University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Welcomes Wake Forest Thursday
January 18, 2017 | Women's Basketball
GAME INFORMATION
North Carolina (12-6, 1-4) vs. Wake Forest (10-7, 1-3)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Carmichael Arena
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017
Tip: 7 p.m.
TICKETS
$7 Regular Price Tickets
$4 Group Ticket (10+)
$1 Youth Team Day (GoHeels.com promo code: WB17-TEAM)
PROMOTIONS (BOGO Thursday)
• Buy One, Get One deals on hot dogs and drinks
• Bouncing Bulldogs at halftime
WHERE TO WATCH
Fans can watch the game on the Regional Sports Network, and on streaming platforms on ACC Network Extra or ESPN3, and the WatchESPN app.
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
North Carolina maintains a tight grip on the all-time series with a 62-13 edge over Wake Forest. UNC had its 13-game winning streak against Wake Forest snapped last season in Winston-Salem. Carolina has won the last 19 meetings with the Demon Deacons in Chapel Hill, with the last Wake win coming in 1990-91. You also have to go all the way back to that same season since the Deacs won two in a row over the Tar Heels.
LAST MEETING
Despite another terrific effort from Stephanie Watts, North Carolina lost 75-63 at Wake Forest on Thursday, Jan. 21 from the Lawrence Joel Coliseum. Watts registered a double-double with 24 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out with 1:16 left in the fourth quarter. Jamie Cherry added 18 for the Tar Heels.
Elisa Penna was instrumental in Wake Forest picking up its first ACC win with 18 points, while Ariel Stephenson had 16 points. Ataijah Taylor notched 13 for the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest led by double figures throughout the second half, leading by as many as 18, 56-38, in the final minute of the third quarter. Carolina whittled its deficit down to 10 on two occasions in the final 1:44 of regulation.
LAST TIME OUT
Kauai Bradley scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Pitt won 68-48 over North Carolina on Sunday afternoon from Petersen Events Center. Jamie Cherry scored 13 points to lead North Carolina.
Pitt used a 17-2 run spanning the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second to turn a competitive game into a one-sided affair. The Tar Heels went 9:04 between field goals as their 8-7 lead turned into a 24-10 deficit. Carolina dug deep in the third quarter. Cherry led the response with six points. and a 14-5 run got the Tar Heels within 10, 40-30. But Pitt answered the bell by scoring 13 of the final 16 points in the period to regain its footing with a 53-33 advantage going to the last stanza.
FASTBREAK POINTS
• UNC had its 13-game winning streak against Wake Forest snapped last season in Winston-Salem.
• UNC hasn't started ACC play 1-5 since 1999-00.
• Stephanie Watts ranks 2nd in the ACC in scoring (18.5) and 5th in rebounding (8.8).
• Recruit Janelle Bailey (Charlotte, N.C.) was selected for the 2017 McDonald's All-American Game. She averages 24.4 points and 12.6 rebounds for Providence Day School.
• North Carolina is 9-0 this season when limiting opponents to 60 points or less.
• Stephanie Watts has made 62 three-pointers thus far this season, leading the ACC with 3.4 made per game. The UNC record is 107 3-pointers set by Ivory Latta in the 2006-07 campaign.
• Jamie Cherry ranks 21st in ACC history with a 80.9 career FT shooting percentage, tied with two former Clemson players.
• UNC ranks 5th in the ACC in free throw shooting at 70.7 percent. Jaime Cherry (81.4) and Paris Kea (78.6) are the top charity stripe shooter for the Tar Heels.
• Seven Tar Heels - Jamie Cherry, Hillary Fuller, Paris Kea, Taylor Koenen, Emily Sullivan, Destinee Walker and Stephanie Watts - have scored in double figures this season.
• Stephanie Watts leads the ACC and ranks 15th nationally with nine double-doubles. She has 16 in her two seasons with the Tar Heels.
• Carolina ranks 3rd in the ACC by averaging 7.8 3FG per game.
NEXT UP
North Carolina remains home to host No. 6 Notre Dame on Sunday at 12 p.m. on ESPNU. This will be the fourth top 25 ranked team Carolina has faced in the first seven league games.
