GAME NOTES
2020-21 Regular Season
North Carolina Central (1-2, 0-0 MEAC)
at
#16 North Carolina (3-2, 0-0 ACC)
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 – 2:00 p.m.
Dean E. Smith Center – Chapel Hill, N.C.
TV: RSN
Audio: NCCU Sports Network
Stats: GoHeels.com
 
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
 
STARTING FIVE:
1. NCCU begins its 88th season with over 1,220 wins.
2. LeVelle Moton will coach his 12th season at NCCU in 2020-21, and is just the third coach in program history to coach 10+ campaigns.
3. NCCU will play all four of its non-conference games away from home.
4. NCCU will face multiple nationally-ranked teams for the first time since the 2014-15 season.
5. NCCU has gone 18-1 at home in non-conference games since 2016.
 
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS
North Carolina hosts NCCU in just its second home game of the season, following a second-place finish at the Maui Invitational in Asheville, North Carolina, and a 93-80 loss on the road at Iowa as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.  The Tar Heels are spearheaded by career 1,000-point scorer Garrison Brooks who tops his squad with 13.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.  Brooks most recently posted a team-high 17 points along with eight boards against the Hawkeyes.  This will be the third all-time meeting between the Eagles and Tar Heels, and the first since the 2014-15 season where NCCU went undefeated in conference play for the first time in school history (16-0).
 
LAST FIVE VS NORTH CAROLINA:
11/11/09 at #6 North Carolina...... 42-89 L
11/14/14 at #6 North Carolina...... 60-76 L