• The Tar Heels are now 13-2 overall, 2-0 in the ACC and 9-0 at the Smith Center.
• The Tar Heels return to action on Monday, Jan. 4, at Florida State.
• With the win today, Roy Williams sets the ACC record for most wins by a head coach in his first 200 ACC regular-season games. Carolina is 143-57 in Williams’ first 200 ACC regular-season games. Dean Smith held the previous mark at 142-58.
• Only three other coaches have won as many as 142 ACC regular-season games. Frank McGuire was 137-63, Mike Krzyzewski was 122-78 and Gary Williams was 110-90 in their first 200 ACC regular-season games.
• Williams is 763-204 in 28 seasons as a head coach, including 345-103 in 13 seasons at Carolina.
• Carolina scored 86 points, its 11th consecutive game with at least 80 points. UNC is 225-28 in 13 seasons under Roy Williams when it scores at least 80.
• The Tar Heels shot 50.8 percent from the field, its 11th time shooting 50 percent or better in 15 games this season.
• Carolina shot 57.7 percent from the floor in the second half. That’s the third time in as many games and the 11th time in 15 games this season UNC has shot 50 percent or better in the second half. UNC has shot 50 percent or better in the second half in 20 of the last 25 games dating back to last season.
• Carolina became just the third team to out-rebound Georgia Tech this season. The Tar Heels out-rebounded the Yellow Jackets, 39-29. Tennessee (by six) and Georgia (by one) also out-rebounded the Jackets.
• The Tar Heels came into the game allowing 7.0 points off turnovers in the last seven games. Georgia Tech scored eight points off turnovers in the first 11 minutes and 32 seconds.
• Carolina committed just two turnovers in the final 17 minutes, only one in the last 12:54 and none in the last 6:46. The Yellow Jackets score two points off UNC turnovers in the last 17 minutes, a pair of free throws by Marcus Georges-Hunt with 6:19 to play.
• Tech out-scored UNC, 14-9, in points off turnovers. That is the third time this year UNC has been out-scored in points off turnovers and the first time since Kansas State.
• Carolina tied its season high with 24 made free throws (also at Texas).
• Carolina had six players score in double figures for the second time in three games and third time this year.
• This was the second time this season the Tar Heels have trailed at the half and they have won both games. The Yellow Jackets led 42-39. Kansas State led UNC, 32-30, but the Tar Heels won, 80-70.
• Carolina is now 52-49 in Smith Center history when trailing at the half.
• UNC is now 50-66 under Roy Williams when trailing at the half.
• Carolina is 68-24 vs. Georgia Tech, including 30-6 in Chapel Hill and 25-4 in the Smith Center.
PLAYER NOTES
• Joel Berry II scored a career-high 19 points and made a career-high eight free throws (out of nine attempts).
• Berry committed a career-high five turnovers (previous high was three), but scored six straight points to give Carolina the lead for good. Trailing by one, Berry hit a three-pointer from the right wing with 5:07 to play to give UNC a 69-67 lead. Twenty-seven seconds later, he drove for a basket, was fouled and converted the three-point play for a 72-67 lead.
• Isaiah Hicks scored 12 points and had two blocks. It was his seventh straight game scoring in double figures. Hicks is 33 for 44 (.750) from the floor in the last seven games.
• Joel James scored 11 points on 5 for 6 shooting from the floor. It was the third time he has scored in double figures in his career (113 games) and the most he has scored in an ACC game. He also scored 11 points against Florida Atlantic (in his second game as a freshman) and 11 vs. UNCG as a junior. His previous high in an ACC game was eight at NC State as a freshman.
• James made five field goals in one other game – at UNCG on 12/16/14.
• Brice Johnson (15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds) had his eighth double-double of the season and the 18th of his career.
• Marcus Paige made one three-pointer to extend his school record mark to 244.
• Paige has made a three-pointer in a school-record 39 consecutive games (last 30 games of last season and his first nine games in 2015-16). The previous record was 34 games by Shammond Williams, Rashad McCants and Hubert Davis.
• Paige had three assists and no turnovers in 33 minutes. For the season, Paige has 32 assists and six turnovers.
• Kennedy Meeks missed his sixth straight game due to a bruised bone in his left knee. He will not play at Florida State on Monday, Jan. 4.
• Georgia Tech’s Marcus Georges-Hunt made 12 of 15 free throws. That ties the second-most made free throws (he is the seventh player with 12) by an opponent in Smith Center history. Only Zabian Dowdell of Virginia Tech has made more. Dowdell made 17 of 19 on Feb. 13, 2007.
- UNC Communications
• The Tar Heels return to action on Monday, Jan. 4, at Florida State.
• With the win today, Roy Williams sets the ACC record for most wins by a head coach in his first 200 ACC regular-season games. Carolina is 143-57 in Williams’ first 200 ACC regular-season games. Dean Smith held the previous mark at 142-58.
• Only three other coaches have won as many as 142 ACC regular-season games. Frank McGuire was 137-63, Mike Krzyzewski was 122-78 and Gary Williams was 110-90 in their first 200 ACC regular-season games.
• Williams is 763-204 in 28 seasons as a head coach, including 345-103 in 13 seasons at Carolina.
• Carolina scored 86 points, its 11th consecutive game with at least 80 points. UNC is 225-28 in 13 seasons under Roy Williams when it scores at least 80.
• The Tar Heels shot 50.8 percent from the field, its 11th time shooting 50 percent or better in 15 games this season.
• Carolina shot 57.7 percent from the floor in the second half. That’s the third time in as many games and the 11th time in 15 games this season UNC has shot 50 percent or better in the second half. UNC has shot 50 percent or better in the second half in 20 of the last 25 games dating back to last season.
• Carolina became just the third team to out-rebound Georgia Tech this season. The Tar Heels out-rebounded the Yellow Jackets, 39-29. Tennessee (by six) and Georgia (by one) also out-rebounded the Jackets.
• The Tar Heels came into the game allowing 7.0 points off turnovers in the last seven games. Georgia Tech scored eight points off turnovers in the first 11 minutes and 32 seconds.
• Carolina committed just two turnovers in the final 17 minutes, only one in the last 12:54 and none in the last 6:46. The Yellow Jackets score two points off UNC turnovers in the last 17 minutes, a pair of free throws by Marcus Georges-Hunt with 6:19 to play.
• Tech out-scored UNC, 14-9, in points off turnovers. That is the third time this year UNC has been out-scored in points off turnovers and the first time since Kansas State.
• Carolina tied its season high with 24 made free throws (also at Texas).
• Carolina had six players score in double figures for the second time in three games and third time this year.
• This was the second time this season the Tar Heels have trailed at the half and they have won both games. The Yellow Jackets led 42-39. Kansas State led UNC, 32-30, but the Tar Heels won, 80-70.
• Carolina is now 52-49 in Smith Center history when trailing at the half.
• UNC is now 50-66 under Roy Williams when trailing at the half.
• Carolina is 68-24 vs. Georgia Tech, including 30-6 in Chapel Hill and 25-4 in the Smith Center.
PLAYER NOTES
• Joel Berry II scored a career-high 19 points and made a career-high eight free throws (out of nine attempts).
• Berry committed a career-high five turnovers (previous high was three), but scored six straight points to give Carolina the lead for good. Trailing by one, Berry hit a three-pointer from the right wing with 5:07 to play to give UNC a 69-67 lead. Twenty-seven seconds later, he drove for a basket, was fouled and converted the three-point play for a 72-67 lead.
• Isaiah Hicks scored 12 points and had two blocks. It was his seventh straight game scoring in double figures. Hicks is 33 for 44 (.750) from the floor in the last seven games.
• Joel James scored 11 points on 5 for 6 shooting from the floor. It was the third time he has scored in double figures in his career (113 games) and the most he has scored in an ACC game. He also scored 11 points against Florida Atlantic (in his second game as a freshman) and 11 vs. UNCG as a junior. His previous high in an ACC game was eight at NC State as a freshman.
• James made five field goals in one other game – at UNCG on 12/16/14.
• Brice Johnson (15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds) had his eighth double-double of the season and the 18th of his career.
• Marcus Paige made one three-pointer to extend his school record mark to 244.
• Paige has made a three-pointer in a school-record 39 consecutive games (last 30 games of last season and his first nine games in 2015-16). The previous record was 34 games by Shammond Williams, Rashad McCants and Hubert Davis.
• Paige had three assists and no turnovers in 33 minutes. For the season, Paige has 32 assists and six turnovers.
• Kennedy Meeks missed his sixth straight game due to a bruised bone in his left knee. He will not play at Florida State on Monday, Jan. 4.
• Georgia Tech’s Marcus Georges-Hunt made 12 of 15 free throws. That ties the second-most made free throws (he is the seventh player with 12) by an opponent in Smith Center history. Only Zabian Dowdell of Virginia Tech has made more. Dowdell made 17 of 19 on Feb. 13, 2007.
- UNC Communications
