University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 3 Tar Heels Travel To Coastal Carolina Monday
December 14, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 14, 2007
North Carolina (10-1) will play just its second road game of the season when the Tar Heels visit Conway, S.C., to face Coastal Carolina Monday at 7 p.m. Carolina is coming off 102-42 win over Wofford in Chapel Hill on Dec. 9. Coastal enters Monday's matchup with a record of 7-2 after a 56-48 loss at Jacksonville on Dec. 8. UNC is ranked No. 3 in both the AP poll the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Coastal Carolina is unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 10-1, Coastal Carolina 7-2
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 3 in both the AP poll and the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Coastal is unranked.
TV: The Edge. Tonight's game is available live online at BigSouthSports.com.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Brad Heller (play-by-play) has the call.
Websites: TarHeelBlue.com (UNC); GoCCUSports.com (Coastal Carolina)
COASTAL CAROLINA SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 10-0 all-time against Coastal Carolina.
• Monday's game marks the fourth consecutive season in which the two teams have met. Carolina won back-to-back home games in 2004 and 2005, while the Tar Heels triumphed, 87-48, in Myrtle Beach in 2006.
• UNC has not played a true road game against Coastal Carolina since 1992, when the Tar Heels won 83-35. The only other games in the series not played in Chapel Hill have been at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
CAROLINA AT THE BEACH
• Carolina has played at least one game in the Myrtle Beach/Conway area every year since 1994.
• The Tar Heels have an all-time record of 18-4 in Myrtle Beach/Conway that includes wins in each of the last five seasons.
• Last season, UNC scored a pair of wins at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. The Tar Heels defeated Coastal Carolina, 87-48, and St. John's, 87-43.
NOTING THE CHANTICLEERS
• Coastal Carolina is 7-2 on the season after a 56-48 loss at Jacksonville on Dec. 8.
• The Chants opened the season with seven straight wins for just the second time in school history.
• Coastal is led in scoring by sophomore Lacey Lyons, who is averaging 12.6 points per game.
• Senior guard Vicky Blanchard leads the Chants with 7.0 rebounds per contest.
• Coastal is led by 11th-year head coach Alan LeForce. LeForce, the winningest coach in school history, is the only coach in Division I history to win at least 100 games as both a men's coach and a women's coach.
