• Luke Maye is one of 10 finalists for the Karl Malone Award as the nation’s top power forward.
• Maye is one of 20 players on the John R. Wooden Award (national player of the year) late-season watch list. Maye and Duke’s Marvin Bagley III are the only ACC players on the list.
• Luke Maye is averaging 18.7 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. Only four Tar Heels (Billy Cunningham three times, Lennie Rosenbluth twice, Doug Moe and Antawn Jamison) had higher scoring and rebounding averages in a season than Maye.
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to have two 30-point/15-rebound games in the same season since Mitch Kupchak in 1976. Maye, Kupchak, Lennie Rosenbluth and Billy Cunningham are the only players to accomplish that multiple times in the same season.
30-POINT/15-REBOUND GAMES IN A SEASON
Billy Cunningham – 6 times in 1963-64
Billy Cunningham – 5 times in 1964-65
Luke Maye – 2 times in 2017-18
Mitch Kupchak – 2 times in 1975-76
Billy Cunningham – 2 times in 1962-63
Lennie Rosenbluth – 2 times in 1955-56
Lennie Rosenbluth – 2 times in 1954-55
Pete Brennan – once in 1957-58
Lennie Rosenbluth – once in 1956-57
Antawn Jamison – once in 1997-98
Antawn Jamison – once in 1996-97
• Maye also averages 2.4 assists. Since 1968, the only players to average more points and assists were Charlie Scott twice, Phil Ford, Jerry Stackhouse and Joseph Forte.
• Maye made 12 field goals in the SECOND HALF of Carolina’s win at NC State, something that UNC players had done in a GAME 15 previous times in the Roy Williams era (including two previous times by Maye).
12 FIELD GOALS OR MORE IN A GAME (last 15 years)
15 – Luke Maye vs. NC State, 2/10/18 (12 in 2nd half)
14 – Brice Johnson at Florida State, 1/4/16
13 – Luke Maye vs. Boston College, 1/9/18
13 – Brice Johnson vs. Duke, 2/17/16
13 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Notre Dame, 11/26/08
13 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Georgia Tech, 2/15/06
13 – Sean May vs. Wisconsin, 3/27/05
13 – Sean May vs. Florida State, 3/3/05
12 – Luke Maye vs. NC State, 1/27/18
12 – John Henson vs. Long Beach State, 12/10/11
12 – Harrison Barnes vs. Clemson, 3/12/11
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. NC State, 1/31/09
12 – Wayne Ellington vs. Maryland, 2/3/09
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Louisville, 3/29/08
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Duke, 2/6/08
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Penn, 12/4/07
• Luke Maye has 13 double-doubles this year (and 14 in his career, including against Butler in the 2017 NCAA Sweet 16). He is tied for the sixth-most double-doubles in a season in the Roy Williams era.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN A SEASON (UNDER ROY WILLIAMS, 10 OR MORE)
23 by Brice Johnson, 2015-16
19 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08
18 by John Henson, 2010-11 and 2011-12
18 by Sean May, 2004-05
14 by Tyler Zeller, 2011-12
13 by Luke Maye, 2017-18
13 by Kennedy Meeks, 2016-17
12 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2008-09
12 by Sean May, 2003-04
10 by Ed Davis, 2009-10
10 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07
• Maye is seventh in KenPom’s national player of the year statistical rankings.
• Maye is one of 20 players on the John R. Wooden Award (national player of the year) late-season watch list. Maye and Duke’s Marvin Bagley III are the only ACC players on the list.
• Luke Maye is averaging 18.7 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. Only four Tar Heels (Billy Cunningham three times, Lennie Rosenbluth twice, Doug Moe and Antawn Jamison) had higher scoring and rebounding averages in a season than Maye.
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to have two 30-point/15-rebound games in the same season since Mitch Kupchak in 1976. Maye, Kupchak, Lennie Rosenbluth and Billy Cunningham are the only players to accomplish that multiple times in the same season.
30-POINT/15-REBOUND GAMES IN A SEASON
Billy Cunningham – 6 times in 1963-64
Billy Cunningham – 5 times in 1964-65
Luke Maye – 2 times in 2017-18
Mitch Kupchak – 2 times in 1975-76
Billy Cunningham – 2 times in 1962-63
Lennie Rosenbluth – 2 times in 1955-56
Lennie Rosenbluth – 2 times in 1954-55
Pete Brennan – once in 1957-58
Lennie Rosenbluth – once in 1956-57
Antawn Jamison – once in 1997-98
Antawn Jamison – once in 1996-97
• Maye also averages 2.4 assists. Since 1968, the only players to average more points and assists were Charlie Scott twice, Phil Ford, Jerry Stackhouse and Joseph Forte.
• Maye made 12 field goals in the SECOND HALF of Carolina’s win at NC State, something that UNC players had done in a GAME 15 previous times in the Roy Williams era (including two previous times by Maye).
12 FIELD GOALS OR MORE IN A GAME (last 15 years)
15 – Luke Maye vs. NC State, 2/10/18 (12 in 2nd half)
14 – Brice Johnson at Florida State, 1/4/16
13 – Luke Maye vs. Boston College, 1/9/18
13 – Brice Johnson vs. Duke, 2/17/16
13 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Notre Dame, 11/26/08
13 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Georgia Tech, 2/15/06
13 – Sean May vs. Wisconsin, 3/27/05
13 – Sean May vs. Florida State, 3/3/05
12 – Luke Maye vs. NC State, 1/27/18
12 – John Henson vs. Long Beach State, 12/10/11
12 – Harrison Barnes vs. Clemson, 3/12/11
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. NC State, 1/31/09
12 – Wayne Ellington vs. Maryland, 2/3/09
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Louisville, 3/29/08
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Duke, 2/6/08
12 – Tyler Hansbrough vs. Penn, 12/4/07
• Luke Maye has 13 double-doubles this year (and 14 in his career, including against Butler in the 2017 NCAA Sweet 16). He is tied for the sixth-most double-doubles in a season in the Roy Williams era.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN A SEASON (UNDER ROY WILLIAMS, 10 OR MORE)
23 by Brice Johnson, 2015-16
19 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2007-08
18 by John Henson, 2010-11 and 2011-12
18 by Sean May, 2004-05
14 by Tyler Zeller, 2011-12
13 by Luke Maye, 2017-18
13 by Kennedy Meeks, 2016-17
12 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2008-09
12 by Sean May, 2003-04
10 by Ed Davis, 2009-10
10 by Tyler Hansbrough, 2006-07
• Maye is seventh in KenPom’s national player of the year statistical rankings.
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