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Seth Trimble
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#4 Tar Heels Head To BC For Road ACC Game
January 19, 2024 | Men's Basketball
• Fourth-ranked Carolina returns to the road when it plays at Boston College on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. at Conte Forum on The CW.
• Carolina has won seven straight games and is 14-3 overall, 6-0 in the ACC.
• The seven-game win streak (six in a row in ACC play) is Carolina's longest since winning eight in a row, all against ACC opponents, in 2018-19.
• The Tar Heels have led by double figures in all six of their ACC games and won each of the last five conference games in January by 10 or more points.
• In ACC games, Carolina is averaging 78.2 points and allowing 62.2. Florida State and Louisville both scored 70 points vs. the Tar Heels; the other four ACC opponents scored fewer than 70. UNC allowed 57, 55 and 54 in its first three ACC road games at Pittsburgh, Clemson and NC State.
• UNC is 6-0 in the ACC for the first time since going 8-0 in 2015-16. This is the 14th time the Tar Heels have started ACC play 6-0.
• Carolina won its 14th game of the season on Wednesday, improving to 8-0 in the Smith Center with an 86-70 win over Louisville. The Tar Heels led by 20 in the first half, but the Cardinals made nine of their first 10 shots from the floor to begin the second and pulled within five with more than 12 minutes to play.
• RJ Davis made four three-pointers and led all scorers (21 points) for the third consecutive game and Jae'Lyn Withers scored 15 points and grabbed 10 boards for his first double-double as a Tar Heel. Withers was playing his former team for the first time after three seasons as a Cardinal.
• Armando Bacot added 19 points and 11 boards to move into fourth place in career scoring at Carolina and fourth in ACC history in rebounds.
• Davis' four 3FGs increased his season total to 52. He is the first Tar Heel to make 50 or more threes in the first 17 games to begin a season.
• The Tar Heels are 3-0 on the road.
• Boston College is 11-6 overall, 2-4 in the ACC after a 63-59 home win over Notre Dame on Monday, and 7-2 at Conte Forum.
• Carolina is 9-1 against the Eagles at Conte Forum, including seven straight wins since losing in 2010.
• Carolina is No. 4 in this week's Associated Press poll, the fourth straight week the Tar Heels are ranked in the top 10. It is the 88th time UNC is No. 4 in the poll.
• It's the latest in a season the Tar Heels are ranked as high as fourth since being ranked No. 3 in the final three polls in 2018-19.
• The Tar Heels are No. 8 in KenPom and No. 9 in the NET (as of January 19).
GAME 18 NOTEBOOK
• The Tar Heels are 4-2 against AP-ranked opponents this season with wins over No. 20 Arkansas, No. 10 Tennessee, No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 16 Clemson (rankings when UNC played those teams).
• KenPom ranks Carolina's schedule the 15th most difficult in the country and most difficult in the ACC.
• For the second straight game the Tar Heels enter No. 5 in the country in defensive efficiency (92.9 points allowed per 100 possessions) and No. 16 in offensive efficiency (118.5 points scored per 100 possessions).
• Since Ken Pomeroy began tracking points per possessions in 2001-02 the Tar Heels' highest national finish in defensive efficiency was fourth in 2010-11 (90.4).
• UNC, Arizona, Auburn, BYU, Houston and Purdue, are the only schools in the top 20 in both offensive and defensive efficiency.
UNC-BOSTON COLLEGE
• Carolina is 22-6 against the Eagles, including four straight wins and 16 in the last 17 games.
• The Tar Heels are 20-5 since BC joined the ACC.
• Carolina has won seven in a row in Conte Forum since losing in 2010 and is 9-1 overall in Conte Forum.
• Armando Bacot has averaged 13.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in five games vs. the Eagles. He has three double-doubles, including 18 points and 11 rebounds at BC as a junior and 20/16 in Chapel Hill last season.
• RJ Davis has scored 17, 13, 18 and 18 points in four games vs. BC (16.5 ppg). He's 11 for 20 (55.0%) from three. Last season, Davis went 4 for 7 and 4 for 6 from three in the two wins.
• Cormac Ryan has scored in double figures in four of six games against the Eagles while at Notre Dame, including each of his last three games (12, 11 and 13 points).
• Jae'Lyn Withers averaged 9.3 points and 6.5 rebounds in four games for Louisville vs. BC. Last season, he made 6 of 12 shots from the floor, including 2 of 4 from three, and totaled 16 points and seven rebounds in Chestnut Hill.
LAST SEASON VS. THE EAGLES
• The Tar Heels won both games last season, 72-64 in Chapel Hill and 85-61 in Greensboro in the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels made 10 three-pointers in both games.
• Armando Bacot had game highs in points (20), rebounds (16), assists (tied, 3) and blocks (tied, 1) in the win at the Smith Center.
• Carolina did not allow a three-point field goal for the first time in 33 seasons (Boston College was 0 for 6 from three).
• RJ Davis was 4 for 7 from three-point range and scored 18 points.
• The teams met again in March in the second round of the ACC Tournament where Carolina led by as many as 27 points in its final win of the season.
• Carolina shot 54.8% from the floor (50.0% in the first half and 60.0% in the second) and tied its season low with seven turnovers.
• Caleb Love led UNC with 22 points and Davis added four three-pointers.
• Bacot played limited minutes (17:54) as a result of spraining his left ankle in the first half. He finished with 10 points, six rebounds and three assists.
MILESTONE WATCH
• Armando Bacot has scored 2,061 points, fourth most all-time by a Tar Heel ... he needs 85 to pass Sam Perkins for third.
• Bacot is fourth in games played by a Tar Heel with 149 ... Leaky Black holds the record (155) ... Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks are tied for third with 151.
• Bacot has 1,514 rebounds, most ever by a Tar Heel and fourth in ACC history ... he passed Virginia's Ralph Sampson, a three-time National Player of the Year, for fourth in the win over Louisville ... he needs 57 to pass Wake Forest's Tim Duncan for third.
• RJ Davis has made 213 three-pointers, seventh most all-time by a Tar Heel ... needs nine to pass Donald Williams and Rashad McCants (both with 221) for fifth.
• Davis has scored 1,651 points ... needs 44 to pass Wayne Ellington (1,694) for 22nd in UNC history.
• Davis has 363 assists...needs eight to pass John Kuester (370) for 22nd place in UNC history.
• Harrison Ingram has scored 895 points at Stanford and UNC ... needs five for 900 career points.
DAVIS STARTS WITH 'D'
• Per KenPom, Carolina is No. 5 in defensive efficiency at 92.9 points allowed per 100 possessions. The last time UNC finished in the top 10 in defensive efficiency was 2010-11, when the Tar Heels were fourth at 90.4 points per 100.
• Carolina's 92.9 points allowed per 100 possession are its lowest since 2020-21 (91.7).
• The opponents are averaging 69.5 points, the lowest average since 2012-13 (69.2).
• Carolina is 5-1 this season when it scores fewer than 80 points. The Tar Heels went 22-20 when scoring fewer than 80 in the previous two seasons.
• Carolina is holding its opponents to 40.0% shooting from the floor, lowest by the opponents since 2014-15 (39.8%).
• Carolina is holding its opponents to 29.6% shooting from three-point range, on track to be the lowest ever by the opponents in a season (previous low is 30.0% in 2014-15).
• Carolina has held the opponents below 40% from the floor in 20 of 34 halves this season.
• The Tar Heels held Syracuse to 29.0% from the floor in the first half as the Tar Heels built a 53-30 lead. It was the fourth time in four games an opponent shot under 30% in a half (second half by Pitt, both halves by NC State and the first half by Syracuse).
• The Tar Heels have outscored the opponents by
44 points in the second half in the last five games. That includes 39-29 at Pittsburgh (+10), 31-21 at Clemson (+10), 37-26 at NC State (+11) and 51-37 (+14) vs. Syracuse.
• Over the first 17 games, Carolina has outscored the opponents by 102 points in the first half and by 144 in the second.
• Hubert Davis uses 42% as a benchmark for the opponents' field goal percentage. Carolina has held the opponents below 42% in 11 of the 17 games and has won nine of those 11 (except Villanova and Kentucky).
• Louisville was the first team to shoot better at least 42% in the last eight games (the Cards shot 49.1%). UNC had held each of the previous seven opponents below 42%, losing only to Kentucky (the first of the seven) in that stretch of games.
• The 67-54 win at NC State was Carolina's third straight game holding the opponents under 60 points, the first time it did that in three straight road wins since 1998-99 (72-54 win at Florida State, 59-56 win at NC State and 52-40 win at Wake Forest).
• It was the first time Carolina held three straight teams under 60 points since 2010-11 (Rutgers, Saint Francis of Pennsylvania and Virginia).
• Carolina has won seven in a row and held all seven opponents to 70 points or below.
• Through six games in conference play the Tar Heels have allowed 62.2 points per game, and the opponents are shooting 36.4% from the floor, including 24.2% from three.
• Carolina has won seven straight games and is 14-3 overall, 6-0 in the ACC.
• The seven-game win streak (six in a row in ACC play) is Carolina's longest since winning eight in a row, all against ACC opponents, in 2018-19.
• The Tar Heels have led by double figures in all six of their ACC games and won each of the last five conference games in January by 10 or more points.
• In ACC games, Carolina is averaging 78.2 points and allowing 62.2. Florida State and Louisville both scored 70 points vs. the Tar Heels; the other four ACC opponents scored fewer than 70. UNC allowed 57, 55 and 54 in its first three ACC road games at Pittsburgh, Clemson and NC State.
• UNC is 6-0 in the ACC for the first time since going 8-0 in 2015-16. This is the 14th time the Tar Heels have started ACC play 6-0.
• Carolina won its 14th game of the season on Wednesday, improving to 8-0 in the Smith Center with an 86-70 win over Louisville. The Tar Heels led by 20 in the first half, but the Cardinals made nine of their first 10 shots from the floor to begin the second and pulled within five with more than 12 minutes to play.
• RJ Davis made four three-pointers and led all scorers (21 points) for the third consecutive game and Jae'Lyn Withers scored 15 points and grabbed 10 boards for his first double-double as a Tar Heel. Withers was playing his former team for the first time after three seasons as a Cardinal.
• Armando Bacot added 19 points and 11 boards to move into fourth place in career scoring at Carolina and fourth in ACC history in rebounds.
• Davis' four 3FGs increased his season total to 52. He is the first Tar Heel to make 50 or more threes in the first 17 games to begin a season.
• The Tar Heels are 3-0 on the road.
• Boston College is 11-6 overall, 2-4 in the ACC after a 63-59 home win over Notre Dame on Monday, and 7-2 at Conte Forum.
• Carolina is 9-1 against the Eagles at Conte Forum, including seven straight wins since losing in 2010.
• Carolina is No. 4 in this week's Associated Press poll, the fourth straight week the Tar Heels are ranked in the top 10. It is the 88th time UNC is No. 4 in the poll.
• It's the latest in a season the Tar Heels are ranked as high as fourth since being ranked No. 3 in the final three polls in 2018-19.
• The Tar Heels are No. 8 in KenPom and No. 9 in the NET (as of January 19).
GAME 18 NOTEBOOK
• The Tar Heels are 4-2 against AP-ranked opponents this season with wins over No. 20 Arkansas, No. 10 Tennessee, No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 16 Clemson (rankings when UNC played those teams).
• KenPom ranks Carolina's schedule the 15th most difficult in the country and most difficult in the ACC.
• For the second straight game the Tar Heels enter No. 5 in the country in defensive efficiency (92.9 points allowed per 100 possessions) and No. 16 in offensive efficiency (118.5 points scored per 100 possessions).
• Since Ken Pomeroy began tracking points per possessions in 2001-02 the Tar Heels' highest national finish in defensive efficiency was fourth in 2010-11 (90.4).
• UNC, Arizona, Auburn, BYU, Houston and Purdue, are the only schools in the top 20 in both offensive and defensive efficiency.
UNC-BOSTON COLLEGE
• Carolina is 22-6 against the Eagles, including four straight wins and 16 in the last 17 games.
• The Tar Heels are 20-5 since BC joined the ACC.
• Carolina has won seven in a row in Conte Forum since losing in 2010 and is 9-1 overall in Conte Forum.
• Armando Bacot has averaged 13.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in five games vs. the Eagles. He has three double-doubles, including 18 points and 11 rebounds at BC as a junior and 20/16 in Chapel Hill last season.
• RJ Davis has scored 17, 13, 18 and 18 points in four games vs. BC (16.5 ppg). He's 11 for 20 (55.0%) from three. Last season, Davis went 4 for 7 and 4 for 6 from three in the two wins.
• Cormac Ryan has scored in double figures in four of six games against the Eagles while at Notre Dame, including each of his last three games (12, 11 and 13 points).
• Jae'Lyn Withers averaged 9.3 points and 6.5 rebounds in four games for Louisville vs. BC. Last season, he made 6 of 12 shots from the floor, including 2 of 4 from three, and totaled 16 points and seven rebounds in Chestnut Hill.
LAST SEASON VS. THE EAGLES
• The Tar Heels won both games last season, 72-64 in Chapel Hill and 85-61 in Greensboro in the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels made 10 three-pointers in both games.
• Armando Bacot had game highs in points (20), rebounds (16), assists (tied, 3) and blocks (tied, 1) in the win at the Smith Center.
• Carolina did not allow a three-point field goal for the first time in 33 seasons (Boston College was 0 for 6 from three).
• RJ Davis was 4 for 7 from three-point range and scored 18 points.
• The teams met again in March in the second round of the ACC Tournament where Carolina led by as many as 27 points in its final win of the season.
• Carolina shot 54.8% from the floor (50.0% in the first half and 60.0% in the second) and tied its season low with seven turnovers.
• Caleb Love led UNC with 22 points and Davis added four three-pointers.
• Bacot played limited minutes (17:54) as a result of spraining his left ankle in the first half. He finished with 10 points, six rebounds and three assists.
MILESTONE WATCH
• Armando Bacot has scored 2,061 points, fourth most all-time by a Tar Heel ... he needs 85 to pass Sam Perkins for third.
• Bacot is fourth in games played by a Tar Heel with 149 ... Leaky Black holds the record (155) ... Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks are tied for third with 151.
• Bacot has 1,514 rebounds, most ever by a Tar Heel and fourth in ACC history ... he passed Virginia's Ralph Sampson, a three-time National Player of the Year, for fourth in the win over Louisville ... he needs 57 to pass Wake Forest's Tim Duncan for third.
• RJ Davis has made 213 three-pointers, seventh most all-time by a Tar Heel ... needs nine to pass Donald Williams and Rashad McCants (both with 221) for fifth.
• Davis has scored 1,651 points ... needs 44 to pass Wayne Ellington (1,694) for 22nd in UNC history.
• Davis has 363 assists...needs eight to pass John Kuester (370) for 22nd place in UNC history.
• Harrison Ingram has scored 895 points at Stanford and UNC ... needs five for 900 career points.
DAVIS STARTS WITH 'D'
• Per KenPom, Carolina is No. 5 in defensive efficiency at 92.9 points allowed per 100 possessions. The last time UNC finished in the top 10 in defensive efficiency was 2010-11, when the Tar Heels were fourth at 90.4 points per 100.
• Carolina's 92.9 points allowed per 100 possession are its lowest since 2020-21 (91.7).
• The opponents are averaging 69.5 points, the lowest average since 2012-13 (69.2).
• Carolina is 5-1 this season when it scores fewer than 80 points. The Tar Heels went 22-20 when scoring fewer than 80 in the previous two seasons.
• Carolina is holding its opponents to 40.0% shooting from the floor, lowest by the opponents since 2014-15 (39.8%).
• Carolina is holding its opponents to 29.6% shooting from three-point range, on track to be the lowest ever by the opponents in a season (previous low is 30.0% in 2014-15).
• Carolina has held the opponents below 40% from the floor in 20 of 34 halves this season.
• The Tar Heels held Syracuse to 29.0% from the floor in the first half as the Tar Heels built a 53-30 lead. It was the fourth time in four games an opponent shot under 30% in a half (second half by Pitt, both halves by NC State and the first half by Syracuse).
• The Tar Heels have outscored the opponents by
44 points in the second half in the last five games. That includes 39-29 at Pittsburgh (+10), 31-21 at Clemson (+10), 37-26 at NC State (+11) and 51-37 (+14) vs. Syracuse.
• Over the first 17 games, Carolina has outscored the opponents by 102 points in the first half and by 144 in the second.
• Hubert Davis uses 42% as a benchmark for the opponents' field goal percentage. Carolina has held the opponents below 42% in 11 of the 17 games and has won nine of those 11 (except Villanova and Kentucky).
• Louisville was the first team to shoot better at least 42% in the last eight games (the Cards shot 49.1%). UNC had held each of the previous seven opponents below 42%, losing only to Kentucky (the first of the seven) in that stretch of games.
• The 67-54 win at NC State was Carolina's third straight game holding the opponents under 60 points, the first time it did that in three straight road wins since 1998-99 (72-54 win at Florida State, 59-56 win at NC State and 52-40 win at Wake Forest).
• It was the first time Carolina held three straight teams under 60 points since 2010-11 (Rutgers, Saint Francis of Pennsylvania and Virginia).
• Carolina has won seven in a row and held all seven opponents to 70 points or below.
• Through six games in conference play the Tar Heels have allowed 62.2 points per game, and the opponents are shooting 36.4% from the floor, including 24.2% from three.
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