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Tipoff: No. 8 UNC travels to Virginia, March 2 The University of North Carolina women’s basketball team (25-3 2002-03 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS overall, 13-2 ACC) wraps up the regular season Sunday with an Atlantic Date Opponent Site Time/Result Coast Conference game at Virginia. Tipoff at University Hall in Nov. 3 Premier Players Chapel Hill W, 87-74 Charlottesville, Va., is 2 p.m. The game will be televised nationally by Nov. 6 Athletes in Action Chapel Hill W, 77-74 ESPN2. Nov. 22 Davidson Chapel Hill W, 68-46 The Tar Heels are ranked eighth in the Associated Press poll and sev- Nov. 24 East Tenn. State Chapel Hill W, 106-40 enth in the ESPN/USA Today/WBCA coaches’ poll. Virginia is not Rainbow Wahine Classic ranked. Nov. 29 DePaul Honolulu, Hawaii W, 82-66 Next up for UNC is the ACC Tournament, which runs March 7-10 in Nov. 30 Oklahoma Honolulu, Hawaii L, 66-63 Greensboro, N.C. Dec. 1 Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii W, 61-50 Dec. 5 Appalachian State Chapel Hill * W, 80-44 On the air Dec. 8 Old Dominion Chapel Hill W, 90-54 Dec. 17 Elon Chapel Hill W, 83-50 Sunday’s game will be broadcast live nationally by ESPN2. Mark Dec. 20 South Carolina Myrtle Beach, S.C. W, 78-69 Jones will call the play-by-play and Doris Burke will provide color com- Dec. 29 Charleston So. Chapel Hill W, 84-49 mentary. Dec. 31 American Chapel Hill W, 80-42 Sunday’s game also will be broadcast live on the Tar Heel Radio Jan. 2 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. W, 72-67 Network. The flagship station is 1360-AM WCHL. Stephen Gates is Jan. 5 NC State Chapel Hill W, 80-59 Carolina’s play-by-play announcer and Jones Angell provides color com- Jan. 9 Wake Forest Chapel Hill W, 86-56 mentary. Jan. 12 At Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. W, 74-53 Game action is available via the internet at www.TarHeelBlue.com. Jan. 16 At Clemson Clemson, S.C. W, 77-55 Jan. 20 Duke Chapel Hill L, 78-67 OT Quick facts on UNC Jan. 23 At W. Michigan Kalamazoo, Mich. W, 79-76 2002-03 Record ........................................................25-3 (13-2 ACC) Jan. 27 At Maryland College Park, Md. W, 83-82 Current Rankings ................................8th AP, 7th USAToday/ ESPN Jan. 30 Virginia Chapel Hill W, 74-54 Head Coach ........................Sylvia Hatchell (Carson-Newman, 1974) Feb. 2 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill W, 76-64 Career Record ........................................627-252 (in her 28th season) Feb. 7 At NC State Raleigh, N.C. W, 66-63 Record at UNC ......................................355-172 (in her 17th season) Feb. 9 At Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. W, 67-57 Assistant Head Coach..................................................Andrew Calder Feb. 13 Florida State Chapel Hill W, 72-56 Assistant Coaches ..............Tracey Williams, Charlotte Smith-Taylor Feb. 16 Clemson Chapel Hill W, 70-66 Team captains ....Coretta Brown, Courtney Chambers, Jennifer Thomas Feb. 20 At Duke Durham, N.C. L, 97-63 Sports information contact ................................................Dana Gelin Feb. 24 Coastal Carolina Chapel Hill W, 80-48 Phone/email ..........................(919) 962-0083/[email protected] Feb. 27 Maryland Chapel Hill W, 94-77 UNC athletics website ....................................www.TarHeelBlue.com March 2 At Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 2 p.m. (ESPN2) UNC ticket office ............................(919) 962-2126, (800) 722-4335 * – Dean E Smith Center News of note • North Carolina leads the series with Virginia 31-30 after winning this 2003 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament year’s first matchup, 74-54 on Jan. 30. March 7-10, Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Coliseum) • With a 94-77 victory Thursday against Maryland, UNC reached the 25-win mark for the seventh time in school history, all in the last 10 sea- 2003 NCAA Tournament sons. The win gave Carolina a 15-1 record at home this season. First Round: March 22 & 23, campus sites • Senior guard Coretta Brown is five three-pointers from becoming the Second Round: March 24 & 25, campus sites Tar Heels’ career leader. She heads into the game against Virginia with a Regionals: East–March 30 & April 1, Dayton, career total of 232. Nikki Teasley, who hit a three-pointer to win the 2002 Ohio (University of Dayton Arena); WNBA Championship for the Los Angeles Sparks, holds the UNC career Mideast–March 29-31, Knoxville, Tenn. record with 236. (Thompson-Boling Arena); Midwest–March • Coretta Brown heads into the Virginia game with 497 career assists. 29 & 31, Albuquerque, N.M. (University She is set to become just the fifth UNC player and the 18th ACC player Arena); West–March 30 & April 1, Stanford, to reach the 500-assists mark. Calif. (Maples Pavilion) • Junior center Candace Sutton is 13 points from reaching the 1,000- Final Four: April 6 & 8 in Atlanta, Ga. point mark for her career. (Georgia Dome) • Candace Sutton has hit 63.2 percent (24-38) of her shots over the last five games since missing all four of her field goal attempts against Wake Forest on Feb. 9. • Sophomore guard Leah Metcalf, who handed out a season-high 10 assists Thursday against Maryland, is now UNC’s season leader in that category with 4.7 per game, second in the ACC. She ranks second in the ACC in assist-turnover ratio (2.05) and leads that category by a wide Quick facts on UNC margin in conference games only (2.60). She has committed just one Women’s Basketball Staff turnover in each of the last two games. Head Coach ....................Sylvia Hatchell (Carson-Newman, 1974) • La’Tangela Atkinson leads the ACC’s freshmen in rebounding and is Assistant Head Coach..............................................Andrew Calder a close second in scoring. She ranks second in steals and field goal per- Assistant Coaches ..........Tracey Williams, Charlotte Smith-Taylor centage and third in assists. Secretary ......................................................................Joan Nipper • Coretta Brown recently was named a finalist for three national Director of Operations ....................................................Greg Law awards. She is one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, given to Strength and Conditioning Coach ..............................Jodi Hopkins the country’s top senior player. She is one of 12 finalists for the Nancy Academic Advisor/Public Address Announcer................Jan Boxill Lieberman Award, given to the nation’s top point guard. And she is one Head Athletic Trainer ..............................................Chuck Thigpen of 20 finalists for the Naismith Player of the Year Award. Grad. Student Athletic Trainers ......Kyle Momsen, Tandy Hawkey Undergraduate Student Athletic Trainer ................Rebecca Ballard UNC’s statistical leaders Team Physician ....................................................Dr. Tom Brickner Women’s Basketball Facilities Scoring: Coretta Brown (14.0 points per game) Home arena ................................................Carmichael Auditorium Rebounding: La’Tangela Atkinson (8.3 per game) Capacity ................................................................................10,180 Assists: Leah Metcalf (4.7 per game) Press row phone ......................................................(919) 843-9509 Steals: Nikita Bell (2.7 per game) The University of North Carolina Blocks: Candace Sutton (1.5 per game) Location ..............................................................Chapel Hill, N.C. Minutes per game: Coretta Brown (33.8 per game) Chartered ..................................................................................1789 Enrollment ............................................................................24,180 TarHeels in the NCAA statistical rankings Chancellor............................................................Dr. James Moeser (Through games of Feb. 24) Director of Athletics ..................................................Dick Baddour Scoring offense: 14 (76.3 ppg.) Sr. Women’s Administrator......................................Dr. Beth Miller Scoring defense: 58 (59.5 ppg) Conference ................................................................Atlantic Coast Scoring margin: 11 (16.8 ppg.) Nickname ..........................................................................Tar Heels Field goal percentage: 37 (44.8) School colors ............................................Carolina blue and white Field goal percentage defense: 14 (35.5) Athletic department phone ......................................(919) 962-6000 Free throw percentage: 314 (59.4) Ticket office phones....................(919) 962-2296; 1-800-722-4335 Rebounding margin: 5 (9.5) North Carolina Athletic Communications Three-point percentage: 125 (32.6) Associate A.D. for Communications......................Steve Kirschner Three-pointers per game: 164 (4.6) Women’s Basketball Contact ........................................Dana Gelin Turnovers: 191 (19.3 per game) Office Phones ........919-962-0083 (Gelin direct); 962-2123 (main) Assists: 25 (17.0 per game) Office Address ................P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515 Steals: 37 (11.2 per game) ........................Located in the Dean E. Smith Center, Second floor Blocks: 137 (3.0 per game) Gelin’s email................................................dgelin@uncaa.unc.edu Win-loss percentage: 6 (24-3, 88.9 percent) UNC athletics web site ..............................www.TarHeelBlue.com Scouting the Virginia Cavaliers atypical in the series between UNC and Virginia. Nine of the last 16 Virginia is 14-12 on the season, 8-7 in ACC play, and in third place in matchups have been decided by five points or less. During that span,