Dec 18, 2021 - North Carolina at Kentucky - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

12/18/2021 Kentucky v. North Carolina Game Preview

	North Carolina Tar Heels	(8-3, 2-1 away)
	Kentucky Wildcats	(8-2, 8-2 home)

December 18, 2021 at 5:30 PM ET
Non-Conference Regular Season

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada

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2021-2022 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
North Carolina	39	40.3	77.9	27.6	61.8	.447	8.4	23.5	.358	14.3	18.7	.764	10.6	29.1	39.7	14.9	5.2	3.9	11.7	14.5
Kentucky	34	40.2	79.4	30.3	62.8	.483	6.1	17.6	.347	12.8	17.6	.726	12.2	26.3	38.6	16.2	6.8	4.2	11.6	14.3
UNC Opponents	39	40.3	71.3	26.9	63.2	.425	7.7	22.9	.337	9.8	13.5	.725	7.4	23.8	31.2	12.8	6.6	3.6	9.8	16.5
UK Opponents	34	40.2	66.6	24.6	59.4	.414	6.6	21.3	.308	10.9	15.1	.721	8.2	20.9	29.1	11.5	6.0	2.9	12.2	16.1

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 19, 2020	Kentucky	North Carolina	63 - 75	North Carolina	Non-Conference Regular Season	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 22, 2018	North Carolina	Kentucky	72 - 80	Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	United Center
Mar 26, 2017	Kentucky	North Carolina	73 - 75	North Carolina	Post-Season NCAA Tournament	FedExForum
Dec 17, 2016	North Carolina	Kentucky	100 - 103	Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	T-Mobile Arena
Dec 13, 2014	North Carolina	Kentucky	70 - 84	Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	Rupp Arena
Dec 14, 2013	Kentucky	North Carolina	77 - 82	North Carolina	Non-Conference Regular Season	Dean E. Smith Center
Dec 3, 2011	North Carolina	Kentucky	72 - 73	Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	Rupp Arena
Mar 27, 2011	Kentucky	North Carolina	76 - 69	Kentucky	Post-Season NCAA Tournament	Prudential Center
Dec 4, 2010	Kentucky	North Carolina	73 - 75	North Carolina	Non-Conference Regular Season	Dean E. Smith Center
Dec 5, 2009	North Carolina	Kentucky	66 - 68	Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	Rupp Arena
Nov 18, 2008	Kentucky	North Carolina	58 - 77	North Carolina	Non-Conference Regular Season	Dean E. Smith Center
Dec 1, 2007	North Carolina	Kentucky	86 - 77	North Carolina	Non-Conference Regular Season	Rupp Arena
Dec 2, 2006	Kentucky	North Carolina	63 - 75	North Carolina	Non-Conference Regular Season	Dean E. Smith Center
Dec 3, 2005	North Carolina	Kentucky	83 - 79	North Carolina	Non-Conference Regular Season	Rupp Arena
Dec 4, 2004	Kentucky	North Carolina	78 - 91	North Carolina	Non-Conference Regular Season	Dean E. Smith Center
Jan 3, 2004	North Carolina	Kentucky	56 - 61	Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	Rupp Arena
Dec 7, 2002	Kentucky	North Carolina	98 - 81	Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	Dean E. Smith Center

2021-2022 North Carolina Tar Heels Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Davis	C. Love	L. Black	B. Manek	A. Bacot
Rotation	A. Harris	K. Walton			D. Garcia
Rotation		P. Johnson
Lim PT	D. Dunn	R. McAdoo	J. McKoy
Lim PT	C. Lebo	D. Farris	D. Styles
Lim PT	J. Watkins	R. Landry

2021-2022 Kentucky Wildcats Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	S. Wheeler	T. Washington, Jr.	K. Grady	K. Brooks, Jr.	O. Tshiebwe
Rotation	D. Mintz		J. Toppin
Lim PT	K. Watkins	D. Allen	B. Hopkins	D. Collins
Lim PT		Z. Payne	B. Canada	L. Ware
Lim PT		C. Fredrick

North Carolina Tar Heels Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
5	Armando Bacot	PF	39	31.7	16.3	6.3	11.0	.569	0.0	0.2	.125	3.7	5.6	.670	4.2	8.9	13.1	1.5	0.8	1.7	2.0	2.9
1	Leaky Black	SF	38	29.7	4.9	1.8	3.8	.466	0.4	1.3	.333	0.9	1.0	.868	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.7	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.7
4	R.J. Davis	SG	39	33.9	13.5	4.6	10.7	.425	1.7	4.6	.367	2.7	3.2	.833	0.6	3.7	4.3	3.6	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.2
11	D'Marco Dunn	F	23	4.0	1.0	0.4	1.3	.290	0.1	0.7	.200	0.0	0.1	.333	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3
34	Duwe Farris	F	6	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
13	Dawson Garcia	SF	16	20.5	9.0	2.9	7.2	.405	0.8	2.0	.375	2.4	3.0	.792	2.1	3.4	5.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.1
0	Anthony Harris	PG	14	11.7	2.6	0.9	1.9	.481	0.2	0.4	.600	0.6	0.6	.889	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.2
14	Puff Johnson	SG	24	10.2	3.1	1.2	2.5	.459	0.2	1.1	.231	0.5	0.8	.722	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.1
22	Rob Landry	G	3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
14	Creighton Lebo	G	5	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
2	Caleb Love	GF	39	34.1	15.9	5.1	13.7	.371	2.4	6.6	.360	3.4	3.9	.863	0.2	3.2	3.4	3.6	0.9	0.2	2.7	1.7
45	Brady Manek	SF	39	30.5	15.1	5.6	11.4	.493	2.5	6.2	.403	1.4	1.9	.697	1.5	4.6	6.1	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.5	1.7
35	Ryan McAdoo	G	7	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3
22	Justin McKoy	SF	30	6.9	1.0	0.3	1.2	.222	0.1	0.4	.250	0.4	0.5	.800	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.0
3	Dontrez Styles	SF	30	5.7	2.0	0.8	1.8	.436	0.1	0.6	.167	0.3	0.5	.533	0.4	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5
24	Kerwin Walton	SG	31	13.4	3.4	1.2	3.3	.373	0.7	2.1	.354	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.1
30	Jackson Watkins	G	3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7

Kentucky Wildcats Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
11	Dontaie Allen	SG	19	6.6	2.2	0.8	2.7	.294	0.4	1.9	.189	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.6
12	Keion Brooks, Jr.	SF	33	24.3	10.8	4.2	8.6	.491	0.2	0.9	.233	2.2	2.8	.783	1.5	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.8
14	Brennan Canada	SF	9	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.4	.750	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
4	Daimion Collins	F	27	7.2	2.9	1.1	1.9	.577	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.8	.857	0.7	1.4	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.6	1.2
1	C.J. Fredrick	SG	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
31	Kellan Grady	PG	34	32.9	11.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	6.2	.415	0.9	1.1	.744	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.1
23	Bryce Hopkins	F	28	6.5	2.1	0.9	2.0	.429	0.2	0.6	.312	0.2	0.5	.538	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.5
10	Davion Mintz	PG	31	24.7	8.5	2.8	7.3	.381	1.4	4.2	.341	1.5	2.2	.701	0.7	1.5	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.7
20	Zan Payne	GF	9	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
	Shaedon Sharpe	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0	Jacob Toppin	SF	29	17.7	6.2	2.4	4.3	.556	0.1	0.3	.400	1.2	1.6	.745	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.2
34	Oscar Tshiebwe	F	34	31.8	17.4	7.0	11.6	.606	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.9	.691	5.3	9.9	15.1	1.1	1.8	1.6	1.9	2.6
55	Lance Ware	F	28	6.3	1.5	0.6	0.9	.667	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.435	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.2
3	TyTy Washington, Jr.	PG	31	29.1	12.5	4.9	10.9	.451	1.2	3.3	.350	1.5	2.1	.750	0.6	2.8	3.5	3.9	1.3	0.2	1.6	1.5
25	Kareem Watkins	G	9	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2
2	Sahvir Wheeler	PG	30	31.1	10.1	4.0	9.1	.441	0.5	1.7	.308	1.5	2.0	.780	0.6	2.0	2.6	6.9	1.1	0.1	3.0	2.4

North Carolina Tar Heels Last 9 Games

Kentucky Wildcats Last 9 Games