UNC Tar Heels Basketball Displaying Steady Defense
by Derrick Clyburn
The Tar Heels basketball team took care of business in a workmanlike performance cruising to a 97-73 victory. Luke Maye had his 5th double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds. The North Carolina defense is improving every game. They held Tulane to 37 percent shooting for the game. Joel Berry and Kenny Williams each had 13 points.
UNC Game Stats
North Carolina
MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
- Maye 32 8-12 0-1 6-9 10 4 0 4 2 1 22
- Pinson 28 4-6 0-0 1-2 4 4 1 0 1 2 9
- Brooks 16 4-6 0-0 0-2 5 1 0 1 2 3 8
- Williams 25 5-6 2-3 1-1 6 1 1 0 2 2 13
- Berry II 27 4-10 1-4 4-5 3 3 0 1 3 2 13
- Rohlman 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Rush 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
- Huffman 12 4-4 0-0 1-4 6 0 0 2 0 1 9
- Manley 14 3-4 0-0 1-4 3 0 0 0 1 2 7
- Miller 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Robinson 14 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
- Platek 10 3-3 1-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 3 7
- Felton 13 3-4 1-2 2-2 0 3 0 1 1 1 9
TEAM 38-58 5-12 16-29 45 18 3 9 13 19 97
65.5% 41.7% 55.2%
Tulane
MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
- Paul 13 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 0 2 3 1
- Frazier 38 9-16 1-4 8-11 3 5 2 0 2 1 27
- Reynolds 34 8-15 2-5 0-1 5 4 0 0 0 4 18
- Cornish 25 4-12 4-8 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 12
- Ona Embo 27 0-5 0-3 2-2 2 4 0 0 0 2 2
- Ajang 10 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 5 0
- Sehic 14 1-5 0-2 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 3 2
- Koka 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0
- Barrett 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
- Slater 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
- Daniels 19 4-11 3-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11
TEAM 26-69 10-27 11-16 26 17 2 1 8 24 73
37.7% 37.0% 68.8%
UNC Bright Spots
Luke Maye had his 7th 20 point game of the season with 22 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 blocks.
Joel Berry had 13 points 3 rebounds, and 3 assists.
Kenny Williams has been playing well on both ends of the floor with 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Jalek Felton and Brandon Huffman both chipped in 9 points each.
Needs Work
The Tar Heels freshmen bigs need to keep focusing on attention to detail on defense and rebounding.
Final Observations
The Tar Heels are continuing to get better on defense. They play very unselfish basketball. The players off the bench are producing more consistently. Carolina looks like that they enjoy playing with each other. That’s a great sign.