University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Opens Season Friday With Gardner-Webb
November 12, 2015 | Women's Basketball
TICKET DEALS
$5 Regular-Priced Tickets
$4 Group Tickets (10+)
$1 Youth Team Day (promo code- WB16-TEAM)
IN-ARENA ACTIVITIES
- Team posters and pocket schedule giveaway
- Season ticket holder '6th Fan' gameday t-shirt pick up (2 tables- main lobby)
TAR HEEL TRENDS
• UNC is ranked 22nd in the preseason AP poll, and 20th in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches' poll.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP preseason poll for the 13th time in the last 14 seasons.
• The AP Poll includes six teams on the Carolina schedule this year: #3 Notre Dame, #7 Florida State, #8 Louisville, #14 Duke, #19 Northwestern and #23 Syracuse.
• Freshmen guards Destinee Walker and Stephanie Watts were named to the ACC Newcomer Watch List, as voted on by the league's head coaches.
• North Carolina was selected seventh in the ACC preseason poll.
• Carolina hosts Oregon on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
CHERRY, WALKER DROP 23 EACH IN WIN OVER MOUNT OLIVE
Jamie Cherry and Destinee Walker combined for 46 points to lead No. 22 North Carolina to a 99-45 exhibition victory over Mount Olive Monday night.
Carolina placed six players in double figures, led by 23 points for both Cherry and Walker. N'Dea Bryant scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while forwards Hillary Summers and Erika Johnson contributed 12 and 11 points, respectively. Freshman Stephanie Watts chipped in with 11 points and nine boards.
SUMMERS LEADS CAROLINA OVER WINGATE
No. 22 North Carolina opened up the 2015-16 campaign with a 59-48 victory over Wingate in an exhibition game last Wednesday night from Carmichael Arena. Destinee Walker's three-pointer with less than three minutes left in regulation gave Carolina some breathing room against a feisty Bulldog team coached by former Tar Heel assistant Ann Hancock.
Walker would make a steal and go in for two more points on the ensuing play to put UNC up 54-48 with 2:17 left. The Tar Heels finished the game on an 11-0 run. Hillary Summers scored 15 points to lead Carolina, while Walker added 13 points in her collegiate debut. Jamie Cherry tossed in 10 points.
BUSY NOVEMBER
North Carolina will play eight games in the month of November, including the first seven in a stretch of 12 days.
11/13 vs. Gardner-Webb
11/15 vs. Oregon
11/17 vs. Florida A&M
11/20 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Naismith Memorial Basketball HOF Challenge)
11/21 vs. Iona (Naismith Memorial Basketball HOF Challenge)
11/22 vs. Yale (Naismith Memorial Basketball HOF Challenge)
11/25 vs. Pacific
11/29 vs. Gonzaga (Uncasville, Conn.)
CAROLINA SIGNS 13TH-RANKED RECRUITING CLASS
North Carolina signed seven high school seniors to National Letters of Intent, announced Wednesday by head coach Sylvia Hatchell. The seven members of the class of 2020 are Shayla Bennett of Piedmont, S.C., Jhileya Dunlap of Hopkins, S.C., Jocelyn Jones of Richmond, Va., Taylor Koenen of Savage, Minn., Alyssa Okoene of Houston, Texas, Emily Sullivan of Newburgh, Ind., and Naomi Van Nes of Hamden, Conn. The class is being touted as the No. 13 class in the nation according to ESPN.
“This is an outstanding class that will bring much success to our great University and many championships to the future of Carolina Women's Basketball,” said Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Sylvia Hatchell.
TAR HEELS FEATURE ROBUST BROADCAST SCHEDULE
At last count, 28 of the 31 regular-season games for the Tar Heel women's basketball team will be broadcast live in some fashion. GoHeelsTV subscribers can listed to all 31 games and watch 11 non-conference games. ESPN3 has eight Carolina games, including non-conference games against Gonzaga and Northwestern. Eight other games can be seen on traditional television from ESPN2 or the Regional Sports Network, and the game at Oklahoma State will be on FOX Sports Oklahoma.
