University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 18 Tar Heels Return Home For Boston College Thursday
February 10, 2010 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 10, 2010
CHAPEL HILL --- North Carolina (16-6, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) will look to end a three-game losing streak Thursday when the Tar Heels welcome Boston College at 7 p.m. at Carmichael Arena. UNC dropped its second straight road game and third game overall Monday when the Tar Heels fell at Duke, 79-51. Boston College is coming off a 61-57 upset win over Duke on Feb. 4. Carolina is ranked No. 18 in the AP poll and No. 20 in the coaches' poll. Boston College is unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 16-6 (4-4 ACC), Boston College 13-10 (4-4 ACC)
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 18 in the AP poll and No. 20 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Boston College is unranked.
TV: Tonight's game is available live via Carolina All-Access at tarheelblue.cstv.com/allaccess/
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Brad Heller (play-by-play) and Jan Boxill (analyst) have the call.
On The Web: TarHeelBlue.com (UNC), BCEagles.com (Boston College)
BOSTON COLLEGE SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 4-0 all-time against Boston College, including a 2-0 mark in Chapel Hill.
• UNC eased past BC, 92-68, last year in Chestnut Hill. The teams have played just once a year for each of the last four seasons.
• Prior to BC joining the ACC in 2005-06, the two teams had never met in women's basketball.
NOTING THE EAGLES
• Junior center Carolyn Swords leads BC in scoring (14.4 ppg) and rebounding (9.5 rpg) this season.
• Boston College is led by second year head coach Sylvia Crawley, a 1994 graduate of North Carolina. Crawley was a member of UNC's 1994 NCAA title-winning team and served as an assistant coach in Chapel Hill from 2000-02.
• BC assistant coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is a 1996 graduate of UNC and was a teammate of Crawley's
at Carolina. One of the best outside shooters in program history, she still ranks in the top five in career three-pointers made and career three-point percentage.
LAST TIME OUT
Feb. 11: No. 8 Duke 79, No. 18 UNC 51
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) --- Bridgette Mitchell and Keturah Jackson scored 12 points apiece, and No. 8 Duke routed No. 18 North Carolina 79-51 on Monday night to bounce back from its first Atlantic Coast Conference loss. Krystal Thomas had 11 points for the first-place Blue Devils (19-4, 7-1). They never trailed and dominated nearly every stat category - their 52-28 rebounding advantage included a 35-12 edge in the second half - in avoiding its first ACC losing streak in a decade. She'la White and Laura Broomfield had 10 points each to lead the slumping Tar Heels (16-6, 4-4).
TAR HEELS TOUGH TO BEAT AT HOME
Carolina's overall home record since the beginning of the 2004-05 season is 97-4. The Tar Heels have won 51 of 53 in Chapel Hill, including 19 of their last 20 home conference games. In addition, UNC has won 88 of its last 89 non-conference home games.
CAROLINA IN THE NATIONAL STATISTICS
The most recent NCAA statistics report was released on Feb. 7, and the Tar Heels are highly ranked in a number of categories. UNC is among the nation's top 10 in three categories - scoring, blocks and three-point field goal defense. Here are the categories that feature Carolina in the top 25 (all stats per game):
• Scoring - 5th (80.5)
• Three-point Field Goal Defense - 6th (25.8)
• Blocks - 8th (6.1)
• Rebound Margin - 11th (+8.5)
• Scoring Margin - 21st (+15.2)
• Assists - 22nd (16.1)
FREE THROWS EQUAL WINS FOR DeGRAFFENREID, TAR HEELS
The Jan. 25 win over NC State marked the 16th time in her career that junior Cetera DeGraffenreid has attempted at least 10 free throws, and the Tar Heels are 15-1 in those games. DeGraffenreid and classmate Italee Lucas both rank among the top 10 in school history in career free throw percentage.
CAROLINA IN CARMICHAEL
• Carolina returned to Carmichael Dec. 29 after a year and a half absence, during which the Tar Heels won 25 of 26 games at the Dean E. Smith Center.
• UNC is 379-84 (.819) all-time in Carmichael, its primary home since the first varsity season of 1974-75.
• Prior to the most recent renovation, the Tar Heels were on quite a roll in the historic gym. Beginning with the 2001-02 season, Carolina posted a 103-6 home record in Carmichael.
DeGRAFFENREID, LUCAS JOIN 1,000-POINT CLUB
With seven points in the win over Kennesaw State on Dec. 29, junior Cetera DeGraffenreid became the 31st player in school history to reach 1,000 career points. She currently stands 28th overall with 1,115 points. Junior Italee Lucas reached the milestone with six points against Duke on Feb. 8. Lucas currently stands 32nd overall with 1,001 points.
LUCAS MOVES INTO THREE-POINT TOP 10 LIST
With three made three-pointers Dec. 13 against Gardner-Webb, junior guard Italee Lucas took over sole possession of 10th place in the all-time UNC career threes list. The Las Vegas, Nev., product has made 131 career threes in 92 games, and is also in the top 10 in career three-point percentage with a 35.8 (131-366) percent mark.
