UNC Tar Heels Basketball Team Help Roy Pass Dean Smith at 880 Wins

by Derrick Isaiah Clyburn

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The Tar Heels basketball team scored a season-high 94 points against Miami on Saturday afternoon. The Heels jumped out to a 17-4 lead early in the game and dominated with a double-digit lead for the remainder of the game.

UNC was in a great rhythm offensively in the game as they hit 10 threes in the game and shot 58% from the field. The Tar Heels were also great defensively holding Miami to shoot just 37% from the field in the first half and 41% for the game. North Carolina got contributions from everyone in this game and Brandon Robinson led the way with a career-high 29 points.

UNC Game Stats

1          2          T

North Carolina          51        43        94

Miami                         27        44        71

North Carolina

                             Pts    FG    3FG    FT    REB    A      TO    Min     +/-

1 BLACK           3      1-7      1-3    0-0      5       6        2        26      22

3 PLATEK        7      3-7      1-3   0-0      1        4         1        27        15

4 ROBINSON  29 11-16  6-10  1-2      3       4         1        32        21

5 BACOT         19    8-11    0-0   3-3      12      7        1        33        23

15 BROOKS   14   7-11    0-1    0-1      5       2        0        27        20

11 RUSH          0       0-1      0-1    0-0      0      0        1          2          -1

22 MILLER    0       0-0      0-0   0-0      2      0        1          3          -2

25 ELLIS        0       0-0      0-0   0-0      0      0        0         2          -1

30 SMITH     0       0-0      0-0    0-0      2      3        2         11         2

32 PIERCE    9      4-8      1-2      0-0      5      4        1          17        12

34 O’HAN      0     0-0      0-0      0-0      1      0        1          1          -2

35 MCADOO 0   0-0      0-0      0-0      0      1         0          1          -1

42 HUFFMAN 4  2-2      0-0      0-0      1       0         0          1          -1

55 KEELING   9   4-6      1-3      0-0      2       1          1          16        8

TOTALS         94  40-69 10-23 4-6    41     18       12      200

Miami (FL)

                                          Pts    FG    3FG    FT    REB   A   TO    Min   +/-

1 VASILJEVIC               8     3-13  2-9    0-0      2      0      0     32  -29

2 WONG                        19    6-11   2-6    5-5      2       3      2     35   -19

5 BEVERLY                    9     3-9    0-2    3-4     3        2     4     34   -19

14 MILLER                    13    6-8    0-0    1-1       4       0      1     30  -24

21 WAARDENBURG  2     0-4   0-2    2-2      2        2      0     27  -26

11 WALKER                  14     4-8    1-4    5-5     3       0       2     25   -11

13 GKOGKOS               0      0-2    0-0   0-0     0       0       0      6       6

15 HERENTON            6      2-3     1-1     1-1      2        1       0     10     7

TOTALS                      71  24-58  6-24  17-18  21     8      10   200

UNC Bright Spots

Brandon Robinson had a career-high 29 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Armando Bacot had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists.

Garrison Brooks had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists.

Needs Work

The Tar Heels need to work on taking care of the basketball. They did only had two in the first half but had 10 turnovers in the second half.

Final Observations

Roy Williams passed Dean Smith with his 880^th career win to move 4^th all-time on the coaching all-time wins list. UNC broke their six-game ACC losing streak on Saturday and got their second win in conference play. The Heels got good contributions from everybody which is what they will need going forward to continue to win games.

The players are finally becoming more comfortable in their roles and establishing their identity as a team. This should bode well for the team when Cole Anthony comes back, and the Heels are ready to make a push for the NCAA tournament.