University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Hosts App State Saturday Afternoon
December 10, 2015 | Women's Basketball
The UNC athletic department will be collecting new, unopened gifts for Toys for Tots, Orange County, on Saturday, as well as against USC Upstate on Dec. 16.
TICKETS (GoHeels.com)
$5 Regular Price
$4 Group (10+)
$1 Youth Team Day (promo code: WB16-TEAM)
SERIES HISTORY (Carolina leads 17-4)
• Carolina has won 15 games in a row in the series with Appalachian State. Last year's 84-52 Tar Heel victory was the first meeting with the Mountaineers since 2003 and only the second going back to 1989.
TAR HEEL TRENDS
• Sylvia Hatchell is six wins shy of 700 victories at North Carolina in 30 seasons in Chapel Hill.
• Xylina McDaniel is 13 points shy of 1,000 career points.
• UNC has played four games decided by five points or fewer, more than any other school in the ACC.
• Carolina leads the ACC at 76.8 percent shooting from the free throw line.
• Destinee Walker heads the conference by shooting 93.1 percent (27-29) from the free throw line. Jamie Cherry is 6th at 87.2 percent (41-47).
• UNC is 2nd in the ACC with 5.4 blocks per game. Hillary Summers is third in the league with 2.2 blocked shots per game.
• N'Dea Bryant scored a career-high 16 points against No. 15 Northwestern.
• Four UNC players (Cherry, Summers, Walker, Watts) have each scored 20+ points already in a game this season.
• Destinee Walker's 32 points vs. FAMU continues to be tied for the most points scored by a player in the ACC this season.
• Four players (Bryant, Summers, Walker, Watts) have registered a double-double this season. Summers had her 2nd last Sunday against Gonzaga.
• According to ESPN, Carolina signed the 13th-ranked recruiting class during the 2015 early signing period.
UP NEXT
UNC will play three games in the next five days, including a road trip to unbeaten Oklahoma State on Dec. 14 in Stillwater, Okla. The Tar Heels will also host USC Upstate on Dec. 16 in Chapel Hill, and next up after that is the annual game in Myrtle Beach on Dec. 20 against Southern Miss at 3 p.m. from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
