UNCC WAROLINAOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Tar Heels travel to NC State • Feb. 21, 2001 • 7:00 p.m. Tipoff North Carolina will wrap up the 2000-01 regular season with 2000-01 Schedule and Results road games against its Triangle rivals. On Feb. 21, Carolina plays 14-11 (7-7 ACC) at NC State with a 7 p.m. tipoff. On Feb. 26, UNC plays at Duke Nov. 17 At Buffalo L, 95-89 with a 7:30 p.m. tipoff. Nov. 19 At Syracuse W, 81-68 Nov. 21 North Carolina A&T W, 101-33 Quick facts on the Tar Heels Nov. 25 Old Dominion ** L, 91-77 2000-01 Record: 14-11 overall (7-7 ACC) Nov. 27 East Tennessee State W, 84-63 Head Coach: Sylvia Hatchell Dec. 3 Notre Dame L, 78-55 Hatchell’s Career Record: 575-237 (26th year) (Honda Elite 4 Holiday Classic, Orlando, Fla) Hatchell’s Record at UNC: 303-157 (15th year) Assistant Head Coach: Andrew Calder Dec. 9 Maryland W, 87-69 Assistant Coaches: Tracey Williams, Sylvia Crawley Dec. 16 Winthrop W, 71-48 Team Captains: LaQuanda Barksdale, Juana Brown, Leah Sharp Dec. 21 South Carolina W, 74-68 National Rankings: Not ranked in either poll (Carolina Classic, Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Sports information contact: Dana Gelin Dec. 28 Elon W, 77-58 Phone/email: (919) 962-0083/[email protected] Jan. 2 Georgia Tech L, 82-75 UNC website: www.TarHeelBlue.com Jan. 4 At Wake Forest L, 73-71 Jan. 8 At Clemson W, 71-70 On the air Jan. 11 Virginia L, 78-76 Wednesday’s game will be broadcast on radio by the Carolina Jan. 14 NC State ** W, 83-77 OT Women’s Basketball Network. The flagship station is 1360-AM Jan. 18 At Florida State W, 75-62 WCHL. Stephen Gates is the Tar Heels’ play-by-play announcer. Jan. 21 Oklahoma L, 94-77 Jan. 25 Duke L, 92-85 OT News to note Jan. 28 At Maryland L, 55-53 • Carolina is 14-11 (7-7 ACC) following an 80-78 overtime loss to Feb. 1 At Georgia Tech W, 85-63 Florida State on Sunday. Feb. 4 Wake Forest W, 72-60 • Three Tar Heels rank among the ACC’s top 10 scorers: LaQuanda Barksdale is first (19.2 ppg), Coretta Brown is fifth Feb. 8 Clemson W, 100-99 2OT (16.3 ppg) and Juana Brown is 10th (13.9 ppg). Feb. 11 At Virginia L, 76-73 • With 15 rebounds against Florida State, LaQuanda Barksdale Feb. 14 Coastal Carolina W, 72-54 took over sixth place on UNC’s all-time rebounds chart with a Feb. 18 Florida State L, 80-78 OT career total of 932. Feb. 21 At NC State 7 p.m. • Coretta Brown has 170 assists this season, the second-highest Feb. 26 At Duke 7:30 p.m. total in UNChistory. She is 42 from setting a single-season school March 2-5 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament record. (Greensboro, N.C.) • UNC’s seven conference losses have come by an average of 3.6 points each. The Tar Heels have played 10 ACC games with mar- ** Played at the Dean E. Smith Center. All other home games gins of 10 points or less, more than any other team in the confer- played at Carmichael Auditorium. ence. • The Tar Heels lead the ACC with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.05, with 429 assists (17.2 per game) and 407 turnovers (16.3 per game) this season. Carolina’s statistical leaders • In this week’s NCAA statistics, LaQuanda Barksdale ranks Scoring: LaQuanda Barksdale, 19.2 points per game (1st ACC) seventh nationally in rebounding and is tied for 33rd in scoring. Rebounding: LaQuanda Barksdale, 11.6 per game (2nd ACC) Coretta Brown ranks 13th in assists. Assists: Coretta Brown, 6.8 per game (1st ACC) • Tar Heels lead the ACC in scoring (LaQuanda Barksdale, 19.2 Steals: Juana Brown, 2.0 per game (T5th ACC) points per game), assists (Coretta Brown, 6.8), blocks (Candace Blocks: Candace Sutton, 1.5 per game (1st ACC) S u t t o n, 1.5) and assist-turnover ratio (Coretta Brown, 1.77). Minutes: Coretta Brown, 38.7 per game Barksdale ranks a close second in rebounding with 11.6 per game. Field goal percentage: Candace Sutton, 48.5 percent, 94-194 • Carolina leads the ACC in scoring (77.7 points per game), Three-point percentage: Coretta Brown, 37.1 percent, 43-116 rebounding (44.5 per game) and assist/turnover ratio (1.05). The (3rd ACC) Tar Heels rank last in rebounding defense (41.2 per game by oppo- Free throw percentage: Juana Brown, 71.7 percent, 33-46 nents) and steals (8.4 per game). made two free throws with no time left to send the game into This Week’s National Polls overtime. Associated Press Poll USA Today Coaches’ Poll Brown's driving one-hander from the lane with 1:25 left in over- (Feb. 19) (Feb. 19) time was her third straight basket in the extra period and gave the 1. Tennessee 1. Tennessee Tar Heels a 79-75 lead. The Wolfpack missed its last two attempts 2. Notre Dame 2. Notre Dame in overtime, while UNC's Leah Sharp made four free throws in the 3. Connecticut 3. Connecticut final 15.1 seconds. Senior forward LaQuanda Barksdale had 21 points and 15 4. Georgia 4. Georgia rebounds for North Carolina. Brown also had seven assists, four 5. Purdue 5. Purdue rebounds and three steals in 45 minutes of play. 6. Louisiana Tech 6. Duke Senior guard Tynesha Lewis led NC State with 23 points, eight 7. Duke 7. Lousiana Tech rebounds and five assists. Carisse Moody and A d e o l a 8. Oklahoma 8. Oklahoma Olanrewaju added 14 each. 9. Rutgers 9. Iowa State NC State took the game's biggest lead at 53-46 with 12:22 left in 10. Iowa State 10.Florida regulation on a jumper by Olanrewaju. After North Carolina tied 11. Florida 11. Rutgers it at 53-53 on a jumper by freshman Chrystal Baptist with 10:38 to 12. Xavier 12. Xavier play, neither team led by more than a until overtime. 13. Utah 13. Texas Tech By the Numbers UNC NCSU 14. LSU 14.LSU Record 14-11 17-8 15. Texas Tech 15.Utah Points per game 77.7 65.7 16. Colorado 16. SW Missouri State Opponent points per game 71.4 56.1 17. NC State 17. Vanderbilt Field goal percentage 41.9 42.2 18. Vanderbilt 18. Penn State Three-point FG percentage 34.1 26.4 19. Penn State 19. NC State Free throw percentage 64.8 70.0 20. SW Missouri State 20.Colorado Opponent FG percentage 39.8 38.7 21. Wisconsin 21. Texas Opp. three-point percentage 31.6 27.2 22. Texas 22. Clemson Opp. free throw percentage 68.5 66.3 23. Arizona State 23. Arizona Rebounding average 44.5 38.4 Offensive rebounding av. 16.4 13.0 24. Baylor 24. Villanova Defensive rebounding av. 28.1 25.4 25. Iowa 25. Wisconsin Opponent rebounding av. 41.2 34.3 Opponent offensive reb. av. 15.0 10.5 Opponent defensive reb. av. 26.2 23.8 Scouting the NC State Wolfpack Assists per game 17.2 11.9 NC State is 17-8 overall, 8-6 in the ACC, following a 69-55 home- Turnovers per game 16.3 19.6 court win over Duke on Sunday. Senior guard Tynesha Lewis led Steals per game 8.0 6.7 the team in scoring in that game with 19 points. Freshman forward Blocks per game 3.5 3.0 Adeola Olanrewaju was the team’s top rebounder with 10 and also contributed 16 points. UNC’s most recent action For the season, sophomore center Carisse Moody leads the team Florida State won in Chapel Hill Sunday for the first time since in scoring with 14.5 points per game, ninth in the ACC. She is also 1993, beating UNC 80-78 in overtime at Carmichael Auditorium. the team’s top rebounder with 7.0 per game. Lewis the only other FSU improved to 17-8 on the season and held onto second place in player scoring in double figures with 13.3 points per game. She the ACC with a 9-5 conference record. UNC fell to 14-11 overall, 7- leads the team in assists with 2.8. 7 in the ACC. NC State is coached by Kay Yow, who is 549-231 in her 26th year “Florida State just wanted it more than we did,” UNC coach with the program. Sylvia Hatchell said. “They played really hard.” The afternoon was Senior Day at Carolina, the final home game UNC vs. NC State for LaQuanda Barksdale, Juana Brown, Jackie Myers and Leah Wednesday’s game will be the 68th meeting between North Sharp. All four were in the starting lineup for the Tar Heels, who Carolina and North Carolina State. The Wolfpack leads the series had won their last nine games against FSU. 45-22, but UNC won the season’s first meeting, 83-77 in overtime Florida State led 35-31 at halftime, but UNC opened the second on Jan. 14. half with a 10-2 run to take a four-point lead. Neither team led by NC State won the last meeting at Reynolds Coliseum, 86-76 on more than five in the second half and UNC trailed by three before Feb.