University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Visits Wisconsin For Big Ten/ACC Challenge
November 29, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Carolina has begun the season with a 5-1 record, while Wisconsin is 2-5 under first-year head coach Jonathan Tsipis.
WHERE TO WATCH
The Big Ten/ACC Challenge game is available on BTN Plus and BTN2Go.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 Wisconsin. The only previous head-to-head contest between the two programs was an 84-77 victory by North Carolina at the Princeton Tournament that took place coincidentally on Dec. 1, 1989 in Princeton, New Jersey.
LAST TIME OUT
Paris Kea scored a career-high 32 points and Jamie Cherry dished out 12 assists on top of 17 points to lead North Carolina to a thrilling 91-77 victory over Minnesota at the Junkanoo Jam.
A game that featured 18 lead changes and 11 ties, North Carolina (5-1) overcome a seven-point deficit in the first half and a five point Minnesota (4-2) cushion in the fourth quarter.
The Tar Heels did that by scoring 34 points in the fourth to pull away late. The Golden Gophers led 58-57 with 10 minutes to play, and it was a one possession game nearly the entire quarter until a 13-0 run pushed Carolina in front for good as the lead grew to as many as 16 points in the final seconds.
Stephanie Watts added 21 points and 11 rebounds in the victory, while Destinee Walker chipped in with 15 points.
CAROLINA FAST-BREAK POINTS
• UNC defeated another B1G team, Minnesota, last Friday in the 2nd game of the Junkanoo Jam.
• Stephanie Watts set an ACC record with 10 made three-pointers against Charleston Southern on Nov. 22. She also scored a career-high 39 points, tied for the fifth most points in program history.
• Watts was named ACC Co-Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 24.3 points and 9.3 rebounds.
• Stephanie Watts has scored in double figures in every game, and 15-straight games going back to last season. She is 3rd in ACC averaging 21.8 ppg.
• Paris Kea leads the ACC with 4.5 (17-to-4) assist-to-turnover ratio. She averaged 26.0 points per game in two games at the Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas last week, including a career-high 32 against Minnesota.
NEXT UP
• Carolina returns home to host Elon this Sunday at 5:30 p.m. The Phoenix head coach is former UNC legend Charlotte Smith.
