Published Feb 16, 2021
THI Basketball Central: Northeastern
John Gwaltney  •  TarHeelIllustrated
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Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Arena: Dean E. Smith Center (21,750)

Time/TV: 7:00 pm/ACCNX

Live Audio: Tar Heel Sports Network, GoHeelsTV; Sirius (TBD), XM (TBD), SiriusXM Online (TBD)

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NORTHEASTERN - NORTH CAROLINA SERIES

Series vs. UNC: Carolina leads 1-0

Last Meeting: Carolina 101 Northeastern 66 (3/15/91)

Streak: Carolina has played Northeastern once with the meeting coming in Syracuse, New York as part of the NCAA Tournament.

NORTHEASTERN HUSKIES (9-7, 8-2)

Head Coach: Bill Coen (250-219 at NU, 250-219 overall)

Rankings: NR AP, NR Coaches, #144 NET, #174 ESPN BPI, #166 Sagarin, #164 KenPom

Strength of Schedule: #129

Strength of Record: #139

Offense (Per Game): 67.8 points, 44.7 FG%, 35.7 3-pt FG%, 73.6 FT%, 32.8 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 13.8 turnovers, 0.9 A/T ratio, 6.1 steals, 2.1blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 68.4 points, 43.4 FG%, 32.2 3-pt FG%, 68.6 FT%, 34.9 rebounds, 11.1 assists, 11.8 turnovers, 0.9 A/T ratio, 7.0 steals, 2.2 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#24 Shaquille Walters, G, 6-6, 190, Jr. (34.2 mpg, 11.0 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.8 apg)

#2 Tyson Walker, G, 6-0, 162, So. (34.1 mpg, 18.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 5.1 apg)

#00 Jason Strong, F, 6-8, 217, Jr. (26.9 mpg, 10.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 0.9 apg)

#15 Coleman Stucke, F, 6-7, 220, Fr. (21.8 mpg, 5.2 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 0.8 apg)

#10 Greg Eboigbodin, F, 6-9, 225, Jr. (19.8 mpg, 4.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 0.4 apg)

NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS (12-7, 7-5)

Head Coach: Roy Williams (479-159 at UNC, 897-260 overall)

Rankings: #44 AP, NR Coaches, #57 NET, #37 ESPN BPI, #32 Sagarin, #43 KenPom

Strength of Schedule: #16

Strength of Record: #32

Offense (Per Game): 72.7 points, 43.5 FG%, 31.0 3-pt FG%, 65.4 FT%, 42.4 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 14.6 turnovers, 1.0 A/T ratio, 6.8 steals, 4.0 blocks

Opponents (Per Game): 69.9 points, 43.0 FG%, 36.7 3-pt FG%, 68.0 FT%, 31.7 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 13.2 turnovers, 1.0 A/T ratio, 8.2 steals, 4.7 blocks

PROJECTED STARTERS

#2 Caleb Love, G, 6-4, 195, Fr. (27.4 mpg, 10.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.3 apg)

#24 Kerwin Walton, G, 6-5, 205, Fr. (18.7 mpg, 7.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.8 apg)

#1 Leaky Black, G, 6-8, 195, Jr. (28.5 mpg, 6.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.6 apg)

#15 Garrison Brooks, F, 6-10, 240, Sr. (29.1 mpg, 10.3 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 1.5 apg)

#5 Armando Bacot, F/C, 6-10, 240, So. (23.3 mpg, 11.8 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 0.8 apg)

*Projected starters based on previous game; Stats & rankings through 2/15/21*

NEXT FIVE FOR THE HEELS

February 20 vs Louisville 6:00 pm ESPN

February 23 at Boston College 9:00 pm ACC Network

February 27 vs Florida State 4:00 pm ESPN

March 1 at Syracuse 7:00 pm/ESPN

March 6 vs. Duke 6:00 pm/ESPN