North Carolina To Host Michigan For The ACC / Big Ten Challenge
North Carolina who dropped four spots in the AP Top 25 poll this week will host Michigan for the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge Wednesday.
Carolina is 5-1 and plays at home for the first time in five games when it plays host to Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday, Nov. 29th at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN).
• Carolina is ranked 13th by the Associated Press and 11th by the coaches. Michigan is unranked.
• UNC is coming off a four-game west coast swing on which the Tar Heels went 3-1 with wins at Stanford and over Portland and Arkansas in the PK80 Invitational, and a 63-45 loss to Michigan State in the finals of PK80.
• The Michigan game is one of three games in five days this week (Friday at Davidson, Sunday at home vs. Tulane). The Tulane game will be Carolina's sixth in 11 days.
• Junior forward Luke Maye was named to the PK80 Invitational Victory bracket All-Tournament Team. Maye averaged 18.7 points and 7.3 rebounds in the three games in Portland. "according tohttp://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
Carolina is 5-1 and plays at home for the first time in five games when it plays host to Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday, Nov. 29th at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN).
• Carolina is ranked 13th by the Associated Press and 11th by the coaches. Michigan is unranked.
• UNC is coming off a four-game west coast swing on which the Tar Heels went 3-1 with wins at Stanford and over Portland and Arkansas in the PK80 Invitational, and a 63-45 loss to Michigan State in the finals of PK80.
• The Michigan game is one of three games in five days this week (Friday at Davidson, Sunday at home vs. Tulane). The Tulane game will be Carolina's sixth in 11 days.
• Junior forward Luke Maye was named to the PK80 Invitational Victory bracket All-Tournament Team. Maye averaged 18.7 points and 7.3 rebounds in the three games in Portland. "according tohttp://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
UNC-MICHIGAN SERIES
• The Tar Heels and Wolverines are playing for just the sixth time, the first time since the 1993 NCAA championship game, and the first time ever on either school's campus.
• Carolina is 3-2 against Michigan, including 3-1 in the NCAA Tournament and 0-1 in the finals of the Rainbow Classic.
• Carolina defeated Michigan in the 1987 second round in Charlotte, the 1988 Sweet 16 in Seattle and the 1993 title game in New Orleans. Michigan beat UNC in the 1989 Sweet 16 in Lexington, Ky., and the 1992 Rainbow Classic in Honolulu.
• Roy Williams was 0-1 against Michigan while at Kansas. The Wolverines beat the Jayhawks in the finals of the 1992 Rainbow Classic, one day after UM beat the Tar Heels. All three teams advanced to the Final Four in New Orleans later that season. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
25TH ANNIVERSARY
• This is the 25th anniversary season of the 1993 national champions. Due to the number of players on that team who are coaching in the professional, college and high school ranks, the team held a reunion on Sept. 22 and was honored at a UNC football game the following day. Several members of the team are expected to attend Wednesday's game.
• Carolina beat Michigan, 77-71, to win the 1993 title. Donald Williams scored 25 points to match the 25 he scored in the semifinals over a Roy Williams -coached Kansas squad, and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.
• Williams is the last player to score 25 or more points in both the national semifinals and finals in the same year.
• Eric Montross who now serves as Carolina's radio analyst, scored 16 points. Senior captain George Lynch had 12 points and 10 rebounds, his fourth consecutive double-double in the NCAA Tournament.
• The title was Carolina's third NCAA Tournament championship and the second under Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith.
• It was Carolina's and Coach Smith's second NCAA title won in New Orleans (1982).
• Five members of UNC's 1957 national championship winning team are also scheduled to attend and will be honored at halftime. Plans were to honor '57 team at the Notre Dame game last February in recognition of the 60th anniversary of that title, but the ceremony was put off due to the water crisis that forced postponement of the game to Greensboro the next day."according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE
• The ACC is 11-5-2 against the Big Ten in Challenge history. The ACC won the event in each of its first 10 years and won nine of 14 games a year ago.
• Carolina is 9-9 in the Challenge, including a 4-4 record at home, a 3-5 record on the road and 2-0 at neutral sites.
• UNC is 3-2 vs. Michigan State, 1-3 vs. Illinois, 1-3 vs. Indiana, 2-0 vs. Ohio State, 1-0 vs. Maryland, 1-0 vs. Wisconsin and 0-1 vs. Iowa.
• Carolina has played 14 of its 18 games in the Challenge against teams ranked in the AP top 25 and eight of those games against top-10 teams.
• Carolina is 7-7 vs. ranked opponents and 5-3 vs. top-10 opponents.
Carolina in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge
1999-2000 H Michigan State L 76-86
2000-01 A at Michigan State L 64-77
2001-02 H Indiana L 66-79
2002-03 A at Illinois L 65-92
2003-04 GBO vs. Illinois W 88-81
2004-05 A at Indiana W 70-63
2005-06 H Illinois L 64-68
2006-07 H Ohio State W 98-89
2007-08 A Ohio State W 66-55
2008-09 DET Michigan State W 98-63
2009-10 H Michigan State W 89-82
2010-11 A at Illinois L 67-79
2011-12 H Wisconsin W 60-57
2012-13 A at Indiana L 59-83
2013-14 A at Michigan State W 79-65
2014-15 H Iowa L 55-60
2015-16 H Maryland W 89-81
2016-17 A Indiana L 67-76
2017-18 H Michigan
"according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
GAME SIX – MICHIGAN STATE 63, UNC 45
• Carolina set school records for lowest field goal percentage and lowest three-point percentage and lost a defensive struggle with Michigan State, 63-45, in the finals of the "Victory" bracket in the PK80 Invitational in Portland on Sunday evening, Nov. 29.
• The Tar Heels held the fourth-ranked Spartans to 40 percent from the floor and forced 24 MSU turnovers, but UNC was just 15 of 61 from the floor and 1 of 18 from beyond the arc.
• The 15 field goals are the fewest by UNC in the Roy Williams Era and the 45 points match the second-lowest output in the last 15 years.
• Carolina entered the game having made 17 of its last 31 (.548) from three-point range, but managed only a Joel Berry IIbuzzer-beater just before halftime. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
LOWEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
.246 vs. Michigan State, 11/29/17 (15 of 61)
.253 vs. Wake Forest, 3/2/56 (19 of 75)
.253 at Alabama, 1/4/55 (19 of 75)
.257 at NC State, 12/31/55 (19 of 74)
.276 at Georgia Tech, 1/16/11 (16 of 58)
"according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
LOWEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
(min. 10 three-point attempts)
.056 vs. Michigan State, 11/29/17 (1 of 18)
.063 vs. LSU, 12/18/96 (1 of 16)
.071 vs. Duke, 3/9/13 (1 of 14)
.077 vs. Duke, 2/17/16 (1 of 13)
.083 at UAB, 12/1/13 (1 of 12)
.083 vs. Gardner-Webb, 11/9/12 (1 of 12)
.083 vs. Wake Forest, 3/10/00 (1 of 12)
"according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
• Michigan State out-rebounded the Tar Heels, 52-36. It was the first time an opponent had 50 rebounds since Butler (57) on 11/26/14 in the Bahamas.
• MSU's rebound margin of 16 was the largest against UNC since Butler out-rebounded the Tar Heels, 57-40.
• It was the first time the Tar Heels forced 20 or more turnovers and lost since Kansas (22) on 3/24/13 in the NCAA Tournament second round.
• MSU's 38 defensive rebounds are the most by an opponent in the Roy Williams Era.
• Theo Pinson led Carolina in scoring with 16 points. It was the first time in his career he was UNC's leading scorer.
• Luke Maye (8) and Kenny Williams (8) both did not score in double figures for the first time this season.
• Williams scored a career-high six points from the free throw line, although Carolina shot a season-low 58.3 percent from the line (14 of 24).
• It was the first time UNC shot under 30 percent from the floor in both halves and for a game since a home loss to Iowa on 12/3/14.
• The 63 points were the fewest allowed by Carolina in six games this season. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
GAME FIVE – UNC 87, ARKANSAS 68
• Luke Maye had career highs in points (28), three-pointers (4), rebounds (16) and assists (five). It was the first time a Tar Heel scored 28 points, had 16 rebounds and five assists since Mitch Kupchak had 30/17/5 vs. Mercer on 2/4/76.
• Carolina led 74-58 (+16) with 6:44 to play. Arkansas went on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to six with 3:32 to play. From that point, the Tar Heels closed the game on a 13-0 run to win by 19Joel Berry's II's two free throws upped the lead to eight and was followed by a Theo Pinson drive and dunk (10), a steal by Berry and layup by Kenny Williams (12), a three by Luke Maye (15), a layup by Williams (17) and free throws by Sterling Manley (19).
• Carolina's defense held the Razorbacks without a point on its last nine possessions (seven field goal attempts and two turnovers).
• Last year, in the NCAA Tournament second round, the Razorbacks led the Tar Heels by five with 2:57 to play, but UNC ended the game on a 12-0 run to win, 72-65. Arkansas was 0-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and had a turnover in its last seven possessions.
• Arkansas forced five more turnovers than Carolina (UNC committed 14, the Razorbacks turned it over nine times), but the teams both scored 15 points off turnovers and Carolina had an 8-2 advantage in fastbreak points.
• Carolina matched its season-high in turnovers with 14, but the UNC point guards committed none of the turnovers (Berry, Jalek Felton and Seventh Woods combined to play 46 minutes with six assists and no turnovers).
• Carolina missed its first eight field goal attempts and committed three turnovers before Garrison Brooks made UNC's first field goal with 14:43 to play in the first half. That cut Arkansas' lead to 8-4.
• The Razorbacks led 10-4 with 13:00 to play in the first half. UNC then went on a 13-0 run over the next three minutes and 10 seconds to take a 17-10 lead. Four different Tar Heels Sterling Manley Kenny Williams , Joel Berry II and Luke Maye ) scored during that run.
• Carolina out-rebounded UA, 46-30. The Razorbacks entered the game out-rebounding their opponents by 4.5 per game. Three Tar Heels ( Luke Maye 16, Kenny Williams 8 and Brandon Robinson 6) established career highs in rebounds.
• Maye had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first half. He was the first Tar Heel with a double-double in a half since Kennedy Meeks against Wisconsin in Maui on 11/23/16.
• Maye became the first Tar Heel to lead in scoring, rebounds and assists since Reggie Bullock vs. Maryland in the 2013 ACC Tournament and the first to have 20+ points, 10+ rebounds and five assists since Bullock against Florida State on 3/3/13.
• Kenny Williams scored 19 points. He has compiled three of his four highest scoring games in the three games on this west coast road trip. He had 20 at Stanford, 19 vs. Arkansas and 17 vs. Portland. He had 19 against Radford on 12/4/16.
• Williams grabbed a career-high eight rebounds, all on the defensive glass. His previous high was 7 vs. Monmouth.
• Brandon Robinson came off the bench for five points, a career-high six rebounds and no turnovers in 15 minutes. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
GAME FOUR – UNC 102, PORTLAND 78
• UNC scored a season-high 102 points.
• Carolina made one of its first nine three-point attempts, then sank nine of its next 15 three-point attempts to finish 10 for 24.
• Carolina shot 55.3 percent from the floor in the second half (21 of 38). That was the highest percentage in a half this year.
• Carolina made its first nine field goal attempts over the first five minutes to begin the second half. All five starters made at least one field goal and the Tar Heels out-scored the Pilots, 20-8, during that run.
• Carolina improved to 56-2 under Roy Williams when the Tar Heels score 100 points.
• Carolina scored a season-high 17 fastbreak points.
• Luke Maye led Carolina with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
• Theo Pinson had 11 points, a season-high nine rebounds and a season-high seven assists.
• Joel Berry II made four three-pointers.
• Kenny Williams played a nearly-flawless game with 17 points on 7 of 12 shooting from the floor and added three offensive rebounds, three assists, no turnovers and three steals.
• Freshman Andrew Playtek made a season-high two three-pointers and scored a season-best 12 points. It was his first time in double figures as a Tar Heel. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
LUKE MAYE OFF TO HOT START
• Junior forward Luke Maye leads Carolina in scoring (19.0), rebounding (10.0), field goals made and attempted (46 for 87), blocks (6) and minutes (31.5).
• Maye is fourth in the ACC in rebounding and fifth in scoring.
• Maye has scored 20 or more points in four of Carolina's first six games and has three double-doubles (scoring high was 17 and had two double-doubles in his first two seasons combined).
• Maye became the first Tar Heel to score 100 points (106) and grab 50 rebounds (54) in the first five games since Antawn Jamison had 103 points and 55 rebounds in 1996-97. "according tohttp://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
FIELD GOAL SHOOTING
• Prior to Sunday's poor shooting game against Michigan State, Carolina was shooting 49.4 percent from the floor.
• The Tar Heels shot 50 percent from the floor three times shot 49.2 percent against Arkansas.
• UNC shot 52.8, 55.3 and 50.0 percent from the floor in the second half against Stanford, Portland and Arkansas. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
FINAL FOUR MOP JOEL BERRY II
• Senior point guard Joel Berry II broke a bone in his right hand in mid-October and did not play in the season opener against UNI. He returned to practice on Nov. 12 and played 30 minutes in the win over Bucknell on Nov. 15.
• Berry made five three-pointers and scored 29 points (his second-highest career output) in the win at Stanford on Nov. 20.
• Berry has 1,271 points. He passed Vince Carter for 48th in UNC history. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
MOST POINTS – UNC CAREER
44. Kevin Madden – 1296, 1985-90
45. George Karl – 1293, 1970-73
46. Joseph Forte – 1290, 1999-01
47. York Larese – 1287, 1958-61
48. Joel Berry II – 1271, 2014-active
49. Vince Carter – 1267, 1995-98
50. Bobby Jones – 1264, 1971-74
"according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
• He has 184 career threes, tied with Danny Green for 10th in UNC history. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
MOST THREE-POINTERS — UNC career
1. Marcus Paige – 299, 2012-16
2. Shammond Williams – 233, 1994-98
3. Wayne Ellington – 229, 2006-09
4. Rashad McCants – 221, 2002-05
4. Donald Williams – 221, 1991-95
6. Jeff Lebo – 211, 1985-89
7. Hubert Davis – 197, 1988-92
8. Dante Calabria – 193, 1992-96
9. Reggie Bullock – 188, 2010-13
10. Joel Berry II– 184, 2014-active
10. Danny Green – 184, 2005-09
"according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
• Berry was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2017 Final Four and the Most Valuable Player at the 2016 ACC Tournament. James Worthy and Berry are the only Tar Heels to win both of those awards.
• Berry is a preseason first-team All-America by ESPN.com, second-team All-America by USA Today and Sporting News' third team selection.
• Berry is on the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Award (USBWA Player of the Year) and the Naismith Award (all for National Player of the Year) and the Bob Cousy Award (best point guard).
• The Apopka, Fla., native also was a preseason first-team All-ACC selection and received the second-most votes for preseason player of the year (tied with Duke's Grayson Allen behind Notre Dame's Bonzie Colson).
• Berry has scored 827 more points than any Tar Heel on the roster ( Theo Pinson is second with 444).
• He is the only Tar Heel in history to earn All-Final Four honors twice (2016 and 2017).
• He became the seventh player overall and the first since UCLA's Bill Walton in 1972-73 to score at least 20 points in consecutive national championship games."according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
RANKED NO. 13/11
• Carolina is No. 13 in the Nov. 27 Associated Press and No. 11 in the USA Today/coaches polls.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 881st time, most in college basketball history, and the 663rd time in the top 10, second-most behind Kentucky.
• This marks the 55th season (out of 70) the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina was ranked No. 9 in the preseason AP poll. This was the 12th time in Roy Williams 15 seasons as head coach the Tar Heels entered the year ranked in the top 10. UNC has finished the year in the AP top 10 nine times in Williams' first 14 seasons. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
ROY WILLIAMS ERA TRENDS
Roy Williams is in his 15th season as Carolina's head coach. Here are a number of stat trends from his tenure at his alma mater. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
CAROLINA IS...
• 202-27 at home (includes one home win at Carmichael Arena and one "home" win at the Greensboro Coliseum)
• 332-38 when leading at the half
• 192-5 when shooting 50 percent from the floor
• 34-54 when shooting under 40 percent
• 191-17 when holding the opponents under 40 percent shooting from the floor
• 339-54 when out-rebounding the opponent
• 53-56 when the opponents have more rebounds
• 247-52 when the opponents have more turnovers
• 267-30 when scoring 80 or more points
• 132-4 when scoring 90 or more points
• 56-2 when scoring 100 or more points
• 349-58 when the opponents score under 80 points
"according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
JOHNSON OUT
• Cameron Johnson is out four to six weeks after undergoing surgery on Nov. 15 to repair a torn meniscus.
• Johnson suffered the injury in practice on Nov. 13. He did not play in the season opener against Northern Iowa after spraining his neck in practice on 11/7.
• He led UNC with 18 points in 16 minutes in the "jamboree" vs. ECU, UNCG and UNCW on Nov. 5 and had 11 in the exhibition against Barton on Oct. 27.
• Johnson averaged 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game last year as a Pitt Panther. He shot 44.7 percent from three-point range.
• Johnson matched his career high with 24 points against the Tar Heels in the Smith Center on 1/31/17. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
CAROLINA ON THE ALL-TIME WINS LISTS
• Carolina is second all-time in NCAA winning percentage and third in wins.
• Carolina has won 2,211 games, third behind Kentucky and Kansas. Only four schools have won at least 2,000 games.
• Carolina's winning percentage of .739 is second behind Kentucky. Only five schools have a winning percentage of at least .700.
• Carolina is first in Final Fours with 20.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament appearances with 48.
• Carolina is third in NCAA championships with six.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament games with 168.
• Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament winning percentage at .732.
• Carolina is first in ACC regular-season championships with 31.
• Carolina is first in ACC victories with 672.
• Carolina is second in ACC Tournament wins with 97.
• Carolina is second in ACC Tournament winning percentage at .683.
• Carolina is first in ACC Tournament championship game appearances with 34 and second in titles with 18.
• Carolina is first in NBA first-round draft picks with 49 and third in overall NBA draft picks with 112. "according to
http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-tar-heels-to-host-michigan-in-acc-big-ten-challenge.aspx
As for North Carolina's last game they lost to Michigan State in the Phil Knight Invitational Championship in Portland Oregon.
Joshua Lanford made five 3-pointers and scored 23 points and No. 4 Michigan State toppled No. 9 North Carolina 63-45 on Sunday night to win the "Victory Bracket" of the PK80 Invitational. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
Tom Izzo got the best of Roy Williams for the first time since Williams arrived in Chapel Hill, thanks to a dominating performance at the defensive end by the Spartans. Michigan State bullied the Tar Heels on the interior at both at both ends of the floor and getting just enough offense on a night North Carolina struggled to make anything. The Tar Heels shot just 24.6 percent. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
Williams had won all seven previous matchup between the Tar Heels and Izzo's Spartans. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
Langford was key in the first half as the Spartans (5-1) built a 13-point halftime lead despite Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr being limited with foul trouble. Langford had 14 points in the first half as Michigan State used an 11-4 run to take control and were never threatened by the Tar Heels. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
Miles Bridges finished with 11 points. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
Theo Pinson led North Carolina (5-1), but Joel Berry II and Luke Maye both had awful nights. The Tar Heels trimmed the 21-point deficit to 12 with 4:30 left, but Bridges stemmed the run with a driving layup. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
Maye had been brilliant to start the season for North Carolina but was 3 of 13 shooting, missed five free throws and finished with just eight points. Michigan State challenged seemingly every shot in the paint and the Tar Heels had no outside shooting. North Carolina was 1 of 18 on 3-point attempts. Berry was 2 of 11 overall. The Tar Heels had more turnovers (16) than field goals (15). "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
North Carolina's night was so awful even the easiest plays became difficult. Kenny Williams made a fine interception of a pass in the first half but his breakaway layup caromed off the front rim and Winston drilled a 3-pointer at the other end to push Michigan State's lead to 33-17. Late in the second half, Maye was wide open on a drive down the lane, yet his layup didn't even touch the rim, his 10th miss of the game. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
North Carolina shot 7 of 30 (23 percent) in the first half and Berry's desperation flip at the halftime buzzer was the Tar Heels' only 3-pointer of the night. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
THE TAKEAWAY
North Carolina: The Tar Heels continued their streak of making at least one 3-pointer to 713 straight games dating to 1997. Barely. Berry's 30-footer to end the first half was the only make and the Tar Heels shot under 10 percent from deep for the first time since late in the 2016 season against Duke. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
Michigan State: Bridges appeared mostly recovered from the sprained left ankle that had limited the preseason All-American in the first two games of the tournament. Bridges played 26 minutes and had five rebounds. "according to http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112617aaa.html
As for Michigan who has a record of 6-1 "according to http://www.mgoblue.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball they won their last game against UC Riverside.
The University of Michigan men's basketball team dominated UC Riverside, 87-42, on Sunday (Nov. 26) inside Crisler Center. The 45-point margin was the largest of the season and helped the Wolverines remain a perfect 4-0 at home. "according to http://www.mgoblue.com/news/2017/11/26/mens-basketball-wolverines-dominate-uc-riverside-in-wire-to-wire-win.aspx
All 16 Wolverines on the roster earned playing time, with nine players scoring in the win. Senior Moritz Wagner (21), junior Charles Matthews (17), senior Duncan Robinson (13) and freshman Jordan Poole (11) all scored in double-digits. "according to http://www.mgoblue.com/news/2017/11/26/mens-basketball-wolverines-dominate-uc-riverside-in-wire-to-wire-win.aspx
Two Wolverines recorded a double-double in the win for the first time since Jan. 6, 2013, when Glenn Robinson III scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Trey Burke added 19 points and 12 assists. Wagner recorded his third double-double of the season, and fourth of his career, with a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds. Matthews recorded his second career double-double with 17 points and 12 assists, in addition to four rebounds and two steals. He set a new career high for assists in the first seven and a half minutes of the game when he dished his fifth assist to freshman Isaiah Livers at the 12:29 mark. Matthews had 11 points in the first half and dished out his 10th assist just 4:30 into the second half. "according to http://www.mgoblue.com/news/2017/11/26/mens-basketball-wolverines-dominate-uc-riverside-in-wire-to-wire-win.aspx
The Wolverines jumped out to a quick lead in the first half, 17-7, to draw a Highlander timeout. Wagner went 3-for-3 to start the game, scoring U-M's first seven points. Freshman Eli Brooks added five points within 30 seconds, with a triple and fast-break layup, before a UC Riverside timeout to give the Wolverines the 10-point edge at 14:08. "according to http://www.mgoblue.com/news/2017/11/26/mens-basketball-wolverines-dominate-uc-riverside-in-wire-to-wire-win.aspx
At the 10:10 mark, the Wolverines used a Matthews triple and a dunk from Livers 30 seconds later to give U-M a 26-10 lead and force a second UC Riverside timeout. The Maize and Blue then went on a 20-2 scoring run over the next 7:16, and held the Highlanders scoreless for 7:31, which gave Michigan its largest lead of the half at 41-12 with 2:54 remaining. UC Riverside added five points before halftime to make it 41-17 at the break."according to http://www.mgoblue.com/news/2017/11/26/mens-basketball-wolverines-dominate-uc-riverside-in-wire-to-wire-win.aspx
Just as he had the first half, Wagner scored the first points for the Wolverines, starting the second half with two free throws and a triple, giving U-M a 46-17 lead at 18:59. U-M then used an 8-0 run over 1:21 to put Michigan ahead 56-21, capped by Brooks' second triple of the night."according to http://www.mgoblue.com/news/2017/11/26/mens-basketball-wolverines-dominate-uc-riverside-in-wire-to-wire-win.aspx
With the Wolverines leading, 66-32, Poole hit his first three of the night, before adding an additional eight points in the half, to give him a career-high 11. The freshman tallied a career-high three triples, two of which were separated by an impressive block that got the Crisler Center crowd on its feet. Michigan's largest lead of the night came at the 2:15 mark, 85-35."according tohttp://www.mgoblue.com/news/2017/11/26/mens-basketball-wolverines-dominate-uc-riverside-in-wire-to-wire-win.aspx
The Wolverines held the Highlanders to 30 percent shooting from the field the entire game (18-for-60) and 10 percent from beyond the arc in the second half (1-for-10). Michigan also recorded a season-high seven blocks in the win, in addition to committing a season-low six fouls. The Wolverines assisted on 70 percent of their made field goals (24-of-34). "according to http://www.mgoblue.com/news/2017/11/26/mens-basketball-wolverines-dominate-uc-riverside-in-wire-to-wire-win.aspx
Tip-off is set for 7:30pm. The game will be televised on ESPN."according to http://www.mgoblue.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
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