University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 3 Tar Heels Face Western Kentucky Thursday
December 20, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 20, 2007
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. --- North Carolina (11-1) will play its final game before breaking for the Christmas holiday when the Tar Heels take on Western Kentucky Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Carolina is coming off an 82-58 win at Coastal Carolina Dec. 17. WKU enters Thursday's matchup with a record of 6-4 after a 76-60 home loss to Louisville on Sunday. UNC is ranked No. 3 in both the AP poll and the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll for the second week in a row. Western Kentucky is unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 11-1, Western Kentucky 6-4
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 3 in both the AP poll and the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Western Kentucky is unranked.
TV: Tonight's game is available live online at www.sccoast.net/beachballclassic.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Brad Heller (play-by-play) has the call.
Websites: TarHeelBlue.com (UNC); WKUSports.com (Western Kentucky)
WESTERN KENTUCKY SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 1-0 all-time against Western Kentucky.
• The only other game in the series was also played at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. On Dec. 20, 1997, UNC defeated the Lady Toppers, 88-67, behind 30 points from All-America standout Tracy Reid.
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 19-4 in Myrtle Beach/Conway that includes wins in each of the last six 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 LADY TOPPERS
• Western Kentucky is 6-4 on the season after a 76-60 home loss to Louisville on Sunday.
• The Lady Toppers are led in scoring and rebounding by senior forward Crystal Kelly, who is averaging 21.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per contest.
• Kelly enters Thursday's game 13 points shy of becoming the all-time leading scorer in WKU history. She currently has 2,250 career points. Kelly is also just 15 rebounds short of becoming the school's all-time rebounding leader.
• WKU is led by sixth year head coach Mary Taylor Cowles, a former standout player from 1987-91.
