University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Hosts Coppin State Wednesday Afternoon
December 27, 2016 | Women's Basketball
GAME INFORMATION
North Carolina (9-2) vs. Coppin State (0-10)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Carmichael Arena
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016
Tip: 2 p.m.
PROMOTIONS
• SemCycle Halftime Show
TICKETS
$5 Regular Price Tickets
$4 Group Ticket (10+)
$1 Youth Team Day (GoHeels.com promo code: WB17-TEAM)
WHERE TO WATCH
Fans can watch the game on ACC Network Extra or ESPN3, and the WatchESPN app.
TUNE IN
A live stream is also available world wide on GoHeels.com.
SERIES HISTORY
Carolina owns a 3-0 edge in the all-time series with Coppin State.
LAST TIME OUT
Destinee Walker scored a season-high 25 points to pace North Carolina to an 87-57 victory over Jacksonville on Tuesday night from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. North Carolina shot a season-best 53.4 percent from the field. Stephanie Watts had 18 points, and both Jamie Cherry and Hillary Fuller each tossed in 10.
FASTBREAK POINTS
• UNC has won five of its last six games. The Tar Heels are shooting just shy of 44 percent in the last six games, including a season-best 53.4 percent against Jacksonville in the last game before Christmas.
• Carolina ranks 3rd in the ACC by averaging 8.3 three-point field goals per game.
• Stephanie Watts ranks 3rd in the ACC in scoring (19.8) and 3rd in rebounding (9.0).
• 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.
• Destinee Walker scored a season-high 25 points last time out in a victory over Jacksonville on Dec. 20.
NEXT UP
Carolina opens ACC play by visiting unbeaten Virginia Tech on Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. in Blacksburg, Virginia.
