UNC Back At Carmichael Thursday To Host Hurricanes

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The UNC women's basketball returns home to Carmichael Arena this week, kicking off a two-game Atlantic Coast Conference homestand by hosting Miami on Thursday at 6 p.m. Next up is a battle with No. 5 Louisville, which visits Sunday at 1 p.m.

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Thursday's game is the 24th meeting between UNC (12-4, 3-2 ACC) and Miami (10-6, 2-3 ACC). Carolina leads the series 13-10, but the Hurricanes have won the last four meetings, most recently 76-68 on Jan. 20, 2019, at Miami. The last time the teams met in Chapel Hill, on Feb. 4, 2018, Miami won 92-72.

The Tar Heels' last win in the series was during the 2014-15 season, 66-65 in Coral Gables. UNC last beat Miami at Carmichael on Jan. 2, 2012, winning 65-63.

By the Numbers
• All five UNC starters are averaging between 14.2 and 11.9 points per game.
• Senior Taylor Koenen scored her 1,000th career point in the game at FSU on Sunday. She's the 38th player in program history to reach that mark.
• UNC leads the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (1.31). The Tar Heels rank second in turnover margin (+3.31) and are third in scoring and rebounding.
• Malu Tshitenge leads the league in offensive rebounding (4.75 per game) and Shayla Bennett leads in assist/turnover ratio (2.11). Koenen is tied for first in three-point percentage (.429) at 2.33).

Scouting the Hurricanes
Miami travels north to Chapel Hill off a 77-62 homecourt victory over Syracuse on Sunday. Mykea Gray led the Hurricanes with 20 points, including five three-pointers, and Kelsey Marshall scored 19. Miami shot .519 from the field, topping 50 percent shooting for the third time this season.
• The Hurricanes are led in scoring by senior forward Beatrice Mompremier, the ACC Preseason Player of the Year who averages 16.3 points and a team-high 10.4 rebounds per game. Gray averages 12.0 points per game and Marshall adds 10.7.
• Gray comes into Thursday's game just six points away from 1,000 points for her career.

Notable
• In ACC games only, UNC leads the conference in defensive rebounding percentage at .776.
• All five UNC starters have led the scoring effort in at least two games this season. Taylor Koenen and Madinah Muhammad have each been the leading scorer four times, Janelle Bailey and Shayla Bennett three times each, and Malu Tshitenge twice.
• The NC State game is the first time this season that UNC has trailed at the half and come back to win. The Tar Heels were down by 10 (38-28) at halftime. UNC has trailed at the break on just three other occasions this season (Yale, Virginia Tech, FSU) and lost all three games.
• UNC hasn't lost this season when shooting 40 percent or better from the field.
• The NC State game marked the largest UNC deficit in a win this season. The Tar Heels trailed by 14 in the second quarter.
• UNC and Louisville are the only teams in the ACC that rank in the top 10 in the conference in every statistical category.

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Players Mentioned

Janelle Bailey

Shayla Bennett

Taylor Koenen

Madinah Muhammad

Malu Tshitenge

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