University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Travels To Meet The Terrapins
January 26, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 26, 2003
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Tipoff: No. 9 UNC travels to Maryland, Jan. 27
The University of North Carolina women's basketball team (16-2, 5-1 ACC) will face Maryland (8-10, 2-5 ACC) Monday evening in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in College Park, Md. The game will be UNC's first at Maryland's new facility, the Comcast Center (cap: 17,100). Tipoff is 7 p.m.
The Tar Heels are ranked ninth in both of this week's national polls. Maryland is not ranked.
Next up for UNC is a home game against Virginia. The Tar Heels will host the Cavaliers at Carmichael Auditorium on Jan. 30.
On the air
Monday's game at Maryland will be televised live on Comcast, Fox Sports Net South and Sunshine Network as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball television package. Beth Mowins will handle play-by-play duties and Debbie Antonelli will provide color commentary.
The game also will be broadcast live by the Tar Heel Radio Network. The flagship station is 1360-AM WCHL. Stephen Gates is Carolina's play-by-play announcer and Jan Boxill will provide color commentary. Game action also is available via the internet at www.TarHeelBlue.com.
Quick facts on UNC
2002-03 Record: 16-2 (5-1 ACC)
Current Rankings: 9th AP, 9th USAToday/ ESPN
Head Coach: Sylvia Hatchell (Carson-Newman, 1974)
Career Record: 618-251 (in her 28th season)
Record at UNC: 346-171 (in her 17th season)
Assistant Head Coach: Andrew Calder
Assistant Coaches: Tracey Williams, Charlotte Smith-Taylor
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
* Monday's trip to Maryland is UNC's fourth road game in the last five outings. The Tar Heels are 5-0 this season on opponents' home courts.
* The game at Maryland is a homecoming for junior center Candace Sutton, who is from Kettering and attended Largo High School. She is the only player on this year's UNC roster from Maryland.
* Carolina leads the series with Maryland 27-26 after winning nine of the last 10 meetings.
* Three Tar Heel women's basketball players are among the 50 greatest female athletes in ACC history, according to the list released this week by the conference. Marion Jones, Tracy Reid and Charlotte Smith were among 15 Carolina athletes on the list, the most of any school. UNC also led the male list with 12.
* UNC continues to lead the nation in rebounding margin (12.1, through games of Jan. 20). The Tar Heels rank fourth nationally in field goal percentage defense (32.8 percent) and sixth in scoring margin (22.8).
* With a career total of 453 assists, senior guard Coretta Brown is tied for 22nd on the ACC's all-time list with Wake Forest's Gretchen Hollifield (1993-96). Brown is averaging 4.6 assists per game this season - 5.3 per game against ACC opponents - and 7.5 in the last two games. She ranks fifth on UNC's career list.
* Brown hit her 200th career three-pointer Thursday against Western Michigan and finished the game with a total of 203. She is the third Tar Heel and the 10th player in ACC history to total 200 three-pointers.
* Freshman La'Tangela Atkinson's double-double (12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds)at Western Michigan was her fifth of the season, tied for third in the ACC.
UNC's statistical leaders
Scoring: Coretta Brown (13.2 points per game)
Rebounding: La'Tangela Atkinson (8.3 per game)
Assists: Leah Metcalf (4.7 per game)
Steals: Nikita Bell (2.7 per game)
Blocks: Candace Sutton (1.6 per game)
Minutes per game: Coretta Brown (32.7 per game)
Tar Heels in the NCAA statistical rankings
(Through games of Jan. 20, 2003)
Scoring offense: 16th
Scoring defense: 23rd
Scoring margin: 6th
Field goal percentage: 18th
Field goal percentage defense: 4th
Rebounding margin: 1st
Assists: Tied for 19th
Steals: 30th
Win-loss percentage: Tied for 9th
Notable numbers
* Just one team, Western Michigan, has scored 70 points against UNC in regulation this season. The Broncos totalled 76 in Carolina's win on Thursday; no other opponent has scored more than 69 (by South Carolina) in 40 minutes. Duke finished with 78 points in overtime on Jan. 20.
* Only one opponent has shot better than 40 percent from the field. Oklahoma shot 46.7 percent in handing UNC its first loss of the season at the Rainbow Wahine Classic. Western Michigan hit exactly 40 percent of its shots on Jan. 23.
* UNC has outrebounded 15 of its 18 opponents. Davidson (44-43) and South Carolina (42-40) are the only teams to have beaten UNC on the boards this season. Duke and Carolina tied with 54 rebounds each.
* Six different Carolina players have led the team in scoring or tied for the scoring lead this season. The same is true on the boards, where six different Tar Heels have led the team in rebounding or tied for the team lead.
Scouting the Maryland Terrapins
Maryland is 8-10 on the season and 2-5 in the ACC following a 101-52 loss at Duke on Thursday night. Freshman forward Chrissy Fisher led the Terrapins with 13 points and was the only Maryland player in double figures.
On the season, senior guard Renneika Razor is Maryland's top scorer with 15.6 points per game. Junior center Delvona Oliver also averages in double figures with 14.2 per game. Senior guard Terri Daniels adds 9.0 points per game. Oliver also is the team's top rebounder with 7.6 per game.
The Terrapins have lost three games - at home against Florida State then at Virginia and Duke - since a 75-73 win at Wake Forest on Jan. 12.
Maryland is coached by Brenda Frese, who is in her first year with the program.
* Frese may be in her first season as an ACC coach, but she's already familiar with the Tar Heels. As the head coach at Minnesota, she traveled to Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill last season for the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds. Minnesota and UNC met in a second round game, which the Tar Heels won 72-69.
The North Carolina-Maryland series
Monday's game will be the 54th meeting in the series between UNC and Maryland, which dates back to the 1975-76 season. The Tar Heels lead the series 27-26 after winning nine of the last 10 meetings and 16 of the last 19.
UNC won all three of last year's matchups.
Dec. 30, 2001: No. 20 UNC 85, Maryland 58
In Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels used a 24-0 first-half run to take control of the game. Four UNC players scored in double figures, led by Candace Sutton with 18. Coretta Brown and Nikki Teasley scored 16 points, both hitting four three-pointers. Courtney Chambers also was in double figures with a career-high 12 points.
Marche Strickland led Maryland with 15 points.
Chrystal Baptist's eight rebounds paced UNC to a 45-43 advantage on the boards.
Jan. 31, 2002: No. 24 UNC 68, Maryland 57
In College Park, Coretta Brown scored 19 points to lead four Tar Heels in double figures. Nikki Teasley added 12 and Chrystal Baptist and Jennifer Thomas each had 10.
Marche Strickland led Maryland with 15 points, and Deedee Warley added 13.
UNC again edged the Terrapins in a close battle on the boards, 40-39.
March 2, 2002: No. 19 UNC 87, Maryland 53
In the ACC Tournament quarterfinals in Greensboro, N.C., Nikki Teasley scored 17 of her game-high 25 points in the first half as UNC played to a 37-28 halftime lead. Coretta Brown scored 23 and Maryland-native Candace Sutton finished with a double-double, 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Marche Strickland and Jamecca Harrell were the only Terrapins in double figures with 10 points each.
Carolina, the tournament's No. 2 seed, shot 49.2 percent from the field, 55.6 in the second half. Maryland, the No. 8 seed, shot 33.3 percent.
This time, UNC's advantage on the boards was convincing: 45-23. Chrystal Baptist and Sutton led the way for the Tar Heels with 10 boards each.
Last time out: Jan. 23, 2003
No. 9 North Carolina 79, Western Michigan 76
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - In a nonconference matchup at University Arena, the Tar Heels trailed by 15 points in the second half but came back to claim a 79-76 win. The victory was UNC's first this season after trailing at halftime and marked Western Michigan's first loss at home.
WMU's lead was as large as nine points in the first half, when the Broncos shot 41.9 percent from the field and hit seven of their 17 three-point attempts. UNC trailed 43-39 at halftime despite 15 points by Coretta Brown, all on three-pointers. She hit five of her seven first-half attempts and was 6-for-9 in the game.
The home team opened the second half with a 16-5 run and led 59-44 with 15:54 to play. UNC scored the game's next seven points (six by Nikita Bell) and used a 24-8 run to take the lead at 68-67 with 5:44 to play on a jumper by Bell. The Tar Heels never trailed again, but WMU, the nation's top three-point shooting team didn't go away. UNC was up by one with 23 seconds to play, but Brown hit all four of her free throw attempts in the final 22 seconds to seal the win.
The game was a homecoming for Tar Heel senior Jennifer Thomas, a Michigan native. With 20 family members and friends in the crowd, she scored seven points and grabbed four rebounds in 23 minutes of play.
