Jan. 2, 2005
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NORTH CAROLINA VS. WILLIAM AND MARY
POSTGAME NOTES
JANUARY 2, 2005
Sunday's 105-66 win over William and Mary was the Tar Heels' 12th in a row, marking their longest winning streak since an 18-game run during the 2000-01 season. Carolina has not lost since dropping its season-opener to Santa Clara.
With 105 points Sunday, the Tar Heels eclipsed the 100-point mark in back-to-back games for the first time since the 1993-94 season. Exactly 11 years ago, Carolina defeated Marshall (116-62) on Jan. 2, 1994, for the second of back-to-back 100-point efforts. The Tar Heels had posted a 106-93 win over Pittsburgh (Dec. 20, 1993) in their previous outing.
With the 39-point victory, the Tar Heels have won six games by 30 or more points, their most since 1997-98. Carolina has now scored at least 85 points in each of the last seven games and has hit 90 or more nine of the last 11 outings.
Junior Sean May had a season-best 24 points on 9 of 13 shooting to lead the Tar Heel offense. May now has nine career 20-point games, with two coming this season. He added seven rebounds and tied a season-high with three blocked shots. May now has six blocks over the last two games.
Despite missing his first two three-point attempts to snap a streak of 12 consecutive makes from behind the arc, junior Raymond Felton was 2 of 6 on three pointers Sunday. He has made 14 of his last 18 attempts.
Felton also tied a season-best with 12 assists for his third double-digit assist game of the season and the 14th of his career. Felton added eight points and four rebounds.
Led by Felton, the Tar Heels had 27 assists on 35 made field goals.
With 14 first half points and 19 for the game, senior Jawad Williams has reached double figures in scoring in each game this season and 73 times as a Tar Heel. He was 6 of 10 from the field and has now shot better than 50 percent from the floor in 11 straight games.
Freshman Marvin Williams has his seventh double-digit scoring effort of the season with 14 points Sunday. Williams 2 of 2 from the field and 10 of 12 from the line, where he is now 47 of 56 (83.9 percent) on the year.
UNC has just one more non-conference game on its regular season schedule - a February 13 trip to Connecticut. Fifteen of the Tar Heels final 16 regular season games are ACC contests.
Junior Rashad McCants has hit a three-point field goal in each of the last 28 games. He had 15 points on 6 of 12 shooting.
Sophomore Reyshawn Terry had a productive five minutes on the floor, as he scored five points on 2 of 3 shooting and added one rebound and two blocked shots.
