Game 14 2017-18 vs. Wake Forest Tar Heel Saturday, Dec. 30 Basketball Chapel Hill Media Notes ESPN2 • Carolina plays its final game of the calendar 2017-18 SCHEDULE year 2017 when it hosts Wake Forest on Dec. STATISTICAL COMPARISON (11-2) UNC WF 30th in the Atlantic Coast Conference season Record 11-2 7-5 NOVEMBER (AP rankings) opener for both teams. Points/Game 86.2 78.7 10 Northern Iowa (9/-) W 86-69 • UNC is 33-6 in 2017. The year began with Scoring Defense 71.9 72.6 15 Bucknell-1 (9/-) W 93-81 an 89-86, overtime win at Clemson on 1/3/17. Scoring Margin 14.2 6.1 20 at Stanford (9/-) W 96-72 FG% .479 .478 23 vs. Portland-2 (9/-) W 102-78 • The Tar Heels concluded regular-season, 24 vs. Arkansas-2 (9/-) W 87-68 non-conference play with an 11-2 record, 3FG% .396 .388 26 vs. Michigan State-2 (9/4) L 45-63 including 6-1 away from the Smith Center. 3FGs/Game 7.8 7.9 29 Michigan-3 (13/-) W 86-71 • This is the 12th consecutive year UNC has FT% .718 .773 FG% Defense .404 .443 DECEMBER won at least 10 games before playing its first 3FG% Defense .374 .399 1 at Davidson (13/-) W 85-75 ACC game and the third year in a row UNC Oppt 3FGs/Game 10.0 10.1 3 Tulane (13/-) W 97-73 has won at least 11 before its first conference Rebounds/Game 43.8 35.2 6 Western Carolina (11/-) W 104-61 17 at Tennessee (7/20) W 78-73 game. Offensive Rebs/Game 12.7 10.9 20 Wofford (5/-) L 75-79 • Carolina beat Ohio State, 86-72, in New Or- Rebound Margin 12.5 2.8 23 vs. Ohio State-4 (5/-) W 86-72 leans on Dec. 23rd, in its final non-conference Assists/Game 18.2 13.2 30 Wake Forest Noon ESPN2 game of the regular season. Turnovers/Game 13.6 14.2 Assist/Turnover 236/177 172/174 JANUARY • Carolina is 52-12 in ACC openers. 3 at Florida State 7 p.m. ESPN2 • Eight of Carolina’s 12 losses in ACC openers 6 at Virginia 1 p.m. ESPN have come on the road (1966 at Clemson, olina. That 13-5 record includes a 7-3 mark 9 Boston College 8 p.m. ACC N in Winston-Salem and a 6-2 record in Chapel 13 at Notre Dame 6 p.m. TBA 1980 at Clemson, 1990 at Maryland, 1997 16 Clemson 7 p.m. RSN at Wake Forest, 1999 at Georgia Tech, 2013 Hill. Williams was 2-1 against Wake Forest 20 Georgia Tech 2 p.m. TBA at Virginia, 2014 at Wake Forest and 2017 at while coaching at Kansas. 22 at Virginia Tech 7 p.m. ESPN Georgia Tech). • UNC won 83-68 the last time the teams 27 NC State Noon CBS played in the Smith Center (1/20/2016). 30 at Clemson 7 p.m. ESPN2 • The four home losses in ACC openers came in 1992 (Florida State), 1995 (NC State), • Carolina is 75-18 at home, including 21-5 FEBRUARY 2004 (Wake Forest) and 2009 (Boston Col- in the Smith Center, vs. the Deacs. 3 Pitt 8 p.m. ACC N 8 Duke 8 p.m. ESPN/ lege). ACC N • This is the seventh time in 15 years Roy Wil- LAST TIME THEY MET 10 at NC State 2 p.m. ACC N liams’ teams have opened ACC play at home. Carolina 93, Wake Forest 87 12 Notre Dame 7 p.m. ESPN UNC is 4-2 in its six previous ACC openers at Jan. 11, 2017 in Winston-Salem 17 at Louisville 8 p.m. ESPN • It was the first time last season all five Tar 21 at Syracuse 7 p.m. ESPN home. The Tar Heels are 9-5 overall in their 27 Miami 9 p.m. ESPN first ACC game under Williams. Heel starters scored in double figures, led by • Last year, UNC opened at Georgia Tech with Justin Jackson with 19 and Joel Berry II and MARCH Kennedy Meeks with 18 each. 3 at Duke 8:15 p.m. ESPN a 75-63 loss to the Yellow Jackets. 6-10 ACC Tournament-5 • Carolina has opened ACC play against Wake • Meeks had 11 rebounds, attempted a Forest twice in the Williams Era and lost both career-high 18 shots from the floor, made a Site Key: times (2003-04 at home in triple overtime season-high nine field goals and added three 1– PK80, Chapel Hill, N.C. steals and three blocks. 2– PK80, Portland, Ore. and 2013-14 in Winston-Salem). 3– ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Chapel Hill 4– CBS Sports Classic, New Orleans THIRD IN THE RPI GAME 13: UNC 86, OHIO STATE 72 5– Brooklyn, N.Y. • Carolina enters ACC play No. 3 in the nation CBS Sports Classic in New Orleans • Carolina is 3-1 in the CBS Sports Classic TV Key: in the NCAA’s RPI behind Duke and Xavier. ACC N– ACC Network TCU and Villanova round out the top five; • Carolina is 16-2 in New Orleans and 20-3 in RSN– Regional Sports Network Arizona State, Texas A&M, Michigan State, the state of Louisiana. • The game was UNC’s 3,000th. Carolina All times Eastern Tennessee and Oklahoma are No. 6-10. • Carolina’s strength of schedule is became the fifth school to play 3,000 games NEXT GAME 12th-strongest in the country. with Kansas, Oregon State, Washington State UNC vs. Wake Forest • Carolina’s first 13 opponents have an aver- and Duke. The Tar Heels are 2,217-783. Saturday, Dec. 30 age RPI of 96, which is the second-best in the • Seven different players made a three-pointer Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C. country. for the Tar Heels, a season high. That was the Noon first time seven Tar Heels made threes since 11/21/2012 vs. Chaminade. TV: ESPN2 CAROLINA-WAKE FOREST SERIES Doug Sherman, Dan Dakich • Carolina leads the all-time series against • Carolina made 13 threes, including nine in Wake Forest, 159-66. 16 attempts in the first half when UNC out- Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network • The Tar Heels have beaten the Demon Dea- scored the Buckeyes, 41-27. Jones Angell, Eric Montross cons in 12 of the last 15 meetings. • The Tar Heels’ nine three-pointers accounted • Carolina has won the last four games, and for 27 points, which matched Ohio State’s Satellite Radio: Sirius 134, XM 194 averaged 92.0 points in those four wins. scoring output for the first half. • UNC has won more games (159) against • Carolina was 21 for 25 from the free throw Wake Forest than any other opponent. line. The Tar Heels shot 84 percent, second • Roy Williams is 15-6 vs. Wake Forest as a best this season and one of three times over head coach, including a 13-5 record at Car- 80 percent. MEDIA INFORMATION JOEL BERRY II TAR HEELS in the UNC Record Book All-Time Rankings Senior Associate A.D. for Communications: Steve Kirschner MOST POINTS National Rank Total Office Phone: 919-962-7258 36. Deon Thompson – 1,414, 2006-10 Wins 3rd 2,217 Cell Phone: 919-475-2695 37. Brendan Haywood – 1,411, 1997-2001 Winning Percentage 2nd .739 Email: [email protected] 38. Joel Berry II – 1,403, 2014-active NCAA Tournament Titles 3rd 6 39. Kris Lang – 1,392, 1998-2002 Final Fours 1st 20 Associate Director of Communications: 40. Ty Lawson – 1,375, 2006-09 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2nd 48 Matt Bowers NCAA Tournament Games 2nd 168 Office Phone: 919-962-7259 MOST THREE-POINTERS NCAA Tournament Wins 2nd 123 Cell Phone: 919-619-7021 1. Marcus Paige – 299, 2012-16 NCAA Tournament Winning Pct. 2nd .732 Email: [email protected] 2. Shammond Williams – 233, 1994-98 ACC Regular-Season Championships 1st 31 3. Wayne Ellington – 229, 2006-09 ACC Regular-Season Wins 1st 672 CAROLINA BASKETBALL ONLINE, SOCIAL MEDIA 4. Rashad McCants – 221, 2002-05 ACC Tournament Titles 2nd 18 Internet: GoHeels.com 4. Donald Williams – 221, 1991-95 ACC Tournament Finals 1st 34 Twitter: @UNC_Basketball 6. Jeff Lebo – 211, 1985-89 ACC Tournament Wins 2nd 97 7. Joel Berry II – 203, 2014-active Instagram: UNC_Basketball NBA First-Round Draft Picks 1st 49 8. Hubert Davis – 197, 1988-92 Facebook: Facebook.com/TarHeels NBA Draft Picks 3rd 112 YouTube: UNCTarHeelsAthletics 9. Dante Calabria – 193, 1992-96 10. Reggie Bullock – 188, 2010-13 1,000-Point Scorers 1st 76 Olympic Gold Medalists 1st 10 CREDENTIALS: Single-game requests for creden- MOST ASSISTS tials and/or parking passes must be made online 18. Steve Bucknall – 382, 1985-89 at: SportsSystems.com/UNCBasketball was the fourth-highest margin by any school in 19. Larry Drew II – 378, 2008-11 the country since 1980. UNC is slightly ahead 20. Joel Berry II – 374, 2014-active ROY WILLIAMS INTERVIEWS: Contact Steve of that figure at 12.5 over its first 13 games 21. John Kuester – 370, 1973-77 Kirschner wth specific requests. Best time to this season. 22. Mike O’Koren – 348, 1976-80 interview Roy Williams is at a UNC press confer- • Five Tar Heels averaging double-figure ence or on the ACC teleconference. minutes are shooting 50 percent or better from the floor – Sterling Manley (.600), Luke PLAYER INTERVIEWS: Media should direct play- • The Tar Heels tied their season high with er interview requests to Matt Bowers.