Tuesday Talking Points
The latest facts and figures about the Tar Heels.
Jan. 2, 2007
By Adam Lucas
Now that December is over, you might want to revisit this Tuesday Talking Point.
Ty Lawson already has a pair of 0-turnover games as a Carolina starter. Raymond Felton had four 0-turnover games in his three-year Carolina career.
Lawson's current assist/turnover ratio is 2.68. Since turnovers were reliably tracked, the best mark for a Carolina freshman point guard who started the majority of his team's games is Ed Cota's 1.89.
Brandan Wright is currently shooting 67.2% from the field. That would easily eclipse the all-time ACC freshman record of 62.6% set by Sam Perkins. It would also rank as the second-best field goal percentage season in league history and rank second all-time among Carolina players (behind Brendan Haywood's 69.7% in 2000).
Only three Tar Heels in the past decade have shot better than 43 percent from the 3-point line--Wes Miller (44.1%) in 2006, Raymond Felton (44.0%) in 2005, and Ademola Okulaja (43.1%) in 1999. Wayne Ellington is currently hitting 44.4% of his 3-pointers.
Only one Carolina team in the past 35 years has opened their ACC schedule with back-to-back home games--the 2000 team opened the year with league wins over Clemson and NC State at the Smith Center.
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