After Hyper Extending His Knee At NC State Saturday Leaky Black Did Play Monday As North Carolina Hosted Syracuse On His Senior Night , Beat Syracuse 88-79 On His Senior Night In Overtime
As North Carolina hosted Syracuse Monday it was Leaky Black’s senior night!
Leaky Black has been playing for North Carolina for four seasons!
As a freshman at North Carolina in 2018- 2019,
Leaky Black averaged 2.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 10.3 minutes per game • Made 23 of 49 shots from the floor (.469), including 5 for 12 from three-point range (.417) • Had eight rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes in the three NCAA Tournament games • Sprained his left ankle in the Georgia Tech game on 1/29 and did not play in the next 13 games • Returned to practice on 3/11 and played vs. Iona for the first time since January • Made a three-pointer as part of UNC’s 20-0 run over Virginia Tech • Played valuable minutes and was on the floor for his defense in the latter stages of the win at NC State • Five rebounds and four assists in ACC opener at Pitt • Five points, two assists, two steals and was Carolina’s defensive player of the game vs. Harvard • Steal and dunk in the Gonzaga win • Had five points, two assists and no turnovers in a season-high 18 minutes against UCLA • Was 4 for 4 from the floor against Stanford • Tied for the team lead with five assists and added eight points, six rebounds and no turnovers in 15 minutes at Elon.
As a sophomore in 2019-2020,
Leaky Black averaged 6.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists • Started 31 games – 25 at small forward and six (Clemson through Boston College) at the point • Led the team with 40 steals and was second in assists with 83 • Scored in double figures four times with a career-high 14 points against Syracuse in the ACC Tournament, three 3FGs at Virginia Tech, 10 rebounds at Notre Dame and nine assists at home vs. Duke • Played 30 or more minutes 15 times and 40-plus twice.
As a junior in 2020-2021,
Leaky Black averaged 5.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists • Second on the team in plus/minus at plus 116 • Second in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio in league games (2.8 on 53 assists/19 turnovers) • Led UNC in assist-error ratio in all games at 1.9 • Had 51 assists and 21 turnovers in UNC’s 18 wins (19/16 in the 11 losses) • Led UNC and was eighth in the ACC with 53 assists in league play (3.3 per game) • Season-high eight assists vs. Wake Forest and seven in the win over Syracuse • Won two defensive player of the game awards (UNLV and NCCU) • Scored in double figures four times (16 at Miami, 12 at Duke, 10 vs. Stanford and 10 at Georgia Tech) • Grabbed 10 rebounds against UNLV and Texas and nine at Iowa and Miami • Led UNC in steals with 36 • Made at least one steal in 24 games and had multiple steals 10 times • UNC went 6-3 when he scored eight points or more, 5-1 when he hit a 3FG and 5-1 when he made at least 50 percent of his shots from the floor
As senior this season for North Carolina,
Leaky Black is averaging 4.9 points, 4.1 rebounds , 2.3 assists per game while shooting 50%
Though he did leave North Carolina’s game on Saturday against NC State in North Carolina’s state capital because he hyper extended his right knee at the 4:31 mark of the first half. Leaky Black dropped to the floor after defending Jerico Hellems jumper and immediately grabbed his right knee . Leaky Black was eventually able to get up but was heavily assisted by teammates as he walked slowly through the tunnel to Carolina’s locker room with North Carolina athletic trainer Doug Halverson. Then emerged from the locker room after halftime with a soft knee brace around his right knee and went through warmups with the team . He appeared to move with a slight limp and then didn’t return to the game. With Leaky Black leaving and not returning to the North Carolina, NC State game Saturday this question comes to mind! As North Carolina hosted Syracuse Monday did Leaky Black play on his senior night after hyper extending his right knee at NC State? Before game Hubert Davis provided an update on Leaky Black for game. Hubert Davis had this to say about Leaky Black’s status for the game! His hyper extended knee isn’t expected to keep him out of Monday’s game.
“according to an article on newsobserver.com by C.L. Brown”
And it didn’t!
Why?
Because he played 44 minutes.
Though, Leaky Black wasn’t much of a contributor offensively during the game as well as overtime because he was 2-6 on field goals , 2-5 from three point range to go along with 7 points, 7 assists, 8 points.
“according to espn.com”
Though, Leaky Black didn’t score much his teammates Armando Bacot , RJ Davis , Brady Manek picked up the slack!
How?
Armando Bacot played 43 minutes , was 5-12 on field goals while he collected 18 rebounds, 2 assists and scored 17 points.
RJ Davis played 42 minutes , was 6-13 on field goals, 5-11 from 3 point range while he collected 2 rebounds, 5 assists. and like his teammate Armando Bacot scored 17 points.
Brady Manek played 43 minutes , was 9-18 on field goals, was 3-6 from 3 point range while he collected 5 rebounds 3 assists and scored 22 points.
“according to espn.com”
North Carolina is now going to prepare to closeout the regular season on the road at Duke Saturday!
Tip off is set for 6:00pm from Cameron Indoor Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN!
North Carolina has already played Duke once this season on Saturday February 5, 2022 in Chapel Hill.
In that game North Carolina lost to Duke 87-67!
Why?
A.J. Griffin scored a season-high 27 points to help No. 9 Duke roll past rival North Carolina 87-67 on Saturday night in retiring Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski's final visit to Chapel Hill.
Duke shot 58% and took all drama out of the renewal of the famed rivalry early in both halves, both in building a big lead and then stretching it back out after the Tar Heels had made a run to climb back in it.
“according to an article by the Associated Press on goheels.com”