University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 16 UNC Hosts Presbyterian College Tuesday
November 21, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2011
CHAPEL HILL --- North Carolina will take the court in search of its 400th all-time win at historic Carmichael Arena Tuesday when the Tar Heels host Presbyterian College at 4:30 p.m. UNC is 3-0 on the year following a 91-35 victory over UNC Greensboro on Nov. 16. Presbyterian College is 2-2 on the season after back-to-back wins over Allen and South Carolina State. UNC is ranked No. 16 in the AP poll and No. 17 in the coaches' poll. PC is unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 4:35 p.m. • Carmichael Arena • Chapel Hill, N.C.
Records: North Carolina 3-0, Presbyterian College 2-2
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 16 in the AP poll and No. 17 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Presbyterian College is unranked.
TV: Carolina All-Access. Tonight's game is available live at TarHeelBlue.com/allaccess.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Walter Storholt (play-by-play) has the call.
On The Web: TarHeelBlue.com • Twitter: @UNCWBB
PC SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 1-0 all-time against Presbyterian College.
• The lone meeting in the series came early in the 2009-10 season, a 92-37 Carolina victory in Chapel Hill.
NOTING THE BLUE HOSE
• Presbyterian College is 2-2 on the season following a 53-50 win over South Carolina State on Saturday.
• The Blue Hose have won two straight and are led in scoring and rebounding by junior center Mariah Pietrowski. Pietrowski is averaging 10.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest.
TAR HEELS IN CARMICHAEL ARENA
• Carolina is 399-89 all-time in Carmichael, including a 26-6 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 in each of the last 10 seasons, including a school-record 18 during an undefeated 2007-08 home campaign.
• UNC has lost just 15 home games since the start of the 2001-02 season. The Tar Heels have been even more stingy against non-conference opponents, losing at home just twice outside of league play in the last decade.
