University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 14 Tar Heels Host Coastal Carolina Friday
November 19, 2010 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 19, 2010
CHAPEL HILL --- North Carolina continues its four-game season-opening homestand Friday when the Tar Heels host Coastal Carolina at 8 p.m. at Carmichael Arena. Carolina is 2-0 on the season after a 76-47 win over Robert Morris on Wednesday. Coastal Carolina is 2-0 on the year with wins over Southern Virginia and College of Charleston. UNC is ranked No. 14 in the latest AP poll and No. 16 in the coaches' poll. Coastal Carolina is unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 2-0, Coastal Carolina 2-0
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 14 in the AP poll and No. 16 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Coastal Carolina is unranked.
TV: None.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Dave Nathan (play-by-play) and Jan Boxill (analyst) have the call.
On The Web: TarHeelBlue.com (UNC), GoCCUSports.com (Coastal Carolina)
COASTAL CAROLINA SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina is 13-0 all-time against Coastal Carolina.
• Friday night's game marks the seventh 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, and 82-58 in Conway in 2007. Coastal will be back in Chapel Hill for the third straight season Friday - UNC won 95-44 in 2008 and 81-41 in 2009.
NOTING THE CHANTICLEERS
• Coastal Carolina is 2-0 on the season following a last-second 44-43 win over College of Charleston on Tuesday.
• Senior Sydnei Moss leads Coastal in scoring and rebounding, averaging 13.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per contest.
TAR HEELS IN CARMICHAEL ARENA
• Carolina is 383-86 all-time in Carmichael, with a 10-3 record since the building re-opened after being closed for renovations from March 2008 to December 2009.
• The Tar Heels have won at least 14 home games each season for the last nine, including a school-record 18 during an undefeated 2007-08 home campaign.
• With an all-time home winning percentage of .816 (426-96, including a 43-10 record in the Dean E. Smith Center), Chapel Hill ranks as the ninth most difficult location for visiting teams all-time in Division I women's basketball.
