Tar Heels Back In Action Sunday Vs. Miami

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The North Carolina women's basketball team returns to the Carmichael Arena court Sunday afternoon for a 1 p.m. Atlantic Coast Conference game against Miami. UNC, playing for the first time since Dec. 20, is 7-2 overall and 2-2 in ACC play. Miami is 5-4 (2-4 ACC).

The game will air live on the Regional Sports Networks. Click here for a full listing of those channels. It also will be available online here and here.

The Rivalry
• The teams are meeting for the 26^th time overall and the second time in a month, following a Dec. 14 matchup in Coral Gables, Fla. The Hurricanes won that one 67-63.
• UNC leads the overall series 14-11, 11-9 since the Hurricanes joined the ACC in 2004-05.
• In last year's matchup at Carmichael Arena, Tar Heel center Janelle Bailey led all scorers with a season-high 28 points. She also had a game-high 15 rebounds for one of her 11 double-doubles on the season.
• This is the first time since 2011-12 that the Tar Heels and Hurricanes have met twice in a season. The original schedule included one meeting, on Jan. 10 at Miami, but an additional one was added for Dec. 14 after both teams had open dates due to postponements. UNC was set to play at Louisville on Dec. 13 but after that game was postponed on Dec. 11, the Miami matchup was added to the schedule.

Notable Numbers
• Sunday's game will be Janelle Bailey's 100th in a Tar Heel uniform. She has started 98 of her 99 career games at UNC.
• UNC ranks in the top 10 in NCAA Division I in rebounding margin (6th), rebounds per game (7th), defensive rebounds per game (8th), field goal percentage defense (9th), and free throw attempts (9th)
• The Tar Heels rank in the ACC's top three in nine of 17 statistical categories:
First in total rebounding, offensive rebounding and assist-turnover ratio
Second in scoring, scoring defense, scoring margin, defensive rebounding and rebounding margin
Third in assists and turnover margin
• Janelle Bailey is seven rebounds away from becoming the 10th player in program history with 1,500 points and 900 rebounds. Should she reach 1,000 career rebounds, she'll be the sixth player in UNC history with 1,500 points and 1,000 boards.
• UNC has won the rebounding battle in all nine games this season. The Tar Heels lead the ACC in rebounding with 49.9 per game and rank second in rebounding margin at 16.56.
• UNC is 5-0 this season when shooting 70 percent or better from the free throw line.
• The win over Wake Forest on Dec. 20 marked the first time this season UNC has shot lower than 40 percent from the field and still won. It's just the second time this season (the other was Charlotte) that an opponent has shot better than 40 percent against UNC.
• In all seven wins this season, UNC has had four or more players in double figures. In each of the two losses, three players have scored in double figures.

Players Mentioned

Janelle Bailey

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