MBB Ready For Michigan State In Maui Consolation Game

Wednesday, November 27

Lahaina, Hawaii

9:30 PM ET

North Carolina

Michigan State

Ian Jackson

Photo by: Maggie Hobson

November 27, 2024 | Men's Basketball

UNC Notes

• Carolina (4-2) plays Michigan State (5-2) for third place in the Maui Invitational at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
• The Tar Heels beat Dayton, 92-90, in Monday's quarterfinal and lost to fourth-ranked Auburn, 85-72, in the semifinals on Tuesday.
• Carolina is 23-5 all-time in nine appearances in the Maui Invitational, including 19-4 in Maui (the 2020 tournament was played in Asheville, N.C., due to the Covid-19 pandemic).
• The Tar Heels have won eight of the last nine games vs. Michigan State and are 13-4 all-time against the Spartans.
• Carolina defeated Michigan State, 85-69, in Charlotte, N.C., last March in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. RJ Davis led the Tar Heels with 20 points.
• The Tar Heels are 1-0 vs. the Spartans in Maui (92-70 win on 11/21/1995).
• Carolina began play in the 2024 Maui Invitational by overcoming a 21-point, second-half deficit in its win over Dayton. RJ Davis (30) and Seth Trimble (career-high 27) combined for 57 points, and Drake Powell hit a go-ahead three with 1:13 to play. The victory equaled the largest second-half comeback in UNC history and was one point shy of its largest comeback in any game.
• In the semifinal, Carolina again fell behind early as Auburn made eight of its first 11 shots, including three 3FGs, in racing out to a 19-6 lead. The Tar Heels pulled with two at 23-21 and trailed 36-32 late in the first half. But the Tigers scored the final four points of the half and opened the second on a 12-2 run to lead by 18.
• Trimble led five Tar Heels in double figures vs. the Tigers with 17 points. Ven-Allen Lubin came off the bench for 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds.
• Carolina came into the game sixth in the country in free throw percentage but made a season-worst 12 of 19 (63.2% from the line).
• Auburn's Johni Broome had 23 points, 19 rebounds (most by an opponent against a Hubert Davis team), five assists and three blocks.
• Tar Heel guards Elliot Cadeau, Davis and Trimble have each scored in double figures in all six games.
• Carolina's 72 points vs. the Tigers were a season low. The Tar Heels are averaging 89.5 points per game, 11th in the country.
• The 19 free throw attempts were also a season low. UNC is averaging 28 per game and had attempted 30 or more in each of its previous four games.
• Carolina returns to action a week from today when it hosts Alabama in the ACC-SEC Challenge.