GAME 13: at Florida State Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 Tucker Center Tallahassee, Fla. Noon – ESPN 2020-21 SCHEDULE (8-4, 3-2 ACC) 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: NCAA 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017; Helms 1924 (4-0 Home, 1-3 Away, 3-1 Neutral) 20 FINAL FOURS 50 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES NOVEMBER (AP rankings) 32 ACC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 25 College of Charleston (16/-) W, 79-60 ACCN 30 vs. UNLV & (14/-) W, 78-51 ESPN2 18 ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 38 TIMES IN THE FINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP-10 RANKINGS DECEMBER 1 vs. Stanford & (14/-) W, 67-63 ESPN GAME 13 2 vs. Texas & (14/17) L, 67-69 ESPN STATISTICAL COMPARISON • The Tar Heels play their fourth ACC road 8 at Iowa # (16/3) L, 80-93 ESPN UNC FSU 12 NC Central (16/-) W, 73-67 RSN game of the season when they travel to Talla- Record 8-4, 3-2 6-2, 2-1 19 vs. Kentucky ! (22/-) W, 75-63 CBS hassee, Fla., on Saturday, January 16 to play Points/Game 73.0 78.8 22 at NC State (17/-) L, 76-79 ACCN Florida State. Scoring Defense 68.5 69.0 30 at Georgia Tech (-/-) L, 67-72 RSN • Carolina has won three in a row and is 8-4 Scoring Margin +4.5 +9.8 overall, 3-2 in the ACC. FG% .417 .466 JANUARY • UNC is 1-2 in ACC road games this season, 2 Notre Dame (-/-) W, 66-65 ACCN 3FG% .293 .372 5 at Miami (-/-) W, 67-65 ESPN winning by two points at Miami and losing by 3FGs/Game 5.1 8.5 12 Syracuse (-/-) W, 81-75 ACCN three at NC State and five at Georgia Tech. FT% .684 .711 16 at Florida State (-/-) Noon ESPN • Carolina is coming off an 81-75 home win FG% Defense .422 .402 20 Wake Forest 9 p.m. ACCN over Syracuse on Tuesday. The Tar Heels 3FG% Defense .347 .353 Oppt 3FGs/Game 8.3 8.3 23 NC State 2 p.m. ESPN/2 grabbed a season-high 24 offensive rebounds 26 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m. ACCN Rebounds/Game 45.2 36.6 and scored 24 second-chance points in the Offensive Rebs/Game 16.7 11.4 win. FEBRUARY Rebound Margin +13.2 +4.4 2 at Clemson 7 p.m. ESPN/2/U • Florida State is 6-2, 2-1 in the ACC. The Assists/Game 13.9 15.1 6 at Duke 6 p.m. ESPN Seminoles beat NC State, 105-73, at the Turnovers/Game 15.5 13.4 8 Miami 7 p.m. ESPN Tucker Center on January 13. That was FSU’s Assists/Turnovers 0.9 1.1 13 at Virginia 6 p.m. ESPN first game since a 10-point loss at Clemson on Turnovers Forced/Game 13.6 15.0 16 Virginia Tech 7 p.m. ESPN/2 December 29. KenPom.com 20 Louisville 4 or 6 p.m. ESPN • Carolina leads the nation in offensive 23 at Boston College 9 p.m. ESPN/2/U Overall Ranking 33 23 27 Florida State 4 p.m. ESPN rebounds per game (16.7), is second in offen- Offensive Efficiency 108.9 (60) 113.1 (13) sive rebound percentage (.419) and is averag- Defensive Efficiency 90.9 (16) 93.2 (39) MARCH ing 18.3 second-chance points per game. Effective FG Pct. 45.8 (291) 53.8 (49) 1 at Syracuse 7 p.m. ESPN • UNC shot 39.7 percent from the floor Turnover Pct. 21.5 (264) 18.8 (140) 6 Duke 6 p.m. ESPN against the Orange, marking the third straight Offensive Rebound Pct. 41.9 (2) 34.3 (37) FTA/FGA 37.8 (62) 34.9 (127) 9-13 ACC Tournament * game the Tar Heels won despite shooting Strength of Schedule 24 65 under 40 percent from the floor. That’s the SITE/SPECIAL EVENT KEY $ Camping World Maui Invitational, Asheville, N.C. third time in the ACC era Carolina has won # ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Iowa City, Iowa three consecutive games when shooting under CAROLINA STATS IN WINS vs. LOSSES ! CBS Sports Classic, Cleveland, Ohio 40 percent. It also happened in wins over * ACC Tournament, Greensboro, N.C. Clemson, Wake Forest and Boston College 8 Wins 4 Losses in 2010-11 and NC State, Wake Forest and Points Per Game 73.3 72.5 All times Eastern Virginia Tech in 2015-16. Oppt. Points Per Game 63.6 78.3 • Carolina’s five ACC games have been de- FG% .402 .446 cided by three, five, one, two points and six Oppt. FG% .400 .462 3FG% .289 .304 points. Oppt. 3FG% .299 .436 • In its five ACC games, UNC has scored 357 3FGs Per Game 5.5 4.3 points and allowed 356. Oppt. 3FGs Per Game 7.0 11.0 • More notes from the UNC-Syracuse game are FT% .714 .614 TV: ESPN (Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas) on page 12. Oppt. FT% .654 .578 Rebound Margin +13.5 +12.5 RADIO: Tar Heel Sports Properties (Dave Nathan, Eric SERIES VS. FLORIDA STATE Assists/Turnovers 107/118 60/68 Montross, Adam Lucas) Opponent A/TO 90/114 60/49 • Carolina is 50-14 against the Seminoles, CAROLINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS including 17-7 in Tallahassee. Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 8 Wins Internet GoHeels.com • Carolina has won eight of the last 10 games Armando Bacot 11.5 Twitter @UNC_Basketball in the series. Day’Ron Sharpe 10.3 Instagram @UNC_Basketball • Roy Williams is 21-7 against FSU (20-7 at Caleb Love 9.6 Facebook Facebook.com/TarHeels Carolina, 1-0 at Kansas). The Tar Heels are Garrison Brooks 9.3 YouTube UNCTarHeelsAthletics 8-4 under Williams against FSU in Tallahas- RJ Davis 8.0 CAROLINA SID: Steve Kirschner ([email protected]) see. Carolina’s Top 5 Scorers 4 Losses O: 919-962-7258, C: 919-475-2695 • The Seminoles have won the last two games Garrison Brooks 13.5 at the Tucker Center – 81-80 in 2019 and 65- Armando Bacot 11.0 FLORIDA STATE SID: Chuck Walsh ([email protected]) 59 a season ago. RJ Davis 9.8 C: 850-694-2540 Caleb Love 8.8 Day’Ron Sharpe 8.5 1 LAST SEASON VS. THE SEMINOLES UNC’S RECORD WHEN ... • UNC led, 37-35, with 15:49 to play, but made TABLE OF CONTENTS UNDER ROY WILLIAMS only five free throws over the next 10:25, falling behind by 10 points en route to a 65-59 loss. Page(s) 2020-21 TOTALS • Carolina led, 28-20, but the Seminoles scored Historical Info 4 Home 4-0 237-40+ the final nine points of the first half to lead, 29- Associated Press Rankings 5 Away 1-3 121-73 Neutral 3-1 117-43 28, at the break. UNC-Florida State All-Time Scores 6 Overtime 11-13 • In the second half, UNC missed 17 consecu- Rosters, Pronunciation Guide 7 Leads at Half 4-1 389-46 tive field goal attempts and finished the half 11 2020-21 Schedule and Results 8 Trails at Half 3-3 67-104 of 39 from the floor. Florida State made 11 of 2020-21 Postgame Notes 9-12 Tied at Half 1-0 19-6 22 field goal attempts in the second half. Roy Williams Bio/Charts 13-16 UNC shoots 50% or better FG 214-9 • Cole Anthony led UNC with 16 points. Anthony Harris 17 UNC shoots 40-49.9% FG 4-4 217-76 • Leaky Black had 10 points and added five Leaky Black 18 UNC shoots under 40% FG 4-0 44-71 Opponents shoot 50% or better FG 0-1 26-45 rebounds, three assists and two steals. Caleb Love 19 Opponents shoot 40-49.9% FG 4-3 220-89 • Armando Bacot and Garrison Brooks combined Andrew Platek 20 Opponents shoot under 40% FG 4-0 229-22 for four field goals and 11 points. RJ Davis 21 UNC has more rebounds 7-4 403-84 • Florida State out-rebounded UNC, 43-37, and Armando Bacot 22 Opponents have more rebounds 1-0 59-65 blocked 10 shots. Day’Ron Sharpe 23 UNC has more offensive rebounds 8-4 316-101 Walker Kessler 24 Oppts have more offensive rebounds 129-44 NOTABLE Puff Johnson 25 UNC has more turnovers 3-4 154-83 Opponents have more turnovers 5-0 281-63 • KenPom ranks Carolina as the 325th-most ex- Garrison Brooks 26 UNC scores 80 or more points 1-1 308-39 perienced team in the nation (out of 342 teams). Kerwin Walton 27 UNC scores less than 80 points 7-3 167-117 Six of UNC’s 10 rotation players are freshmen. Game-by-Game Stats for Miller, Lebo, 28 UNC scores 90 or more points 150-6 Those freshmen have played 50.2 percent of all Smith, Farris and McAdoo UNC scores 100 or more points 63-2 minutes played (1,204 of 2,400). Career Highs 29 Opponents score 80 or more points 0-1 62-75 • Freshmen have made 27 starts this season, 2020-21 Team Game-by-Game Stats 30 Opponents score less than 80 points 8-3 413-81 including 10 each by Caleb Love and RJ Davis. 2020-21 Season Highs/Lows 31 Opponents score 90 or more points 0-1 7-22 Opponents score 100 or more points 0-3 Kerwin Walton has started the last four games. Highs/Lows under Roy Williams 32 OVERALL RECORD 8-4 475-156 • UNC started the same five players in the first 2020-21 Miscellaneous Stats, 33 eight games, then featured a different group of Points Per Possession + home record includes a 2009-10 win over William & Mary starters in each of the last four contests.