North Carolina Heads To Charlotte To Face Davidson

North Carolina will stick close to home for their game against Davidson who is a member of the Atlantic 10 as the game will be played in Charlotte North Carolina.

Carolina is 6-1 and plays at Davidson on Friday, Dec. 1st, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. Game time is 8 p.m. (ESPN2).
• Carolina is ranked 13th by the Associated Press and 11th by the coaches. Davidson is unranked.
• UNC defeated Michigan 86-71 on Nov. 29th at home in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• Davidson is 3-2. The Wildcats are coming of an 85-70 win over Charlotte on Nov. 28th.
• Both teams are averaging better than 85 points per contest (86.6 by Davidson, 85.0 by the Tar Heels).
• Davidson averages 21.8 assists and 13.8 three-pointers per game. Carolina is averaging 18.3 assists and 7.0 threes a game.
• Carolina returns home on Sunday (12/3) vs. Tulane (2 p.m.). The Tulane game will be Carolina's sixth in 11 days. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


CAROLINA IN CHARLOTTE
• Carolina is 172-18 in games played in the city of Charlotte.  
• The Tar Heels have won 35 of their last 38 games played in Charlotte.
• UNC is 11-0 in the Spectrum Center. That includes wins over Sacred Heart and Winthrop in the Preseason NIT Tipoff in 2006-07, a win over Davidson on 11/14/07, three ACC Tournament wins and two NCAA regional wins in 2007-08, two NCAA Tournament wins in 2010-11 and a win over Davidson on 11/22/14. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


CAROLINA-DAVIDSON SERIES
• Carolina leads, 65-11, including 7-0 under head coach Roy Williams.
• The teams have played nine times since 1969, all since 2000. The Tar Heels have won eight in a row, including an 83-74 win in Chapel Hill last year, and a 90-72 win on 11/22/14, the last time the teams played in Charlotte.
• In the seven games under Roy Williams, the Tar Heels have out-scored the Wildcats by 123 points. Davidson has made 16 more three-pointers in those seven games (42 by UNC, 58 by Davidson), while the Tar Heels are plus-67 from the free throw line. UNC has a rebounding advantage of plus-82 in the seven contests. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


LAST YEAR: UNC 83, DAVIDSON 74
DEC. 7, 2016 IN CHAPEL HILL
• Justin Jackson tied his career high with 27 points and set a career high with seven three-point field goals made. 
• Luke Maye had then-career-highs in points (10) and steals (3) and tied his career best with six rebounds. He scored all 10 points and grabbed all six boards in the opening half.
• Carolina shot 37.7 percent from the floor, but made 10 three-pointers (two more than Davidson) and out-scored the Wildcats by nine from the free throw line. 
• Joel Berry II and Theo Pinson did not play due to injuries. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


GAME SEVEN – UNC 86, MICHIGAN 71
NOV. 29, CHAPEL HILL
• The Tar Heels improved to 10-9 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, including 10-5 under head coach Roy Williams.
• Carolina had assists on 17 of its first 21 field goals and finished with a season-high 24 assists (on 34 hoops).
• Carolina has scored 86 or more points in each of its six wins this year.
• Carolina improved to 196-15 against non-ACC teams in the Smith Center.
• Carolina shot 64.5 percent from the floor (20x31) in the first half, its highest percentage in any half this year.
• Carolina shot a season-high 54.8 percent from the floor for the game, the fourth time in five games UNC has shot 50 percent or better.
• Luke Maye scored 20-plus points for the fifth time in the first seven games with a game-high 27, one off his career high.
• It was the third time this year Maye has scored at least 25 points.
• Maye tied his career high with 11 field goals (also against UNI and Arkansas).
• Theo Pinson led UNC in rebounds with seven and assists with six.
• It was the 25th time in his career Pinson led UNC in assists.
• Kenny Williams made three three-pointers and is now 17 for 30 from three-point range this season.
• Williams has made at least two three-pointers in five of UNC's six wins this season.
• Joel Berry II had 17 points and four assists.  He passed York Larese for 47th place in school history in scoring with 1,288 points.
• Berry made three 3FGs. He passed Danny Green for sole possession of 10th in UNC history with 187 threes, one shy of Reggie Bullock for ninth.
• The 15-point margin of victory was the largest by either school in the six games in the series. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


LUKE MAYE OFF TO HOT START
• Junior forward Luke Maye leads Carolina in scoring (20.1), rebounding (9.4), field goals made and attempted (57 for 103), blocks (7) and minutes (31.4).
• Maye is second in the ACC in scoring and fifth in rebounding.
• Maye has scored 20 or more points in five of Carolina's first seven games and has 25 or more points three times. 
• Maye is the first Tar Heel to score 25 or more points in three of his first seven games in a season since Tyler Hansbrough did it four times in 2008-09.
• Prior to this season Maye scored in double figures six times with a high of 17 points.
• 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.
• Maye was selected to the all-tournament team in the Victory bracket at the PK80 Invitational. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


FINAL FOUR MOP JOEL BERRY II
• Senior point guard Joel Berry II is second on the team in scoring with a career-high 15.3 points per game.
• Berry 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 1,288 points. He is 47th in UNC history in scoring. "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


MOST POINTS – UNC CAREER
44. Kevin Madden – 1296, 1985-90
45. George Karl – 1293, 1970-73
46. Joseph Forte – 1290, 1999-01
47. Joel Berry II – 1288, 2014-active
48. York Larese – 1287, 1958-61
49. Vince Carter – 1267, 1995-98
50. Bobby Jones – 1264, 1971-74 "according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


• Berry has made 187 three-pointers. He passed Danny Green for 10th place in UNC history. Reggie Bullock is ninth with 188. Marcus Paige (first) and Jeff Lebo (sixth) are the only Tar Heels with more career threes who played most of their minutes at the point."according to http://www.goheels.com/news/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.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 – 187, 2014-active

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• 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 836 more points than any Tar Heel on the roster (Theo Pinson is second with 452).
• 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/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


RANKINGS
• 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/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


CAMERON JOHNSON ON THE MEND
• 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/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx


CAROLINA ON THE ALL-TIME WINS LISTS
• Carolina is second all-time in NCAA winning percentage and third in wins.
• Carolina has won 2,212 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/2017/12/1/mens-basketball-tar-heels-visit-davidson-in-charlotte-friday.aspx

As for North Carolina's last game they beat Michigan in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge in Chapel Hill.

North Carolina coach Roy Williams spent a sleepless night stewing over an ugly weekend loss, then showed his players the film of what happens when they don't play with the toughness or intensity needed to joust with a top-tier opponent.It's too early to say if his 13th-ranked Tar Heels learned from it just yet, though they at least refound their shooting touch against Michigan.
Luke Maye scored 27 points to help UNC beat the Wolverines 86-71 on Wednesday night in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, earning a solid offensive showing days after a miserable output against Michigan State.

Joel Berry II added 17 points for the Tar Heels (6-1), who lost 63-45 loss to No. 3 Michigan State in the PK80 Invitational on Sunday night. That included them shooting a program-record-low 24.6 percent, making just 1 of 18 3-point attempts and meekly responding to a team that came after them defensively.

"I'm not one of those coaches that's just going to say, 'Oh it's a bad game, well let's go on,'" Williams said, adding: "You make those kind of mistakes and have people outwork you with more intensity and more effort, I think you've got to show them."

The Tar Heels closed the first half on a 17-5 run for a 51-37 lead, then went a 17-2 run to blow the game open. And that 34-7 run over roughly 13 minutes turned a 34-32 lead into a 68-39 romp with more than 13 minutes left.

"We've had seasons where we've lost early and the rest of the season went well for us," Berry said. "So it's not time to panic, it's just time to get better and start buying into the system and understand what's going on."

Moe Wagner scored 20 points to lead Michigan (6-2), which cooled quickly after a hot start and couldn't keep up once UNC got rolling.
"You've got to guard and rebound the ball," Wagner said. "We didn't do both of them in the first half really well, so if you put yourself in a hole like that the first half, it's really hard to come back."


BIG PICTURE
Michigan: The Wolverines started with an efficient attack that spread the court, knocked down 3-pointers and caught UNC backdoor. Charles Matthews even banked in a 3 to beat the shot clock and cap an 8-for-8 shooting start. But the Wolverines shot roughly 35 percent from there, including 6 of 30 from behind the arc, with execution that frustrated coach John Beilein — who said his team lacked first-half "grit" and "got what we deserved.""I think North Carolina might be that good, and we're definitely not that bad," Beilein said. "But we just certainly played bad, poorly today. We've just got to take it."

UNC: While the Tar Heels let loose some pent-up frustration, it helped, too, that they were back home for the first time in two weeks after an extended trip west that included a win at Stanford before three PK80 games in Portland, Oregon.
"It was a little bit of a relief on Monday morning when we got here," said junior Kenny Williams, who had 12 points. "just because we were out there for so long."


ROLLING AGAIN
Maye had eight points on 3-for-13 shooting against Michigan State, but made 11 of 16 shots for his fifth 20-point game this season.
"I kind of wanted to bounce back from our game against Michigan State," Maye said. "I think all of us did."

TIP-INS
North Carolina didn't miss consecutive shots from the field at any point and shot 65 percent during that first half. ... This was the first meeting since UNC's 77-71 win in the 1993 NCAA title game that included Chris Webber famously calling a late timeout that the Wolverines didn't have. UNC honored members of that '93 team during a first-half timeout, too. ... Michigan is 2-6 in Challenge road games. ... UNC made 7 of 15 3-point attempts, with Berry and Kenny Williams each making three.



BIG PICTURE
Michigan: The Wolverines started the game with an efficient attack that spread the court, knocked down 3-pointers and caught UNC backdoor. Charles Matthews even banked in a 3 to beat the shot clock and cap the team's 8-for-8 shooting start, but Michigan quickly faded. The Wolverines shot roughly 35 percent the rest of the way, including 6 of 30 from behind the arc.
UNC: The Tar Heels spent much of the game shooting around 60 percent to let loose some pent-up frustration from the blowout loss to the Spartans, who locked down on UNC and were far tougher than the Tar Heels. Maye posted his fifth 20-point game on 11-for-16 shooting after struggling against the Spartans (eight points on 3-for-13 shooting). Maybe it helped that they were back home for the first time in two weeks after an extended trip west that included a win at Stanford before three PK80 games in Portland, Oregon.

As for Davidson they have a record of 3-2. "according tohttp://davidsonwildcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball  and are coming off a win over Charlotte.

In addition to a lengthy second-half run, Peyton Aldridge scored a game-high 25 points and Kellan Grady added 22, as Davidson captured its fifth straight "Battle for the Hornets' Nest Trophy" with an 85-70 win over cross-county rival Charlotte, Tuesday at Halton Arena. "according to http://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-wildcats-win-fifth-straight-over-cross-county-rival-85-70.aspx?path=mbball
 
Jon Axel Gudmundsson was just as impressive for the Wildcats with 12 points, 10 assists (1 turnover), 6 rebounds and 4 steals in 35 minutes of action. Rusty Reigel also scored in double figures for Davidson (3-2) with 11 points off the bench. "according to http://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-wildcats-win-fifth-straight-over-cross-county-rival-85-70.aspx?path=mbball
 
Despite going just 8-of-29 from behind the 3-point line, the 'Cats shot 53.1 percent after intermission to conclude the 44th all-time meeting at 51.6 percent. "according to http://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-wildcats-win-fifth-straight-over-cross-county-rival-85-70.aspx?path=mbball
 
The Wildcats broke open a 45-41 contest with a 20-6 streak midway through the second half to push the margin back to double digits where it would stay. Davidson's lead grew to many as 22 with just under four minutes to play. "according to http://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-wildcats-win-fifth-straight-over-cross-county-rival-85-70.aspx?path=mbball
 
Davidson finished with a 37-30 advantage on the glass and scored 46 points in the paint, while improving on its nation-best assist-to-turnover ratio with 22 more dimes. "according to http://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-wildcats-win-fifth-straight-over-cross-county-rival-85-70.aspx?path=mbball
 
Both Aldridge (15) and Grady (13) went over the 10-point plateau in the first half for the Wildcats, who led by 11 in the period before going to the break up, 37-32. "according to http://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-wildcats-win-fifth-straight-over-cross-county-rival-85-70.aspx?path=mbball
 
Andrien White paced Charlotte (3-3) with 22 points, including a 12-of-13 effort from the line. "according to http://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2017/11/28/mens-basketball-wildcats-win-fifth-straight-over-cross-county-rival-85-70.aspx?path=mbball

Tip-off is set for 8:00pm from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The game will be televised on ESPN2. "according to http://www.goheels.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball