| 1 Melvin Scott |
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AT CAROLINA
Tied for 10th in UNC history with 138 three-point field goals • Has connected on 138 three-pointers and 94 from inside the arc • Has played in 92 career games, more than any other active Tar Heel, and made 52 starts • Plays primarily at the shooting guard position, but also has seen spot duty at the point • Has scored 685 points • Season scoring averages have improved each year from 6.2 to 6.3 to 9.9 per game • Has scored in double figures 29 times with a high of 20 points on two occasions • Scored 20 against Wyoming in the second round of the 2003 NIT and had 20 in a win at Wake Forest on Feb. 7, 2004 • Connected on a career-high five three-pointers in four games (Ohio as a freshman, Davidson and Maryland in ACC Tournament as a sophomore and UNC Wilmington as a junior) • Has hit at least one three-pointer in 68 games and at least three three-pointers 20 times • Handed out a career-high seven assists in games against Coastal Carolina and UConn last year.
JUNIOR SEASON (2003-04)
Played in all 30 games and made 27 starts, including the first 25 contest • Was fifth on the team in scoring at 9.9 points per game, second in assists with 80 and second in three-pointers made with 56 • Made 56 of his 97 field goals from behind the three-point line • Scored in double figures 17 times with a season-high of 20 points in the win at 14th-ranked Wake Forest • Went 7 for 9 from the floor, including 4 of 6 from three-point range, in Winston-Salem • Was 12th in the ACC in three-point accuracy at 37.3 percent • Shot a career-best 40.4 percent from the floor • Made at least one three-pointer in 27 of 30 games, including one stretch of 14 games in a row • Made at least three three-pointers in 10 games • Made 40 of his last 49 free throw attempts (82 percent) and finished year with a career-high percentage of .701 • Led the Tar Heels in scoring three times and in assists three times • Averaged 10.6 points in UNC's 19 wins and 8.7 points in the 11 losses.
Opened the season with 15 points on 7 of 11 shooting and had a then-career-high six assists against Old Dominion • Had 16 points and five assists in the triple overtime game against Wake Forest • Hit a three-pointer with 1:06 left in the third overtime to tie the game at 114 • Had 19 points, six rebounds and four assists in win over UNC Wilmington • Equaled his career high in that game with five three-pointers • Had a team-high 16 points at Kentucky • Scored 11 points and tied his career high with seven assists in the win over No. 1 ranked Connecticut • Was 6 for 6 from the free throw line against the Huskies • Hit four first-half three-pointers at Florida State • Scored 14 of his career-high 20 points in the first half at Wake Forest • Hit four three-pointers in the first 12 minutes and scored 14 first half points • Had 10 points, five assists and tied a season high with four steals at Georgia Tech • Scored 13 points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds in the home win over Maryland • Production tailed off in the final seven games, as he scored 30 points and went 9 for 43 from the floor (7 for 31 from three-point range) in that span.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2002-03)
Averaged 6.3 points per game • Made 54 of 142 three-pointers, a percentage of .380 • Posted career scoring highs in two of the last five games • Had only two turnovers in his last 166 minutes played and averaged 12.4 points over the last five games • Was 17 for 32 from three-point range in the last six games (53.1 percent) and 31 for 68 (45.6 percent) in his last 13 games • Thirty-two of his last 40 field goals were threes • Hit at least one three-pointer in 28 games (and in each of the last 14 games) • Hit five threes against Davidson and Maryland (ACCs) and four on three occasions • Attempted 142 three-pointers and 51 from inside the arc • Scored in double figures five times.
Hit two three-pointers, including one with 5:00 left in the game to seal the win at ODU • Had a career-high five steals of the win over Kansas • Added seven points and three rebounds in 23 minutes • Three-point field goal started a 7-0 Tar Heel run to end the first half • Played the point for the final 8:13 of the first half after Felton picked up his second foul; Carolina's lead went from one to nine with Scott running the point • Scored 15 points in 28 minutes in the win over Davidson • Hit 5 of 7 three-pointers • Scored five points, had five rebounds and made two key hustle plays in the 61-60 win over Florida State • Led UNC with 12 points on 4 of 10 shooting from three-point range at Maryland • It was the second straight game in which he hit four three-pointers • Scored a layup with 15.4 seconds to play to pull the Tar Heels within a point in the comeback win over Georgia Tech • After a missed Yellow Jacket free throw, Scott grabbed the rebound to set up UNC's game-winning points • Hit two threes in the win over Duke.
Averaged 14.0 points in the ACC Tournament against Maryland and Duke • Was 8 for 13 from the floor (.615), 7 for 9 from three-point range (.778) and 5 for 8 from the free throw line (had taken just nine free throws all year prior to the Tournament) • Did not commit a single turnover in 69 minutes • Played 35 minutes against Maryland and 34 against Duke • Made his first start of the season in the semifinal • Had a then-career-high 19 points on 5 of 7 three-point shooting in the upset win over No. 14 Maryland • Scored 13 points in the decisive second half • Matched his career high with five three-pointers • Hit a pair of threes midway through the second half to spark a 13-3 UNC run that gave the Tar Heels a 66-56 lead • Made as many free throws in the Maryland game as he had in the first 29 games combined • Had nine points, two assists, a block and a steal against Duke in the semifinals.
Made his third straight start and responded with a career-high 20 points in the win over Wyoming • Made a career-high eight field goals, including four from three-point range • Added two assists and two steals and committed no turnovers in 34 minutes.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2001-02)
Played in all 28 games and made 21 starts at both the point and shooting guard slots • Scored in double figures seven times • Scored 175 points and had 55 assists • In his first collegiate start against Davidson, he hit 3 of 5 three-pointers and led the Tar Heels with 15 points • Scored 10 points, three in the last 18 seconds, and hit two three-pointers in the win over Georgia Tech • His three-pointer with 3:20 to play tied the game at 75-75 and his three-point play after a steal at midcourt clinched the win • Scored six points and had five assists, two steals and just two turnovers at Maryland on Jan. 9 • Connected on three three-pointers in the victory at Clemson, scoring a season-high 17 points • Scored 13 points, connecting on 3 of 5 three-pointers, at Georgia Tech • Hit all five of his field goal attempts, including two three-pointers, and scored 13 points in the win over Florida State on Feb. 17 • Led Carolina with 17 points in the loss to Ohio • Had five assists against Indiana and at Maryland.
PREP/PERSONAL
USA Today Super 25 selection as a senior at Southern High School in Baltimore • Three-time team Most Valuable Player at Southern • Had his jersey retired by his high school • Named first-team All-Metro by the Baltimore Sun • Was Player of the Year in the state as a junior • Broke three-point shooting and scoring records at the USA Olympic Festival Youth Developmental Camp in Colorado Springs • Made 27 of 55 three-pointers in five games in Colorado • Averaged 20 points, 7.5 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 4.0 steals per game as a senior • Scored 1,150 points in his last two prep seasons • Led his AAU U-19 team to a national title • Averaged 25 points, 8.6 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 5.0 steals per game as a sophomore • Member of the Honor Roll • Played one year on the tennis team • Born Melvin Scott on Feb. 3, 1982.
