2016-17 Game 2 Tar Heel Nov. 13 Basketball vs. Chattanooga Media Notes 4 p.m. Maui Jim Maui Invitational First Round MAUI JIM MAUI INVITATIONAL RANDOM FACT • The UNC-Chattanooga game is the first NORTH CAROLINA VS. CHATTANOOGA Four current Tar Heels have scored 20 points on Sunday, November 13, 2016 round of the 2016 Maui Jim Maui Invitational. 16 occasions, but only two of those 16 games 4 p.m. • Carolina moves on to the championship have come at home. Kennedy Meeks scored 21 Dean E. Smith Center round of the tournament November 21-23 in points against Robert Morris as a sophomore Chapel Hill Lahaina, Maui. and 23 last year vs. NC State. All six of Justin • Both teams are 1-0. Carolina beat Tulane, Jackson’s, all four of Joel Berry’s, both of Isaiah TV: ESPN2 (Roy Philpott, Jason Capel) 95-75. Chattanooga beat Tennessee in Knox- Hicks’ and two of Meeks’ four 20-point games have come on the road or at neutral sites. Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network (Jones Angell, ville, 82-69. Eric Montross, Adam Lucas) • The Mocs are the preseason favorites to win Satellite Radio: Sirius XM 84, Internet 84 least 20 points and Berry’s fourth such game. the Southern Conference. Last year, UTC went • Jackson tied his career high with nine field 29-6, won the SoCon and played Indiana in North Carolina Tar Heels goals. 2016-17 Record: 1-0 the first round of the NCAA Tournament. • Jackson tied his career high with four Head Coach: Roy Williams (UNC ‘72) • Justin Tuoyo (22) and Tre’ McLean (21) three-pointers. He also made four against Williams’ Overall Record: 784-209 (29th year) combined for 43 points in Friday’s win at Virginia in the 2015 ACC Tournament. Williams’ Record at UNC: 366-108 (14th year) Tennessee. • Kennedy Meeks had a career-high 15 re- Rankings: #6 AP, #6 Coaches • The Mocs are 70-31 in the last three-plus UNC’s Next Game: Tuesday, November 15 vs. bounds (previous high 14 against NC State). seasons. Long Beach State, 8 p.m., Dean E. Smith Center, • Tony Bradley scored 10 points. He is the Chapel Hill, ACC Network Extra (Sirius 83, XM first Tar Heel to score in double figures in his Tar Heels Open Season at Tulane 201, Internet 961) first game since Kennedy Meeks had 10 points • Carolina beat Tulane, 95-75, in New Orleans against Oakland in the 2013-14 opener. Chattanooga Mocs on 11/11 in the season opener. • Sophomore guard Kenny Williams made 2016-17 Record: 1-0 • Justin Jackson and Joel Berry II each set his first career start. He had career highs in Head Coach: Matt McCall career scoring highs -- Jackson with 27 (pre- rebounds (five) and assists (four). Overall Record: 30-6 (2nd season) vious 25 at Northern Iowa) and Berry with 23 Record at Chattanooga: same • Senior forward Isaiah Hicks made his sev- (previous 21 at Virginia). Rankings: Not Ranked enth career start, scored 16 points and tied • Jackson’s 27 points were the most by a Tar GoMocs.com, @GoMocsBB his career high with seven field goals. Heel in a season opener since Tyler Hans- • Jackson and Hicks both went 5 for 5 from CAROLINA BASKETBALL ONLINE, SOCIAL MEDIA brough had 29 against Sacred Heart in the the floor in the first half (two of Jackson’s field Internet: GoHeels.com 2006-07 season opener. goals were three-pointers). Twitter: @UNC_Basketball • It was the first time Berry and Jackson • Carolina shot 54.8 percent from the floor in Instagram: UNC_Basketball scored 20 or more in the same game as Tar the first half, then 44.7 in the second. Facebook: Facebook.com/TarHeels Heels. YouTube: UNCTarHeelsAthletics • The Tar Heels had 14 assists on 17 field • It was Jackson’s sixth career game with at goals in the first half as they built a 46-32 Probable Starters in Bold 2016-17 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS No. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School(s) 0 Nate Britt Sr. G 6-1 175 Upper Marlboro, Md. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)/ Gonzaga College HS (Washington, D.C.) 1 Theo Pinson Jr. F/G 6-6 211 Greensboro, N.C. Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point) 2 Joel Berry II Jr. G 6-0 195 Apopka, Fla. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando) 3 Kennedy Meeks Sr. F 6-10 260 Charlotte, N.C. West Charlotte 4 Isaiah Hicks Sr. F 6-9 242 Oxford, N.C. J.F. Webb 5 Tony Bradley Fr. F 6-11 240 Bartow, Fla. Bartow Senior 11 Shea Rush Fr. F 6-6 200 Fairway, Kan. The Barstow School (Kansas City, Mo.) 13 Kanler Coker Sr. G 6-4 200 Gainesville, Ga. North Hall/Flowery Branch (Hall County) 14 Brandon Robinson Fr. G 6-5 162 Douglasville, Ga. Douglas County 21 Seventh Woods Fr. G 6-2 180 Columbia, S.C. Hammond School 24 Kenny Williams So. G 6-4 180 Midlothian, Va. Bird (Chesterfield) 25 Aaron Rohlman Jr. F 6-6 210 Gastonia, N.C. Hunter Huss 30 Stilman White Sr. G 6-1 178 Wilmington, N.C. Hoggard 32 Luke Maye So. F 6-8 235 Huntersville, N.C. Hough (Cornelius) 44 Justin Jackson Jr. F 6-8 210 Tomball, Texas Homeschool Christian Youth Head Coach: Roy Williams (14th year at UNC, 29th as head coach) Assistant Coaches: Steve Robinson, C.B. McGrath, Hubert Davis Director of Operations: Brad Frederick, Director of Player Personnel: Sean May, Director of Strength and Conditioning: Jonas Sahratian, Director of Player Relations/Video Coordinator: Eric Hoots, Athletics Trainer: Doug Halverson, Managers: Chase Bengel (head manager), Emily Brickner, John Bumgarner, Tyler Hagan, Forrest Reynolds, Maria Vanderford Pronunciations: Joel Berry (Jole), Isaiah Hicks (i-ZAY-uh), Jonas Sahratian (JOE-nus suh-RAY-shun), Apopka (uh-POP-kuh) Tomball (TOM-ball) lead, and finished with 23 assists on 34 MEDIA INFORMATION 50 YEARS AGO baskets. Fifty years ago, Dean Smith signed Charles Scott, Senior Associate A.D. for Communications: • Tulane made 12 of its 25 field goals from the first black scholarship student-athlete to play Steve Kirschner three-point range. UNC made nine threes. basketball at the University of North Carolina. Office Phone: 919-962-7258 Cell Phone: 919-475-2695 Home Openers Scott began school at UNC in June 1966 and Email: [email protected] • Carolina is 99-7 all-time in home openers, debuted with the UNC freshman team on Jan. 2, 1967, at Carmichael Auditorium against North winning 83 of its last 85 and 14 in a row. Associate Director of Comunications: Greenville Junior College. He had 22 points and Matt Bowers • Carolina has lost its home opener just twice 11 rebounds. Office Phone: 919-962-7259 since the 1928-29 season — in 1999-2000 Cell Phone: 919-619-7021 to Michigan State and in 2001-02 to Hamp- The New York City native led Carolina to ACC reg- Email: [email protected] ton. ular-season and Tournament titles and the Final • UNC is 27-2 in home openers in the Smith Four in 1968 and 1969. He scored 40 points vs. CREDENTIALS: Single-game requests for creden- Center. Duke in the championship game en route to MVP tials and/or parking passes must be made online honors in the 1969 ACC Tournament. at: SportsSystems.com/UNCBasketball Season Openers He was a first-team All-America in 1969 and ROY WILLIAMS INTERVIEWS: Contact Steve • Carolina is now 95-12 in season openers 1970, an Academic All-America, the ACC Athlete Kirschner wth specific requests. Best time to and has won 82 of the last 87 opening games. of the Year, NCAA Regional MVP and Olympic interview Roy Williams is at a UNC press confer- • Carolina has won 12 consecutive season gold medalist. ence or on the ACC teleconference. openers. Scott scored 2,007 points as a Tar Heel, and PLAYER INTERVIEWS: Media should direct player Season Openers Under Roy Williams his scoring average of 27.1 in 1970 is the interview requests to Matt Bowers. • Hall of Famer Roy Williams is in his 14th third-highest in UNC history. season as Carolina’s head coach. UNC is 13-1 PRESS CONFERENCES: Throughout the season A five-time NBA and ABA All-Star, Scott won an Roy Williams and select players will be available in season openers under Williams. NBA title in 1976 as a Boston Celtic and scored at press conferences at the Smith Center. These • Kansas won 13 of 15 season openers under 25 points in the title-clinching Game 6. begin at 2 p.m. (unless noted) a day or two before Williams. His teams are a combined 26-3 in select games. Media parking for the press confer- season openers. when Robinson is not with the team. ences is located in the Manning Lot off Tar Heel • Frederick was an assistant coach at Van- Boulevard. Out-of-town media may watch press The Chattanooga Series derbilt for 14 seasons and is in his fourth conferences live on GoHeels.com and submit • The Tar Heels are 4-0 vs. the Mocs. season on Williams’ staff at UNC. He played at questions by texting Kirschner (919-475-2695). • Dean Smith’s teams were 3-0 and Bill Guth- Carolina from 1996-99 and was a member of ridge was 1-0 vs. Chattanooga. PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ACC championship teams that played in Final • Roy Williams is 1-0 vs. Chattanooga, a 102- Nov. 29 – day before game at Indiana Fours in 1997 and 1998. Dec. 6 – day before Davidson game 73 win as Kansas’s head coach on 3/17/94 in Dec.