2019-20 Women’s Basketball

• Carolina (0-0) opens the 2019-20 season with 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS a home game at against Carolina Women’s Basketball the Western Carolina Catamounts. It’s the Tar NCAA Championship Date Opponent Time Heel debut for a whole new staff, led by head 1994 Nov. 7 Western Carolina (ACCNX) 6 p.m. coach Courtney Banghart, and five new players, NCAA Final Four Appearances including four freshmen and a transfer student. Nov. 11 Navy (ACCN) 7 p.m. 1994 • 2006 • 2007 Nov. 15 Charleston So. (ACCNX) 5 p.m. NCAA Appearances (27) Nov. 22 Elon (ACCNX) 6 p.m. 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1992 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 1998 • 1999 Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico) 2000 • 2002 • 2003 2004 • 2005 • 2006 Nov. 28 vs. Temple (FloSports) 9 p.m. 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2013 Nov. 29 vs. Missouri (FloSports) 6:30 p.m. 2014 • 2015 • 2019 ACC Tournament Championships (9) Big Ten/ACC Challenge GAMEDAY 1984 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 • 1998 Dec. 5 Illinois (ACCN) 6 p.m. November 7 vs. Western Carolina (1-0) 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 Chapel Hill (Carmichael Arena) Dec. 8 NC Central (ACCNX) 2 p.m. . Dec. 15 At Alabama 3 p.m. 6 PM ET Quick Hits • Junior Janelle Bailey is a Preseason All-ACC Series UNC leads 10-1 Selection and has been named to the watch lists Carolinas Challenge (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Last Meeting at UNC 93, WCU 36 (11/21/10) for the Lisa Leslie Award (top center) and Wade Dec. 20 vs. UNCW 7 p.m. Coverage ACCNX (Chris Hooks, Bobby Hundley) Trophy (player of the year). (97.9/1360 • Senior Taylor Koenen is the team captain. Dec. 28 Yale (ACCNX) 1 p.m. • UNC beat Wingate 82-37 on Saturday in an GoHeels.com/GoHeels app/TuneIn) exhibition game. Dec. 30 Pitt* (RSN) 2 p.m. Media Contact Dana Gelin • Bailey will wear jersey No. 30 this season in Jan. 2 At * (ACCNX) 7 p.m. [email protected] 919-455-8289 honor of teammate Jaelynn Murray, who suffered Jan. 5 At * (ACCNX) 2 p.m. a torn ACL in the exhibition game and is out for Jan. 9 NC State* (RSN) 7 p.m. Social @UNCWBB @GoHeels the season. Bailey has played her first two years Jan. 12 At Florida State* (ACCNX) 2 p.m. in No. 44, which Murray will wear for 2019-20. Jan. 16 Miami* (ACCNX) 6 p.m. • Liz Roberts, a senior exercise and sport Jan. 19 Louisville* (ESPN2/ACCN) 1 p.m. science major, was one of 162 UNC students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honorary society Jan. 23 At * (RSN) 6 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. Jan. 26 At NC State* (ACCN) 6 p.m. Jan. 30 Virginia* (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Feb. 2 Clemson* (ACCNX) 2 p.m. 2019-20 Roster # Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) Feb. 6 At Duke* (ACCN) 6 p.m. 1 Taylor Koenen G 6-2 Sr. Savage, Minn. (Shakopee) Feb. 9 Virginia Tech* (RSN) 2 p.m. 3 Madinah Muhammad G 5-8 R-Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Whitney Young/Ole Miss) Feb. 13 Syracuse* (RSN) 7 p.m. 4 Kennady Tucker G 5-10 Fr. Little Rock, Ark. (North Little Rock) Feb. 16 At * (ACCNX) 12 p.m. 10 Claudia Dickey G 5-10 So. Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Latin) Feb. 23 At Wake Forest* (RSN) 12 p.m. 11 Emily Sullivan F 6-4 R-Jr. Evansville, Ind. (Reitz Memorial) Feb. 27 At Notre Dame* (ACCNX) 7 p.m. 14 Liz Roberts G 5-8 Sr. Chapel Hill, N.C. (Durham Academy) 15 Olivia Smith G 6-0 Sr. Raleigh, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons) March 1 Duke* (ESPN2/ACCN) 2 p.m. 20 Leah Church G 5-8 Jr. Purlear, N.C. (Forest Trail Academy) 21 Malu Tshitenge F 6-3 Fr. Germantown, Md. (St. John’s College) ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) 22 Shayla Bennett G 5-9 Sr. Piedmont, S.C. (Christ Church School) March 4-8 Greensboro Coliseum 30 Janelle Bailey C 6-4 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. (Providence Day School) 32 Nia Daniel G 5-10 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Hickory Ridge) BOLD home game at Carmichael Arena 33 Lexi Duckett G 5-11 Fr. Daytona Beach, Fla. (Father Lopez) * ACC game 34 Naomi Van Nes C 6-6 Sr. Dorchester, England (Hamden Country Day) () denotes television network 44 Jaelynn Murray F 6-2 Jr. Columbia, S.C. (Dreher) All times Eastern and subject to change Head Coach: Courtney Banghart Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Carrie Moore Admission is $10 to all home games Assistant Coaches: Tim Taylor, Joanne Aluka-White Director of Operations: Meghin Williams Director of Player Personnel, Development & Recruiting Ops: Daniel Metzelfeld Director of Scouting and Video Operations: Jessica Imhof Director of Outreach, Alumni and Administration: Tori Niemann news and notes

• The big story for the Tar Heels is a the All-ACC Academic Team in each of new face at the top of the program for the last three years. After starting 12 of 31 the first time since 1986. Courtney games as a freshman, she started all 31 her Banghart arrived in Chapel Hill las sophomore year and all 33 last year. spring – she was announced as UNC’s new head coach on April 30 – after 12 • In May, junior Janelle Bailey played at years at Princeton, where her teams won the USA Basketball Women’s 3x3 National seven Ivy League crowns and made eight Championship in Las Vegas, where her NCAA Tournament appearances. (Before team finished as the runner-up. A second- her arrival, Princeton hadn’t reached the team All-ACC selection as a sophomore, Koenen Banghart tournament even once.) she scored in double figures in 29 of 32 A New Hampshire native, Banghart was a games and averaged 16.7 points per game three-year starter at Dartmouth, where she twice earned All-Ivy for the season. honors. She still holds the Ivy League record for career three- Bailey won a gold medal at the 2017 pointers (273) and as a senior competed in the three-point shooting FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup and later was contest at Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse during the men’s Final Four named USA Basketball’s 2017 Female in Indianapolis. (Coincidentally, the Tar Heel men were also in Athlete of the Year. town competing that weekend.) She has been selected for the Preseason More on Banghart: All-ACC Team for the second year in a • She was the 2015 Naismith National Coach of the Year and is row. one of two current ACC coaches (the other is Notre Dame’s Muffet Bailey McGraw) have won that honor. • Madinah Muhammad, known to her • In 2015 she was named to Fortune’s list of the World’s 50 teammates as “Dino,” sat out last season Greatest Leaders. Others on the list that year: Pope Francis, Bill after transferring from Ole Miss, where she and Melinda Gates, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., Lebron James, topped the 1,000-point mark in three years. Elon Musk and Taylor Swift. As a junior, she led the Rebels with 16.8 • She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and a master’s points per game, eighth in the Southeastern degree in writing and leadership, both from Dartmouth. Conference. Her total of 67 three-pointers • She hitchhiked through Alaska after college, after ditching the ranked sixth in the SEC. The 5-8 guard outdoor leadership course in which she was enrolled. from Chicago has one year of eligibility remaining. • UNC reached the NCAA Tournament in 2019, ending a Muhammad three-year drought, but the Tar Heels fell to California in a first- • A video of junior guard Leah Church round game. No player on the current roster has won an NCAA hitting three long-range shots in her Tournament game. (In program history, Carolina is 47-26 in driveway with her back to the basket went NCAA postseason play.) viral in August. Church’s tweet made the Today show, among many other outlets, • The Tar Heels have a top-heavy roster, with six seniors on and the video, shot by her mom, has been the team this season. The rest of the roster is four juniors, four viewed more than 1 million times. freshmen and just one sophomore, Claudia Dickey, who is currently competing as a part of the UNC women’s soccer team. • Senior guard Liz Roberts was awarded a scholarship during the preseason. The • On Sept. 25, just before UNC’s first official practice of the Church exercise and sport science major from fall, Banghart gathered her players in the office conference room Chapel Hill (Durham Academy) received and announced that senior Taylor Koenen would serve as the another big honor on Wednesday when she team captain for 2019-20. As Banghart met with her players and was one of 162 UNC students indcuted talked to them about goals for the season, she also asked each one into Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. who should lead the team and Koenen was the common thread, mentioned by each player. • Freshman forward Malu Tshitenge Koenen comes into the role with some experience: She (mah-LOO chi-TEN-gay) is expected to represents her team on UNC’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council make an immediate impact for the Tar and in 2018 she was one of three student-athletes selected to serve Heels. Impact runs in the family: her on the ACC Autonomy Committee. In that role, she attended the uncle is Hall of Fame center Dikembe

2019 NCAA Convention in Orlando last January. Tshitenge Mutombo. A business administration major, Koenen has been named to 2019-20 UNC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER # Player Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous College) 1 Taylor Koenen G 6-2 Sr. Savage, Minn. (Shakopee) 3 Madinah Muhammad G 5-8 R-Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Whitney Young/Ole Miss) 4 Kennady Tucker G 5-10 Fr. Little Rock, Ark. (North Little Rock) 10 Claudia Dickey G 5-10 So. Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Latin) 11 Emily Sullivan F 6-4 R-Jr. Evansville, Ind. (Reitz Memorial) 14 Liz Roberts G 5-8 Sr. Chapel Hill, N.C. (Durham Academy) 15 Olivia Smith G 6-0 Sr. Raleigh, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons) 20 Leah Church G 5-8 Jr. Purlear, N.C. (Forest Trail Academy) 21 Malu Tshitenge F 6-3 Fr. Germantown, Md. (St. John’s College) 22 Shayla Bennett G 5-9 Sr. Piedmont, S.C. (Christ Church School) 30 Janelle Bailey C 6-4 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. (Providence Day School) 32 Nia Daniel G 5-10 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Hickory Ridge) 33 Lexi Duckett G 5-11 Fr. Daytona Beach, Fla. (Father Lopez) 34 Naomi Van Nes C 6-6 Sr. Dorchester, England (Hamden Country Day) 44 Jaelynn Murray F 6-2 Jr. Columbia, S.C. (Dreher)

Staff Head Coach: Courtney Banghart Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Carrie Moore Assistant Coaches: Tim Taylor, Joanne Aluka-White Director of Operations: Meghin Williams Director of Player Personnel, Development & Recruiting Operations: Daniel Metzelfeld Director of Scouting and Video Operations: Jessica Imhof Director of Outreach, Alumni and Administration: Tori Niemann

Alphabetically Pronunciations By Class 30 Janelle Bailey Sophomores Seniors 22 Shayla Bennett Joanne Aluka-White: uh-LEW-kah Bennett Dickey 20 Leah Church Courtney Banghart: BANG-hart Koenen 32 Nia Daniel Freshmen Muhammad 10 Claudia Dickey Leah Church: LEE-uh Daniel Roberts 33 Lexi Duckett Duckett Nia Daniel: NEE-uh Smith 1 Taylor Koenen Tshitenge Van Nes 3 Madinah Muhammad Taylor Koenen: KOO-nen Tucker 44 Jaelynn Murray Jaelynn Murray: JAY-lin Juniors 14 Liz Roberts Bailey 15 Olivia Smith Malu Tshitenge: mah-LOO chi-TEN-gay Church 11 Emily Sullivan Murray 21 Malu Tshitenge Sullivan 4 Kennady Tucker 34 Naomi Van Nes 2019-20 UNC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FAST FACTS University of Roster Breakdown Location...... Chapel Hill, N.C. Starters returning...... Three Chartered...... 1789 Janelle Bailey (Jr., C, 16.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg) Undergraduate Enrollment...... 18,814 Taylor Koenen (Sr., G, 9.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg) Interim Chancellor...... Kevin Guskiewicz Shayla Bennett (Sr., G, 11.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg) Director of Athletics...... Bubba Cunningham Faculty Athletic Representative...... Lissa Broome Letterwinners returning...... 10 Senior Women’s Administrator...... Marielle vanGelder Janelle Bailey (Jr., C, 16.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg) Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Shayla Bennett (Sr., G, 11.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg) Conference...... Atlantic Coast Conference Leah Church (Jr., 4.3 ppg, 0.9 rpg) Nickname...... Tar Heels Claudia Dickey (So., six games in 2018-19) School colors...... and white Taylor Koenen (Sr., G, 9.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg) Home arena...... Carmichael Arena (6,822) Jaelynn Murray (Jr., F, 1.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg) Athletic department phone...... (919) 962-6000 Liz Roberts (Sr., G, 5-8, two games in 2018-19) Ticket office phones...... (919) 962-2296, (800) 722-4335 Olivia Smith (Sr., G, five games in 2018-19) Athletic department website...... GoHeels.com Emily Sullivan (RS Jr., F, DNP in 2018-19, 2.1 ppg, 1.2 rpg in 2017-18) Naomi Van Nes (Sr., C, 0.9 ppg, 0.3 rpg)

Carolina Basketball Staff Newcomers...... Five Head Coach...... Courtney Banghart (1st season at UNC) Madinah Muhammad (Sr. G, redshirted last season after transferring) Career record...... 254-103 (.711) in 12 seasons at Princeton Kennady Tucker (Fr. G) Record at UNC...... 0-0 Malu Tshitenge (Fr. F) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coord...... Carrie Moore Nia Daniel (Fr. G) Assistant Coach...... Tim Taylor Lexi Duckett (Fr. G) Assistant Coach...... Joanne Aluka-White Director of Operations...... Meghin Williams Starters lost...... Two Director of Player Personnel, Devel. and Recruiting Ops...... Paris Kea (G, 5-9, 17.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.9 apg) ...... Daniel Metzelfeld Stephanie Watts (G, 15.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.1 apg) Director of Scouting and Video Operations...... Jessica Imhof Director of Outreach, Alumni Relations and Admin...... Letterwinners lost...... Six ...... Tori Niemann Paris Kea (RSr., G, 5-9, 19.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.8 apg) Stephanie Watts (G, 15.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.1 apg) Jocelyn Jones (G, 3.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg) Carolina Program History Destinee Walker (G, played in 4 games in 2018-19) First season as a varsity program...... 1974-75 Kennedy Boyd (G, played in 3 games in 2018-19) All-time overall record...... 969-445 Hunter West (G, played in 3 games in 2918-19) All-time ACC record...... 367-247 ACC Championships...... Nine (most in ACC) ...... 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Athletic Communications Contact ACC Tournament record...... 62-33 Women’s basketball contact...... Dana Gelin NCAA Tournament appearances...... 27 (most in ACC) Email address...... [email protected] All-time NCAA Tournament record...... 47-26 Cell phone...... (919) 455-8289 NCAA Championships...... One (1994) Mailing address...... P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Most recent NCAA Tournament appearance...... 2019

Team Information 2018-19 record...... 18-15 2018-19 ACC record...... 8-8 2019 ACC Tournament...... Quarterfinals (Beat Georgia Tech 80-73, Lost to Notre Dame 95-77) 2019 NCAA Tournament...... First Round (Lost to California 92-72 in first round in Waco, Texas)

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DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME (ET) TV Sat. Nov. 2 Wingate (exhibition) Chapel Hill, N.C. 2 p.m.

Thur. Nov. 7 Western Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m. ACCNX Mon. Nov. 11 Navy Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 p.m. ACCN Fri. Nov. 15 Charleston Southern Chapel Hill, N.C. 5 p.m. ACCNX Fri. Nov. 22 Elon Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m. ACCNX

Cancun Challenge (Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya) Thur. Nov. 28 vs. Temple Cancun, Mexico 9 p.m. FloSports Fri. Nov. 29 vs. Missouri Cancun, Mexico 6:30 p.m. FloSports

Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Carmichael Arena) Thur. Dec. 5 Illinois Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m. ACCN

Sun. Dec. 8 NC Central Chapel Hill, N.C. 2 p.m. ACCNX Sun. Dec. 15 at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3 p.m.

Carolinas Challenge (Myrtle Beach Convention Center) Fri. Dec. 20 vs. UNCW Myrtle Beach, S.C. 7 p.m.

Sat. Dec. 28 Yale Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 p.m. ACCNX Mon. Dec. 30 Pittsburgh Chapel Hill, N.C. 2 p.m. RSN Thur. Jan. 2 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 7 p.m. ACCNX Sun. Jan. 5 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 2 p.m. ACCNX Thur. Jan. 9 NC State Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 p.m. RSN Sun. Jan. 12 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 2 p.m. ACCNX Thur. Jan. 16 Miami Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m. ACCNX Sun. Jan. 19 Louisville Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 p.m. ESPN2 or ACCN Thur. Jan. 23 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 6 p.m. RSN Sun. Jan. 26 at NC State Raleigh, N.C. 6 p.m. ACCN Thur. Jan. 30 Virginia Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m. ACCNX Sun. Feb. 2 Clemson Chapel Hill, N.C. 2 p.m. ACCNX Thur. Feb. 6 at Duke Durham, N.C. 6 p.m. ACCN Sun. Feb. 9 Virginia Tech Chapel Hill, N.C. 2 p.m. RSN Thur. Feb. 13 Syracuse Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 p.m. RSN Sun. Feb. 16 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. Noon ACCNX Sun. Feb. 23 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. Noon RSN Thur. Feb. 27 at Notre Dame Notre Dame, Ind. 7 p.m. ACCNX Sun. Mar. 1 Duke Chapel Hill, N.C. 2 p.m. ESPN2 or ACCN

2020 ACC Tournament (Greensboro Coliseum) March 4-8 TBA Greensboro, N.C. TBA RSN/ACCNE/ ESPN2/ESPNU All times Eastern

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