UNC-Radford Postgame Notes

POSTGAME NOTES
CAROLINA 86, RADFORD 70
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: Armando Bacot 25
UNC Rebound Leader: Bacot 13
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 6
Team Records: UNC 1-0, Radford 0-1

• This is the 114th season of play by the Tar Heels.
• Carolina improves to 102-12 overall in season openers.
• Carolina has won 19 straight season openers since losing to Santa Clara in Oakland (without starting point guard Raymond Felton) in 2004-05.
• The 86 points were the most by UNC in a season opener since defeating Northern Iowa, 86-69, in the first game in 2017-18.
• The Tar Heels' five starters (Armando Bacot, Cormac Ryan, Harrison Ingram, RJ Davis and Paxson Wojcik) entered the game with 416 combined college starts.
• This is the 39th season the Tar Heels are playing in the Dean E. Smith Center. Carolina is 464-86 in the Smith Center, including 224-18 against non-ACC opponents.
• This is Carolina's 24th straight victory when shooting over 50% from the field. The Tar Heels shot 52.5% from the floor.
• This is Carolina's 13th straight victory against a non-ACC opponent in the Smith Center.
• Armando Bacot led Carolina with 25 points. This was Bacot's 100th double-digit scoring game, his 27th game scoring 20 or more points and his 38th game as UNC's leading scorer.
• Bacot led Carolina with 13 rebounds. It was his 100th game as Carolina's leading rebounder.
• Bacot had five offensive rebounds and has 481 in his career. He is one shy of tying Tyler Hansbrough for the most offensive rebounds at UNC (482).
• Bacot recorded the 69th double-double of his UNC career, extending his school record.
• Bacot passed Larry Miller (452) for eighth in free throws made by a Tar Heel. He was 5 for 6 from the line tonight and has made 453 in his career.
• Bacot made 10 of 16 field goals. It was the 10th time in his career he made 10 or more field goals in a game.
• Carolina's newcomers (five transfers and two freshmen) combined for 39 points, led by 13 by Cormac Ryan and 12 by Harrison Ingram.
• Elliot Cadeau led the Heels with six assists. It is the most assists by a freshman in a Carolina debut since Bobby Frasor recorded seven against Gardner-Webb in the 2005-06 season opener.
• Four Tar Heels scored in double figures. It was Bacot's 100th game in double figures and the 72nd for Davis, 58th for Ryan and 38th for Ingram.
• Sophomore Jalen Washington scored eight points. He topped that figure only one time in 20 games last season.
• Carolina held Radford below 45% (42.4%), out-rebounded the Highlanders, 37-34, and scored more points off turnovers (14-11). The Tar Heels were undefeated in 12 games last season when it accomplished those three things.
• The Tar Heels made their first five three-point attempts and finished the game 7 for 20. Four different starters made threes for UNC, led by Ryan's three. He made three or more eight times last season while playing for Notre Dame.
• Carolina had six turnovers in the first 10 minutes of play and eight in the first half but committed only three in the second half.
• Carolina's 46 points were its most in the first half since scoring 48 against The Citadel on 12/13/22. That was the only time Carolina scored more than 46 first-half points a year ago.
• Carolina shot 55.2% from the field in the first half, its best first-half shooting performance in a season opener since shooting 74.2% in the first half against Oakland in 2013.
• Hubert Davis is 50-23 as head coach of the Tar Heels, with a 13-0 record against non-ACC opponents in the Smith Center.

Series vs. Radford
• Carolina is 3-0 against Radford, having hosted the Highlanders in 2016-17 and the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament in Greensboro.

Next Game: vs. Lehigh, Sunday, November 12, Chapel Hill (2 p.m.)

Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

Elliot Cadeau

RJ Davis

Harrison Ingram

Cormac Ryan

Jalen Washington

Paxson Wojcik

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