Roy Williams told his players before North Carolina’s game at Louisville on Saturday that he was the only one in the program with a road win over the Cardinals.
Now he has company.
Senior guard Joel Berry scored 23 points to lead No. 14 UNC to a 93-76 road win over Louisville on Saturday night.
It wasUNC’s fifth straight win but first at Louisville since the Cardinals joined the ACC before the 2014-15 season.
Williams went into Freedom Hall in 1993 with his Kansas team and beat the Cardinals on their home court.
The Tar Heels (21-7, 10-5 ACC) had been 0-2 at the KFC Yum! Center before Saturday’s win. A hot-shooting start had a lot to do with UNC’s success.
“They came out, obviously, just guns on fire,” Louisville interim coach David Padgett said. “They made eight 3s in the first half, five or six of them were right there in the first three or four minutes of the game.”
Berry, Cam Johnson (12 points) and Theo Pinson (15 points) — with only his third 3-pointer in ACC play — shot Louisville (18-9, 8-6) out of an early zone.
The Cardinals were down 19-6 before they could blink. UNC started 6 of 9 from the 3-point line and led 40-21 before Louisville made a move.
“That was fun,” Johnson said. “It’s always good to come into an opposing arena and get on to them quick. If you can kind of silence them from the jump, it goes a long way.”
Now he has company.
Senior guard Joel Berry scored 23 points to lead No. 14 UNC to a 93-76 road win over Louisville on Saturday night.
It wasUNC’s fifth straight win but first at Louisville since the Cardinals joined the ACC before the 2014-15 season.
Williams went into Freedom Hall in 1993 with his Kansas team and beat the Cardinals on their home court.
The Tar Heels (21-7, 10-5 ACC) had been 0-2 at the KFC Yum! Center before Saturday’s win. A hot-shooting start had a lot to do with UNC’s success.
Berry, Cam Johnson (12 points) and Theo Pinson (15 points) — with only his third 3-pointer in ACC play — shot Louisville (18-9, 8-6) out of an early zone.
The Cardinals were down 19-6 before they could blink. UNC started 6 of 9 from the 3-point line and led 40-21 before Louisville made a move.
“That was fun,” Johnson said. “It’s always good to come into an opposing arena and get on to them quick. If you can kind of silence them from the jump, it goes a long way.”
