CAROLINA 80, LOUISVILLE 59
JANUARY 14, 2023
KFC YUM! CENTER, LOUISVILLE, KY.
UNC Scoring Leader: Armando Bacot, D’Marco Dunn 14
UNC Rebound Leader: Bacot 16
UNC Assist Leader: RJ Davis 5
Team Records: UNC 12-6, 4-3 ACC; Louisville 2-16, 0-7 ACC
• The 21-point win is Carolina’s largest at Louisville (previous was a 93-76 win on 2/17/2018).
• Carolina won on the road for the first time this year (also beat Portland in Portland, Ore., on Thanksgiving in a game that was officially listed as an away game) and snapped a four-game road losing streak,
• Armando Bacot, who played 1:18 and had no points and two rebounds at Virginia on January 7, started today, played 24:42 (limited mostly due to early second-half foul trouble) and tied for the team lead in scoring with 14 points and grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds.
• Other than the game at Virginia, this was Bacot’s least amount of playing time this season (24:42).
• Bacot had 11 points and 10 rebounds in just the first half to post his 10th double-double of the season and the 59th of his career, one from tying Naismith Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham for the all-time UNC record (60).
• It was Bacot’s 20th career game with 15 or more rebounds and 66th with 10 or more (extending his school record).
• Bacot scored his 10th and 11th points on an offensive rebound (his 10th rebound) and tip-in with 6:46 to play in the first half.
• Bacot has 1,187 career rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough is the only Tar Heel with more (1,219).
• Bacot tied Duke’s Shelden Williams (2003-06) for ninth place in ACC history with 59 double-doubles.
• Bacot entered the game leading the ACC in offensive rebounds at 4.4 per game and had four offensive boards today.
• Sophomore D’Marco Dunn shared UNC scoring honors with Bacot with a career-best 14 points.
• Dunn scored in double figures for the first time in his career (previous high was seven vs. Notre Dame on January 7).
• Dunn set career highs today in minutes (25:56), points, field goals (5), three-pointers (2), offensive rebounds (2), rebounds (5), steals (2) and plus/minus (+25) and tied his career highs in free throws (2), assists (1), turnovers (1) and blocks (1).
• Dunn was a plus 18 in the first half and led all players in the game with a plus 25.
• Puff Johnson scored a season-high 12 points, his third game this season in double figures.
• Johnson matched his career highs in three-pointers (2) and rebounds (6).
• RJ Davis had a game-high five assists. The five matched his season high (for the sixth time).
• UNC is 6-0 this season and 18-1 over the last three seasons when Davis has five or more assists.
• Davis committed only one turnover. The Tar Heels are 10-2 this season when he has more assists than turnovers.
• Caleb Love made a career-high five steals.
• Love did not make a three-pointer (0x7), ending his UNC-record streak at 45 consecutive games with a made three-pointer.
• Love scored 10 points and has 1,219 in his career, tying James Worthy for 60th in UNC history. Love passed Sean May (1,213).
• Leaky Black had three assists and three steals. UNC is 4-1 this year and 39-11 in his career when he has three or more assists.
• This was the fifth straight game Black made multiple steals. He has three, three, two, three and three for a total of 14 in the last five games and leads UNC this season with 27 steals.
• Carolina made 11 steals (season-high 12 in the four-overtime game vs. Alabama).
• Both teams turned the ball over 14 times. Carolina converted those turnovers into 23 points, while the Cards scored eight points off UNC miscues. UNC is 7-1 this season when it scores more points off turnovers than its opponent.
• Carolina had a season-best 17-2 edge in fastbreak points (previous best was 17-3 vs. Georgia Tech).
• Carolina’s bench out-scored Louisville, 26-10, the fifth time in 18 games this season UNC’s non-starters out-scored the opponents bench. UNC is 3-2 in those games with wins over The Citadel, Notre Dame and Louisville.
• Puff Johnson started in place of Pete Nance, who missed his third straight game (and almost all of the Wake Forest game) due to a strained back.
• Johnson made his second career start.
• The lineup of Davis-Love-Black-Johnson-Bacot started for the first time.
• Dontrez Styles played five of his eight minutes today late in the first half and was a plus 8 in helping the Tar Heels take an 11-point lead at the half.
• The Tar Heels made 19 of 23 free throws (82.6%), their third-highest percentage of the season.
• UNC held Louisville to 37.0% from the floor, lowest by an opponent since James Madison on November 20.
• The Cardinals made one three-pointer (in 14 attempts), the fewest vs. the Tar Heels this season (previous low was three by Indiana).
• UNC held Louisville to 59 points, which matched (59 by Georgia Tech the fewest by an opponent since UNCW’s 56 in the season opener.
Series vs. Louisville
• Carolina has won four in a row and six of the last seven vs. Louisville.
• The Tar Heels are 19-7 all-time vs. Louisville (10-4 since the Cards joined the ACC).
• Carolina is now 4-3 in the KFC Yum! Center and 4-5 vs. Louisville on the road.
Next Game: Tuesday, January 17 vs. Boston College, 7 p.m. (RSN)
JANUARY 14, 2023
KFC YUM! CENTER, LOUISVILLE, KY.
UNC Scoring Leader: Armando Bacot, D’Marco Dunn 14
UNC Rebound Leader: Bacot 16
UNC Assist Leader: RJ Davis 5
Team Records: UNC 12-6, 4-3 ACC; Louisville 2-16, 0-7 ACC
• The 21-point win is Carolina’s largest at Louisville (previous was a 93-76 win on 2/17/2018).
• Carolina won on the road for the first time this year (also beat Portland in Portland, Ore., on Thanksgiving in a game that was officially listed as an away game) and snapped a four-game road losing streak,
• Armando Bacot, who played 1:18 and had no points and two rebounds at Virginia on January 7, started today, played 24:42 (limited mostly due to early second-half foul trouble) and tied for the team lead in scoring with 14 points and grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds.
• Other than the game at Virginia, this was Bacot’s least amount of playing time this season (24:42).
• Bacot had 11 points and 10 rebounds in just the first half to post his 10th double-double of the season and the 59th of his career, one from tying Naismith Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham for the all-time UNC record (60).
• It was Bacot’s 20th career game with 15 or more rebounds and 66th with 10 or more (extending his school record).
• Bacot scored his 10th and 11th points on an offensive rebound (his 10th rebound) and tip-in with 6:46 to play in the first half.
• Bacot has 1,187 career rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough is the only Tar Heel with more (1,219).
• Bacot tied Duke’s Shelden Williams (2003-06) for ninth place in ACC history with 59 double-doubles.
• Bacot entered the game leading the ACC in offensive rebounds at 4.4 per game and had four offensive boards today.
• Sophomore D’Marco Dunn shared UNC scoring honors with Bacot with a career-best 14 points.
• Dunn scored in double figures for the first time in his career (previous high was seven vs. Notre Dame on January 7).
• Dunn set career highs today in minutes (25:56), points, field goals (5), three-pointers (2), offensive rebounds (2), rebounds (5), steals (2) and plus/minus (+25) and tied his career highs in free throws (2), assists (1), turnovers (1) and blocks (1).
• Dunn was a plus 18 in the first half and led all players in the game with a plus 25.
• Puff Johnson scored a season-high 12 points, his third game this season in double figures.
• Johnson matched his career highs in three-pointers (2) and rebounds (6).
• RJ Davis had a game-high five assists. The five matched his season high (for the sixth time).
• UNC is 6-0 this season and 18-1 over the last three seasons when Davis has five or more assists.
• Davis committed only one turnover. The Tar Heels are 10-2 this season when he has more assists than turnovers.
• Caleb Love made a career-high five steals.
• Love did not make a three-pointer (0x7), ending his UNC-record streak at 45 consecutive games with a made three-pointer.
• Love scored 10 points and has 1,219 in his career, tying James Worthy for 60th in UNC history. Love passed Sean May (1,213).
• Leaky Black had three assists and three steals. UNC is 4-1 this year and 39-11 in his career when he has three or more assists.
• This was the fifth straight game Black made multiple steals. He has three, three, two, three and three for a total of 14 in the last five games and leads UNC this season with 27 steals.
• Carolina made 11 steals (season-high 12 in the four-overtime game vs. Alabama).
• Both teams turned the ball over 14 times. Carolina converted those turnovers into 23 points, while the Cards scored eight points off UNC miscues. UNC is 7-1 this season when it scores more points off turnovers than its opponent.
• Carolina had a season-best 17-2 edge in fastbreak points (previous best was 17-3 vs. Georgia Tech).
• Carolina’s bench out-scored Louisville, 26-10, the fifth time in 18 games this season UNC’s non-starters out-scored the opponents bench. UNC is 3-2 in those games with wins over The Citadel, Notre Dame and Louisville.
• Puff Johnson started in place of Pete Nance, who missed his third straight game (and almost all of the Wake Forest game) due to a strained back.
• Johnson made his second career start.
• The lineup of Davis-Love-Black-Johnson-Bacot started for the first time.
• Dontrez Styles played five of his eight minutes today late in the first half and was a plus 8 in helping the Tar Heels take an 11-point lead at the half.
• The Tar Heels made 19 of 23 free throws (82.6%), their third-highest percentage of the season.
• UNC held Louisville to 37.0% from the floor, lowest by an opponent since James Madison on November 20.
• The Cardinals made one three-pointer (in 14 attempts), the fewest vs. the Tar Heels this season (previous low was three by Indiana).
• UNC held Louisville to 59 points, which matched (59 by Georgia Tech the fewest by an opponent since UNCW’s 56 in the season opener.
Series vs. Louisville
• Carolina has won four in a row and six of the last seven vs. Louisville.
• The Tar Heels are 19-7 all-time vs. Louisville (10-4 since the Cards joined the ACC).
• Carolina is now 4-3 in the KFC Yum! Center and 4-5 vs. Louisville on the road.
Next Game: Tuesday, January 17 vs. Boston College, 7 p.m. (RSN)
