UNC at Davidson
Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.
Friday, Dec. 1 8 p.m.
TV: ESPN2 Roy Philpott, Jason Capel
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network Jones Angell, Eric Montross
Satellite Radio Sirius 134 XM 382
• Carolina is 6-1 and plays at Davidson on Friday, Dec. 1st, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. Game time is 8 p.m. (ESPN2).
• Carolina is ranked 13th by the Associated Press and 11th by the coaches. Davidson is unranked.
• UNC defeated Michigan 86-71 on Nov. 29th at home in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• Davidson is 3-2. The Wildcats are coming of an 85-70 win over Charlotte on Nov. 28th.
• Both teams are averaging better than 85 points per contest (86.6 by Davidson, 85.0 by the Tar Heels). • Davidson averages 21.8 assists and 13.8 three-pointers per game. Carolina is averaging 18.3 assists and 7.0 threes a game.
• Carolina returns home on Sunday (12/3) vs. Tulane (2 p.m.). The Tulane game will be Carolina’s sixth in 11 days.
CAROLINA IN CHARLOTTE
• Carolina is 172-18 in games played in the city of Charlotte.
• The Tar Heels have won 35 of their last 38 games played in Charlotte.
• UNC is 11-0 in the Spectrum Center. That includes wins over Sacred Heart and Winthrop in the Preseason NIT Tipoff in 2006-07, a win over Davidson on 11/14/07, three ACC Tournament wins and two NCAA regional wins in 2007-08, two NCAA Tournament wins in 2010-11 and a win over Davidson on 11/22/14.
CAROLINA-DAVIDSON SERIES
• Carolina leads, 65-11, including 7-0 under head coach Roy Williams.
• The teams have played nine times since 1969, all since 2000. The Tar Heels have won eight in a row, including an 83-74 win in Chapel Hill last year, and a 90-72 win on 11/22/14, the last time the teams played in Charlotte.
• In the seven games under Roy Williams, the Tar Heels have out-scored the Wildcats by 123 points. Davidson has made 16 more three-pointers in those seven games (42 by UNC, 58 by Davidson), while the Tar Heels are plus-67 from the free throw line. UNC has a rebounding advantage of plus-82 in the seven contests.
LAST YEAR: UNC 83, DAVIDSON 74 DEC. 7, 2016 IN CHAPEL HILL
• Justin Jackson tied his career high with 27 points and set a career high with seven three-point field goals made.
• Luke Maye had then-career-highs in points (10) and steals (3) and tied his career best with six rebounds. He scored all 10 points and grabbed all six boards in the opening half.
• Carolina shot 37.7 percent from the floor, but made 10 three-pointers (two more than Davidson) and out-scored the Wildcats by nine from the free throw line.
• Joel Berry II and Theo Pinson did not play due to injuries.
GAME SEVEN – UNC 86, MICHIGAN 71 NOV. 29, CHAPEL HILL
• The Tar Heels improved to 10-9 in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge, including 10-5 under head coach Roy Williams.
• Carolina had assists on 17 of its first 21 field goals and finished with a season-high 24 assists (on 34 hoops).
• Carolina has scored 86 or more points in each of its six wins this year.
• Carolina improved to 196-15 against nonACC teams in the Smith Center.
• Carolina shot 64.5 percent from the floor (20x31) in the first half, its highest percentage in any half this year.
• Carolina shot a season-high 54.8 percent from the floor for the game, the fourth time in five games UNC has shot 50 percent or better.
• Luke Maye scored 20-plus points for the fifth time in the first seven games with a game-high 27, one off his career high.
• It was the third time this year Maye has scored at least 25 points.
• Maye tied his career high with 11 field goals (also against UNI and Arkansas).
• Theo Pinson led UNC in rebounds with seven and assists with six.
• It was the 25th time in his career Pinson led UNC in assists.
• Kenny Williams made three three-pointers and is now 17 for 30 from three-point range this season.
• Williams has made at least two three-pointers in five of UNC’s six wins this season.
• Joel Berry II had 17 points and four assists. He passed York Larese for 47th place in school history in scoring with 1,288 points.
• Berry made three 3FGs. He passed Danny Green for sole possession of 10th in UNC history with 187 threes, one shy of Reggie Bullock for ninth.
• The 15-point margin of victory was the largest by either school in the six games in the series.
LUKE MAYE OFF TO HOT START
• Junior forward Luke Maye leads Carolina in scoring (20.1), rebounding (9.4), field goals made and attempted (57 for 103), blocks (7) and minutes (31.4).
• Maye is second in the ACC in scoring and fifth in rebounding.
• Maye has scored 20 or more points in five of Carolina’s first seven games and has 25 or more points three times.
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to score 25 or more points in three of his first seven games in a season since Tyler Hansbrough did it four times in 2008-09.
• Prior to this season Maye scored in double figures six times with a high of 17 points.
• Maye became the first Tar Heel to score 100 points (106) and grab 50 rebounds (54) in the first five games since Antawn Jamison had 103 points and 55 rebounds in 1996-97.
• Maye was selected to the all-tournament team in the Victory bracket at the PK80 Invitational.
FINAL FOUR MOP JOEL BERRY II
• Senior point guard Joel Berry II is second on the team in scoring with a career-high 15.3 points per game.
• Berry broke a bone in his right hand in mid-October and did not play in the season opener against UNI. He returned to practice on Nov. 12 and played 30 minutes in the win over Bucknell on Nov. 15.
• Berry made five three-pointers and scored 29 points (his second-highest career output) in the win at Stanford on Nov. 20.
• Berry has 1,288 points. He is 47th in UNC history in scoring.
• Berry has made 187 three-pointers. He passed Danny Green for 10th place in UNC history. Reggie Bullock is ninth with 188. Marcus Paige (first) and Jeff Lebo (sixth) are the only Tar Heels with more career threes who played most of their minutes at the point.
• Berry was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2017 Final Four and the Most Valuable Player at the 2016 ACC Tournament. James Worthy and Berry are the only Tar Heels to win both of those awards.
• Berry is a preseason first-team All-America by ESPN.com, second-team All-America by USA Today and Sporting News’ third team selection.
• Berry is on the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Award (USBWA Player of the Year) and the Naismith Award (all for National Player of the Year) and the Bob Cousy Award (best point guard).
• The Apopka, Fla., native also was a preseason first-team All-ACC selection and received the second-most votes for preseason player of the year (tied with Duke’s Grayson Allen behind Notre Dame’s Bonzie Colson).
• Berry has scored 836 more points than any Tar Heel on the roster (Theo Pinson is second with 452).
• He is the only Tar Heel in history to earn All-Final Four honors twice (2016 and 2017).
• He became the seventh player overall and the first since UCLA’s Bill Walton in 1972- 73 to score at least 20 points in consecutive national championship games.
Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.
Friday, Dec. 1 8 p.m.
TV: ESPN2 Roy Philpott, Jason Capel
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network Jones Angell, Eric Montross
Satellite Radio Sirius 134 XM 382
• Carolina is 6-1 and plays at Davidson on Friday, Dec. 1st, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. Game time is 8 p.m. (ESPN2).
• Carolina is ranked 13th by the Associated Press and 11th by the coaches. Davidson is unranked.
• UNC defeated Michigan 86-71 on Nov. 29th at home in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• Davidson is 3-2. The Wildcats are coming of an 85-70 win over Charlotte on Nov. 28th.
• Both teams are averaging better than 85 points per contest (86.6 by Davidson, 85.0 by the Tar Heels). • Davidson averages 21.8 assists and 13.8 three-pointers per game. Carolina is averaging 18.3 assists and 7.0 threes a game.
• Carolina returns home on Sunday (12/3) vs. Tulane (2 p.m.). The Tulane game will be Carolina’s sixth in 11 days.
CAROLINA IN CHARLOTTE
• Carolina is 172-18 in games played in the city of Charlotte.
• The Tar Heels have won 35 of their last 38 games played in Charlotte.
• UNC is 11-0 in the Spectrum Center. That includes wins over Sacred Heart and Winthrop in the Preseason NIT Tipoff in 2006-07, a win over Davidson on 11/14/07, three ACC Tournament wins and two NCAA regional wins in 2007-08, two NCAA Tournament wins in 2010-11 and a win over Davidson on 11/22/14.
CAROLINA-DAVIDSON SERIES
• Carolina leads, 65-11, including 7-0 under head coach Roy Williams.
• The teams have played nine times since 1969, all since 2000. The Tar Heels have won eight in a row, including an 83-74 win in Chapel Hill last year, and a 90-72 win on 11/22/14, the last time the teams played in Charlotte.
• In the seven games under Roy Williams, the Tar Heels have out-scored the Wildcats by 123 points. Davidson has made 16 more three-pointers in those seven games (42 by UNC, 58 by Davidson), while the Tar Heels are plus-67 from the free throw line. UNC has a rebounding advantage of plus-82 in the seven contests.
LAST YEAR: UNC 83, DAVIDSON 74 DEC. 7, 2016 IN CHAPEL HILL
• Justin Jackson tied his career high with 27 points and set a career high with seven three-point field goals made.
• Luke Maye had then-career-highs in points (10) and steals (3) and tied his career best with six rebounds. He scored all 10 points and grabbed all six boards in the opening half.
• Carolina shot 37.7 percent from the floor, but made 10 three-pointers (two more than Davidson) and out-scored the Wildcats by nine from the free throw line.
• Joel Berry II and Theo Pinson did not play due to injuries.
GAME SEVEN – UNC 86, MICHIGAN 71 NOV. 29, CHAPEL HILL
• The Tar Heels improved to 10-9 in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge, including 10-5 under head coach Roy Williams.
• Carolina had assists on 17 of its first 21 field goals and finished with a season-high 24 assists (on 34 hoops).
• Carolina has scored 86 or more points in each of its six wins this year.
• Carolina improved to 196-15 against nonACC teams in the Smith Center.
• Carolina shot 64.5 percent from the floor (20x31) in the first half, its highest percentage in any half this year.
• Carolina shot a season-high 54.8 percent from the floor for the game, the fourth time in five games UNC has shot 50 percent or better.
• Luke Maye scored 20-plus points for the fifth time in the first seven games with a game-high 27, one off his career high.
• It was the third time this year Maye has scored at least 25 points.
• Maye tied his career high with 11 field goals (also against UNI and Arkansas).
• Theo Pinson led UNC in rebounds with seven and assists with six.
• It was the 25th time in his career Pinson led UNC in assists.
• Kenny Williams made three three-pointers and is now 17 for 30 from three-point range this season.
• Williams has made at least two three-pointers in five of UNC’s six wins this season.
• Joel Berry II had 17 points and four assists. He passed York Larese for 47th place in school history in scoring with 1,288 points.
• Berry made three 3FGs. He passed Danny Green for sole possession of 10th in UNC history with 187 threes, one shy of Reggie Bullock for ninth.
• The 15-point margin of victory was the largest by either school in the six games in the series.
LUKE MAYE OFF TO HOT START
• Junior forward Luke Maye leads Carolina in scoring (20.1), rebounding (9.4), field goals made and attempted (57 for 103), blocks (7) and minutes (31.4).
• Maye is second in the ACC in scoring and fifth in rebounding.
• Maye has scored 20 or more points in five of Carolina’s first seven games and has 25 or more points three times.
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to score 25 or more points in three of his first seven games in a season since Tyler Hansbrough did it four times in 2008-09.
• Prior to this season Maye scored in double figures six times with a high of 17 points.
• Maye became the first Tar Heel to score 100 points (106) and grab 50 rebounds (54) in the first five games since Antawn Jamison had 103 points and 55 rebounds in 1996-97.
• Maye was selected to the all-tournament team in the Victory bracket at the PK80 Invitational.
FINAL FOUR MOP JOEL BERRY II
• Senior point guard Joel Berry II is second on the team in scoring with a career-high 15.3 points per game.
• Berry broke a bone in his right hand in mid-October and did not play in the season opener against UNI. He returned to practice on Nov. 12 and played 30 minutes in the win over Bucknell on Nov. 15.
• Berry made five three-pointers and scored 29 points (his second-highest career output) in the win at Stanford on Nov. 20.
• Berry has 1,288 points. He is 47th in UNC history in scoring.
• Berry has made 187 three-pointers. He passed Danny Green for 10th place in UNC history. Reggie Bullock is ninth with 188. Marcus Paige (first) and Jeff Lebo (sixth) are the only Tar Heels with more career threes who played most of their minutes at the point.
• Berry was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2017 Final Four and the Most Valuable Player at the 2016 ACC Tournament. James Worthy and Berry are the only Tar Heels to win both of those awards.
• Berry is a preseason first-team All-America by ESPN.com, second-team All-America by USA Today and Sporting News’ third team selection.
• Berry is on the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Award (USBWA Player of the Year) and the Naismith Award (all for National Player of the Year) and the Bob Cousy Award (best point guard).
• The Apopka, Fla., native also was a preseason first-team All-ACC selection and received the second-most votes for preseason player of the year (tied with Duke’s Grayson Allen behind Notre Dame’s Bonzie Colson).
• Berry has scored 836 more points than any Tar Heel on the roster (Theo Pinson is second with 452).
• He is the only Tar Heel in history to earn All-Final Four honors twice (2016 and 2017).
• He became the seventh player overall and the first since UCLA’s Bill Walton in 1972- 73 to score at least 20 points in consecutive national championship games.
