UNC Basketball: Seventh Woods 2018-19 season in review
Seventh Woods was one of three scholarship juniors on the UNC basketball roster for the 2018-19 season, and the reserve point guard put together his best performance since arriving on campus three years ago.
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The good
Woods had his best statistical season since joining the Tar Heels in 2016. His 2.5 points per game were a career-high, and so were his 2.1 assists, which more than doubled what he averaged the season before.
He shot a career-best 41.9 percent from the floor as a junior, and hit 40 percent of his three-point attempts on the season — thought he took just 10 shots from long-range. And his 10.8 minutes per game were the most of his three-year collegiate career.
The bad
Despite putting together his best season in three years, Woods struggled with inconsistency on the court; namely, a lack of control when the ball was in his hands.
He committed 51 turnovers on the season, which was fifth-most on the team, despite playing less minutes than seven other Tar Heels. He also connected on 18-of-28 free throw attempts as a junior, good for just 64.3 percent.
Best game
Woods’ best performance of the season, and probably ever, came in the Tar Heels’ 103-90 dismantling of the Gonzaga Bulldogs in mid-December.
Woods came in off the bench and scored a career-high 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor, and knocked down both of his three-point attempts. He also racked up four rebounds, an assist and two steals in 17 minutes of play.
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What the future holds
Woods has definitely improved throughout his time at North Carolina, but he still has a ways to go to be named to the Tar Heels’ starting five or to get starter’s minutes off the bench.
Those things will become especially difficult for Woods if 5-star point guard Cole Anthony commits to North Carolina in the coming weeks like he’s expected to. Anthony will undoubtedly get a spot in the Tar Heels’ starting lineup if he pledges to UNC.
Not to mention, the Tar Heels are now heavily involved with former Virginia Tech commit and top-75 guard Anthony Harris, who will be in Chapel Hill for an official visit early next week. He, too, could jump in front of Woods in the UNC rotation, making it difficult for the senior reserve to get the kind of minutes he’d hoped for when he committed to North Carolina in 2015.