 133)

LOVE STREAK ONE SHY OF UNC RECORD
• Caleb Love made 40 consecutive free throws, the second-longest streak in UNC history, until missing his fifth and final attempt of the game last night vs. Virginia.
• His streak ended one shy of tying Jeff Lebo's record, which Lebo set as a senior in 1989.
• Love's streak began against Pittsburgh on February 16, when he made his final three of that game.
• Love made his first four against UVA to pass Bobby Lewis (39 in a row in 1966) for the second-longest streak in UNC history.
• Marcus Paige had made 31 straight in 2013-14, the most recent instance when a Tar Heel made at least 30 in a row.

SCORING ODDS AND ENDS
• Five Tar Heels have scored 20 or more points in a game this season. Armando Bacot and Caleb Love have both scored 20 or more 10 times, Brady Manek eight, RJ Davis four and Dawson Garcia three.
• Tar Heels have scored 20 or more points 35 times in 32 games, including seven games in which two players scored 20 or more (Loyola, Brown, Charleston, Elon, home vs. Georgia Tech and Syracuse) and the March 5 win at Duke when the Tar Heels set a school recored when four players scored 20 or more.
• Last season, UNC had only seven 20-point performances in 29 games. UNC did not have any games last season when two players scored 20 or more points.
• Carolina is 12-0 over two seasons when Love scores 20 or more (10-0 this season).
• Carolina is 18-0 when leading at the half.
• Carolina is 12-1 when scoring 80 or more points.
• Carolina's 55 second-half points and 94 total points were the most scored against Duke this season.

THREE-POINTERS
• Carolina made a season-high 15 three-pointers at home against NC State and is averaging 8.4 per game, on pace for the second highest average in UNC history.
• Carolina is making 0.4 more threes per game than its opponents. This is the first time the Tar Heels are on pace to make more three-pointers than their opponents since 2012-13 and just the sixth time ever (1982-83, 1986-87, 2002-03, 2005-06 and 2012-13).

Three-Pointers Per Game – SEASON
2018-19 8.67
2021-22 8.44
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 seventh in the country in rebound margin at plus 7.8 per game. UNC also leads the league and is 17th nationally in rebounds per game (39.8).
• The Tar Heels have averaged 40 or more rebounds for the past seven 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 29 times in 32 games this season. The Tar Heels are 24-5 when out-rebounding their opponents and 0-3 when getting out-rebounded (Tennessee, Kentucky and Duke in Chapel Hill).

MISCELLANEOUS
• The Tar Heels are 16-1 this season when scoring more points off turnovers and 7-7 when the opponents score more points off turnovers.
• Turnovers and the opponents cashing in on those errors were a major storyline this season. Carolina turned the ball over 12.4 times per game in its eight losses, which led to 166 points, an average of 20.8 points per game.
• In seven of UNC's eight losses the opponents have scored at least 19 points off turnovers.
• Carolina is 19-0 this season when the opponents shoot at or under 45% from the floor.
• Carolina has won seven times this season when it allowed fewer than 60 points (53 by UNC Asheville, 51 by Michigan, 50 by App State, 58 by Virginia, 47 by Boston College, 57 by Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and 43 by Virginia in Brooklyn).
• The Tar Heels have held the opponents to 65 or fewer points in 13 of their 24 wins.
• Carolina is 10-0 this season when shooting at least 50% (under Roy Williams UNC was 220-9 when shooting 50% from the floor).
• Carolina is holding its opponents to 66.3 points in its 24 victories. The opponents are averaging 88.0 points in UNC's eight losses.
• The Tar Heels are minus 10 in assist-turnovers (89 assists/99 turnovers) in the eight losses, while the opponents are plus 66 (143 assists/77 turnovers).

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