WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES » 1994 National Champions » Eight-Time ACC Champions ALL-TIME SERIES UNC leads 14-10 THE MATCHUP: Dec. 14, 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS LAST MEETING 5-1 OVERALL, 0-1 ACC UNC won 78-58 in 5-0 HOME • 0-1 AWAY • 0-0 NEUTRAL North Carolina (5-1, 0-1 ACC) Chapel Hill on 1/16/2020 Head Coach: Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth, 2000) Career Record: 275-118 (14th season) GAME COVERAGE Record at North Carolina: 21-15 (Second season) Date Opponent Time/Result TV: ACC Network Nov. 25 Radford (ACCNX) W, 90-61 • Jenn Hildreth, Christy Thomaskutty Nov. 28 UNCG (ACCNX) W, 96-35 Miami (3-1, 0-1 ACC) Radio: TuneIn app Nov. 29 High Point (ACCNX) W, 95-70 Head Coach: Katie Meier (Duke, 1989) • Matt Krause Career Record: 371-233 Dec. 3 S.C. St. (ACCNX) W, 98-28 Record at Miami: 295-188 Dec. 6 Charlotte (ACCN) W, 81-75 Dec. 10 At Wake Forest (ACCN) L, 57-54 Dec. 14 At Miami (ACCN) 2 PM TIPPING OFF BY THE NUMBERS Dec. 17 Syracuse (ACCN) 8 PM • Monday’s game is the 25th matchup between » Non-conference home UNC and Miami, with Carolina leading Dec. 20 Wake Forest (ACCNX) 1 PM games for UNC over a span of the series 14-10 overall and 11-8 since the 12 days to open the 2020-21 Dec. 31 At Syracuse (ACCNX) 2 PM Hurricanes joined the ACC in 2004-05. season. UNC finished that Jan. 3 At Pittsburgh (RSN) 1 PM • Four Tar Heels are averaging double-figure 5 run 5-0. Jan. 10 Miami TBA scoring with seven at 8.5 or more. Petra Holešínská leads the team with 13.0 points per » Rebounds for freshman Jan. 14 Virginia Tech (ACCNX) 6 PM forward Anya Poole against game. Janelle Bailey is the team’s top rebounder Jan. 17 Duke (ACCN) 2 PM Wake Forest. She scored with 7.7 per game. 12 points to register her first Jan. 21 At Virginia (ACCNX) 6 PM • Two Tar Heels are ranked among the top 20 11 career double-double. Jan. 24 Notre Dame (ESPNU) Noon active scorers in NCAA DI. Janelle Bailey is Jan. 31 At Virginia Tech (ACCNX) 2 PM 16th (1,468 points) and Stephanie Watts is 18th » Career double-doubles for (1,413). UNC and Arkansas are the only schools Janelle Bailey. That figure Feb. 4 Florida State (ACCNX) 6 PM in the nation with two players in the top 20. ranks second among all active Feb. 7 NC State (ACCN) 2 PM 37 players in NCAA Division I. Feb. 11 Boston College (ACCNX) 6 PM Feb. 14 Virginia (ACCN) 4 PM Feb. 18 At Clemson (ACCNX) 7 PM TAR HEEL ROSTER Feb. 21 At NC State (ESPN2) Noon # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) Feb. 25 Georgia Tech (ACCNX) 6 PM 0 Alexandra Zelaya F 6-4 Fr. Goodyear, Ariz. (Millennium) Feb. 28 At Duke (RSN) 2 PM 1 Alyssa Ustby G 6-1 Fr. Rochester, Minn. (Lourdes) 2 Petra Holešínská G 5-10 Gr. Vracov, Czech Republic ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) (Sportovni Gymnazium Ludvika Danka /Univ. of Illinois) March 3-7 Greensboro Coliseum 3 Kennedy Todd-Williams G 5-11 Fr. Jacksonville, N.C. (Jacksonville) 4 Kennady Tucker G 5-10 So. Little Rock, Ark. (North Little Rock) BOLD home game at Carmichael Arena 5 Stephanie Watts G 5-11 Gr. Wesley Chapel, N.C. (Weddington / Univ. of Southern California) * ACC game 11 Ariel Young G 6-1 R-So. Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln / Univ. of Michigan) ( ) denotes television network 21 Malu Tshitenge F 6-3 So. Germantown,Md. (St. John’s College) All times Eastern and subject to change 25 Deja Kelly G 5-8 Fr. San Antonio, Texas (Duncanville) Rankings are AP poll at time of game 30 Jaelynn Murray F 6-2 R-Jr. Columbia, S.C. (Dreher) 31 Anya Poole F 6-2 Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Southeast Raleigh) 44 Janelle Bailey C 6-4 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. (Providence Day School) UNC Athletic Communications Staff Women’s Basketball Contact: Dana Gelin Head Coach: Courtney Banghart [email protected], 919-455-8289 Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Carrie Moore Assistant Coaches: Joanne Aluka-White, Adrian Walters FOLLOW @UNCWBB Director of Operations: Meghin Williams-Banx Director of Player Personnel, Development and Recruiting Operations: Jackie Manuel Director of Scouting and Video Operations: Chris Leazier Director of Outreach, Alumni and Administration: Tori Niemann Liz Roberts #GoHeels Volunteer Graduate Assistant Coach: GAME 7 » vs MIAMI » DEC. 14, 2020 points per game. Sophomore guard Moulayna Johnson Sidi Baba is the UNC vs. Miami Series vs. Miami: UNC leads 14-10 team’s top rebounder with 6.5 boards per game. The Tar Heels and Hurricanes 1980-81 W 75 61 (N) are meeting for the 25th time in 1983-84 W 77 64 (N) a series that dates back to the 1986-87 W 89 71 (A) Notable Numbers 1980-81 season. UNC leads the 1987-88 L 69 75 (H) • UNC scored 90 or more points in its first four games this season. The overall series 14-10 following 1991-92 L 72 86 (A) last time the Tar Heels reached 90 four games in a row was at the start a 78-58 win in Chapel Hill last 2004-05 W 83 52 (H) of the 2007-08 season, in wins over Elon, Coppin State, Syracuse and season. W 64 57 (N) Georgia State Nov. 13-19, 2007. • The Tar Heels lead 11-8 2005-06 W 90 57 (A) • UNC’s 98 points against South Carolina State was the most the team since the Hurricanes joined the 2006-07 W 93 70 (H) had scored under coach Courtney Banghart and the most by UNC at ACC in 2004-05. Carmichael since 103 vs. High Point in December of 2013. 2007-08 W 79 61 (A) • UNC’s last road win in the • UNC’s 56.3% shooting performance against UNCG is the best for 2008-09 W 90 76 (H) series was in the 2014-15 Carolina under Banghart and UNC’s best since shooting 58.2% on Dec. 2009-10 L 69 80 (A) season. 17, 2017 vs. Washington in Myrtle Beach, S.C. It was UNC’s best in • In last year’s matchup at 2010-11 L 66 78 (H) Carmichael since shooting 56.4% on Dec. 5, 2017 vs. Presbyterian. Carmichael Arena, Janelle W 83 57 (N) • The Tar Heels lead the ACC in scoring margin and rank second in Bailey led all scorers with a 2011-12 W 65 63 (H) assist-turnover ratio, turnover margin, defense and field goal percentage season-high 28 points (season L 37 61 (A) defense. high). She also had a game- 2012-13 W 64 62 (A) • Despite averaging 85.7 points per game, the Tar Heels don’t have an high 15 rebounds for one of her 2013-14 L 80 83 (H) individual scorer in the top 20. (Petra Holešínská is 25th with 13.0 points 11 double-doubles during the 2014-15 W 66 65 (A) per game.) season. 2015-16 L 61 76 (H) • Individually, Tar Heels hold two of the ACC’s top five spots for assist- • Three current Tar Heels 2016-17 L 88 100 (A) turnover ratio: Stephanie Watts is No. 2 (4.3) and Holešínská is fifth (2.7). played in the last matchup in 2017-18 L 72 92 (H) Coral Gables, with Stephanie 2018-19 L 68 76 (A) Watts and Jaelynn Murray Deeper Bench This Season 2019-20 W 78 58 (H) Although the UNC roster this season is slightly smaller this season (12 starting and Janelle Bailey compared with 15), the Tar Heels are a far deeper team and that has been coming off the bench in the evident in the first six games. UNC is averaging 32.8 points per game 76-68 loss on Jan. 20, 2019. Watts was the leading scorer in the game off the bench, with a high of 57 against High Point and a low of seven at with 22 points and also the leading rebounder with 14, a total that still Wake Forest. (Prior to the Wake game, the team’s season low for bench stands as her career high. points was 26 vs. Charlotte.) • Watts also started in UNC’s 100-88 loss at Miami during the 2016-17 • UNC doesn’t have a player ranked in the ACC’s top 25 in minutes. season (1/26/17). Petra Holešínská leads the team in minutes with 26.5 per game after playing a career-high 40 against Wake Forest. Scouting the Hurricanes Miami is 3-1 overall and 0-1 in ACC play following a 69-58 loss to Syracuse at the Watsco Center on Thursday. Redshirt junior Destiny Tar Heels Pick Up Preseason ACC Honors • Senior Janelle Bailey was named to the Preseason All-ACC Team. Hardin led the Hurricanes with 11 points. • Freshman Deja Kelly was picked for the Newcomer Watch List On the season, senior guard Kelsey Marshall is the team’s top scorer, • In the team rankings, the Tar Heels were fourth by the coaches and averaging 15.5 points per game. Harden is also in double figures with 11.5 fifth by the Blue Ribbon panel, the highest rankings since 2014. Courtney Banghart Banghart Year-By-Year Head Coach • Second Season at UNC Princeton The 2020-21 season is the second at UNC for head coach Courtney Banghart.