UNC Heads To Wake For Sunday Matinee

North Carolina visits in-state and ACC rival Wake Forest on Sunsday at 12:30 p.m. in the 77th all-time meeting between the two programs. UNC and Wake are both 2-2 in the league. On Thursday, Carolina picked up a 59-52 win over Clemson, while Wake fell at home to Duke, 80-67.

GAME INFORMATION
North Carolina (12-5, 2-2) at Wake Forest (10-7, 2-2)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sunday, Jan 14, 2018
Tip: 12:30 p.m.

WHERE TO WATCH (RSN TV Affiliates)
Fans can watch the game on the Regional Sports Network, including locally in North Carolina on Fox Sports South. ACC Network Extra and the ESPN app will also carry the game.

TUNE IN
The radio broadcast with Walter Storholt is available locally in the Triangle on WCHL 97.9 FM and worldwide on GoHeels.com, and also on the TuneIn app.

SERIES HISTORY
Carolina leads 62-14 all-time in the series with Wake Forest. The Tar Heels have lost back-to-back games to the Demon Deacons for the first time in the series since being swept in a home-and-home in 1990-91.

LAST TIME OUT
North Carolina improved to 2-2 in ACC play with a 59-52 victory over Clemson Thursday night inside Carmichael Arena. Senior Jamie Cherry led the Tar Heels with 20 points, giving her an even 1,400 for her career. Freshman Janelle Bailey notched her fifth double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Paris Kea added 14 points and Taylor Koenen ripped down a game-high 12 rebounds to tie a career-high.

LAST MEETING WITH WAKE FOREST
Wake Forest scored the final five points of the game to escape with an 80-77 victory over North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Jan. 20, 2017. Stephanie Watts scored 25 points, Paris Kea had 21 points and Jamie Cherry offered up 12.

Elisa Penna had 23 points to lead Wake Forest. Milan Quinn had 18 points and 16 rebounds and Ariel Stephenson added 17 off the bench.

Carolina led by as many as 14 points, 38-24, in the first half and 44-38 at halftime, but Wake chopped its deficit down to a single point in the third quarter. Alex Sharp's 3-pointer with 15 seconds left gave the Demon Deacons their first win in Chapel Hill since 1991.

1K CLUB
Sylvia Hatchell won her 1,000th career game with a 79-63 victory over Grambling State on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Hatchell, a 2013 Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame inductee, is only the third women's basketball coach in history to reach 1,000 career victories, joining former Tennessee legend Pat Summitt and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is the only men's coach among Division I basketball coaches to hit the 1,000 mark. Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma got his 1,000th victory later that night with a win over Oklahoma.

CHERRY BOMB
• Jamie Cherry will make her 50th consecutive start on Sunday at Wake Forest.
• She has averaged 21 points per game in back-to-back wins for the Tar Heels.
• Sits 24th in UNC history with 1,400 career points
• Among active ACC players, Cherry ranks 5th in scoring (1,400), 3rd in 3FG made (193), 1st in free throws made (395) and 2nd in assists (369).

KEA STATS
• Paris Kea is having a a phenomenal second season with the Tar Heels, ranking 4th in the ACC in both scoring at 19.5 points and assists with 6.2 per game, and also checks in 8th with 2.2 steals per outing.
• 6th in the ACC by shooting 41.5 percent from three-point land.
• Only ACC player to score 30 points and have 10 assists in a game this season.
• Kea scored 31 points against South Alabama, one shy of her career high, and handed out a career-high 11 assists against the Jaguars to notch her second career double-double. Scored career-high 33 points vs. Washington (12/17).
• Kea, Asia Durr (UofL) and Lexie Brown (Duke) are the only ACC player with multiple 30+ point scoring games this season.
• Her eight 20-point games is the fourth most in the league.
• Kea has either made (121) or assisted (106) on 46.7 percent (227-of-486) of Carolina's field goals this season.
• She has scored in double figures in 30 straight games going back to last season.

BAILEY'S BEEN BALLING
• Among ACC freshman, Janelle Bailey ranks first in the league in scoring (15.0 points) and rebounding (7.9) per game. She is shooting a robust 54.6 percent from the field, the 6th best mark in the ACC.
• She has earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors a league-most four times.
• Bailey had a season-high 25 points against Hartford, and registered 13 rebounds against the Hawks.
• Bailey ranks 6th in the ACC with five double-doubles
• She is 15th in the ACC with 1.3 blocks per game

NEXT UP
Carolina hosts local rivals NC State on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Duke on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The Tar Heels will officially congratulate Sylvia Hatchell and win No. 1000 before tip off against the Blue Devils.

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Players Mentioned

Janelle Bailey

Jamie Cherry

Paris Kea

Taylor Koenen

Stephanie Watts

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