University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Faces Wolfpack In Raleigh On Thursday
February 22, 2017 | Women's Basketball
GAME INFORMATION
North Carolina (14-13, 3-11) at No. 18 NC State (20-7, 10-4)
Raleigh, N.C.
Reynolds Coliseum
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017
Tip: 7 p.m. ET
WHERE TO WATCH
The game will be carried on the Regional Sports Network, including locally on Fox Sports Carolinas, and streamed 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
In the most frequently played rivalry in ACC women's basketball history, NC State holds a 53-50 edge in the series over the Tar Heels. UNC owns a 9-2 edge over the Wolfpack since 2011-12 and won 83-70 in Chapel Hill back on Jan. 29 at Carmichael Arena.
LAST MEETING
Behind a school-record tying 14 three-pointers, including six alone from Jamie Cherry, North Carolina earned an 83-70 victory over No. 18 NC State on Sunday, Jan. 29 from Carmichael Arena. The Tar Heels shot a sizzling 62 percent in the second half on their way to snapping a five-game losing streak. Cherry scored all of her game-high 23 points in the second half. Paris Kea flirted with a triple-double again with 21 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, while Stephanie Watts had 19 points and eight rebounds. Destinee Walker chipped in 12.
LAST TIME OUT
Asia Durr scored 28 points to lift No. 14 Louisville to an 87-57 victory over North Carolina on Sunday. Redshirt sophomore Paris Kea reached the 20-point plateau for the 12th time, scoring a team-high 26 points. Freshman Taylor Koenen registered 14 points and nine rebounds, while Jaime Cherry had 13. Alyssa Okoene hauled in 11 rebounds.
North Carolina played minus its second-leading scorer Stephanie Watts, who's bruised knee forced her to miss the first game of her career. Double-figure scorer Destinee Walker was also unavailable for a fifth-straight outing.
NUMBER OF 20-POINT GAMES IN THE ACC
18 Alexis Peterson - Syracuse
13 Lexie Brown - Duke, Brittney Sykes - Syracuse
12 Paris Kea - North Carolina, Asia Durr - Louisville
NUMBER OF 10-REBOUND GAMES IN THE ACC
15 Milan Quinn - Wake Forest
14 Myisha Hines-Allen - Louisville,
13 Regan Magarity - Virginia Tech
12 Briana Day - Syracuse
11 Aliyah Collier (Clemson), Stephanie Watts (UNC), Sidney Cook (Virginia Tech)
MOST FRESHMAN ON A ROSTER THIS SEASON
9 - Seton Hall
8 - Arkansas State, Cornell, Maine, Montana, North Carolina, UAB, Winthrop
CAROLINA FAST-BREAK POINTS
• UNC is closing out the regular season with three games against teams ranked inside the top-20, with the Wolfpack checking in at No. 18 this week.
• Stephanie Watts missed the first game of her collegiate career Sunday at Louisville with a bruised knee.
• Jamie Cherry became the 37th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points last Thursday in the victory over Georgia Tech.
• Paris Kea has scored 21 or more points in eight of the last nine games, including 26 this past Sunday.
• UNC is regarded as the youngest team in the nation with 8 freshmen, 3 sophomores, 1 junior & 1 senior.
• UNC 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.
• Carolina ranks 2nd in the ACC by averaging 8.3 3FG per game.
• Paris Kea is averaging an ACC-leading 35.9 minutes per game.
• In ACC play, Kea ranks 4th in scoring (19.1 ppg), 9th in assists (4.1) and 6th in steals (2.3) & Cherry checks in 8th in scoring (15.9 ppg) and 3rd in 3FG% (42.5).
• Paris Kea enters Thursday's game having scored 20 or more points in four straight games. The last UNC player to score at least 20 in five games in a row was Tracy Reid back in the 1995-96 season.
NEXT UP
Carolina hosts No. 13 Duke on Sunday at 3 p.m. on RSN and the WatchESPN app.
