UNC Visits Boston College On Friday

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - North Carolina visits Boston College for an ACC tilt that has been moved back to Friday due to the pending weather expected on Thursday. The game will tip from the Conte Forum at 11 a.m. Both teams are looking for their first conference victory.

The Tar Heels opened the league slate last Sunday with a 103-65 loss at No. 13 Florida State, while Boston College lost 89-58 at Virginia Tech.

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF...
Senior guard Jamie Cherry finds a way to score the basketball. She has averaged 26.0 points in her last two games against Boston College. That includes a then career-high 31-point performance last season in Chapel Hill. Cherry also had 21 points in the 2016 meeting against the Eagles.

GAME INFORMATION
North Carolina (10-4, 0-1) at Boston College (5-9, 0-1)
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Conte Center
Friday, Jan 5, 2018
Tip: 11 a.m.

WHERE TO WATCH
Fans can watch the game on ACC Network Extra and the ESPN app.

TUNE IN
The radio broadcast with Walter Storholt is available worldwide on GoHeels.com and also on the TuneIn app.

1K CLUB
Sylvia Hatchell won her 1,000th career game with a 79-63 victory over Grambling State on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Hatchell, a 2013 Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame inductee, is only the third women's basketball coach in history to reach 1,000 career victories, joining former Tennessee legend Pat Summitt and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is the only men's coach among Division I basketball coaches to hit the 1,000 mark. Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma got his 1,000th victory later on Tuesday night with a win over Oklahoma.

SERIES HISTORY
Carolina leads 12-2 all-time against Boston College. The Tar Heels are a perfect 6-0 at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill. Among the six wins was Sylvia Hatchell's 900th career win on Feb. 7, 2013, an 80-52 result.

LAST TIME OUT
Imani Wright scored a career-high 33 points to lead No. 13 Florida State to a 103-65 victory over North Carolina on Sunday in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both clubs. Paris Kea paced North Carolina with 17 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Janelle Bailey had 17 points and five rebounds, while Jamie Cherry finished with 10.

A dominating second quarter, and a commanding rebound advantage led the host Seminoles to its third-straight victory over the Tar Heels. FSU outscored Carolina 35-15 in the second stanza to break open a tight game, and owned the glass by a 47-22 margin.

KEA STATS
• Paris Kea is having a a phenomenal second season with the Tar Heels, ranking 1st in the ACC at 20.6 points per game. She is 4th in the ACC with 6.5 assists, 8th with 2.4 steals per game and 6th in field goal percentage (55.2).
• 2nd in the ACC by shooting 47.9 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. Scored career-high 33 points vs. Washington (12/17).
• Kea and Asia Durr (UofL) are the lone ACC player with multiple 30+ point scoring games this season.
• Her eight 20-point games is the second most in the league.
• Kea has either made (107) or assisted (91) on 46.9 percent (198-of-422) of Carolina's field goals this season.
• She has scored in double figures in 27 straight games going back to last season.

BAILEY'S BEEN BALLING
• Among ACC freshman, Janelle Bailey ranks first in the league in scoring (15.1 points) and rebounding (7.7) per game. She is shooting a robust 54.0 percent from the field, the 9th best mark in the ACC.
• She has earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors a league-most four times.
• Bailey had a season-high 25 points against Hartford, and registered 13 rebounds against the Hawks.
• Bailey ranks 6th in the ACC with four double-doubles
• She is 13th in the ACC with 1.4 blocks per game

BAILEY RECEIVES 4TH ACC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONOR
Janelle Bailey earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors on Tuesday. Bailey averaged 18.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in only 22.5 minutes per game in a pair of contests for North Carolina. She registered 19 points and 10 rebounds against Mercer, and scored 17 points with five rebounds at No. 13/13 Florida State. Bailey shot a combined 61 percent in the two games en route to earning her fourth ACC Rookie of the Week nod.

FASTBREAK POINTS
• Paris Kea, who leads the ACC in scoring with 20.6 points per game, scored a career-high 33 points against Washington on Dec. 17.
• Janelle Bailey has been named ACC Rookie of the Week on four occasions, including this week after averaging 18.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in 2 games last week.
• Carolina has the top scoring trio of players in the ACC. All three check in in the top-12. Paris Kea is 1st (20.6), Jaime Cherry is 9th (16.0) and Janelle Bailey is 12th (15.1).
• UNC is shooting 48.2 percent as a team this season, a significant increase from last season's club that averaged 41.4% from the field.
• Carolina leads the ACC with an average of 18.2 assists per game.
• UNC has the top-3 ACC leaders in minutes per game - Jamie Cherry (37.5), Paris Kea (36.2) and Taylor Koenen with 35.3 mpg.
• UNC's roster is made up of the eighth most freshmen and sophomores by percentage in the country. The underclassmen account for 10 of the 14 players on the 2017-18 roster.

NEXT UP
Carolina hosts its ACC home opener on Sunday against Pitt at 2 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Janelle Bailey

Jamie Cherry

Paris Kea

Taylor Koenen

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