University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Women's Basketball To Host Richmond
December 7, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 7, 2001
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Tipoff: UNC (8-1) hosts Richmond (3-5), Dec. 8
The University of North Carolina women's basketball team (8-1, 1-0 ACC) hosts Richmond (3-5) on Saturday evening for a non-conference game. Tipoff is 7 p.m. at Carmichael Auditorium.
Carolina is ranked No. 18 in this week's Associated Press poll, No. 20 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll. Richmond is not ranked.
Saturday's game is UNC's final home game before the holiday break. On Dec. 20, Carolina will face No. 23 South Carolina in Myrtle Beach, S.C. UNC's next home game is Dec. 30 against ACC rival Maryland.
On the air
The UNC-Richmond game will not be broadcast on radio or television.
Tickets
Tickets to UNC women's basketball games are $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors. There is no charge for admission for children 12 and under.
North Carolina students, faculty and staff are admitted free with their UNC One Cards.
Tickets may be purchased at the door or at the UNC ticket office by calling (919) 962-2296 or (800) 722-4335.
Quick facts on UNC
2001-02 Record: 8-1
Current Rankings: 18th AP, 20th USAToday/ ESPN
Head Coach: Sylvia Hatchell (Carson-Newman, 1974)
Career Record: 584-241 (in her 27th season)
Record at UNC: 312-161 (in her 16th season)
Assistant Head Coach: Andrew Calder
Assistant Coaches: Tracey Williams, Sylvia Crawley
Team captains: Coretta Brown, Courtney Chambers, Jennifer Thomas
Sports information contact: Dana Gelin
Phone/email: (919) 962-0083/dgelin@uncaa.unc.edu
UNC athletics website: www.TarHeelBlue.com
UNC ticket office" (919) 962-2126, (800) 722-4335
News of note
* UNC is ranked 18th in this week's Associated Press poll, 20 in the USA/Today coaches' poll. The Tar Heels were 24th in both polls last week.
* Carolina leads the series with Richmond 2-0.
* Senior guard Nikki Teasley was named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week on Monday after leading UNC in scoring in two wins last week. She scored 21 points against Kentucky and a season-high 27 against ODU while shooting 62.5 percent from the field and 92.9 (13-14) from the free throw line.
UNC's statistical leaders
Scoring: Coretta Brown, Nikki Teasley (17.4 points per game)
Rebounding: Chrystal Baptist (8.2 per game)
Assists: Leah Metcalf (6.2 per game)
Steals: Nikita Bell (2.8 per game)
Blocks: Candace Sutton (1.8 per game)
Field goal percentage: Kenya McBee (63.3, 19-30)
Three-point percentage (min. 1 per game): Leah Metcalf (41.7, 20-48)
Free throw percentage (min. 1 per game): Nikki Teasley (87.9, 29-33)
Minutes per game: Coretta Brown (31.4 per game)
Scouting the Richmond Spiders
Richmond is 3-5 on the season and coming off a 100-64 win at city-rival Virginia Commonwealth on Wednesday afternoon. The Spiders shot a school-record 64.5 percent for the game, 73.3 percent in the first half, in their defeat of the Rams. For the game, UR hit 71.4 percent (10-14) from three-point range.
For the season, Richmond is led in scoring by sophomore guard Amber Goppert, who is averaging 14.3 points per game. Also in double figures are junior guard Elise Ryder (11.9), junior center Krystn Gull (11.1) and senior guard Michele Koclanes (10.9). The team's leading rebounder is junior center Ebony Tanner with 8.0 per game.
The team is coached by Bob Foley.
* UNC will be the third Atlantic Coast Conference opponent for Richmond thus far this season. The Spiders defeated Virginia 77-72 at home on Nov. 19 and lost 79-70 at Maryland on Dec. 2.
The North Carolina-Richmond series
UNC and Richmond have met twice, with the Tar Heels winning both games. The most recent matchup was two seasons ago, when the two met in the consolation game of Richmond's Wachovia Women's Invitational Tournament on Dec. 5, 1999. UNC won that game 106-80, setting a new scoring record for the event. Nikki Teasley led Carolina in scoring with 24 points, including five three-pointers in five attempts.
The teams' first meeting was also at Richmond. On Dec. 3, 1995, the Tar Heels won 77-72.
Balance in the ranks
Three times in this season's first six games, the final box score showed six UNC players in double figures. In wins over Evansville, Western Carolina and Howard, nearly half of the 13-member team scored between 10 and 23 points.
Prior to this season, the Tar Heels had not seen six in double digits since the end of the 1999-2000 season, when four starters and two subs hit that mark in a 73-64 upset of No. 9 Duke on Feb. 27, 2000.
The season breakdown:
* Six in double figures: three times (Evansville, Western Carolina, Howard)
* Five in double figures: twice (Old Dominion, Wake Forest)
* Four in double figures: three times (Connecticut, Winthrop, Kentucky)
* Three in double figures: Once (George Mason
Last time out for UNC
Dec. 5: No. 18 UNC 90, Wake Forest 68
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-In the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams, UNC led throughout the game but didn't pull away for good until late in the second half. Carolina was up by as many as 16 points in the first half, when the Tar Heels shot 58.8 percent from the field. Wake Forest battled back in the second half, however, and trailed by six, 66-60, with 10 minutes remaining in the game. UNC then went on a 12-0 run and outscored the Demon Deacons 24-8 over the rest of the game.
Junior Coretta Brown led UNC in scoring with 23 points, 18 of them in the second half. Senior Nikki Teasley, battling a sore back, came off the bench to add 18. Sophomore Chrystal Baptist contributed career-highs in points (16) and rebounds (12), while sophomore Candace Sutton and freshman Kenya McBee added 10 points each. McBee was 5-for-7 from the field and grabbed five rebounds, four of them offensive.
Wake Forest, playing without leading scorer Eafton Hill, was led by Tonia Brown with 17 points and Jennifer Johnson with 16.
The Tar Heels outrebounded Wake 51-38.
