North Carolina 86-78 Georgia Tech (2 Jan, 2016) Play-by-Play

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

10-4, 0-1 Conference

	1	2	T
GT	42	36	78
UNC	39	47	86

TIME	GT	UNC
20:00	Jump Ball won by Georgia Tech	0	0
19:53	Charles Mitchell made Jumper. Assisted by Adam Smith.	2	0
19:32	Foul on Charles Mitchell.	2	0
19:32	Justin Jackson made Free Throw.	2	1
19:32	Justin Jackson made Free Throw.	2	2
19:14	Nick Jacobs Turnover.	2	2
19:01	Joel Berry II made Jumper.	2	4
18:43	Foul on Joel Berry II.	2	4
18:43	Marcus Georges-Hunt made Free Throw.	3	4
18:43	Marcus Georges-Hunt made Free Throw.	4	4
18:24	Joel James made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Paige.	4	6
18:01	Charles Mitchell missed Jumper.	4	6
18:01	Georgia Tech Offensive Rebound.	4	6
18:01	Georgia Tech made Two Point Tip Shot.	6	6
17:52	Joel James made Layup. Assisted by Joel Berry II.	6	8
17:24	Adam Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	6	8
17:24	Joel Berry II Defensive Rebound.	6	8
17:12	Joel James made Jumper. Assisted by Joel Berry II.	6	10
16:53	Nick Jacobs missed Jumper.	6	10
16:53	Ben Lammers Offensive Rebound.	6	10
16:49	Foul on Brice Johnson.	6	10
16:49	Ben Lammers made Free Throw.	7	10
16:49	Ben Lammers made Free Throw.	8	10
16:44	Joel Berry II missed Layup.	8	10
16:44	Ben Lammers Block.	8	10
16:44	Joel Berry II Offensive Rebound.	8	10
16:40	Foul on Ben Lammers.	8	10
16:38	Brice Johnson made Jumper.	8	12
16:15	Foul on Joel James.	8	12
16:09	Adam Smith missed Jumper.	8	12
16:09	Marcus Georges-Hunt Offensive Rebound.	8	12
16:04	Marcus Georges-Hunt made Layup.	10	12
15:49	Isaiah Hicks missed Layup.	10	12
15:49	Isaiah Hicks Offensive Rebound.	10	12
15:49	Jump Ball won by North Carolina	10	12
15:49	Official TV Timeout	10	12
15:44	Brice Johnson missed Jumper.	10	12
15:44	Marcus Georges-Hunt Defensive Rebound.	10	12
15:19	James White missed Jumper.	10	12
15:19	Theo Pinson Defensive Rebound.	10	12
15:08	Marcus Paige missed Three Point Jumper.	10	12
15:08	Marcus Georges-Hunt Defensive Rebound.	10	12
15:06	Foul on Theo Pinson.	10	12
14:52	Charles Mitchell missed Jumper.	10	12
14:52	Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.	10	12
14:45	Theo Pinson missed Three Point Jumper.	10	12
14:45	Brice Johnson Offensive Rebound.	10	12
14:34	Brice Johnson made Dunk.	10	14
14:34	Foul on James White.	10	14
14:34	Brice Johnson made Free Throw.	10	15
14:23	Quinton Stephens missed Jumper.	10	15
14:23	Nate Britt Defensive Rebound.	10	15
14:13	Joel Berry II Turnover.	10	15
14:13	Quinton Stephens Steal.	10	15
14:07	Adam Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Travis Jorgenson.	13	15
13:49	Foul on Nate Britt.	13	15
13:49	Nate Britt Turnover.	13	15
13:30	Charles Mitchell made Jumper.	15	15
13:17	Joel Berry II missed Three Point Jumper.	15	15
13:17	Charles Mitchell Defensive Rebound.	15	15
13:04	Nick Jacobs made Layup. Assisted by Travis Jorgenson.	17	15
12:53	Joel Berry II Turnover.	17	15
12:53	Nick Jacobs Steal.	17	15
12:34	Tadric Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.	17	15
12:34	North Carolina Defensive Rebound.	17	15
12:15	Nate Britt Turnover.	17	15
12:15	Ben Lammers Steal.	17	15
12:01	Josh Heath missed Jumper.	17	15
12:01	Marcus Paige Defensive Rebound.	17	15
11:55	Official TV Timeout	17	15
11:51	Nate Britt Turnover.	17	15
11:51	Nick Jacobs Steal.	17	15
11:45	Tadric Jackson missed Layup.	17	15
11:45	Isaiah Hicks Block.	17	15
11:45	Isaiah Hicks Defensive Rebound.	17	15
11:37	Marcus Paige missed Jumper.	17	15
11:37	Quinton Stephens Defensive Rebound.	17	15
11:22	Ben Lammers missed Jumper.	17	15
11:22	Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.	17	15
11:13	Justin Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.	17	15
11:13	Isaiah Hicks Offensive Rebound.	17	15
11:07	Isaiah Hicks made Jumper.	17	17
10:59	Foul on Isaiah Hicks.	17	17
10:45	Charles Mitchell made Jumper.	19	17
10:32	Foul on Adam Smith.	19	17
10:25	Brice Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Justin Jackson.	19	19
10:04	Adam Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Josh Heath.	22	19
9:42	Brice Johnson missed Jumper.	22	19
9:42	Charles Mitchell Defensive Rebound.	22	19
9:13	Foul on Joel James.	22	19
9:13	Marcus Georges-Hunt missed Free Throw.	22	19
9:13	Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.	22	19
9:02	Brice Johnson missed Jumper.	22	19
9:02	James White Defensive Rebound.	22	19
8:50	Adam Smith missed Jumper.	22	19
8:50	North Carolina Defensive Rebound.	22	19
8:48	Foul on Charles Mitchell.	22	19
8:42	Justin Jackson Turnover.	22	19
8:28	Marcus Georges-Hunt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Travis Jorgenson.	25	19
8:15	Marcus Paige made Layup.	25	21
7:49	Adam Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ben Lammers.	28	21
7:35	Justin Jackson missed Jumper.	28	21
7:35	Brice Johnson Offensive Rebound.	28	21
7:32	Brice Johnson made Dunk.	28	23
7:26	Adam Smith missed Jumper.	28	23
7:26	Justin Jackson Defensive Rebound.	28	23
7:15	Justin Jackson missed Jumper.	28	23
7:15	Marcus Georges-Hunt Defensive Rebound.	28	23
7:06	Foul on Justin Jackson.	28	23
7:06	Official TV Timeout	28	23
7:06	Marcus Georges-Hunt made Free Throw.	29	23
7:06	Marcus Georges-Hunt made Free Throw.	30	23
7:02	Nate Britt missed Three Point Jumper.	30	23
7:02	Adam Smith Defensive Rebound.	30	23
6:37	Travis Jorgenson Turnover.	30	23
6:29	Marcus Paige missed Three Point Jumper.	30	23
6:29	Ben Lammers Defensive Rebound.	30	23
6:26	Foul on Theo Pinson.	30	23
6:26	Ben Lammers made Free Throw.	31	23
6:26	Ben Lammers missed Free Throw.	31	23
6:26	Marcus Paige Defensive Rebound.	31	23
6:20	Foul on Josh Heath.	31	23
6:20	Nate Britt made Free Throw.	31	24
6:20	Nate Britt made Free Throw.	31	25
6:03	Josh Heath Turnover.	31	25
5:39	Brice Johnson missed Jumper.	31	25
5:39	James White Defensive Rebound.	31	25
5:08	James White made Layup. Assisted by Josh Heath.	33	25
4:54	Foul on Josh Heath.	33	25
4:54	Marcus Paige missed Free Throw.	33	25
4:54	North Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.	33	25
4:54	Marcus Paige made Free Throw.	33	26
4:39	Marcus Georges-Hunt missed Three Point Jumper.	33	26
4:39	Joel James Defensive Rebound.	33	26
4:27	Justin Jackson missed Jumper.	33	26
4:27	James White Defensive Rebound.	33	26
4:22	Quinton Stephens made Jumper.	35	26
4:10	Marcus Paige made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joel Berry II.	35	29
3:50	Nick Jacobs missed Jumper.	35	29
3:50	North Carolina Defensive Rebound.	35	29
3:45	Official TV Timeout	35	29
3:32	Isaiah Hicks Turnover.	35	29
3:32	Nick Jacobs Steal.	35	29
3:19	Ben Lammers Turnover.	35	29
3:19	Marcus Paige Steal.	35	29
3:14	Marcus Paige made Layup.	35	31
2:52	Adam Smith made Jumper.	37	31
2:44	Joel Berry II missed Jumper.	37	31
2:44	Georgia Tech Defensive Rebound.	37	31
2:30	Nick Jacobs missed Jumper.	37	31
2:30	Brice Johnson Defensive Rebound.	37	31
2:20	Isaiah Hicks made Layup. Assisted by Justin Jackson.	37	33
2:13	Adam Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Travis Jorgenson.	40	33
1:49	Foul on Nick Jacobs.	40	33
1:49	Isaiah Hicks made Free Throw.	40	34
1:49	Isaiah Hicks made Free Throw.	40	35
1:20	Marcus Georges-Hunt missed Jumper.	40	35
1:20	Ben Lammers Offensive Rebound.	40	35
1:14	Ben Lammers missed Layup.	40	35
1:14	Joel Berry II Defensive Rebound.	40	35
1:07	Joel Berry II made Jumper.	40	37
1:06	Georgia Tech Timeout	40	37
0:42	Foul on Brice Johnson.	40	37
0:42	Marcus Georges-Hunt made Free Throw.	41	37
0:42	Marcus Georges-Hunt missed Free Throw.	41	37
0:42	Justin Jackson Defensive Rebound.	41	37
0:37	Isaiah Hicks made Layup. Assisted by Justin Jackson.	41	39
0:30	Foul on Justin Jackson.	41	39
0:30	Marcus Georges-Hunt missed Free Throw.	41	39
0:30	Georgia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.	41	39
0:30	Marcus Georges-Hunt made Free Throw.	42	39
0:05	Isaiah Hicks missed Jumper.	42	39
0:05	James White Defensive Rebound.	42	39
0:00	End of 1st half	42	39

Brice Johnson impresses in Tar Heels' win

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Dean E. Smith Center

5:00 PM, 2 January 2016

Chapel Hill, NC

Attendance: 17,392

Referees:
Wally Rutecki
Brian Dorsey
Clarence Armstrong

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
North Carolina	17-3	-	29-8
Duke	15-5	2	27-9
Virginia	13-7	4	23-11
Pittsburgh	12-8	5	22-11
Clemson	11-9	6	24-12
Syracuse	11-9	6	20-12
Wake Forest	11-9	6	21-14
Virginia Tech	10-10	7	19-15
Florida State	10-10	7	17-16
NC State	9-11	8	26-15
Boston College	8-12	9	20-16
Georgia Tech	7-13	10	14-18
Notre Dame	7-13	10	13-20
Miami	6-14	11	15-17
Louisville	3-17	14	8-24

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