NORTH CAROLINA 89, OHIO STATE 84 (OT)
SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 2022
CBS SPORTS CLASSIC
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, N.Y.
UNC Scoring Leader: Armando Bacot 28
UNC Rebound Leader: Bacot 15
UNC Assist Leader: Caleb Love 7
Team Records: UNC 8-4, Ohio State 7-3
• Carolina forced overtime on a turnaround jump shot by Pete Nance as time expired.
* Carolina trailed by 10 with 6:44 to play. It’s the first time UNC trailed by double digits with less than 10:00 to play and won since beating Louisville, 72-71, on 1/10/2015.
• Carolina held OSU to 5 of 17 field goals and four turnovers in the final 6:44 of regulation and overtime.
• Carolina is 6-3 in the CBS Sports Classic, including 3-0 vs. Ohio State.
• This was the first time UNC went to overtime in the CBS Sports Classic.
• Carolina is 30-11 in Madison Square Garden and 44-25 all-time in New York City.
• This was UNC’s first game in MSG since 12/28/2010.
• Carolina is 1-1 in overtime games this season (lost in 4 overtimes to Alabama in Portland, Ore., on 11/27).
• Carolina is 4-1 in overtime games under head coach Hubert Davis.
• This was Carolina’s first overtime game in MSG since beating Rhode Island in the 2010 NIT semifinals on 3/30/2010.
• Carolina is 3-1 in overtime games in MSG.
• Armando Bacot had his 16th career game with at least 20 points and 15 rebounds and his 56th career double-double. He is five double-doubles from passing Billy Cunningham for the UNC record.
• Bacot matched his season high with 28 points (also vs. Charleston).
• This was Bacot’s fifth consecutive double-double and seventh in his 11 games this season.
• Bacot scored 28, Caleb Love scored 22 and RJ Davis had 21. It was the first time this season three Tar Heels scored 20 or more points.
• It was Bacot’s 20th career 20-point game, Love’s 20th career 20-point game and Davis’s eighth career 20-point game.
• Bacot made a season-high 11 field goals, one off his career high.
• Bacot grabbed seven offensive rebounds (he has 31 in the last five games).
• Bacot has 1,129 rebounds (needs 40 to pass Sam Perkins and 91 to pass Tyler Hansbrough for the UNC record).
• Bacot passed Dennis Wuycik and Kennedy Meeks and tied Donald Williams for 32nd all-time at UNC with 1,492 points.
• Carolina is 19-1 when Love scores 20 points.
• UNC is 4-0 this season and 18-0 the last two seasons when Love has five or more assists.
• Love had seven assists (most by a Tar Heel this season) and two turnovers. UNC is 6-0 this year when has more assists than turnovers.
• Carolina had 20 assists on 32 field goals (59 assists on 91 field goals in the last three games)
• Leaky Black had seven points (made his first three in five games) and led all players with a game-high plus/minus of +27.
• Nance had 10 rebounds, his third with double figures in the last five games.
• Carolina scored a season-high 27 points off 16 Buckeye turnovers (previous high of 24 points vs. Charleston).
• The Tar Heels led for 9:29, the least amount of time in a win this season (previous was 18:15 vs. Charleston).
Series vs. Ohio State
• Carolina is 13-3 vs. Ohio State, including 3-0 in Madison Square Garden.
Next Game: Wednesday, December 21 vs. Michigan in Charlotte in the Jumpman Invitational (7 p.m., ESPN)
SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 2022
CBS SPORTS CLASSIC
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, N.Y.
UNC Scoring Leader: Armando Bacot 28
UNC Rebound Leader: Bacot 15
UNC Assist Leader: Caleb Love 7
Team Records: UNC 8-4, Ohio State 7-3
• Carolina forced overtime on a turnaround jump shot by Pete Nance as time expired.
* Carolina trailed by 10 with 6:44 to play. It’s the first time UNC trailed by double digits with less than 10:00 to play and won since beating Louisville, 72-71, on 1/10/2015.
• Carolina held OSU to 5 of 17 field goals and four turnovers in the final 6:44 of regulation and overtime.
• Carolina is 6-3 in the CBS Sports Classic, including 3-0 vs. Ohio State.
• This was the first time UNC went to overtime in the CBS Sports Classic.
• Carolina is 30-11 in Madison Square Garden and 44-25 all-time in New York City.
• This was UNC’s first game in MSG since 12/28/2010.
• Carolina is 1-1 in overtime games this season (lost in 4 overtimes to Alabama in Portland, Ore., on 11/27).
• Carolina is 4-1 in overtime games under head coach Hubert Davis.
• This was Carolina’s first overtime game in MSG since beating Rhode Island in the 2010 NIT semifinals on 3/30/2010.
• Carolina is 3-1 in overtime games in MSG.
• Armando Bacot had his 16th career game with at least 20 points and 15 rebounds and his 56th career double-double. He is five double-doubles from passing Billy Cunningham for the UNC record.
• Bacot matched his season high with 28 points (also vs. Charleston).
• This was Bacot’s fifth consecutive double-double and seventh in his 11 games this season.
• Bacot scored 28, Caleb Love scored 22 and RJ Davis had 21. It was the first time this season three Tar Heels scored 20 or more points.
• It was Bacot’s 20th career 20-point game, Love’s 20th career 20-point game and Davis’s eighth career 20-point game.
• Bacot made a season-high 11 field goals, one off his career high.
• Bacot grabbed seven offensive rebounds (he has 31 in the last five games).
• Bacot has 1,129 rebounds (needs 40 to pass Sam Perkins and 91 to pass Tyler Hansbrough for the UNC record).
• Bacot passed Dennis Wuycik and Kennedy Meeks and tied Donald Williams for 32nd all-time at UNC with 1,492 points.
• Carolina is 19-1 when Love scores 20 points.
• UNC is 4-0 this season and 18-0 the last two seasons when Love has five or more assists.
• Love had seven assists (most by a Tar Heel this season) and two turnovers. UNC is 6-0 this year when has more assists than turnovers.
• Carolina had 20 assists on 32 field goals (59 assists on 91 field goals in the last three games)
• Leaky Black had seven points (made his first three in five games) and led all players with a game-high plus/minus of +27.
• Nance had 10 rebounds, his third with double figures in the last five games.
• Carolina scored a season-high 27 points off 16 Buckeye turnovers (previous high of 24 points vs. Charleston).
• The Tar Heels led for 9:29, the least amount of time in a win this season (previous was 18:15 vs. Charleston).
Series vs. Ohio State
• Carolina is 13-3 vs. Ohio State, including 3-0 in Madison Square Garden.
Next Game: Wednesday, December 21 vs. Michigan in Charlotte in the Jumpman Invitational (7 p.m., ESPN)
