• Carolina and NC State play for the 248th time when the Tar Heels visit the Lenovo Centeron Saturday, January 11, for a 4 p.m. tip vs.
the Wolfpack.
• The Tar Heels have won two in a row and are 10-6 overall, 3-1 in the ACC.
• Carolina is 2-2 on the road with wins at Hawai'i and Notre Dame. The Tar Heels have played nine of their first 16 games away from home (four road and five neutral site).
• The Wolfpack has played 10 of its 15 games at home and has a 9-1 record, including home ACC wins over Florida State and Notre Dame.
• In the last seven days, Carolina beat the Irish by a point on the road and the Pack beat them by two in Raleigh.
• The Tar Heels are 31st in KenPom and 40th in the NET with a strength of schedule of fifth (ESPN and KenPom).
• Carolina defeated SMU, 82-67, in the Smith Center on Tuesday. RJ Davis scored 26 points, freshmen Ian Jackson and Drake Powell combined for 35 points and the Tar Heels held SMU to a season-low 33.3% from the floor.
• The Tar Heels made 11 three-pointers (made 10 in the previous two games at Louisville and Notre Dame), including four by Powell and three by Jackson (tying both of their season highs) and three by Davis. Carolina made 50% from three, its best 3FG percentage of the season.
• Carolina never trailed, led by 15 at the half and by as many as 25.
• Hubert Davis improved to 46-18 (71.9%) in regular-season ACC play
the Wolfpack.
• The Tar Heels have won two in a row and are 10-6 overall, 3-1 in the ACC.
• Carolina is 2-2 on the road with wins at Hawai'i and Notre Dame. The Tar Heels have played nine of their first 16 games away from home (four road and five neutral site).
• The Wolfpack has played 10 of its 15 games at home and has a 9-1 record, including home ACC wins over Florida State and Notre Dame.
• In the last seven days, Carolina beat the Irish by a point on the road and the Pack beat them by two in Raleigh.
• The Tar Heels are 31st in KenPom and 40th in the NET with a strength of schedule of fifth (ESPN and KenPom).
• Carolina defeated SMU, 82-67, in the Smith Center on Tuesday. RJ Davis scored 26 points, freshmen Ian Jackson and Drake Powell combined for 35 points and the Tar Heels held SMU to a season-low 33.3% from the floor.
• The Tar Heels made 11 three-pointers (made 10 in the previous two games at Louisville and Notre Dame), including four by Powell and three by Jackson (tying both of their season highs) and three by Davis. Carolina made 50% from three, its best 3FG percentage of the season.
• Carolina never trailed, led by 15 at the half and by as many as 25.
• Hubert Davis improved to 46-18 (71.9%) in regular-season ACC play
