University of North Carolina Athletics
Tuesday, December 19
Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Myrtle Beach Convention Center)
2:00 P.M.
North Carolina
vs
Grambling State
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
#Hatchell1K: Going For A Grand On The Strand
December 19, 2017 | Women's Basketball
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina - North Carolina, playing in Myrtle Beach for the 24th-straight year, takes on Grambling State Tuesday from Myrtle Beach Convention Center at 2 p.m. UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell is one victory shy of becoming the third member of the 1,000-win club in women's basketball history.
WHERE TO WATCH
There is no video broadcast of the game on Tuesday.
TUNE IN
The radio broadcast with Walter Storholt is available worldwide on GoHeels.com and also on the TuneIn app.
1K CLUB
The exclusive 1,000 career victory club currently has three members, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski on the men's side, and former Tennessee legend Pat Summitt and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer.
The group could grow to five coaches on Tuesday with both Hatchell and UConn's Geno Auriemma both having a chance to record career victory No. 1000 on the same day. The top-ranked Huskies host Oklahoma on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
HATCHELL BY THE NUMBERS
999 career victories
727 career wins at Carolina
285 Atlantic Coast Conference victories
272 career wins at Francis Marion
125 career wins over top-25 opponents
49 wins in the ACC Tournament
45 USA Basketball wins as a head coach or assistant coach
45 wins over Clemson are the most against an opponent
45 wins in the NCAA Tournament
35 wins against Duke
27 wins in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
8 ACC Tournament titles
3 National championships
HATCHELL MILESTONES
First career win: Jan. 14, 1976
Francis Marion d. Voorhees, 88-62
100th career win: Feb. 8, 1980
Francis Marion d. Winthrop 75-61
200th career win: Feb. 4, 1984
Francis Marion d. Presbyterian, 91-58
300th career win: Feb. 9, 1988
North Carolina d. NC State, 75-74 (OT)
400th career win: Feb. 12, 1994
North Carolina d. Georgia Tech, 89-79
500th career win: Jan. 22, 1998
North Carolina d. NC State, 67-64
600th career win: March 3, 2002
North Carolina d. NC State, 58-52
700th career win: Jan. 15, 2006
North Carolina d. NC State, 65-53
800th career win: Jan. 11, 2009
North Carolina d. NC State, 75-66 (OT)
900th career win: Feb. 7, 2013
North Carolina d. Boston College, 80-52
SERIES HISTORY
First meeting with Grambling State.
LAST TIME OUT
Career victory No. 999 for North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell came at a familiar setting for her program on Sunday. Playing in Myrtle Beach for the 24th consecutive season, a career-high 33 points from Paris Kea gave UNC a 90-78 victory over Washington.
Kea led the way, but she didn't do it alone as senior guard Jamie Cherry added a season-high 28 points and freshman forward Janelle Bailey had 19 points. The Tar Heel trio combined for 80 of the team's 90 points and shot a collective 29-of-40 from the field.Â
KEA STATS
• Paris Kea is having a a phenomenal second season with the Tar Heels, ranking first in the ACC at 21.1 points per game. She is third in the ACC with 7.2 assists, fifth with 2.8 steals per game and 5th in field goal percentage (57.0).
• Leads the ACC by shooting 51.2 percent from three-point land.
• Only ACC player to score 30 points and have 10 assists in a game this season.
• Kea scored 31 points against South Alabama, one shy of her career high, and handed out a career-high 11 assists against the Jaguars to notch her second career double-double.
• Kea and Asia Durr (UofL) are the lone ACC player with multiple 30+ point scoring games this season.
• Her seven 20-point games is the second most in the league.
• Kea has either made (86) or assisted (79) on 48.8 percent (165-of-338) of Carolina's field goals this season.
• She has scored in double figures in 24 straight games going back to last season.
BAILEY'S BEEN BALLING
• Among ACC freshman, Janelle Bailey ranks second in the league in both scoring (14.6 points) and rebounding (7.7) per game. She is shooting a robust 52.3 percent from the field, the 13th best mark in the ACC.
• She has earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors three times.Â
• Bailey had a season-high 25 points against Hartford, and registered 13 rebounds against the Hawks for her third double-double of her rookie season.
• Bailey ranks fifth in the ACC with three double-doubles
• 14th in the ACC with 1.4 blocks per game
FASTBREAK POINTS
• Carolina is 28-6 all-time playing in Myrtle Beach going back to 1994.
• Carolina has won seven games in a row, the longest streak since winning nine straight to open the 2014-15 season.
• Carolina and Notre Dame are the only ACC club with three players among the top-20 league scorers. Paris Kea is 1st (21.1), Jaime Cherry is 7th (16.2) and Janelle Bailey is 15th (14.6).
• UNC is shooting 48.8 percent as a team this season, a significant increase from last season's club that averaged 41.4% from the field.Â
• UNC has the top-3 ACC leaders in minutes per game - Jamie Cherry (37.2), Paris Kea (35.6) and Taylor Koenen with 34.7 mpg.Â
NEXT UP
Carolina returns home after the holiday break to host Mercer on Dec. 28.Â
WHERE TO WATCH
There is no video broadcast of the game on Tuesday.
TUNE IN
The radio broadcast with Walter Storholt is available worldwide on GoHeels.com and also on the TuneIn app.
1K CLUB
The exclusive 1,000 career victory club currently has three members, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski on the men's side, and former Tennessee legend Pat Summitt and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer.
The group could grow to five coaches on Tuesday with both Hatchell and UConn's Geno Auriemma both having a chance to record career victory No. 1000 on the same day. The top-ranked Huskies host Oklahoma on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
HATCHELL BY THE NUMBERS
999 career victories
727 career wins at Carolina
285 Atlantic Coast Conference victories
272 career wins at Francis Marion
125 career wins over top-25 opponents
49 wins in the ACC Tournament
45 USA Basketball wins as a head coach or assistant coach
45 wins over Clemson are the most against an opponent
45 wins in the NCAA Tournament
35 wins against Duke
27 wins in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
8 ACC Tournament titles
3 National championships
HATCHELL MILESTONES
First career win: Jan. 14, 1976
Francis Marion d. Voorhees, 88-62
100th career win: Feb. 8, 1980
Francis Marion d. Winthrop 75-61
200th career win: Feb. 4, 1984
Francis Marion d. Presbyterian, 91-58
300th career win: Feb. 9, 1988
North Carolina d. NC State, 75-74 (OT)
400th career win: Feb. 12, 1994
North Carolina d. Georgia Tech, 89-79
500th career win: Jan. 22, 1998
North Carolina d. NC State, 67-64
600th career win: March 3, 2002
North Carolina d. NC State, 58-52
700th career win: Jan. 15, 2006
North Carolina d. NC State, 65-53
800th career win: Jan. 11, 2009
North Carolina d. NC State, 75-66 (OT)
900th career win: Feb. 7, 2013
North Carolina d. Boston College, 80-52
SERIES HISTORY
First meeting with Grambling State.
LAST TIME OUT
Career victory No. 999 for North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell came at a familiar setting for her program on Sunday. Playing in Myrtle Beach for the 24th consecutive season, a career-high 33 points from Paris Kea gave UNC a 90-78 victory over Washington.
Kea led the way, but she didn't do it alone as senior guard Jamie Cherry added a season-high 28 points and freshman forward Janelle Bailey had 19 points. The Tar Heel trio combined for 80 of the team's 90 points and shot a collective 29-of-40 from the field.Â
KEA STATS
• Paris Kea is having a a phenomenal second season with the Tar Heels, ranking first in the ACC at 21.1 points per game. She is third in the ACC with 7.2 assists, fifth with 2.8 steals per game and 5th in field goal percentage (57.0).
• Leads the ACC by shooting 51.2 percent from three-point land.
• Only ACC player to score 30 points and have 10 assists in a game this season.
• Kea scored 31 points against South Alabama, one shy of her career high, and handed out a career-high 11 assists against the Jaguars to notch her second career double-double.
• Kea and Asia Durr (UofL) are the lone ACC player with multiple 30+ point scoring games this season.
• Her seven 20-point games is the second most in the league.
• Kea has either made (86) or assisted (79) on 48.8 percent (165-of-338) of Carolina's field goals this season.
• She has scored in double figures in 24 straight games going back to last season.
BAILEY'S BEEN BALLING
• Among ACC freshman, Janelle Bailey ranks second in the league in both scoring (14.6 points) and rebounding (7.7) per game. She is shooting a robust 52.3 percent from the field, the 13th best mark in the ACC.
• She has earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors three times.Â
• Bailey had a season-high 25 points against Hartford, and registered 13 rebounds against the Hawks for her third double-double of her rookie season.
• Bailey ranks fifth in the ACC with three double-doubles
• 14th in the ACC with 1.4 blocks per game
FASTBREAK POINTS
• Carolina is 28-6 all-time playing in Myrtle Beach going back to 1994.
• Carolina has won seven games in a row, the longest streak since winning nine straight to open the 2014-15 season.
• Carolina and Notre Dame are the only ACC club with three players among the top-20 league scorers. Paris Kea is 1st (21.1), Jaime Cherry is 7th (16.2) and Janelle Bailey is 15th (14.6).
• UNC is shooting 48.8 percent as a team this season, a significant increase from last season's club that averaged 41.4% from the field.Â
• UNC has the top-3 ACC leaders in minutes per game - Jamie Cherry (37.2), Paris Kea (35.6) and Taylor Koenen with 34.7 mpg.Â
NEXT UP
Carolina returns home after the holiday break to host Mercer on Dec. 28.Â
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