I am in the press box and Kevin will be on the sideline shooting here in Charlottesville.

Energy is key today. Are the Tar Heels ready to play out of the gate?

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Discussion
In the second game of the season, a game only broadcast on Bally's Sports Network, the Heels answered a bad first half with a biscuit-eating second half to smother College of Charleston (COC). The Tar Heels continued their poor performances in Assists and Rebounding, turning in the program's 6th worst Asst/FG performance since the advent of the 3pt line (960 games). However in continued fashion from Monday, the opponent didn't disapoint with the 26th worst assist/fg performance by an opponent in that period.

The #1 Heels were on fire shooting the ball inside the arc, however with a 79% shooting performance. That's something we've only seen on 3 other occasions in the last 960 games. That, coupled with a 38-9 advantage in FTAs, led to a sensational 1.23 points per possession performance. We've only seen that 15 other times from this program.

That's all fun and games; it is the first half of November. The one stat that is starting to be of interest is Rebounding. In Game 1 the Heels had an 8-possession deficit, and in this game they had a 9-possession deficit. Signs of a fat team still watching the Duke game on a loop? It's too early to say that, but it is a very early concern for this team.

Like what I see coming off the bench. Dunn and Styles have upped their game, and the frosh can play. Trimble and Nickel are game ready, love what they add to the team. We are deep, and Nance is settling in to be a good addition, I like his game and leadership so far. Hubert doing an excellent job of building this team so far. High praise from a constant fan here who likes perfection. Not there yet, but like what I see so far.

Just a football question in general, with an example from the AL-LSU game, when would you start going for wo points after a TD?
Bama was done 14-9, scored a TD with 12:37 left, went for 2 trying to go up 17-14, missed it 15-14! Is 16-14 so bad, score again and you can go up by 9! After LSU kick a FG to up 17-15, Bama scores again, 21-17 need to go for 2, don't get it. LSU scores, goes up 24-21, "bama kicks FG to tie it at 24. Those 2 pts not made from kicking the PATs would have made the FG a game winner, no OT?
Do you like teams, might be the 'heels, to "chase" points that early?
What say you? Sorry to use an SEC game for an example, but it was fresh in my mind!

Jacob and I are on press row tonight and Kevin is shooting on the baseline.

How many assists will the Tar Heels have tonight?

Give “The Leader of Men” his due lead us in rebounds, assist and steals….and gave us 25 pints to boot.

RJ “Mr. Dribbles” Davis is pissing off his teammates with all that dribbling. Someone is in his head telling him to get his this year. Can’t be a point guard playing that way…..RJ your teammates are losing trust in you…..Now you must decide are you gonna continue with the foolishness or are you gonna do the right thing.

NORTH CAROLINA 102, CHARLESTON 86
FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 2022
ROY WILLIAMS COURT AT THE DEAN E. SMITH CENTER
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

UNC Scoring Leader: Armando Bacot 28
UNC Rebound Leader: Caleb Love 9
UNC Assist Leader: Love 6
Team Records: UNC 2-0, Charleston 1-1

• Carolina trailed by seven at the half but out-scored the Cougars by 23 points in the second half (59-36) to win by 16.
• The Tar Heels shot 71.4% from the floor in the second half and 60.3% for the game. This was the highest field goal percentage in a game under head coach Hubert Davis (previous high was 56.4% at Georgia Tech last season).
• This was the second-highest field goal percentage in any half in the Davis era. The only higher percentage was 74.2% in the first half vs. Florida State last season.
• Carolina is 208-2 all-time when it scores 100 points (2-0 under Davis).
• Carolina made 27 of 38 free throws. The 27 makes equal the season high a year ago (vs. Elon). The 38 attempts were one more than the high a year ago (37 vs. Baylor).

• Carolina was out-rebounded for the second time in as many games this season. Charleston out-rebounded the Tar Heels, 37-32. UNC was 0-3 a year ago when it was out-rebounded.
• Armando Bacot scored 27 of his game-high 28 points in the second half. It was the first time a Tar Heel scored 27 points in a half since Caleb Love scored 27 in the second half vs. UCLA in Philadelphia in the 2022 NCAA East Regional.
• Bacot was one shy of his career scoring high of 29 set last season vs. Virginia and Georgia Tech (in consecutive games).
• Bacot was 0 for 1 from the floor and 1 for 3 from the line in the first half; in the second, he was 10 for 12 from the floor and 7 for 9 from the line.
• This was the 17th career game Bacot scored 20 or more points.

• Bacot had six rebounds. He remains eighth in UNC history with 1,016.
• Bacot drew 11 fouls.
• This was the seventh time Bacot has made at least 10 field goals in a game.
• Love had 25 points, a career-high nine rebounds and a team-high six assists.
• Carolina is 16-0 in his career when Love scores 20 points.

• Leaky Black was a career-best 6 for 6 from the floor and finished with 15 points, one off his career high. He was 4 for 4 from the floor three times in his career, including the overtime win at Louisville last season.
• This was the 13th time Black scored in double figures as a Tar Heel. He also made two three-pointers, the 10th time he made multiple threes in a game.
• Freshman Tyler Nickel scored eight points in less than eight minutes (7:48), his first points as a Tar Heel.
• The Tar Heels blocked eight shots tonight and have 14 blocks in the first two games (Pete Nance led UNC with three vs. Charleston).
• Carolina is 190-31 all-time as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press poll.

• Carolina is 453-83 in 38 seasons in the Smith Center, including 220-18 against non-ACC opponents.
• Carolina out-scored the Cougars, 24-10, in points off turnovers. In the second half, UNC forced 11 turnovers that led to 17 points (the Cougars scored two points off UNC turnovers in the second half).
• The game featured nine lead changes and 10 ties.
• Puff Johnson (sore knee) and Jalen Washington (rehabbing high school knee injury) were not available.

Series vs. Charleston
• The Tar Heels are 7-3 against the College of Charleston.
• Carolina is 4-0 against the Cougars in Chapel Hill.

Next Game: vs. Gardner-Webb, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m. (ACC Network)

Prediction Contest Results Through Charleston Game

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Would be a good time for a 25-30 point route.

We need Puff on the floor.

Go Heels!