North Carolina Gets Win Over Miami (FL), 73-64

Filed under Game Recap on February 16th, 2012

Share this recap

Tweet

or

On February 15th on the road, the Tar Heels beat the Hurricanes in conference play, 73-64.

A couple items of note about these two teams: On the road, the Tar Heels play well, but the Hurricanes were playing well and had won 4 out of 5. This is a second meeting and a sweep over the Hurricanes this year.

North Carolina gained an advantage by coming out way ahead in turnover margin and to a smaller extent in free throw shooting.

The Tar Heels collected 16 points from free throws compared to six for the Hurricanes. The Tar Heels only gave the ball away eight times compared to 14 for the Hurricanes.

Harrison Barnes put up the most points against the Hurricanes with 23 on 47% shooting from the floor in 32 minutes. John Henson was a factor with a game-leading 11 rebounds.

UNC Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ John Henson 36 14 11 2 1 3 1 A+ Harrison Barnes 32 23 6 2 0 0 0 A Tyler Zeller 29 9 8 2 3 1 0 B+ P.J. Hairston 8 4 4 1 1 0 1 B+ K. Marshall 38 5 2 9 1 0 2 B Reggie Bullock 31 10 7 0 0 1 2 B J. McAdoo 15 4 3 1 1 0 0 C+ Justin Watts 9 4 1 0 1 1 1

MIA Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Reggie Johnson 26 11 9 1 0 1 1 B+ Kenny Kadji 35 13 7 0 0 0 0 B+ Durand Scott 33 15 3 2 1 0 2 B- T. McKinney-Jones 29 11 3 2 3 0 4 B- DeQuan Jones 17 6 3 1 0 1 2 C+ Rion Brown 28 5 5 1 0 0 0 D+ Malcolm Grant 19 3 3 1 0 0 4 D Shane Larkin 11 0 0 2 0 0 1

The Tar Heels are now 22-4. They improve to 9-2 and remain in 1st place in the ACC. They now have a 8-4 record against the RPI Top 50 (Miami (FL) #33).

Up next the Tar Heels face Clemson at home on February 18th.

• UNC wins 92% of the time this season (12-1) when their opponent has 14 or more turnovers.
• John Henson has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 4 straight games.
• Harrison Barnes has 9 straight double-digit point games.
• Harrison Barnes has led the team in scoring in 14 out of 26 games this season.
• The top two rebounders (John Henson and Tyler Zeller) accounted for 41.3% of the rebounds.

• Kenny Kadji has 4 straight double-digit point games.
• Trey McKinney-Jones set a career high with 3 three pointers.
• Reggie Johnson has led the team in rebounding 8 times in 24 games this season.
• The top two scorers (Durand Scott and Kenny Kadji) accounted for 43.7% of the points.
• Miami (FL) lost and did not cover the spread.

Check out the complete Games Notes

Tags: Harrison Barnes, John Henson