University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Host UMBC Saturday
November 28, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 28, 2003
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Tipoff
The North Carolina women's basketball team hosts Maryland-Baltimore County Saturday at 5 p.m. at Carmichael Auditorium. The game is the Tar Heels' third home contest of the season.
UNC (3-0) is ranked 13th in both the Associated Press poll and the coaches' poll. UMBC (0-2) is not ranked.
Next up for the Tar Heels is another home game, this one on Wednesday against Tennessee-Martin. Tipoff against the Skyhawks is 7 p.m.
On the air
Saturday's game will not be broadcast on radio or television.
At a glance
2003-04 record 3-0 (0-0 ACC)
2002-03 record 28-6 (13-3 ACC)
Current rankings 13th A.P., 13th ESPN/USA Today
Head coach Sylvia Hatchell
Career record 633-255 (29th season)
Record at UNC 362-175 (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)
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 Carmichael Auditorium ticket window prior to the game or through the UNC ticket office by calling (919) 962-2296 or (800) 722-4335.
News of note
* UNC and UMBC have met just once, and Carolina leads the series 1-0. The Retrievers are 0-11 against teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
* Senior center Candace Sutton has logged double-doubles in each of the last two outings. UNC players have four double-doubles in the first three games (Sutton 2, La'Tangela Atkinson 1, Camille Little 1).
* Five UNC players are averaging between 15.0 and 12.3 points per game.
* The Tar Heels are averaging 7.3 blocks per game thus far in the season. Senior center Candace Sutton, who ranks second on the school's career blocks list, leads the way with 4.3 per game.
* Saturday's game will be Candace Sutton's 100th appearance in a UNC uniform. The senior center is expected to make her 94th career start.
* UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell was announced on Nov. 16 as one of six people who will be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in June of 2004.
UNC's statistical leaders
Scoring: Camille Little (15.0 points per game)
Rebounding: Candace Sutton (10.3 per game)
Assists: Ivory Latta, Leah Metcalf (4.3 per game)
Steals: Camille Little (2.3 per game)
Blocks: Candace Sutton (4.3 per game)
Field goal percentage: La'Tangela Atkinson (63.0 percent, 17-27)
Minutes per game: Camille Little, Candace Sutton (28.3)
Scouting the Retrievers
UMBC is 0-2 on the season following a pair of homecourt losses last weekend in its Retriever Tip-Off Tourney. The Retrievers fell 54-37 to Penn on Nov. 22 and 64-43 to Iona on Nov. 23.
Sophomore guard Maria Brown leads the team in scoring, averaging 9.5 points per game. Junior guard Anastasia Goncharova is scoring 7.5 per game and Heather Luttrell adds 7.0. Sophomore forward Erin Voss is the team's top rebounder with 4.5 per game.
Last season, head coach Phil Stern's first at the school, UMBC finished 14-16 and reached the finals of the Northeast Conference Tournament before falling to St. Francis, a school that UNC faced in the season opener on Nov. 22.
This season has been a fresh start for UMBC in two respects: the team lost all five starters from last year's squad and is in its first season as a member of the America East Conference.
UMBC-UNC history
UMBC and North Carolina have faced each other just once in women's basketball. The Retrievers visited Carmichael Auditorium 10 years ago for the Carolina Invitational at the start of the 1993-94 season. On Dec. 3, 1993, the eighth-ranked Tar Heels defeated UMBC 90-33 to improve to 2-0 on the season. UNC went on to win the NCAA title that year.
The Retrievers are 0-11 against teams from the ACC. The team is 0-7 against Maryland, 0-3 against Wake Forest and 0-1 against UNC.
