MBB Hosts The Citadel In Final Non-Conference Home Game Tuesday

GAME 11: THE CITADEL
• After a 20-day span between home games, Carolina returns to the Dean E. Smith Center for the second time in four days when the Tar Heels play host to The Citadel on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
• Tip time is 7 p.m.
• The Tar Heels are 6-4 overall and 1-1 in the ACC after beating Georgia Tech, 75-59, on Saturday in UNC’s home opener in conference play.
• RJ Davis had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Armando Bacot had 21 points and 13 boards to lead four Tar Heels in double figures. It was just the fifth time this century two Tar Heels posted 20/10 in the same game.
• Carolina matched its largest win of the season and had season-highs in rebound margin and assists to field goals made.
• The Citadel is 5-4. The Bulldogs have yet to open play in the Southern Conference. They are coming off a 79-57 home loss to the College of Charleston, the only common opponent to date with UNC. The Tar Heels defeated Charleston, 102-86, in the Smith Center on November 11.
• The Bulldogs have played one previous ACC opponent this year, losing 80-69 in the season opener at Clemson on November 7.
• Carolina is 19-0 all-time against The Citadel. This is the first time the teams have played since a 97-58 UNC win in the Smith Center on 11/24/1991. Hubert Davis led five Tar Heels in double figures with 16 points.
• UNC is 8-0 in Chapel Hill vs. The Citadel, including 2-0 in the Smith Center (5-0 in Woollen Gym and 1-0 in Carmichael Auditorium).
• Carolina’s 19 wins are the most in school history without a loss against any opponent.
• The Tar Heels are 456-83 all-time in 38 seasons in the Dean E. Smith Center, including 222-18 against non-ACC opponents.
• UNC has won 11 straight home games against non-ACC opponents.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE

• Carolina has played the 19th-most difficult schedule in the nation (per KenPom) among all teams and the fourth-most difficult among Power 5 conference teams behind only Michigan State, Oregon and Wisconsin.

• The four teams that have defeated UNC (Iowa State, Alabama, Indiana and Virginia Tech) were a combined 34-6 through December 11.

• Following Tuesday’s home game vs. The Citadel, the Tar Heels wrap up their regular-season non-conference portion of the schedule with a pair of games against the Big Ten.

• UNC plays Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic in New York’s…