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Wolverines to Head to Chapel Hill for Big Ten/ACC Challenge Game at North Carolina
11/29/2021 4:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
» Michigan will head to Chapel Hill, N.C., to take on North Carolina in the 2021 Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
» U-M is making its 20th appearance in the Challenge and its third against UNC in the last five years
» The ACC has won 13 of the 22 Challenge series match ups with the Big Ten.
» Captain Eli Brooks leads Michigan with 15.7 points per game and has score in double figures in all six contests.
NEXT GAME
Wednesday, Dec. 1-- at North Carolina (Big Ten/ACC Challenge), 9:20 p.m.
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The 24th-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team will head to Chapel Hill, N.C., for a Wednesday night (Dec. 1) match up at North Carolina in the 2021 Big Ten/ACC Challenge at the Dean Smith Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 9:20 p.m. on ESPN with Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Dick Vitale (analyst) and Kris Budden (sideline) on the call.
The North Carolina Tar Heels
• North Carolina (4-2) began its season with three straight victories -- Loyola Maryland (83-67), Brown (94-87) and at the College of Charleston (94-83), before the Tar Heels fell to #6 Purdue (93-84) and #17 Tennessee (89-72) in the Hall of Fame Tipoff. In its last game before Thanksgiving, UNC defeated UNC Asheville (72-53).
• UNC averages 83.2 points per game, 40.5 rebounds and 14.5 assists. The Tar Heels are shooting nearly 50 percent (48.7%), in addition to 41.4 percent from deep -- which accounts for over a third of the UNC offensive shots.
• Junior Armando Bacot leads the Tar Heels with a near double-double average with 15.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. He has three double-doubles, leads the team with 11 blocks and is shooting 66.7 percent.
• Sophomore Caleb Love is averaging 15.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and a team-best 4.2 assists. Graduate student Brady Manek, who was a four-year starter at Oklahoma, posts 14.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Manek is tied for the team lead with 13 3-pointers with sophomore R.J. Davis (13.7 points and 4.0 assists).
• Hubert Davis is in his first year leading the Tar Heels. He was named head coach following the retirement of legendary coach Roy Williams who collected over 900 wins and three NCAA championships. Davis was an assistant coach on Williams' staff for nine years (2012-21).
• Davis played in 137 games in his UNC career (1988-92), compiling a record of 102-37, and helped win the 1989 and 1991 ACC Tournaments. He also played in the 1991 Final Four, scored 1,615 career points and went on to play 12 NBA seasons.
• While they never played with each other in the NBA, Howard and Davis were connected in a trade during the 2001-02 season as Howard was sent to the Dallas Mavericks and Davis landed with the Washington Wizards.
Michigan in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
• Michigan is set to make its 20th appearance in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Wolverines have an 8-11 record in the series, with a 3-7 record in road or neutral games. North Carolina is 10-12 in the Challenge with a 5-5 home record.
• Wednesday's game will mark the third time in the last five years that the Wolverines face the Tar Heels in the Challenge. The series is tied, 1-1. The contest will mark the fourth meeting overall in the last five years, as U-M also squared off with the Tar Heels in the 2019 Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal.
• Last year, U-M was scheduled to host N.C. State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, however, the game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Wolfpack program. Instead, U-M hosted nearby Toledo, winning 91-71.
• The ACC has won 13 of the 22 Challenge series contests.
What You Should Know
• Michigan has used a starting lineup of DeVante' Jones, Eli Brooks, Caleb Houstan, Brandon Johns Jr.. and Hunter Dickinson.
• Terrance Williams II, Moussa Diabate, Kobe Bufkin and Frankie Collins have come off the bench in Juwan Howard's rotation.
• Dickinson has started his last 29 straight games and has played in all 33 consecutive career games.
• • Jones has started 63 straight games, dating back to his time at Dartmouth.
• Johns, Jr. has played in 55 straight games.
• Scoring in double figures in all six games, Brooks leads the Wolverines with 15.7 points per game. He is shooting 42.9 percent from long range (12-for-28) and is 20-for-22 (90.9%) from the free throw line.
• Brooks is 60-for-66 (90.9%) over the last two seasons and is an 80 percent free throw shooter (79.6%; 106-for-133) for his career.
• Dickinson leads the Wolverines with 8.2 rebounds per game. Jones ranks second on the team with 5.8 per game, while Moussa Diabate grabs 5.7 per game.
• Dickinson (15) and Diabate (15) combine for nearly half of the Wolverines' offensive rebounds.
• Brooks (12) and Houstan (8) lead Michigan with 20 of the Wolverines' 32 3-pointers.
• Jones leads the Wolverines with 4.0 assists per game.
• Dickinson (8) and Diabate (6) have 14 of U-M's 22 blocks.
Up Next
Saturday, Dec. 4 -- vs. San Diego State (Crisler Center), 1 p.m.
