University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 13 Tar Heels Visit No. 9 Duke Sunday
February 26, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 26, 2011
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DURHAM, N.C. --- North Carolina will look to snap its three-game losing streak Sunday when the Tar Heels visit Duke at 5 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Carolina is 22-6 on the year (8-5 in the ACC) after a 64-57 loss to Georgia Tech on Thursday. Duke is 25-3 (11-2 ACC) following a 71-48 win at Virginia on Thursday. UNC is ranked No. 13 in the AP poll and No. 16 in the coaches' poll. Duke is ranked No. 9 in both polls.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 22-6 (8-5 ACC), Duke 25-3 (11-2 ACC)
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 13 in the AP poll and No. 16 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Duke is ranked No. 9 in both polls.
TV: Fox Sports. Mike Hogewood (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) have the call.
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), GoDuke.com (Duke)
DUKE SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 47-32 all-time against Duke, including a 14-19 mark in Durham.
• Carolina won the first meeting in 2011, a 62-60 victory in Chapel Hill.
• The two teams split the season series in 2010, with both teams winning on their respective home courts. Duke topped Carolina, 79-51, in Durham, while Carolina won the rematch in Chapel Hill, 64-54.
• Last season was the second straight in which the teams split the season series. In each of the eight seasons prior to 2009, the team that won the first meeting swept the season series. The Blue Devils swept the Tar Heels
in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007, while UNC had the upper hand in 2005, 2006 and 2008.
• Carolina has won 11 of 15 in the series since losing 12 in a row from 2000-04.
NOTING THE BLUE DEVILS
• Duke is 25-3 (11-2 ACC) following a 71-48 win at Virginia on Thursday.
• Senior guard Jasmine Thomas is the lone Blue Devil scoring more than 10 points per game, averaging 14.8 per contest. Thomas also leads Duke in assists (93) and steals (70), and is third on the squad in rebounding (4.1).
• Fellow senior Krystal Thomas leads the Blue Devils in rebounding with 8.8 boards per outing.
LAST TIME OUT
Georgia Tech 64, No. 13 UNC 57
CHAPEL HILL (AP) --- Alex Montgomery scored 15 of her 22 points in the first half and Georgia Tech beat No. 13 North Carolina 64-57 on Thursday night. Sasha Goodlett scored all 13 of her points in the second half, including a putback with 6:45 left that gave the Yellow Jackets a 51-44 lead. Italee Lucas and Chay Shegog had 13 points apiece for North Carolina (22-6, 8-5 Atlantic Coast Conference).
NOTING TWENTY-WIN SEASONS
• With the win at Florida State on Feb. 2, UNC reached the 20-win mark for the 22nd time in program history.
• Carolina has won 20 games under Sylvia Hatchell 17 times in 25 seasons and nine times in the last 10 campaigns.
• Hatchell has coached her teams to at least 20 wins on 27 occasions in 36 seasons, good for fourth-most nationally. Only Pat Summitt, Vivian Stringer and Jody Conradt have coached more 20-win seasons.
• In addition to her 17 20-win seasons in Chapel Hill, Hatchell won 20 or more 10 times in 11 seasons at Francis Marion.
