WATCH: Leaky Black shares touching moment with family after UNC's Final Four win
After a victory over the Duke Blue Devils in the Final Four, the North Carolina Tar Heels are onto the national title game against the Kansas Jayhawks. Following UNC’s 81-77 victory over Duke on Saturday night, fourth-year Tar Heels star Leaky Black shared an emotional moment with his family in the stands.
Black went straight for his family after the final buzzer, and an emotional embrace and celebration then followed.
Black has eight points, nine rebounds, two assists, and one block in UNC’s victory over Duke on Saturday night. He played in all 40 minutes throughout the game, shooting three-for-nine from the field and making two of his five three-point attempts.
This season is Black’s fourth at UNC. On the year, he is averaging 5.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.7 blocks and 0.9 steals per game while playing 29.7 minutes. Black has started all 37 games that he’s played in this year. In his four-year career with the Tar Heels, Black has played in 121 games with 95 starts. In his collegiate career, Black is averaging 5.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.0 steals per game.
Hubert Davis on what Leaky Black means for UNC
While the numbers for Black might not jump out of you, that doesn’t show his strong presence on the defensive end of the court. Black is a great defender, and he still plays a big role for UNC despite his lack of offensive production. And another valuable part of Black’s game is his passion and leadership. Prior to UNC’s Final Four showdown with Duke, Davis addressed what Black means to UNC’s team. Now, the team is onto the title game and looking to achieve the ultimate goal in bringing a title back to Chapel Hill.
“He’s been healthy for the first time in his career,” Davis said of Black. “He has settled into his role. He understands what he can do and what he can do really well, and he’s just — the way that he plays defense, the way that he takes care of the basketball and makes instinctive plays for our team, his energy and his passion, his love for this program and for this team — he’s not someone that talks a lot, but by his actions he’s a leader.
“And for everything that he’s gone through — like, we went to the Sweet 16 his freshman year, but he didn’t play very much. And then the other two years we didn’t go to the NCAA Tournament. Then we lost last year in the first round. It was really important for him and Armando. I wanted them to experience success here at Carolina and now they are.”