No. 1 Notre Dame Comes To Town Sunday

CHAPEL HILL - Carolina returns home from a two-game road swing to host No. 1 Notre Dame on Sunday. The Tar Heels are 11-9 overall, 2-4 in the ACC, after their 81-69 win at Virginia Tech on Thursday. Notre Dame is 19-1, 6-0 in conference play. The Fighting Irish won at Tennessee, 77-62, on Thursday.

GAME INFORMATION
No. 1 Notre Dame (19-1, 6-0 ACC) at North Carolina (11-9, 2-4 ACC)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Carmichael Arena
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019
Tip: 2 p.m.

TICKETS
• $10 Regular-Priced Tickets
• $4 Group Tickets (10+)
• $1 Youth Team Day (promo code: WB19-TEAM)

GAME PROMOTIONS
• Kids Day
- 150 kids eat free
- face painting until end of halftime
• Postgame Layups
• Halftime Act
- Bridge2Sports Wheelchair Basketball

WHERE TO WATCH
Fans can watch the game on ACC Network Extra and on the ESPN app.

TUNE IN
Catch the Tar Heel Sports Network call with Matt Krause on GoHeels.com, the GoHeels app, as well as TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app (search "Tar Heel Sports Network"). Locally, the game can be heard on WCHL 97.9 FM and 1360 AM.

SERIES HISTORY
Carolina is 1-7 all-time against Notre Dame. The Irish have won all five meetings since joining the ACC for the 2013-14 season.

LAST TIME OUT
Janelle Bailey and Paris Kea combined for 47 points in guiding North Carolina to an 81-69 victory over Virginia Tech Thursday night from Cassell Coliseum. Kea scored a season-high 26 points as Carolina registered its first conference road win of the season. Bailey notched the ninth double-double of her sophomore campaign with 21 points and 14 rebounds. Stephanie Watts added 17 points and seven boards and Taylor Koenen added 11 points.

UNC erased a 10-point halftime deficit by outscoring the Hokies 43-21 in the second half. Carolina shot 51.6 percent in the game, but was a sizzling 64.0 percent in the second half.

TAR HEEL TIDBITS
• Notre Dame is the first defending NCAA champion to play at Carmichael since UConn in 2010-11.
• UNC is 2-26 all-time against a No. 1 ranked team, and last played the top-ranked team in the country in 2009-10, an 88-47 loss at UConn.
• Paris Kea has averaged 17.0 ppg in two previous games with Notre Dame. She scored 21 points on 10-14 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds in the 2017 meeting in Chapel Hill.
• Janelle Bailey notched a double-double last year at Notre Dame with 11 points and 10 boards.
• Through games of 1/23, Carolina has an RPI of 47 and the No. 11 strength of schedule in the country according to the NCAA RPI Archive.
• UNC is 2nd in the ACC (16th nationally) in shooting 76.2 percent from the free throw line. The Tar Heels set a program record last season converting at 74.3%.
• Janelle Bailey leads all ACC sophomores with 22 career double-doubles, the third highest figure among all active players in the league.
• Bailey leads UNC in scoring (16.5, 6th in ACC) and rebounding (8.9, 6th).
• Stephanie Watts is 9th in the league with 15.7 ppg and ranks 2nd with 3.1 3FG per game.

NEXT UP
Carolina hosts Georgia Tech on Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Janelle Bailey

Paris Kea

Taylor Koenen

Stephanie Watts

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