No. 3 MBB Visiting Georgia Tech Tuesday Night

• Carolina (17-3 overall, 9-0 in the ACC) plays its sixth road game to end the first half of the conference schedule when it travels to Atlanta to play Georgia Tech (9-11, 2-7) on Tuesday, January 30, at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
• The Tar Heels have won 10 straight games, Carolina's longest winning streak since winning 11 in a row over two seasons in 2016-17/2017-18 (last six games to win the 2017 NCAA title and the first five games the following season).
• UNC is 9-0 in the ACC for the ninth time and the first since starting 11-0 in conference play in 2000-01.
• This is the 36th different season the Tar Heels have produced at least one streak of 10 or more wins (first time since two such streaks in 2015-16).
• The Tar Heels have won 17 of their first 20 games for the first time since 2016-17 (that team started 19-3).
• Carolina is 8-0 in January. This is the first time UNC has won eight games in a month since January 2017. The last time UNC won more than eight games in a month was March 2008, when the Tar Heels went 10-0.
• Georgia Tech is the last of six ACC road games for the Tar Heels in January. It is the first time UNC has played six road games in a month since playing seven in January 1952, the Tar Heels' final season as a member of the Southern Conference.
• The Tar Heels beat Florida State, 75-68, on Saturday in Tallahassee in a matchup of the top two teams in the ACC standings.
• The win at Florida State was Carolina's 750th regular-season ACC win, becoming the first program to win 750.
• RJ Davis capped a 60-point week with a game-high 24, Harrison Ingram had 13 points, 17 rebounds, three steals and a last-minute block and freshman Elliot Cadeau scored a season-best 16 points and added six assists.
• Carolina held the Seminoles to 36.7% shooting and 27 points in the second half after FSU scored 41 points on 50% shooting in the opening half.
• The win was Carolina's fifth in as many ACC road games this season. The Tar Heels have held the home teams under 70 points all five games. It's the longest-such streak for UNC since 1982. From 2/11/1980 to 1/23/1982 the Tar Heels allowed fewer than 70 points in 13 consecutive ACC road games (10-3 in those games).
• Davis, named a mid-season first-team All-America by The Athletic, was named ACC and NCAA.com Player of the Week for his play vs. Wake Forest and at Florida State. It was the third time this season he has earned player-of-the-week honors from the ACC and national media outlets.
• Overall, Carolina has held its last 10 opponents to 70 points or fewer. This is the first time UNC has held 10 consecutive teams to 70 points or fewer since 2006-07. The last time UNC did that in straight 11 games was 1984-85/1985-86, when it held 16 straight opponents to 70 or fewer points.
• Carolina is No. 3 in the Associated Press poll for the second week in a row. These are UNC's highest rankings since being ranked third in the final three weeks in 2018-19.
• This is the 36th different season in which UNC is ranked third or higher in the AP poll.

GAME 20 NOTEBOOK
• Carolina is No. 6 in the country in KenPom.
• ESPN ranks UNC's strength of record No. 4 in the nation behind Purdue, Houston and UConn.
• Carolina's schedule is ranked 11th in the country by KenPom and 16th by ESPN.
• 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).
• The Tar Heels are No. 4 in the country in defensive efficiency (92.3 points allowed per 100 possessions) and No. 15 in offensive efficiency (118.7 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 is one of six teams (with Arizona, Auburn, Houston, Purdue and Tennessee) that rank in the top 20 in both offensive and defensive efficiency.
• Carolina is 9-0 in the ACC despite having just one player (RJ Davis, who is first) in the top 10 in the league in scoring.
• From January 6-22 Carolina won seven straight ACC games by double digits, most since winning 10 straight in 1992-93.
• In ACC play, Carolina is scoring 78.3 points per game and allowing 63.4. Florida State (in Chapel Hill) and Louisville both scored 70 points vs. the Tar Heels; the other seven ACC opponents scored fewer than 70. UNC allowed 57, 55, 54, 66 and 68 in its five ACC road wins at Pittsburgh, Clemson, NC State, Boston College and FSU, and 67 by Syracuse and 64 by Wake Forest in the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels have outscored their opponents, 380-281, in the second half in ACC play, a margin of 11.0 points per game. The opponents are averaging 31.2 points in the second half in ACC play.
• Carolina's defense has held ACC opponents to 36.9% from the floor and 24.9% from three-point range.
• Carolina is 21st nationally in both FG defense and three-point percentage defense.
• The Tar Heels have held ACC opponents below 70 points in 21 of the last 27 games.
• Carolina has out-rebounded its opponents in nine straight games and is plus 122 on the boards in those games/wins.
• Harrison Ingram leads the ACC in rebounding in league play at 11.3 per game. He has double-figure rebounds in six of the last eight games, including 31 in two games last week (14 vs. Wake Forest and 17 at Florida State).

UNC-GEORGIA TECH
• Carolina is 72-27 all-time against the Yellow Jackets.
• The Tar Heels are 23-15 at Tech, including 17-13 in McCamish Pavilion (previously Alexander Memorial Coliseum).
• The Tar Heels have beaten Georgia Tech three straight and 12 of the last 15.
• Carolina has held the Yellow Jackets under 70 points in 10 of the last 14 games and won all 10 of those games. Tech has prevailed in three of the four when the Jackets scored more than 70 points.
• Armando Bacot has scored 83 points and grabbed 46 rebounds, an average of 16.6 points and 9.2 rebounds, in five previous games vs. the Yellow Jackets. He has scored in double figures in each of the last four games and posted double-doubles in the last three.
• Bacot tied his career scoring high with 29 points and had a dozen rebounds in Chapel Hill on 1/15/22. Last year, he had 21 points and 13 rebounds.
• Bacot has made 31 of 57 from the floor (54.3%) against the Jackets.
• RJ Davis has scored 66 points in his last three games against Tech (22.0 ppg). As a sophomore, he had 23 points and five assists in Atlanta and 21 and six in Chapel Hill, converting 4 of 6 three-pointers in both games. Last season, Davis had 22 points and three assists. He has made 10 of 17 threes against the Jackets (58.8%).
• Cormac Ryan has scored 44 points in five games with a high of 13 last season in Atlanta. He had a career-best 10 rebounds at Notre Dame in 2022. In two games last season with the Irish, Ryan averaged 12.0 points and 3.0 assists against the Jackets.
• Jae'Lyn Withers averaged 13.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in two games as a Louisville Cardinal last season against Tech. He made four three-pointers en route to 19 points and 13 rebounds in Louisville, and had eight points, nine boards and three assists in Atlanta.

MILESTONE WATCH
• Armando Bacot has scored 2,081 points, fourth most all-time by a Tar Heel ... he needs 65 to pass Sam Perkins (2,145) for third.
• Bacot has played 152 games over five seasons, which ties Deon Thompson for second (152 in four seasons) ... Leaky Black holds the record (155 in five seasons).
• Bacot has 1,534 rebounds, most ever by a Tar Heel and fourth most 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 37 to pass Wake Forest's Tim Duncan (1,570) for third.
• Bacot is 23rd in rebounds in NCAA history ... needs four to pass Syracuse's Derrick Coleman (1,537) for 22nd.
• Bacot has 1,001 defensive rebounds ... offensive rebounds weren't recorded separately until 1986-87, but no other Tar Heel ever has 1,000 defensive rebounds.
• Bacot is seventh in UNC history in field goals with 775 ... needs 12 to pass Perkins (786) and 13 to pass Antawn Jamison (787).
• Bacot has blocked 199 shots ... needs one for 200 ... he made his 100th steal in the win at Florida State ... he would become the only Tar Heel with 2,000 points, 1,500 rebounds, 200 blocks and 100 steals.
• Bacot has 2,081 points ... needs 19 for 2,100.
• RJ Davis has made 221 three-pointers, tied for the fifth most all-time by a Tar Heel ... tied with Donald Williams and Rashad McCants ... Wayne Ellington is fourth (229).
• Davis is 18th in UNC history with 1,727 points ... needs 21 points to pass George Lynch (1,747) for 17th.
• Davis has 370 assists, tied with John Kuester for 22nd place in UNC history ... Larry Drew II is 21st (378).

DAVIS STARTS WITH 'D'
• Dating back to last season, the Tar Heels have held ACC teams (regular season and ACC Tournament games) under 70 points 21 times in the last 27 games.
• The opponents are averaging 69.0 points, their lowest average since 2014-15 (68.8).
• Carolina is 7-1 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 39.7% shooting from the floor, lowest by the opponents since 2011-12 (39.4%).
• Even though Florida State shot 45.0% from three-point range in Tallahassee, the highest percentage by an opponent this season, Carolina is holding its opponents to 29.2% shooting from three-point range. That is the lowest ever by the opponents in a season (previous low was 30.0% in 2014-15).
• Carolina has held the opponents below 40% from the floor in 24 of 40 halves and 10 of 20 games this season. That includes seven of the last nine games.
• Carolina has held ACC opponents under 30% shooting in a half five times.
• The Tar Heels have outscored the opponents by
a combined 85 points in the second half in the last eight games. That includes 39-29 at Pittsburgh (+10), 31-21 at Clemson (+10), 37-26 at NC State (+11), 51-37 (+14) vs. Syracuse, 42-35 (+7) at Boston College, 52-30 (+22) against Wake Forest and 39-27 at FSU (+12).
• For the season, Carolina has outscored the opponents by 99 points in the first half and by 185 in the second.
• Hubert Davis uses 42% as a benchmark for the opponents' field goal percentage. Carolina has held the opponents below 42% in 13 of the 20 games and has won 11 of those 13 (except Villanova and Kentucky).
• Carolina has held the opponents to 34.3% from the floor, including 19.2% from three-point range in its five ACC road victories. Pittsburgh, Clemson, NC State, Boston College and Florida State have combined to make 106 of 309 field goal attempts, including 20 of 104 from beyond the three-point line. The home teams are averaging just 60.0 points in those five 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's last four opponents (Louisville, Boston College, Wake Forest and Florida State) have combined to score eight fastbreak points (one by the Demon Deacons and seven by the Seminoles).
• Boston College was the sixth opponent not to score a fastbreak point this season (UNI, Villanova, Charleston Southern, Clemson, Louisville and BC). Four other teams (Radford, Lehigh, UC Riverside and Wake Forest) scored three or fewer fastbreak points.

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Players Mentioned

Armando Bacot

Leaky Black

Elliot Cadeau

RJ Davis

Harrison Ingram

Cormac Ryan

Jae'Lyn Withers

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