University of North Carolina Athletics
Heels And Hokies Tangle Sunday In Blacksburg
February 7, 2015 | Women's Basketball
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Cassell Coliseum
Date: Sunday, Feb. 8
Tip Time: 1 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 Midwest Plus
FOX Sports West
FOX Sports Southwest Plus
ESPN3 (Subject to Blackout)
FOX Sports Detroit Plus
ROOT Sports Pittsburgh
SportsTime Ohio
ROOT Sports Northwest
ROOT Sports Northwest
MSG Plus
ROOT Sports Rocky Mtn. (Delay Broadcast)
NATIONAL RANKINGS
North Carolina is ranked No. 13 by the Associated Press and 11th in the coaches poll this week. Virginia Tech is unranked.
ACC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Stephanie Mavunga was named ACC Player of the Week on Monday, the third time earning the award this season for the sophomore forward. She had 25 points and 14 rebounds in the 72-60 win over Boston College on Sunday, Feb. 1 in Chapel Hill. She has averaged 17.1 points and 10.3 rebounds over the last 11 games for the Tar Heels.
TAR HEEL TRENDS...
• North Carolina is averaging only 15.0 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 27.6% from beyond the three-point arc, the second best figure in the ACC.
• Allisha Gray has eight 20-point performances this season, the sixth most in the ACC this season. She has 11 in her two-year career with the Tar Heels.
• Stephanie Mavunga's 21 career double-doubles is the fourth most among active players in the ACC and the most among players in her sophomore class.
• Sophomore Allisha Gray has started 53-straight games for the Tar Heels.
• UNC is 3-0 this season in games decided by less than four points.
• UNC has limited seven of its last nine opponents to less than 40 percent shooting from the field, including 27.3% on Thursday at #25 Syracuse
• Allisha Gray's 10-for-10 effort at the free throw line against Notre Dame (Jan. 15) is the top performance in the ACC this season.
• 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 seven times over the last two seasons, three times this year on the road at Oregon, Rutgers and NC State.
• Stephanie Mavunga went over 500 career rebounds vs. Boston College (Feb. 1).
• 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 100 three-pointers in her two seasons at Carolina.
NEXT UP
UNC hosts No. 9 Florida State on Thursday at 1 p.m. inside Carmichael Arena. The game will televised on Regional Sports Network and ESPN3/WatchESPN.
