North Carolina Wins 86-74 Over NC State

Filed under Game Recap on February 22nd, 2012

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On February 21st on the road, the Tar Heels beat the Wolfpack, 86-74, in ACC play.

A few key stats coming into the game: The RPI ranked North Carolina higher, #5 to #58. The Tar Heels are very hard to beat on the road, and with this win that record now sits at 8-2. The Tar Heels played the Wolfpack earlier this season, and won that game 74-55.

North Carolina was able to overwhelm NC State in three pointers and also win the battle in assists.

North Carolina leaned on three-pointers for the win and got 30 points from its efforts as opposed to nine for NC State. North Carolina spread the ball around with ease, and its 19 assists gave it an advantage compared to 11 from NC State. A highlight for North Carolina was its 52% three-point shooting. This far and away beat its season average of 35%.

Kendall Marshall put up the most points for the Tar Heels with 22 points in 38 minutes, shooting 87% from the floor, 12 of that in threes. John Henson contributed 13 rebounds.

UNC Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ K. Marshall 38 22 2 13 1 0 0 A Reggie Bullock 32 11 8 2 1 1 0 A John Henson 33 14 13 1 0 2 2 A Harrison Barnes 36 20 3 1 0 1 1 A Tyler Zeller 31 14 8 1 0 4 4 C- J. McAdoo 16 2 2 0 1 0 1 - Justin Watts 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 - P.J. Hairston 6 3 0 0 0 0 1

NCSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ C.J. Leslie 29 24 12 0 0 1 0 A Lorenzo Brown 36 18 5 4 1 0 1 B+ Richard Howell 27 9 10 1 0 0 0 B DeShawn Painter 20 7 6 0 0 1 0 C+ Scott Wood 35 3 3 4 0 1 1 C+ Alex Johnson 23 5 0 2 2 0 0 C C.J. Williams 28 8 2 0 3 0 2

The Tar Heels have a record of 24-4. They remain in 1st place in the ACC, and their conference record improves to 11-2. They're now 11-4 against the RPI Top 100 (NC State #58). They're currently on a 4 game run.

The next game on the schedule is Virginia on the road on February 25th.

• John Henson accounted for 32.5% of the team's rebounds.
• The last time UNC started the season 24-4 was 2006.
• This marks the 1st 20-point game of Kendall Marshall's career.
• John Henson recorded the 43rd double digit rebound game of his career.
• John Henson recorded a double-double. It was his 14th this season and 33rd of his career.

• C.J. Leslie set a career high with 24 points and 9 field goals made.
• C.J. Leslie has 7 straight double-digit point games.
• This loss extended the Wolfpack losing streak to 3 games.
• C.J. Leslie tallied a team season high in field goals attempted with 17.
• C.J. Leslie recorded a double-double. It was his 4th this season and 8th of his career.

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Tags: Kendall Marshall, John Henson