University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Set For Meeting With Kentucky
November 24, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 24, 2003
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Tipoff
The North Carolina women's basketball team travels to Lexington, Ky., this week for a Tuesday evening meeting with the Kentucky Wildcats. Tipoff is 7 p.m. at Rupp Arena. The game is the Tar Heels' first road contest of the season.
UNC (2-0) is ranked 14th in the Associated Press poll and 13th in the coaches' poll. Kentucky (2-0) is not ranked.
Next up for the Tar Heels is a home game on Saturday against Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). Tipoff at Carmichael Auditorium is 5 p.m.
On the air
Tuesday's game will be broadcast live on WCHL-AM 1360, the flagship station of the Tar Heel Radio Network. Jones Angell will handle the play-by-play.
Game broadcasts also may be heard on the internet at www.TarHeelBlue.com, the official website of UNC athletics.
At a glance
2003-04 record 2-0 (0-0 ACC)
2002-03 record 28-6 (13-3 ACC)
Current rankings 14th A.P., 13th ESPN/USA Today
Head coach Sylvia Hatchell
Career record 632-255 (29th season)
Record at UNC 361-175 (18th season)
Assistant head coach Andrew Calder
Assistant coaches Tracey Williams, Charlotte Smith-Taylor
Media contact Dana Gelin
Gelin's phone/email (919) 962-0083/dgelin@uncaa.unc.edu
UNC athletics website www.TarHeelBlue.com
UNC ticket office (919) 962-2296, (800) 722-4335
Home arena Carmichael Auditorium (cap. 10,180)
Press row number (919) 843-9509
News of note
UNC's statistical leaders
Scoring: Ivory Latta, Camille Little (17.5 points per game)
Rebounding: Camille Little (11.0 per game)
Assists: Ivory Latta (6.0 per game)
Steals: Camille Little (3.0 per game)
Blocks: Candace Sutton (3.5 per game)
Field goal percentage: Candace Sutton (65.0 percent)
Minutes per game: Camille Little (29.5)
Scouting the Wildcats
Kentucky is 2-0 on the season following wins over IUPU-Fort Wayne (79-59 on Friday) and Northwestern (67-60 on Sunday).
Sese Helm, a 6-4 senior center, leads the team in both scoring and rebounding with 20 points and 9.5 boards per game. Also scoring in double figures are junior guard Sara Potts (16.0 per game) and sophomore guard Jenny Pfeiffer (10.5).
Kentucky is coached by Mickie DeMoss, who is in her first year at the school after 18 years as an assistant coach at Tennessee. She was part of six NCAA Championships with the Lady Vols.
UK-UNC history
Kentucky and North Carolina have met three times in women's basketball, with the Tar Heels winning all three games.
The first meeting was in Raleigh, N.C., where Carolina won 73-65 on Jan. 7, 1978.
The two played another neutral-site game during the 1993-94 season, when UNC won 80-75 in overtime on Dec. 31, 1993, at the Citrus Sports Travel Holiday Classic in Orlando. The Tar Heels went on to win the NCAA Championship that season with a record of 33-2, and the UK game was their only overtime contest.
The teams' most recent meeting was on Nov. 29, 2001, when UNC won 102-64 in Chapel Hill at Carmichael Auditorium.
