UNC Hosts Cardinals Sunday On Play4Kay Day

Sunday, February 18

Chapel Hill, N.C.

2:30 p.m.

North Carolina

Louisville

Photo by: UNC Athletic Communications

February 17, 2018 | Women's Basketball

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By: Mark Kimmel

CHAPEL HILL - Carolina faces its highest ranked opponent of the season when No. 4 Louisville arrives for a Sunday matinee at Carmichael Arena scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
North Carolina (14-12, 4-9) vs. Louisville (26-2, 12-1)
Chapel Hill
Carmichael Arena
Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018
Tip: 2:30 p.m.

TICKETS
• $10 regular-priced tickets
• $4 Group Tickets (10+)

PROMOTIONS
• Play4Kay - First 500 general fans will get a free pink t-shirt
• Fever Game: First 400 students get a free pink t-shirt
• Giveaway: 500 Pink Pom-Poms
• Kids Day: First 150 kids eat free; Face painting until end of halftime
• Girl Scout Day
• Harris Teeter MMC Food Drive Collection
• Postgame Autographs

WHERE TO WATCH (RSN Affilates)
Fans can watch the game on the Regional Sports Network, including Fox Sports Carolinas locally in the Triangle, ACC Network Extra and the ESPN app.

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
UofL leads the series with UNC, 4-3. The Cardinals have won all four meetings with the Tar Heels since joining the ACC.

LAST TIME OUT
A 22-2 first-quarter run by Georgia Tech was the difference in a 79-61 victory over North Carolina on Thursday. Paris Kea scored a team-high 15 points before fouling out for the first time all season for UNC. Jamie Cherry had 12 points and Janelle Bailey notched her 10th double-double of her outstanding rookie campaign with an even 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Francesca Pan, the 2017 ACC Freshman of the Year, finished two points shy of her career-high with 24 points. Reserves Chanin Scott and Kierra Fletcher tossed in 11 and 10 points, respectively as Georgia Tech received 35 points from its bench compared to 10 for the Tar Heels.

LAST MEETING WITH LOUISVILLE
Asia Durr scored 28 points to lift No. 14 Louisville to an 87-57 victory over North Carolina on Sunday, Feb 19 in the annual Play4Kay game. Paris Kea reached the 20-point plateau for the 12th time, scoring a team-high 26 points. Freshman Taylor Koenen registered 14 points and nine rebounds, while Jaime Cherry had 13.

WALKER, WATTS OUT FOR THE SEASON
Destinee Walker and Stephanie Watts are officially ruled out for the 2017-18 women's basketball season. Both players suffered knee injuries late in the 2016-17 season and will return with two years of eligibility remaining with the Tar Heels.

"We can't wait to have these two outstanding young ladies back on the court next season. It's been tough for all of us to see them on the sidelines," said North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell. "They've worked closely with our medical and strength and conditioning staffs in rehabbing knee injures that occurred last season. As a program, we've exercised extreme caution during the rehab process with the anticipation that they'll be back to full health for next season."

Watts, a preseason All-ACC selection leading into the 2017-18 campaign, ranks 10th in program history as a 15.7 points per game scorer and sits ninth all-time with 7.5 rebounds per game. The 2016 ACC Freshman of the Year was named second team All-ACC after averaging 14.7 points and 7.2 rebounds in her rookie season.

Walker, from Orlando, Florida, is a solid two-way player that has twice been named the program's defensive player of the year and is a prolific scorer in her own right, owning a 13.3 point per game average in two seasons in Chapel Hill. She was named to the 2016 ACC All-Freshman Team after a fine rookie season that saw her put up 13.9 ppg.

FAST BREAK POINTS
• Paris Kea has taken over as Carolina's all-time scoring average leader at 18.3 points per game.
• Kea became just the fourth UNC player to score 1,000 points in the first two seasons with the program, joining an exclusive group that includes Ivory Latta, Marion Jones and Allisha Gray.
• Senior Jamie Cherry went over 1,500 career points last week in the game against Virginia Tech.
• Cherry is shooting 89.3 percent (67-of-75) from the free throw line in conference games.
• Freshman Janelle Bailey averages a double-double in league play - 14.8 points and 10.0 boards a game.
• Bailey picked up her sixth ACC Rookie of the Week honor on Monday, most in the league.

NEXT UP
Carolina will host Senior Night against Syracuse on Thursday in the regular-season home finale at 7 p.m.