North Carolina Tar Heels Vs. Duke Blue Devils Women’S Basketball Sunday, March 1, 5:07 P.M
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2008-09 North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Duke Blue Devils Women’s Basketball Sunday, March 1, 5:07 p.m. • Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,134) • Durham, N.C. Records: North Carolina 25-4 (10-3 ACC), Duke 23-4 (10-3 ACC) Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 9 in the AP poll and No. 10 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll. Duke is ranked No. 10 in the AP poll and No. 11 in the coaches’ poll. TV: FSN. Ron Thulin (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) have the call. Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Brad Heller (play-by- play) and Jan Boxill (analyst) have the call. On The Web: TarHeelBlue.com (UNC), GoDuke.com (Duke) TAR HEELS VISIT CROSSTOWN RIVALS IN ACC FINALE North Carolina (25-4, 10-3 ACC) will close out its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule when the Tar Heels make the short drive to Durham to face Duke at 5 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium. UNC has won eight of nine and is coming off a 90-76 Senior Night win over Miami on Thursday. Duke is coming off an 83-50 win at Wake Forest 2008-09 Schedule/Results on Wednesday. Carolina is ranked No. 9 in the AP poll and No. 10 in the coaches’ poll. Duke is ranked No. 10 in the AP poll and No. 11 in the coaches’ poll. Record: 25-4, 10-3 ACC DUKE SERIES NOTES Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time • North Carolina is 45-30 all-time against Duke, including a 14-17 mark in Durham. 11/14 Western Carolina W, 90-56 • Carolina swept the season series in 2008, winning 93-76 in Durham, 82-51 in Chapel Hill and 86-73 in Greensboro in the ACC title game. UNC won the first meeting in 2009, a 75-60 victory in Chapel Hill. 11/16 VCU W, 77-65 • The 82-51 win in last year’s regular season finale was Carolina’s biggest win over Duke since a 93-59 vic- 11/17 Kennesaw State W, 102-68 tory in 1982. • In each of the last eight seasons, the team that has won the first meeting has swept the season series. The 11/19 Xavier W, 73-67 Blue Devils swept the Tar Heels in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007, while UNC had the upper hand in 11/23 at Oklahoma W, 80-79 2005, 2006 and 2008. 11/25 Wofford W, 96-42 • Carolina has won nine of 11 in the series since losing 12 in a row from 2000-04. 11/28 vs. Pacific W, 98-62 NOTING THE BLUE DEVILS 11/29 vs. Oregon State W, 82-78 • Duke is 25-4 on the season (10-3 in the ACC) following an 83-50 win at Wake Forest on Feb. 25. • Senior center Chante Black leads the Blue Devils in both scoring and rebounding with 15.1 points and 8.6 12/3 at Ohio State (Big Ten) W, 72-63 boards per contest. Black is the only Duke player averaging double-figure points. 12/13 Coastal Carolina W, 95-44 STREAKS 12/15 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 105-49 • Carolina has won eight of nine since dropping three straight from Jan. 19-25. 12/20 vs. Illinois W, 68-59 • Duke has won four of five since losing at UNC on Feb. 9. The Blue Devils have also won 14 straight home 12/28 Western Michigan W, 102-55 games dating back to a loss to Maryland on Feb. 17, 2008. 12/30 Austin Peay W, 93-61 CARLYLE CUP POINT ON THE LINE SUNDAY 1/8 at Clemson W, 83-74 Sunday’s game will be worth one point in the Carlyle Cup, the annual all-sports competition between UNC and Duke. Carolina currently leads the 2008-09 competition 10.5-3.5 and has already claimed one of the two 1/11 NC State (RSN) W, 75-66 (OT) points allotted for women’s basketball. 1/16 Virginia (RSN) W, 103-74 1/19 Connecticut (ESPN2) L, 58-88 1/22 at Georgia Tech L, 62-66 1/25 at Maryland (ESPN2) L, 71-77 1/29 Wake Forest W, 77-66 2/1 NC Central W, 98-45 2008-09 North Carolina Tar Heels 2/5 Virginia Tech W, 93-77 No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown 2/9 Duke (ESPN2) W, 75-60 1 She’la White Fr. G 5-5 Portsmouth, Va. 2/13 at Florida State (RSN) L, 70-77 3 Trinity Bursey Jr. F 5-10 Sanford, N.C. 4 Candace Wood Fr. G 5-11 Charlotte, N.C. 2/15 Georgia Tech (RSN) W, 73-50 5 Nicole Powell So. G 5-10 Asheville, N.C. 2/19 at Boston College W, 92-68 10 Laura Barry Sr. G 5-8 Cary, N.C. 2/23 at NC State (RSN) W, 74-57 11 Alex Miller Sr. G 5-6 Durham, N.C. 2/26 Miami W, 90-76 14 Heather Claytor Sr. G 5-8 Grottoes, Va. 15 Christina Dewitt Jr. F 6-2 Little River, S.C. 3/1 at Duke (FSN) 5 p.m. 20 Chay Shegog Fr. F/C 6-5 Stafford, Va. 3/15 South Dakota 5 p.m. 21 Iman McFarland Sr. F/C 6-3 Temple Hills, Md. 22 Cetera DeGraffenreid So. G 5-6 Cullowhee, N.C. 30 Martina Wood Jr. F/C 6-2 Charlotte, N.C. 32 Rashanda McCants Sr. F/G 6-1 Asheville, N.C. Pronunciation Guide 33 Laura Broomfield Fr. F 6-1 Lexington Park, Md. Jessica Breland BREE-land 50 Italee Lucas So. G 5-8 Las Vegas, Nev. Heather Claytor CLAY-tor 51 Jessica Breland Jr. F 6-3 Kelford, N.C. Cetera DeGraffenreid suh-TARE-uh Sylvia Hatchell HATCH-uhl Head Coach: Sylvia Hatchell (23rd year) Italee Lucas same as the country Associate Head Coach: Andrew Calder Iman McFarland ee-MON Assistant Coaches: Tracey Williams-Johnson, Charlotte Smith Director of Basketball Operations: Greg Law Chay Shegog SHAY shuh-GAHG Video Coordinator: Matt Fleming She’la White SHAY-luh LAST TIME OUT 2008-09 Quick Facts Feb. 26: No. 9 UNC 90, Miami 76 UNC In The Polls The University of North Carolina RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --- Cetera DeGraffenreid scored 23 points and No. 9 North Carolina beat Miami 90-76 Thursday night. Rashanda McCants Associated Press Location ................................... Chapel Hill, N.C. added 21 points and Jessica Breland had 16 points and 14 rebounds (Feb. 23) Chartered ...................................................1789 for the Tar Heels (25-4, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won 1. Connecticut Enrollment ...............................................28,000 eight of nine heading into Sunday’s ACC regular-season finale at Duke. Chancellor ......................................Holden Thorp The win concluded a second consecutive perfect season at home against 2. Oklahoma Director of Athletics .........................Dick Baddour conference opponents for the Tar Heels, who have beaten Miami (13-15, 3. Stanford 2-11) six straight times and won 16 ACC home games in a row. Sr. Women’s Administrator ............ Dr. Beth Miller 4. California Affiliation .................................. NCAA Division I BRELAND REACHES BLOCK MILESTONE 5. Maryland Conference .................................... Atlantic Coast With five blocks against Georgia Tech on Feb. 15, junior forward Jes- 6. Baylor Nickname ............................................ Tar Heels sica Breland became the fourth Tar Heel and the 12th player in Atlantic School colors .................. Carolina Blue and white Coast Conference history to record at least 200 career blocks. Breland 7. Auburn already has a career-high 89 blocks on the season, an average of more Athletic department phone ...........(919) 962-6000 8. Louisville than three per game that ranks her among the top 10 in the nation. Ticket office phones ....................(919) 962-2296; Former teammate LaToya Pringle currently holds the school record with 9. North Carolina .......................................1-800-722-HEEL (4335) 336 career blocks. 10. Duke 11. Florida State Women’s Basketball Facility McCANTS PASSES 1,500 CAREER POINTS, BRELAND 1,000 Senior forward/guard Rashanda McCants became the 18th player in Home arena ......................Dean E. Smith Center 12. Texas A&M Carolina women’s basketball hisotory to reach 1,500 career points with Capacity ...............................................21,750 13 in the win at NC State on Feb. 23. The Asheville, N.C., native reached 13. Xavier Press row phone .......................(919) 962-8815 the milestone with a free throw late in the first half. 14. Ohio State 15. Pittsburgh Women’s Basketball Staff Teammate Jessica Breland became the 29th Tar Heel member of the 16. Texas Head Coach ...............................Sylvia Hatchell 1,000-point club in the Feb. 26 win over Miami. The Kelford, N.C., junior finished the game with 16 points, giving her 1,009 for her career. Alma Mater ................... Carson-Newman, 1974 17. Florida Career Record ................809-279 (34th season) DEGRAFFENREID NAMED LIEBERMAN AWARD FINALIST 18. Tennessee Record at UNC .............. 537-199 (23rd season) The Nancy Lieberman Award committee announced the final nominees for 19. Vanderbilt the 10th Annual Nancy Lieberman Award recently and North Carolina Associate Head Coach ............... Andrew Calder 20. Kansas State Assistant Coach ............Tracey Williams-Johnson sophomore Cetera DeGraffenreid was one of the 13 finalists. The award is a national project of the Rotary Club of Detroit honoring the nation’s top 21. South Dakota State Assistant Coach ......................... Charlotte Smith collegiate point guard in women’s Division I basketball. The criteria for the 22. Virginia Director of Operations ....................... Greg Law award are the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills that Video Coordinator ........................ Matt Fleming personified Hall of Famer, Nancy Lieberman during her career.