University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 7 Carolina Hosts Liberty Monday
November 20, 2005 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 20, 2005
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Tipoff
The North Carolina women's basketball team (1-0) hosts Liberty (1-0) Monday for a 7 p.m. game at Carmichael Auditorium. Both squads were among the regional semifinalists in the 2005 NCAA Tournament, Liberty reaching the Sweet 16 and UNC the Elite Eight.
Carolina is ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press poll, No. 8 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Liberty is not ranked.
On the air
Monday's game will air on the Tar Heel Radio Network, which includes eight stations across the state. WCHL-AM 1360 in Chapel Hill is the flagship.
Taylor Zarzour is in his first year as the Tar Heels' play-by-play announcer, and Jan Boxill provides color commentary.
The radio broadcasts and live game statistics are available on the internet at www.TarHeelBlue.com.
Tickets
General admission tickets to UNC women's basketball games are $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. A limited number of reserved seats are also available, and those tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors.
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-HEEL. Tickets also are available on the North Carolina website, www.TarHeelBlue.com.
North Carolina students, faculty and staff are admitted free with their UNC One Cards.
Next up
UNC's next action is at the Caribbean Classic, where the Tar Heels will play Arizona State (No. 20 in the AP poll, No. 15 in the coaches' poll) on Friday and Texas Christian on Saturday in Cancun, Mexico. Carolina's next home game is Nov. 29 against UNC Asheville. Tipoff against the Bulldogs is 6 p.m. at Carmichael Auditorium.
UNC at a glance
2005-06 record 1-0
2004-05 record 30-4 (12-2 ACC)
Current rankings 7th A.P., 8th ESPN/USA Today
Head coach Sylvia Hatchell
Career record 685-266 (31st season)
Record at UNC 413-186 (20th season)
Assistant head coach Andrew Calder
Assistant coaches Tracey Williams-Johnson, 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. 8,010)
Carmichael Auditorium press row number (919) 843-9509
Briefly ...
Scouting the Flames
Liberty returns eight letterwinners, including starter Allyson Fasnacht, from the 2004-05 team that won the program's ninth consecutive Big South Conference title and reached the NCAA Sweet 16. The Flames finished the season 26-7 and were ranked No. 21 in the final coaches' poll of the season.
Gone from that squad are four starters, including 6-8 center Katie Feenstra, who led the NCAA in field goal percentage last season and was the eighth pick in the 2005 WNBA Draft.
Fasnacht, who started 20 games last season as a freshman, is the most experienced returner on a roster with no seniors. In the team's season opener Friday against Virginia Union, freshman Megan Frazee led the way with 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in the 74-59 win. Sophomore guard Courtney Watkins scored 12 points and junior forward Karolina Piotrkiewicz had 10 rebounds.
The Flames are coached by Carey Green, who is in his eighth season at Liberty. Prior to that, he spent 12 seasons as an assistant coach at Clemson.
UNC vs. Liberty
North Carolina and Liberty have never met in women's basketball, but UNC is 31-5 all-time against the current members of the Big South Conference.
Last time out for UNC
Nov. 18: No. 7 UNC 86, Davidson 48
Junior guard Ivory Latta led the way with 20 points and seven assists and all 14 players on the roster scored as the Tar Heels opened the season with an 86-48 win over Davidson at Carmichael Auditorium. Sophomore Erlana Larkins had 12 points on 6-for-8 shooting and freshman Rashanda McCants scored nine points with six rebounds and four assists in her UNC debut. Another freshman, Christina Dewitt, led the team in rebounding with nine and added eight points.
Carolina shot 44.2 percent from the field (34-77), but just 50 percent (9-18) from the foul line. Davidson hit 27.6 percent of its shots, including a 1-for-16 night from three-point range.
The Tar Heels had 25 assists, equal to last year's season high, which was achieved on two occasions.
Looking ahead to the Caribbean Classic
Following Monday's game against Liberty, UNC turns its attention to the Caribbean Classic, where the Tar Heels will face Arizona State on Friday and TCU on Saturday. Other teams participating in the event are defending NCAA Champion Baylor, California, Marshall and Mississippi State.
The teams will stay and play their games at the Aventura Spa Palace resort in the Riviera Maya region of Mexico, about 90 minutes south of Cancun. The event was to take place at a resort in Cancun, but was moved after the original site suffered damage from Hurricane Wilma.
Caribbean Classic action starts on Thursday night when California plays Marshall. On Friday, UNC and Arizona State open the action with a 1:40 p.m. tipoff, followed by TCU vs. Mississippi State at 4:10. On Saturday, Baylor plays Cal at 1:40 p.m., followed by UNC vs. TCU at 4:10 and Mississippi State vs. Arizona State at 7:10. Marshall and Baylor close out the event with a Sunday afternoon game. (All times local to Cancun, which is in the Central time zone.)
The games will mark the first time that North Carolina has played in Mexico and the first time that the Tar Heels have played a regular-season game outside the U.S.
