University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 14 UNC Hosts Clemson Sunday At 2 p.m.
January 3, 2004 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 3, 2004
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Tipoff
The North Carolina women's basketball team plays its second Atlantic Coast Conference game of the season on Sunday, hosting Clemson for a 2 p.m. tipoff at Carmichael Auditorium.
North Carolina (11-1, 1-0 ACC) is ranked 14th in both the Associated Press poll and the coaches' poll. Clemson (11-1, 1-0) is receiving votes in both polls.
Sunday's game is UNC's last game at home for more than two weeks. Coming up for the Tar Heels are road games at NC State (Jan. 8), Duke (Jan. 11) and Maryland (Jan. 19). The next home game is on Jan. 22 against Georgia Tech.
On the air
Sunday's game will be broadcast live by the Tar Heel Radio Network. The women's basketball network encompasses 17 stations, including WCHL-AM 1360, the flagship station. Jones Angell will handle the play-by-play and Adam Pohl will provide color commentary.
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 11-1 (1-0 ACC)
Current rankings 14th A.P., 14th ESPN/USA Today
Head coach Sylvia Hatchell
Career record 641-256 (29th season)
Record at UNC 369-176 (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's statistical leaders
Scoring: Camille Little (14.6 points per game)
Rebounding: Camille Little (8.3 per game)
Assists: Ivory Latta (5.0 per game)
Steals: Nikita Bell (2.7 per game)
Blocks: Candace Sutton (2.3 per game)
Field goal percentage: Candace Sutton (55.1 percent, 49-89)
Three-point percentage: Ivory Latta (43.1 percent, 25-58)
Free throw percentage: Carrie Davis (90.5, 19-21)
Minutes: Ivory Latta (29.2 per game)
UNC in the NCAA rankings
(Most recent rankings are through games of Dec. 15)
Scoring offense: Seventh
Scoring defense: Tied for fifth
Field goal percentage: 24th
Field goal percentage defense: Second
Rebounding margin: Eighth
Blocks: Seventh
Steals: 20th
Assists: Tied for 30th
Scoring margin: Second
UNC in the ACC rankings
(Most recent rankings are through games of Jan. 1)
Scoring offense: Second (82.5)
Scoring defense: First (52.2)
Scoring margin: Second (+30.3)
Field goal percentage: Second (47.5)
Three-point percentage: Eighth (30.9)
Free throw percentage: Second (71.7)
Field goal percentage defense: First (31.1)
Three-point percentage defense: First (27.8)
Rebounding: First (47.3)
Rebounding defense: Tied for sixth (35.8)
Rebounding margin: Second (+11.5)
Assists: Third (18.09)
Steals: Second (13.00)
Blocks: Second (5.45)
Turnover margin: Second (+5.09)
Assist/turnover ratio: Second (1.06)
Offensive rebounds: Second (16.27)
Defensive rebounds: First (31.00)
Three-pointers made: Fifth (5.00)
Individuals
Scoring: 8. Camille Little (13.4); 9. Ivory Latta (12.8); T15. La'Tangela Atkinson (11.5)
Rebounding: 2. La'Tangela Atkinson (8.0); 3. Camille Little (7.9); 7. Candace Sutton (7.4); 18. Nikita Bell (5.1)
Offensive rebounds: 2. Candace Sutton (3.27); 9. La'Tangela Atkinson (2.55)
Defensive rebounds: 1. Camille Little (5.64), T2. La'Tangela Atkinson (5.45); T8. Candace Sutton (4.09); 14. Nikita Bell (3.45)
Field goal percentage: 3. Candace Sutton (57.1); 6. Camille Little (54.6); 9. La'Tangela Atkinson (53.1); T13. Nikita Bell (.500)
Three-point percentage: 5. Ivory Latta (40.0); 11. Leah Metcalf (3.26)
Free throw percentage: 4. Ivory Latta (83.3); 11. Candace Sutton (72.7)
Assists: 4. Ivory Latta (4.91); T5. Leah Metcalf (4.64)
Steals: 3. Nikita Bell (2.64); 5. Ivory Latta (2.27); 6. La'Tangela Atkinson (2.09); 12. Leah Metcalf (1.82)
Blocks: 1. Candace Sutton (2.45)
Three-pointers made: T1. Ivory Latta (2.00); 10. Leah Metcalf (1.36)
Assist-turnover ratio: T7. Leah Metcalf (1.89); 9. Ivory Latta (1.86);
Scouting the Clemson Lady Tigers
The Clemson Lady Tigers are 11-1 on the season and 1-0 in the ACC following a 58-55 win at Virginia on Friday night. Three players scored in double figures led by senior guard Lakeia Stokes with 17 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Senior forward/center Maggie Slosser scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds and senior forward/guard Julie Aderhold added 11 points. Clemson shot 44.4 percent in the first half to lead 28-19 at the break and held on for the win despite a 34.5 second-half shooting percentage. The Lady Tigers outrebounded the host Cavaliers 36-31.
Clemson's only loss of the season came 61-58 at Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 26 in the Great Alaska Shootout.
On the season, Stokes leads the team with 18.7 points per game and is the team's top rebounder with 8.3 per game.
Also scoring in double figures are Slosser (11.1), Aderhold (11.0) and sophomore guard Julie Talley (10.8).
In the most recent ACC statistics (heading into the games of Jan. 2), Stokes led the league in rebounding and ranked second in scoring. As a team, Clemson ranked second in three-pointers per game and third in scoring, rebounding, free throw percentage and blocks.
The Lady Tigers are coached by Jim Davis, who is in his 17th year at the helm of the Clemson program.
The Clemson-North Carolina series
Sunday's game will be the 65th women's basketball meeting between Clemson and North Carolina. UNC leads the series 38-26 after winning the last five matchups and eight of the last nine.
The Tar Heels won all three games last season, including a 70-66 victory in Chapel Hill on Feb. 16, 2003. The most recent meeting was an 80-71 UNC win in the ACC quarterfinals on March 8, 2003.
Last year at Carmichael: Feb. 16, 2003
No. 8 North Carolina 70, Clemson 66
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Coretta Brown scored 19 points and Candace Sutton added a season-high 18 as UNC beat Clemson 70-66 at Carmichael Auditorium. Nikita Bell came off the bench to score 15 points, including eight in a row during a span of just over two minutes in the second half.
The score was tied at 42-42 at halftime after both teams shot 50 percent from the field. In the second half, Clemson fought to a three-point lead (54-51) with 14:39 to play. That's when Bell came into the game and went on her run, putting UNC back up 59-55 with 1:37 to play.
Clemson pulled back within three, 69-66, with 1:28 on a three-pointer by Chrissy Floyd, who led all scorers with 27 points. Brown hit a free throw with 4 seconds remaining for the final score.
Julie Aderhold added 12 points for Clemson. The Lady Tigers outrebounded UNC 48-35 overall and 20-8 on the offensive boards.
