University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Open 35th ACC Tournament With Clemson
February 28, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2012
GREENSBORO, N.C. --- North Carolina begins its quest for a record 10th Atlantic Coast Conference title Thursday when the fifth-seeded Tar Heels face No. 12-seeded Clemson at 11 a.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum. Carolina finished the regular season with a 19-10 record and a 9-7 mark in ACC play after a hard-fought 69-63 loss to Duke on Sunday. Clemson enters the ACC Tournament with a record of 6-21 and a 2-14 ACC mark after a 62-50 loss to Georgia Tech on Sunday. Both teams are unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Thursday, March 1, 11 a.m. • Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, N.C.
Records: North Carolina 19-10 (9-7 ACC), Clemson 6-21 (2-14 ACC)
Rankings: Both teams are unranked.
TV: ACC Regional Sports Network (Fox Sports Carolinas in the Chapel Hill area). Tom Werme (play-by-play), Stephanie Ready (analyst) and Christy Winters Scott (reporter) have the call.
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
CAROLINA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
• UNC has the best winning percentage (.684, 54-25) and the most wins (54) in ACC Tournament history.
• The Tar Heels have won nine ACC titles - 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Maryland, which has also won the event nine times, is the only other school with more than seven titles.
• Carolina has appeared in the final in 14 of the last 18 years, with 1996, 2001, 2009 and 2010 being the
only years that did not feature the Tar Heels in the final.
• UNC has appeared in eight of the last 10 finals, including four straight against Duke from 2002-05. After losing to the Blue Devils in three straight finals from 2002-04, the Tar Heels finally broke through with an 88-67 win over Duke in the 2005 final. Carolina followed that with championship wins over Maryland in 2006, NC State in 2007 and Duke in 2008.
• Of the previous 34 ACC Tournaments, 26 have seen Carolina advance to at least the semifinals.
• Thursday will mark Carolina's fourth appearance in the opening round. In 2001, the seventh-seeded Tar Heels defeated eighth-seeded Georgia Tech, 79-64. UNC lost as a No. 8 seed in 2010, falling to ninth-seeded Maryland, 83-77. Sixth-seeded UNC advanced to the final in 2011 with wins over Clemson, Florida State and Miami.
• Carolina has participated in the ACC quarterfinals every year but 2010.
CLEMSON SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 50-27 all-time against Clemson, including a 10-4 mark in the ACC Tournament.
• Clemson won the lone matchup in 2012, a 52-47 final in Chapel Hill.
• Prior to this season's setback, the Tar Heels had won 16 straight against the Lady Tigers, UNC's longest winning streak in the series.
• Thursday will mark the fourth postseason meeting in the last five years for UNC and Clemson. No. 6 Carolina defeated No. 11 Clemson, 78-64, in the 2011 first round, fourth-seeded Carolina beat No. 12 Clemson, 74-55, in the 2009 quarterfinals and No. 1 UNC topped ninth-seeded Clemson in the 2008 quarters.
NOTING CAROLINA AS A NO. 5 SEED
• Carolina enters the 2012 ACC Tournament as a No. 5 seed, the sixth time a Tar Heel team has earned that slot in the event.
• UNC last played as a No. 5 seed in the 2000 tournament when the Tar Heels upset No. 1 Virginia in the semifinals before losing to No. 2 Duke in the final.
• Carolina has won the ACC Tournament as a No. 5 seed on two occasions - 1984 and 1995 - and has an all-time record of 8-3 as the No. 5.
SHEGOG NAMED SECOND-TEAM ALL-ACC
Senior center Chay Shegog earned second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors for her standout play in the regular season, league commissioner John Swofford announced Monday. The Stafford, Va., product finished fourth in the league in scoring with 16.1 points per game and also ranked third in blocked shots (2.3/game) and field goal percentage (.530).
Shegog also recorded a team-high eight double-doubles, good for third in the ACC, and was the only player in the top 12 in the ACC in scoring that did not have a teammate averaging double figure points. Despite constant double-teams, Shegog also ranks 22nd in the NCAA in field goal percentage and has scored in double figures in 23 of 29 games. After not scoring 20 points in a game prior to 2011-12, Shegog has tallied 20-plus points 11 times as a senior.
BROOMFIELD GRABS REGULAR SEASON REBOUNDING CROWN
Senior forward Laura Broomfield finished with 234 total rebounds in 24 regular season games to edge Maryland's Tianna Hawkins for the ACC rebounding title. The Lexington Park, Md., stalwart received honorable mention on the All-ACC team after averaging 9.8 boards per game as well as ranking 14th in field goal percentage (.462) and eighth in blocks (1.2). Broomfield grabbed 10-plus boards in 11 of her 24 games, and 14 or more in five contests.
