Sunday, February 2
Chapel Hill, N.C.
2 PM
North Carolina
vs
Clemson
Taylor Koenen (1), Malu Tshitenge (21), Janelle Bailey and the rest of the Tar Heels go for ACC win No. 7 on Sunday.
UNC Looking For Week's Second ACC Win Sunday Vs. Clemson
February 1, 2020 | Women's Basketball
The North Carolina women's basketball team hosts Clemson Sunday, looking to win back-to-back Atlantic Coast Conference games at home for the first time this season. Tipoff at Carmichael is 2 p.m.
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The Tar Heels are 15-6 overall and 6-4 in ACC play coming off a 78-68 homecourt win over Virginia on Thursday. The Tigers come in at 7-14 (3-7) after a loss to NC State at home on Thursday.
UNC is in the midst of six games in a row in the Triangle: at NC State last Sunday, home games on Thursday (win over Virginia) and Sunday, at Duke on Feb. 6 and then two more home games.
By the Numbers
• All five UNC starters are scoring in double figures, led by junior Janelle Bailey with 15.2 points per game.
• UNC leads the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (1.26), with 318 assists and a league-low 252 turnovers. The Tar Heels rank second in scoring (75.7 ppg) and turnover margin (+2.95), and third in free throw percentage (.738), three-point percentage (.353) and assists (15.14 per game).
• Tshitenge leads the league in offensive rebounding (4.29 per game) and Bennett leads in assist/turnover ratio (2.29). Bailey is second in rebounding (10.0 per game).
UNC vs. Clemson Series
The Tar Heels lead the series with Clemson 57-28 and have won the last two and seven of the past eight. Carolina won 17 in a row in the series from 2001-02 to 2010-11.
• Last year, UNC won 70-64 in Clemson, S.C., on Feb. 10, 2019. Janelle Bailey and Shayla Bennett joined then-senior Paris Kea in scoring 15 points each as the Tar Heels started the fourth quarter down a point and outscored the Tigers 20-13 in the final 10 minutes to claim the win.
• In the last meeting at Carmichael, on Jan. 11, 2018, UNC won 59-52. Janelle Bailey, then a freshman, had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Taylor Koenen had a team-high 12 boards in the Tar Heel win.
Scouting the Tigers
Clemson is 7-14 overall and 3-7 in ACC play following a 79-60 loss to NC State at home on Thursday. It was the third loss in a row for the Tigers, following defeats at Miami and at Virginia Tech.
Senior forward Kobi Thornton leads Clemson in scoring with 12.1 points per game and adds six rebounds per game. Freshman forward Amari Robinson is the team's top rebounder with 6.6 boards per game and also ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.0 points per game. Junior guard Kendall Spray is the third player in double figures, scoring 10.2 points per game.
Notables
• All five UNC starters have led the scoring effort in at least two games this season.
• UNC trailed at halftime in seven straight games, coming back to win three of those. The Virginia game on Thursday was the first in which UNC had led at the half since the first matchup with the Cavaliers, on Jan. 2.
• UNC has lost only twice when shooting better than 40 percent from the field. The Tar Heels hit 46.2 percent of their shots in the loss to Louisville and then shot 40.7 in the loss at NC State.
• The NC State home game marked the largest UNC deficit in a win this season. The Tar Heels trailed by 14 in the second quarter before coming back to win, 66-60.
• Taylor Koenen is just the fifth player in program history to total 1,000 points, 700 rebounds and 300 assists. (The four players who previously reached those marks – Tonya Sampson, Erlana Larkins, Rashanda McCants and La'Tangela Atkinson – all went on to play professionally in the WNBA or ABL.)
• Against Miami, Shayla Bennett had seven assists and no turnovers.
• Janelle Bailey's 28 points vs. Miami marked the most by a Tar Heel this season. Her 17 rebounds in the home game against Viriginia is a team high for boards.
• Taylor Koenen played the entirety of three games in a recent four-game span: 40 minutes against FSU and Louisville, and 45 at Georgia Tech. Bailey and Bennett also played all 45 minutes in the OT win against the Yellow Jackets. Koenen played 39+ minutes at NC State last Sunday.
• The Tar Heels have not won this season when the opponent has scored 70 points or more points and have only lost once when scoring 70+ (83-77 at Alabama).
• UNC signee Deja Kelly was one of 24 high school players named to the 2020 McDonald's All-American Game roster. She's the first Tar Heel picked for the prestigious event since Janelle Bailey in 2017.
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— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) February 1, 2020
The Tar Heels are 15-6 overall and 6-4 in ACC play coming off a 78-68 homecourt win over Virginia on Thursday. The Tigers come in at 7-14 (3-7) after a loss to NC State at home on Thursday.
UNC is in the midst of six games in a row in the Triangle: at NC State last Sunday, home games on Thursday (win over Virginia) and Sunday, at Duke on Feb. 6 and then two more home games.
By the Numbers
• All five UNC starters are scoring in double figures, led by junior Janelle Bailey with 15.2 points per game.
• UNC leads the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (1.26), with 318 assists and a league-low 252 turnovers. The Tar Heels rank second in scoring (75.7 ppg) and turnover margin (+2.95), and third in free throw percentage (.738), three-point percentage (.353) and assists (15.14 per game).
• Tshitenge leads the league in offensive rebounding (4.29 per game) and Bennett leads in assist/turnover ratio (2.29). Bailey is second in rebounding (10.0 per game).
UNC vs. Clemson Series
The Tar Heels lead the series with Clemson 57-28 and have won the last two and seven of the past eight. Carolina won 17 in a row in the series from 2001-02 to 2010-11.
• Last year, UNC won 70-64 in Clemson, S.C., on Feb. 10, 2019. Janelle Bailey and Shayla Bennett joined then-senior Paris Kea in scoring 15 points each as the Tar Heels started the fourth quarter down a point and outscored the Tigers 20-13 in the final 10 minutes to claim the win.
• In the last meeting at Carmichael, on Jan. 11, 2018, UNC won 59-52. Janelle Bailey, then a freshman, had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Taylor Koenen had a team-high 12 boards in the Tar Heel win.
Scouting the Tigers
Clemson is 7-14 overall and 3-7 in ACC play following a 79-60 loss to NC State at home on Thursday. It was the third loss in a row for the Tigers, following defeats at Miami and at Virginia Tech.
Senior forward Kobi Thornton leads Clemson in scoring with 12.1 points per game and adds six rebounds per game. Freshman forward Amari Robinson is the team's top rebounder with 6.6 boards per game and also ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.0 points per game. Junior guard Kendall Spray is the third player in double figures, scoring 10.2 points per game.
Notables
• All five UNC starters have led the scoring effort in at least two games this season.
• UNC trailed at halftime in seven straight games, coming back to win three of those. The Virginia game on Thursday was the first in which UNC had led at the half since the first matchup with the Cavaliers, on Jan. 2.
• UNC has lost only twice when shooting better than 40 percent from the field. The Tar Heels hit 46.2 percent of their shots in the loss to Louisville and then shot 40.7 in the loss at NC State.
• The NC State home game marked the largest UNC deficit in a win this season. The Tar Heels trailed by 14 in the second quarter before coming back to win, 66-60.
• Taylor Koenen is just the fifth player in program history to total 1,000 points, 700 rebounds and 300 assists. (The four players who previously reached those marks – Tonya Sampson, Erlana Larkins, Rashanda McCants and La'Tangela Atkinson – all went on to play professionally in the WNBA or ABL.)
• Against Miami, Shayla Bennett had seven assists and no turnovers.
• Janelle Bailey's 28 points vs. Miami marked the most by a Tar Heel this season. Her 17 rebounds in the home game against Viriginia is a team high for boards.
• Taylor Koenen played the entirety of three games in a recent four-game span: 40 minutes against FSU and Louisville, and 45 at Georgia Tech. Bailey and Bennett also played all 45 minutes in the OT win against the Yellow Jackets. Koenen played 39+ minutes at NC State last Sunday.
• The Tar Heels have not won this season when the opponent has scored 70 points or more points and have only lost once when scoring 70+ (83-77 at Alabama).
• UNC signee Deja Kelly was one of 24 high school players named to the 2020 McDonald's All-American Game roster. She's the first Tar Heel picked for the prestigious event since Janelle Bailey in 2017.
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