University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Hosts Wake, #Play4Kay On Thursday
February 18, 2015 | Women's Basketball
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Carmichael Arena
Date: Thursday, Feb. 19
Tip Time: 7 p.m.
Broadcast: ESPN3/WatchESPN
TICKETS
Tickets are available online at GoHeels.com or by calling the UNC Athletic Ticket Office at (800) 722-4335 or (919) 962-2296. The Carmichael Arena Box Office will open Thursday at 6 p.m.
$7 Regular-price ticket
$4 Group Tickets (10+)
IN-ARENA ACTIVITIES (Throwback Thursday)
- Half-price all concessions
- 400 hot pink t-shirts for UNC students
- Live DJ playing Name That Tune - Girl Power Edition
NATIONAL RANKINGS
North Carolina is ranked No. 17 by the Associated Press and 14th in the coaches poll this week. Wake Forest is unranked.
TAR HEEL TRENDS...
• North Carolina is averaging only 15.4 turnovers per game, the fewest number since the 1995-96 team coughed up the ball only 12.9 times a game.
• Opponents are shooting only 27.3% from beyond the three-point arc, the best figure in the ACC.
• Allisha Gray has nine 20-point performances this season, the fifth most in the ACC this season. She has 12 in her two-year career with the Tar Heels.
• Allisha Gray has scored in double figures 52 times in 62 career games.
• Stephanie Mavunga's 22 career double-doubles is the fourth most among active players in the ACC and the most among players in her sophomore class.
• UNC is 3-0 this season in games decided by less than four points.
• UNC has limited 10 of its 12 ACC opponents to less than 40 percent shooting from the field, including 37.1% on Sunday against Louisville.
• Allisha Gray went to the free throw line 19 times against Boston College (Feb. 1) - two shy of the school record of 21 set by Tonya Sampson vs. UVa (2/3/93)
• Stephanie Mavunga's 92.9% (13-14) showing against ETSU on Jan. 2 is the best field goal percentage of the year in the ACC.
• Carolina has overcome a double-digit deficit eight times over the last two seasons, four times this year against Oregon, Rutgers, NC State and Florida State.
• N'Dea Bryant set a season high with 13 points and tied a career high with seven rebounds against Boston College on Feb. 1.
• Allisha Gray has made 106 three-pointers in her two seasons at Carolina.
• Brittany Rountree led UNC in scoring at Virginia Tech on Feb. 8, the first time leading her team in scoring since Jan. 3, 2013 vs. Maryland.
• Jamie Cherry has averaged 10.0 points and 3.3 rebounds since being inserted into the starting lineup the last three games.
• Sophomore Hillary Summers set career highs with nine points and seven rebounds in the 71-63 victory over No. 7 Florida State. She had never scored more than six points in 58 previous games with the Tar Heels.
• Allisha Gray has averaged 18.4 points per game against 10 ranked opponents.
NEXT UP
UNC visits Miami on Sunday at 3 p.m. on Regional Sports Network/WatchESPN.
