UNCC WAROLINAOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Tar Heels host Old Dominion at the Dean E. Smith Center Tipoff North Carolina meets Old Dominion University Saturday after- 2000-01 Schedule and Results noon at 2 at the Dean E. Smith Center. The Carolina women are Nov. 17 At Buffalo L, 95-89 playing a home game outside Carmichael Auditorium for the first Nov. 19 At Syracuse W, 81-68 time since 1998. Nov. 21 North Carolina A&T W, 101-33 Monday, the Tar Heels are back in Carmichael, hosting East Nov. 25 Old Dominion 2 p.m. Tennessee State at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 East Tennessee State 7 p.m. Dec. 3 Notre Dame 1:30 p.m. Quick Facts on the Tar Heels (Honda Elite Four Classic, Orlando, Fla) 2000-01 Record: 2-1 Dec. 9 Maryland 2 p.m. 1999-2000 Record: 20-13 Dec. 16 Winthrop 7 p.m. Head Coach: Sylvia Hatchell Dec. 21 South Carolina 7 p.m. Hatchell’s Career Record: 563-227 (26th year) (Carolina Classic, Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Hatchell’s Record at UNC: 291-147 (15th year) Dec. 28 Elon 2 p.m. Assistant Head Coach: Andrew Calder Assistant Coaches: Tracey Williams, Sylvia Crawley Jan. 2 Georgia Tech 7 p.m. Team Captains: LaQuanda Barksdale, Juana Brown, Leah Sharp Jan. 4 At Wake Forest 7 p.m. National Rankings: Not ranked in either poll Jan. 8 At Clemson 7:30 p.m. Sports information contact: Dana Gelin Jan.11 Virginia 7 p.m. Phone/email: (919) 962-0083/[email protected] Jan.14 NC State 1 p.m. UNC website: www.TarHeelBlue.com Jan.18 At Florida State 7 p.m. Jan.21 Oklahoma 3 p.m. On the Air Jan.25 Duke 7 p.m. Saturday’s game will be broadcast on radio by the Carolina Jan.28 At Maryland 2 p.m. Women’s Basketball Network. The flagship station is 1360-AM Feb. 1 At Georgia Tech 7 p.m. WCHL. Stephen Gates will handle the play-by-play. Feb. 4 Wake Forest 2 p.m. Feb. 8 Clemson 7 p.m. News to Note Feb. 11 At Virginia 4 p.m. • Carolina is 2-1 coming off a 101-33 win over North Carolina Feb. 14 Coastal Carolina 7 p.m. A&T on Tuesday. Feb. 18 Florida State 1 p.m. • Through three games, the Tar Heels are averaging 90.3 points. Feb. 21 At NC State 7 p.m. • Old Dominion leads the series with UNC, 10-3. Feb. 26 At Duke 7:30 p.m. • The Tar Heel roster boasts two preseason candidates for the Naismith National Player of the Year Award in seniors LaQuanda March 2-5 Atlantic Coast Conferenc Tournament Barksdale and Juana Brown. (Greensboro, N.C.) Scouting the Lady Monarchs Old Dominion is 0-2 on the season following losses to Penn State (99-72) on Nov. 12 at the State Farm Tip-Off Classic in Hartford, to Syracuse 85-84 in double overtime. Two days later, UNC came Conn., and to Syracuse (85-84 in double overtime) in Norfolk, Va., back from a 38-34 halftime deficit to beat the Orangewomen 81-68 on Nov. 17. ODU has not played in the past eight days. in Syracuse. The Lady Monarchs are led by senior forward Hamchetou • ODU is without senior forward Lucienne Berthieu, the “Tanty” Maiga, who is averaging 23.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per Colonial Athletic Association’s Preseason Player of the Year and game. Sophomore guard Okeisha Howard is scoring 18.0 points the Lady Monarch’s top scorer and rebounder the past two sea- per game and averaging 6.0 rebounds. Sophomore forward Kim sons. Berthieu underwent knee surgery on Nov. 16 to repair a torn Giddens is tied for the rebounding lead with 7.0 per game. ACLand will miss the season. ODU is coached by Wendy Larry, who is in her 14th season at the school and her 17th season as a head coach. She was selected as the UNC vs. Old Dominion National Coach of the Year by several organizations in 1997, after The Tar Heels and Lady Monarchs have met 13 times over the leading the Lady Monarchs to a 34-2 record and an NCAA runner years, but only twice in the past decade. ODU leads the series 10- -up finish. That season, ODU lost 68-59 to Tennessee in the cham- 3 and won 10 in a row from 1977-87, but UNC has won the two pionship game. most recent meetings. • ODU and UNC have had one common opponent this season, The last three meetings have come in NCAA Tournament play in Syracuse. On Nov. 17, the Lady Monarchs lost their home opener Chapel Hill: • On March 20, 1994, the host Tar Heels beat Old Dominion 63- Latest National Polls 52 in a second-round game to continue their march toward the ‘94 NCAAtitle. Associated Press Poll USA Today Coaches’ Poll • On March 18, 1992, host UNC won a first-round NCAAgame (Nov. 20) (Nov. 20) 60-54. 1. Connecticut 1. Connecticut • On March 14, 1987, Old Dominion defeated host UNC 76-58 in 2. Tennessee 2. Tennessee a second-round game. The Tar Heels have not lost an NCAA 3. Duke 3. Duke Tournament home game since. 4. Purdue 4. Purdue 5. Notre Dame 5. Notre Dame Last Time Out 6. Georgia 6. Georgia The Tar Heels won their home opener, 101-33 against North 7. Rutgers 7. Rutgers Carolina A&T State. The 68-point margin of victory was three 8. Iowa State 8. Penn State points shy of the UNC record margin of 71 points, set in 1997 9. Penn State 9. Louisiana Tech against South Carolina State (106-35). Sophomore point guard Coretta Brown set a UNC single-game 10. LSU 10. LSU record by passing out 16 assists. She topped the old mark of 15, set 11. Louisiana Tech 11.Iowa State by Nikki Teasley against Georgia Tech on Jan. 24, 1999. Brown’s 12. Oklahoma 12.Texas Tech 16th assist came with 8:08 to play on a pass to Cherie Lea, whose 13. Texas Tech 13.Oklahoma field goal put UNC up 95-26. 14. Oregon 14. Mississippi State 15. Mississippi State 15.Virginia Home Away from Home 16. Virginia 16.SW Missouri State Today’s game is the Carolina women’s basketball team’s first 17. SW Missouri State 17.Oregon home game outside of Carmichael Auditorium since the 1997-98 18. Stanford 18.Auburn season. That year, the Carmichael floor was damaged when the 19. Wisconsin 19.Boston College building’s roof caught fire in February of 1998. The Tar Heels host- 20. Auburn 20.Old Dominion ed Georgia Tech at the Smith Center on Feb. 8 (UNC won 85-55) 21. Illinois 21. Illinios before a temporary floor was installed at Carmichael. 22. NC State 22.Stanford The first basketball game at the Dean E. Smith Center was on 23. Xavier 23.NC State Jan. 18, 1986, when the UNC men beat Duke, 95-92. The UNC women first played there on Jan. 13, 1987, losing 82-76 to NC State 24. Boston College 24. Xavier during Sylvia Hatchell’s first season as the Tar Heels’ coach. 25. Vanderbilt 25.Vanderbilt Including that game, the UNC women are 10-6 at the Smith Center. Career Highs Although the season is only three games old, several Tar Heel Backfield of Browns veterans already have set new career highs. The Brown-Brown backfield duo, with Coretta at the point and • Sophomore guard Coretta Brown scored 23 points and Juana at shooting guard, has put up outstanding numbers through grabbed nine rebounds against Syracuse to erase her old highs of the team’s first three games. Together, they are averaging 35.7 13 points and six rebounds. Against North Carolina A&T, she points, 10.3 rebounds and 15.2 assists per game. passed out 16 assists to set a school single-game record. Brown’s Coretta, a sophomore, scored a career-high 23 points against previous high was 10, set against Richmond during the 1999-2000 Syracuse and is averaging 18.3 per game, tied for the team lead. season. Juana, a senior, led the team with 26 points (two shy of her career • Senior Juana Brown handed out eight assists against Buffalo, high) against Buffalo and is averaging 17.3. topping her old high of seven, set during her sophomore year. Coretta is averaging 10.6 assists per game, Juana Brown 4.7. • Sophomore Jennifer Thomas’ 20 points (on 9-for-9 shooting from the field) and three steals against Buffalo bettered previous Balanced Attack top performances of 18 points and two steals. Through the first three games, four UNCplayers are scoring in • Redshirt freshman Courtney Chambers, who appeared in six double figures. Senior forward LaQuanda Barksdale and sopho- games last season, scored nine points against N.C. A&T to eclipse more guard Coretta Brown lead the team with 18.3 points each. her former scoring high of four points. Her two assists and three Senior guard Juana Brown is averaging 17.3 and freshman center steals against the Lady Aggies also were career bests. Candace Sutton is averaging 10.0. Sophomore forward Jennifer Thomas is just shy of double digits, averaging 9.7 points. Freshmen Step Up Barksdale also leads the team in rebounds with 8.3 per game. All four true freshmen on the roster have seen action already, Coretta Brown is next, averaging 7.0.