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The Tar Heels will face off with Syracuse Tuesday afternoon in the season's second matchup.
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Tar Heels Hit the Road To Face No. 23 Syracuse Tuesday
January 18, 2021 | Women's Basketball
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The North Carolina women's basketball team plays its third road game of the season on Tuesday, taking on the No. 23 Syracuse Orange in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup. Tipoff at the Carrier Dome is noon.
UNC comes into the game at 7-4 overall and 2-4 in ACC play following a pair of homecourt losses in the Tar Heels' only action of 2021. Syracuse is 6-1 overall and 3-1 in ACC play, with its only loss coming to UNC in Chapel Hill on Dec. 17.
The matchup at Syracuse was originally to be played on Dec. 31, but was postponed due to Covid protocols within the Syracuse program. The Orange returned to action on Sunday with a homecourt win over Miami.
After the Syracuse game, the Tar Heels return to Chapel HIll to prepare for a Sunday visit from Notre Dame.
The Rivalry
The Tar Heels and Orange are meeting for the 13th time in a series that dates back to the 1998-99 season. The Tar Heels won the first three matchups but Syracuse has held the advantage since its first year of ACC play, in 2013-14.
• SU has won seven of nine against UNC since joining the league. One meeting came in the second round of the 2017 ACC Tournament but the rest have been in regular-season play.
• UNC won the season's first matchup, in Chapel Hill on Dec. 17, halting a run of five SU wins in a row.
• UNC's last win at Syracuse was in pre-ACC play, during the 2000-01 season. The Tar Heels are 1-3 all time at Syracuse.
Notable Numbers
• Tuesday's game is likely to be the 100th career game for both of UNC's graduate student guards, Petra Holešínská and Stephanie Watts. Holešínská appeared in 88 games in the three seasons she played at the University of Illinois and has appeared in all 11 this season for UNC. Watts played in 85 in three years at UNC, transferred to Southern California for the 2019-20 season and played in four games, and then has appeared in 10 this season, back in Chapel Hill.
• Last Thursday's game vs Virginia Tech was Janelle Bailey's 100th start in a Tar Heel uniform and her 101st game overall.
• UNC ranks in the top 10 in NCAA Division I in rebounding margin (10th), rebounds per game (4th), and defensive rebounds per game (10th).
• The Tar Heels rank in the ACC's top three in seven statistical categories:
First in total rebounding
Second in rebounding margin
Third in scoring, scoring margin, field goal percentage defense, turnover margin and assist-turnover ratio
• With a season-high 15 rebounds against Miami on Jan. 10, Janelle Bailey became the10th player in program history with 1,500 points and 900 rebounds. (She now has 1,555 points and 913 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.
• In ACC games only, Bailey is fourth the conference in rebounding with 10.2 boards per game. She's averaging a double-double with 16.3 points (ninth in the league). On the season, she's averaging 14.3 points and 9.0 rebounds.
• Exactly one third of Janelle Bailey's rebounds this season (33 of 99) have come on the offensive glass, a significantly higher percentage than last year when 59 of her 252 rebounds (23.4) were offensive. As a sophomore, 32.2 percent of her rebounds were offensive and as a freshman the percentage was 39.9. Bailey is tied for sixth in the ACC with an average of 3.0 per game.
• UNC has won all six games this season in which it has shot 40 percent or better from the field and lost four of five when shooting below that. The exception is the overtime win over Wake Forest, in which the Tar Heels shot .373 from the field. The 12/17 win over Syracuse is the only time this season that UNC has shot better than 40 percent against a conference opponent – UNC made 46.9 percent of its shots against the Orange.
UNC comes into the game at 7-4 overall and 2-4 in ACC play following a pair of homecourt losses in the Tar Heels' only action of 2021. Syracuse is 6-1 overall and 3-1 in ACC play, with its only loss coming to UNC in Chapel Hill on Dec. 17.
The matchup at Syracuse was originally to be played on Dec. 31, but was postponed due to Covid protocols within the Syracuse program. The Orange returned to action on Sunday with a homecourt win over Miami.
After the Syracuse game, the Tar Heels return to Chapel HIll to prepare for a Sunday visit from Notre Dame.
The Rivalry
The Tar Heels and Orange are meeting for the 13th time in a series that dates back to the 1998-99 season. The Tar Heels won the first three matchups but Syracuse has held the advantage since its first year of ACC play, in 2013-14.
• SU has won seven of nine against UNC since joining the league. One meeting came in the second round of the 2017 ACC Tournament but the rest have been in regular-season play.
• UNC won the season's first matchup, in Chapel Hill on Dec. 17, halting a run of five SU wins in a row.
• UNC's last win at Syracuse was in pre-ACC play, during the 2000-01 season. The Tar Heels are 1-3 all time at Syracuse.
Notable Numbers
• Tuesday's game is likely to be the 100th career game for both of UNC's graduate student guards, Petra Holešínská and Stephanie Watts. Holešínská appeared in 88 games in the three seasons she played at the University of Illinois and has appeared in all 11 this season for UNC. Watts played in 85 in three years at UNC, transferred to Southern California for the 2019-20 season and played in four games, and then has appeared in 10 this season, back in Chapel Hill.
• Last Thursday's game vs Virginia Tech was Janelle Bailey's 100th start in a Tar Heel uniform and her 101st game overall.
• UNC ranks in the top 10 in NCAA Division I in rebounding margin (10th), rebounds per game (4th), and defensive rebounds per game (10th).
• The Tar Heels rank in the ACC's top three in seven statistical categories:
First in total rebounding
Second in rebounding margin
Third in scoring, scoring margin, field goal percentage defense, turnover margin and assist-turnover ratio
• With a season-high 15 rebounds against Miami on Jan. 10, Janelle Bailey became the10th player in program history with 1,500 points and 900 rebounds. (She now has 1,555 points and 913 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.
• In ACC games only, Bailey is fourth the conference in rebounding with 10.2 boards per game. She's averaging a double-double with 16.3 points (ninth in the league). On the season, she's averaging 14.3 points and 9.0 rebounds.
• Exactly one third of Janelle Bailey's rebounds this season (33 of 99) have come on the offensive glass, a significantly higher percentage than last year when 59 of her 252 rebounds (23.4) were offensive. As a sophomore, 32.2 percent of her rebounds were offensive and as a freshman the percentage was 39.9. Bailey is tied for sixth in the ACC with an average of 3.0 per game.
• UNC has won all six games this season in which it has shot 40 percent or better from the field and lost four of five when shooting below that. The exception is the overtime win over Wake Forest, in which the Tar Heels shot .373 from the field. The 12/17 win over Syracuse is the only time this season that UNC has shot better than 40 percent against a conference opponent – UNC made 46.9 percent of its shots against the Orange.
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