University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 3 UNC Visits Wake Forest Thursday
January 30, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 30, 2008
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. --- North Carolina (18-2, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) travels to Winston-Salem Thursday as the Tar Heels visit Wake Forest for a 7 p.m. contest at Joel Coliseum. Carolina is coming off a 97-86 double-overtime win over No. 4 Maryland on Jan. 26. Wake Forest enters the contest with a record of 13-9 (0-7 ACC) after a 63-38 loss at NC State on Jan. 27. UNC is ranked No. 3 in both the AP poll and the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Wake Forest is unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 18-2 (5-0 ACC), Wake Forest 13-9 (0-7 ACC)
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 3 in both the AP poll and the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Wake Forest is unranked.
TV: ACC Select. Tonight's game is available live and on-demand at ACCSelect.com.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Brad Heller (play-by-play) and Jan Boxill (analyst) have the call.
Websites: TarHeelBlue.com (UNC); WakeForestSports.com (Wake Forest)
WAKE FOREST SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 53-12 all-time against Wake Forest, including a 19-8 mark in Winston-Salem.
• After meeting at least twice in every season since 1983-84, the Tar Heels and Demon Deacons have met just once in each of the last two seasons. UNC scored a 96-47 win last season in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels took the last meeting at Wake, a 91-57 decision in 2006.
• Carolina has won four straight in the series and seven of the last eight. Wake has defeated UNC just four times since 1991-92, with all four victories coming at home.
NOTING THE DEMON DEACONS
• Wake Forest is 13-9 on the season (0-7 in the ACC) after a 63-38 loss at NC State on Jan. 27.
• The Demon Deacons are led in scoring by junior guard/forward Alex Tchangoue and junior forward Corinne Groves. Both players average 11.4 points per game.
• The junior duo of Tchangoue and Groves also shares the rebounding lead, as the pair each pulls down 7.1 rebounds per contest.
STREAKS
• Carolina has won nine of its last 10 and has opened the season with five straight conference wins.
• Wake Forest has lost seven of its last eight and has opened the season with seven straight conference losses. The Demon Deacons, who went 0-14 in league play last season, have not won a conference game since an 82-70 victory over Clemson on Feb. 12, 2006, a string of 24 consecutive setbacks.
