University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC In The Bahamas To Face USF On Turkey Day
November 24, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Carolina will face either Georgia or Minnesota in the second game of the tournament. A win over the Bulls will put the Heels in the championship game on Saturday, however, a loss will put the team in Friday's consolation game.
WHERE TO WATCH
All games in the Junkanoo Jam will be streamed live on FloHoops.com
TUNE IN
The game is available on 97.9 FM WCHL in the Triangle. A live stream is also available world wide on GoHeels.com.
SERIES HISTORY
Carolina leads 1-0 over USF
Georgia leads 5-1 over Carolina
Carolina leads 2-1 over Minnesota
LAST TIME OUT
Behind an Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball record 10 made three-pointers, Stephanie Watts scored a career-high 39 points to lead North Carolina to a 93-77 victory over Charleston Southern on Tuesday afternoon.
Watts broke the ACC record set three previous times - twice by NC State's Jennifer Howard in the mid 1990s, and most recently by Wolfpack guard Myisha Goodwin-Coleman in 2013.
The 39 points scored by Watts ties for the fifth most in program history, and the most by a Tar Heel since Tracy Reid set the school record of 42 points vs. Virginia on Jan. 27, 1997.
As a team, North Carolina (4-0) also tied its own record with 14 made three-pointers.
Paris Kea continued her steady play with 13 points, while Jamie Cherry added 12 points and Destinee Walker scored 11.
CAROLINA FAST-BREAK POINTS
• Carolina has opened the season with a 4-0 record, having won each home game by at least 15 points.
• Stephanie Watts set an ACC record with 10 made three-pointers on Tuesday against Charleston Southern. She also scored a career-high 39 points, tied for the fifth most points in program history.
• Carolina leads the ACC with 48.0 rebounds per game, and has limited opponents to a league low 22.2 percent (18-81) shooting from three-point land.
• Stephanie Watts has scored in double figures in each game thus far, and 13-straight games going back to last season.
• Paris Kea leads the ACC with 5.5 (11-to-2 assist-to-turnover ratio and is a perfect 13-of-13 at FT line.
• Hillary Fuller set a career high with 13 rebounds on Sunday against Bucknell, which is the third most in a game thus far in the ACC this season.
