POSTGAME NOTES
UNC 80, ELON 63
DECEMBER 11, 2021
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
UNC Scoring Leader: Dawson Garcia and Caleb Love 22
UNC Rebound Leader: Leaky Black 8
UNC Assist Leader: Black 3
Team Records: UNC 7-2, Elon 2-8
Carolina Notes
• Tar Heels are 5-0 at home this season.
• This is the first time since the first four games in 2012-13 UNC has allowed 63 or fewer points in four consecutive games.
• This was the fourth time this season two Tar Heels scored 20 or more points.
• Carolina shot a season-low 39.0 percent from the floor, including 29.4 percent in the first half, the lowest in a half this season.
• Carolina scored a season-high 23 points off turnovers and a season-high 19 fastbreak points.
• The Tar Heels shot 52.0 percent from the floor in the second half, the third game in a row UNC has shot better than 50 percent from the floor in the second half.
• This was the fifth time in nine games UNC scored 80 or more points.
• Carolina made (27) and attempted (35) season highs from the free throw line.
• Carolina out-rebounded the Phoenix, 48-24, its largest rebound margin of the season.
• Carolina made a season-high 12 steals, five more than any other game (seven vs. Loyola in the opener).
• Caleb Love scored 22 points, the fourth time this season he has scored 22 in a game. UNC is 6-0 in his career when Love scores 20 or more points.
• Love tied his career high with four three-pointers. He also made four at Duke last season and four vs. Michigan in the previous home game.
• Dawson Garcia also scored 22 points. That was the second time he has scored 20 or more as a Tar Heel (eighth time in his career).
• Anthony Harris was 6 for 6 from the line in the first half, both career highs. He was 3 for 4 at Gonzaga in December 2019.
• Armando Bacot made a career-high four steals.
• Leaky Black led UNC with eight rebounds and three assists. It was the second time this season and fifth time in his career he led UNC in rebounding.
Series Notes
• UNC is 21-4 vs. Elon, including 4-0 in the ACC era.
• UNC is 16-1 in games in Chapel Hill.
• UNC has won 14 in a row.
Next Game:
Tuesday, December 14 vs. Furman (7 p.m., ESPN2)
UNC 80, ELON 63
DECEMBER 11, 2021
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
UNC Scoring Leader: Dawson Garcia and Caleb Love 22
UNC Rebound Leader: Leaky Black 8
UNC Assist Leader: Black 3
Team Records: UNC 7-2, Elon 2-8
Carolina Notes
• Tar Heels are 5-0 at home this season.
• This is the first time since the first four games in 2012-13 UNC has allowed 63 or fewer points in four consecutive games.
• This was the fourth time this season two Tar Heels scored 20 or more points.
• Carolina shot a season-low 39.0 percent from the floor, including 29.4 percent in the first half, the lowest in a half this season.
• Carolina scored a season-high 23 points off turnovers and a season-high 19 fastbreak points.
• The Tar Heels shot 52.0 percent from the floor in the second half, the third game in a row UNC has shot better than 50 percent from the floor in the second half.
• This was the fifth time in nine games UNC scored 80 or more points.
• Carolina made (27) and attempted (35) season highs from the free throw line.
• Carolina out-rebounded the Phoenix, 48-24, its largest rebound margin of the season.
• Carolina made a season-high 12 steals, five more than any other game (seven vs. Loyola in the opener).
• Caleb Love scored 22 points, the fourth time this season he has scored 22 in a game. UNC is 6-0 in his career when Love scores 20 or more points.
• Love tied his career high with four three-pointers. He also made four at Duke last season and four vs. Michigan in the previous home game.
• Dawson Garcia also scored 22 points. That was the second time he has scored 20 or more as a Tar Heel (eighth time in his career).
• Anthony Harris was 6 for 6 from the line in the first half, both career highs. He was 3 for 4 at Gonzaga in December 2019.
• Armando Bacot made a career-high four steals.
• Leaky Black led UNC with eight rebounds and three assists. It was the second time this season and fifth time in his career he led UNC in rebounding.
Series Notes
• UNC is 21-4 vs. Elon, including 4-0 in the ACC era.
• UNC is 16-1 in games in Chapel Hill.
• UNC has won 14 in a row.
Next Game:
Tuesday, December 14 vs. Furman (7 p.m., ESPN2)
