University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Visits Miami Sunday For Key ACC Battle
February 21, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Both teams are tied in the league standings with an 8-5 record, tied for sixth with Pittsburgh.
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: BankUnited Center
Date: Sunday, Feb. 22
Tip Time: 3 p.m.
Broadcast: Regional Sports Network & ESPN3/WatchESPN
REGIONAL SPORTS COVERAGE
FOX Sports Carolinas
FOX Sports South
SUN Sports
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus
New England Sports Network
FOX Sports Indiana Plus
FOX Sports North Plus
FOX Sports Midwest Plus
FOX Sports West
FOX Sports Southwest Plus
FOX Sports Detroit Plus
ROOT Sports Pittsburgh
SportsTime Ohio
ROOT Sports Northwest (Delay Broadcast)
MSG Plus
ROOT Sports Rocky Mtn. (Delay Broadcast)
ESPN3 (Subject to Blackout)
NATIONAL RANKINGS
North Carolina is ranked No. 17 by the Associated Press and 14th in the coaches poll this week. Miami is receiving votes in both polls this week.
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 27.5% 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 53 times in 63 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 11 of its 13 ACC opponents to less than 40 percent shooting from the field, including 38.6% on Thursday against Wake Forest.
• 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 107 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 10.8 points and 3.0 assists over the last four 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.
• UNC is 10-0 when putting four or more players in double figures; also 18-1 when allowing less than 70 points in a game this season.
NEXT UP
UNC hosts Senior Night next Thursday when Virginia comes to town for the final home game of the regular season. Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m. on the Regional Sports Network and ESPN3/WatchESPN.
