UNC’s Caleb Love has been a breakout star in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. His 28 points vs. Duke dunk the Blue Devils. Today we will discuss about Caleb Love: Dagger| Dad| Stats tonight| Points per game
Caleb Love: Dagger| Dad| Stats tonight| Points per game
Caleb Christopher Love (born September 27, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
| No. 2 – North Carolina Tar Heels | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 27, 2001 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Christian Brothers College (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| College | North Carolina (2020–present) |
Dagger
In one of the most epic games in recent memory, North Carolina defeated Duke 81–77 in the last four to advance to the national championship. With the win, Duke’s coach Mike Krzyzewski ended his career with a loss to the school’s bitter rival, while Hubert Davis punched his ticket to a national title game during his first year as head coach. Caleb Love’s 3-pointer dagger cooled the game and sent Coach Kay and the Blue Devils packing.
North Carolina will meet Kansas on Monday night for the title, but the instant classic was all we wanted to talk about Saturday night. Love led with 28 points, while RJ Davis added 18 points and was one of four players to score in double digits.
In the first half, both the teams went back and forth after a poor start of a few minutes. But from there, the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels found better offensive momentum and Duke took a 37-34 lead at the break.
Dad
Before UNC’s take on Kansas in the championship game, we find out more about Caleb Love’s parents, Denise Love and Alessia Thompson, and his special relationship with ‘Papa.
Caleb Love will be part of the North Carolina Tar Heels team that faces the Kansas Jayhawks in tonight’s championship game of the NCAA Tournament.
Ahead of the match-up, we find out more about Caleb Love’s parents and his special relationship with ‘Papa’.
Stats tonight
ACC All-Freshman Team • Led UNC in assists (104) and was second in scoring (10.5 per game), steals (34) and three-pointers (34) • Twice ACC Freshman of the Week (Wake’s) for their play against) at Forest/NC State and Duke) • One of three players to win Freshman of the Week multiple times and the only player to do so twice during conference play • Leaded UNC in scoring five times (UNC leads 4-1 in those games) • Averaged 11.8 ppg in UNC’s 18 wins • Scored in double digits 16 times with a high of 25 at Duke • Scored in double digits in six of the last seven games • Season-high four three-pointers at Duke • Scored 13 threes in last six • More assists than turnover in 14 games • ACC-best seven in both games versus Northeast and Duke in 14 games • League play Was ninth in the ACC in the U.S. • led the team in field goals and three-point attempts • attempted 90 more field goals than any other Tar Heel Scored at least 50 percent of his field goal attempts four times (Wake Forest, Duke to Bar and Louisville) • Second in team in free throw percentage (.808) • Shots from FT line 82.1 percent in 18 wins .
Points per game
Love hit a deep three on 7-foot-1 Duke center Mark Williams, which put Carolina up 78-74, with less than 25 seconds left in the two teams’ historic Final Four matchup on April 2.
It was not a game-winner. The Blue Devils still had a chance and kept it close until Trevor Keeles missed the three-point mark.
But Love’s shot will be the enduring image of that game and probably the entire 2022 tournament.
“It’s everything to me,” Love said of the shot via ESPN.
The sophomore guard averaged 15.7 points during the regular season. He hit 37.1% of his 6.5 three-point attempts per game.
