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UNC Set For Bahamas Matchup With VCU
November 25, 2021 | Women's Basketball
BIMINI, Bahamas – Pregame prep may look a little different, but the UNC women's basketball team has the same focus as always as it looks toward Friday's matchup with VCU in the Goombay Splash.
The Tar Heels (4-0) and Rams (2-1) face off at 1 p.m. in Bimini, at Gateway Christian Academy, just a short tram ride down the road from the resort where the team is staying. VCU and Washington face off Thursday afternoon, and Carolina and Washington meet Saturday in the final game of the round-robin event.
The games will stream live on FloHoops. Tar Heel fans can also catch the radio broadcasts here.
Back to Bimini
The Tar Heels are playing in Bimini for the second time in program history. They also traveled to the island during the 2016-17 season as part of that year's Junkanoo Jam event. UNC fell to South Florida in the opener then beat Minnesota to leave the island 1-1. The experience is brand new to the current Tar Heels, however: No member of the current travel party was part of the previous trip.
UNC vs. VCU
The Tar Heels and Rams are meeting for the third time overall and first time since the 2018-19 season. The two last met on Nov. 14, 2018, in Chapel Hill, were UNC won 59-47. Like Friday's game, that one was also an early tipoff: it was the Tar Heels' Education Day and tipped off at 11 a.m. with approximately 700 local fifth-graders in the stands as part of school field trips. The Tar Heels held the Rams scoreless for more than 10 minutes and went on a 20-0 run from the third to the fourth quarters to seal the win.
Current fifth-year senior Jaelynn Murray played 20 minutes off the bench (2 points, 5 rebounds) and is the only member of the team, including the current coaching and support staffs, who participated in that game.
Numbers of Note
• UNC has held all four of its opponents to single-digit scoring in the first quarter: NC A&T 8, Charlotte 3, App. State 4 and TCU 8
• The highest opponent shooting percentage of the season has been 36.0 (18-50), by North Carolina A&T in the season opener.
• UNC ranks second nationally in field goal percentage defense (opponents shooting 27.3 percent), second in scoring margin (44.8 points), fourth in scoring defense (opponents scoring 42.5 ppg) and 12th in scoring offense (87.2 ppg).
• The Tar Heels are 10th in 3FG defense (17.7), 15th in turnovers forced (25 per game) and 17th in turnover margin (9.25).
• UNC forced 24 or more turnovers in each of the first three games this season (NC A&T, Charlotte, Appalachian State). The Tar Heels forced that many just twice (S.C. State, Clemson) in all of 2020-21.
• The 11 players who scored in the win at Charlotte marked the highest number of Tar Heels to have scored in a game during the Banghart era. UNC accomplished that same feat in the following game against Appalachian State.
• In their Tar Heel debut vs. NC A&T on Nov. 9, transfers Eva Hodgson and Carlie Littlefield combined for 28 points on 11-for-12 shooting (5-for-6 from three) to go with three rebounds, seven assists, and six steals.
• The Tar Heels have not trailed this season, scoring first and maintaining the lead in all four games.
• UNC has outscored its opponent in 15 of 16 quarters this season. The exception was the second quarter at TCU, when the Horned Frogs led 14-12 as the Tar Heels shot 25.0 from the field.
• Two freshmen hit double figures for the first time as Tar Heels against Appalachian State. Destiny Adams scored all 10 of her points in the fourth quarter, and Morasha Wiggins had seven of her 10 after halftime.
• All five players who have started the first four games are averaging 9.8 points or more. Deja Kelly leads the way at 17.2 ppg, coming off a career-high 25 at TCU. Alyssa Ustby is at 14.3, Carlie Littlefield 11.0, Kennedy Todd-Williams 10.0 and Anya Poole 9.8.
• Eight different players have scored in double figures at least once this season.
• The Tar Heels hold a 70-19 advantage in second-chance points this season. They've held every opponent to single-digits in that category and have reached 11 or more in every game with a season high of 21 at Charlotte.
• Over the past two games, UNC has outrebounded opponents 114-66. The Tar Heels held a 60-38 advantage vs. Appalachian State at home on Nov. 17 then outrebounded TCU – which came into the game as the NCAA leader in rebounds with 54 per game – by a margin of 54-28 in Fort Worth. TCU also was leading the nation in defensive rebounds with 36 per game and got 23 vs. UNC.
• The Tar Heels have hit 78 percent of free throws (32-41) in the two road games this season, compared with .556 (25-45) at home. On the season they're shooting .663 (57-86).
The Tar Heels (4-0) and Rams (2-1) face off at 1 p.m. in Bimini, at Gateway Christian Academy, just a short tram ride down the road from the resort where the team is staying. VCU and Washington face off Thursday afternoon, and Carolina and Washington meet Saturday in the final game of the round-robin event.
The games will stream live on FloHoops. Tar Heel fans can also catch the radio broadcasts here.
Back to Bimini
The Tar Heels are playing in Bimini for the second time in program history. They also traveled to the island during the 2016-17 season as part of that year's Junkanoo Jam event. UNC fell to South Florida in the opener then beat Minnesota to leave the island 1-1. The experience is brand new to the current Tar Heels, however: No member of the current travel party was part of the previous trip.
UNC vs. VCU
The Tar Heels and Rams are meeting for the third time overall and first time since the 2018-19 season. The two last met on Nov. 14, 2018, in Chapel Hill, were UNC won 59-47. Like Friday's game, that one was also an early tipoff: it was the Tar Heels' Education Day and tipped off at 11 a.m. with approximately 700 local fifth-graders in the stands as part of school field trips. The Tar Heels held the Rams scoreless for more than 10 minutes and went on a 20-0 run from the third to the fourth quarters to seal the win.
Current fifth-year senior Jaelynn Murray played 20 minutes off the bench (2 points, 5 rebounds) and is the only member of the team, including the current coaching and support staffs, who participated in that game.
Numbers of Note
• UNC has held all four of its opponents to single-digit scoring in the first quarter: NC A&T 8, Charlotte 3, App. State 4 and TCU 8
• The highest opponent shooting percentage of the season has been 36.0 (18-50), by North Carolina A&T in the season opener.
• UNC ranks second nationally in field goal percentage defense (opponents shooting 27.3 percent), second in scoring margin (44.8 points), fourth in scoring defense (opponents scoring 42.5 ppg) and 12th in scoring offense (87.2 ppg).
• The Tar Heels are 10th in 3FG defense (17.7), 15th in turnovers forced (25 per game) and 17th in turnover margin (9.25).
• UNC forced 24 or more turnovers in each of the first three games this season (NC A&T, Charlotte, Appalachian State). The Tar Heels forced that many just twice (S.C. State, Clemson) in all of 2020-21.
• The 11 players who scored in the win at Charlotte marked the highest number of Tar Heels to have scored in a game during the Banghart era. UNC accomplished that same feat in the following game against Appalachian State.
• In their Tar Heel debut vs. NC A&T on Nov. 9, transfers Eva Hodgson and Carlie Littlefield combined for 28 points on 11-for-12 shooting (5-for-6 from three) to go with three rebounds, seven assists, and six steals.
• The Tar Heels have not trailed this season, scoring first and maintaining the lead in all four games.
• UNC has outscored its opponent in 15 of 16 quarters this season. The exception was the second quarter at TCU, when the Horned Frogs led 14-12 as the Tar Heels shot 25.0 from the field.
• Two freshmen hit double figures for the first time as Tar Heels against Appalachian State. Destiny Adams scored all 10 of her points in the fourth quarter, and Morasha Wiggins had seven of her 10 after halftime.
• All five players who have started the first four games are averaging 9.8 points or more. Deja Kelly leads the way at 17.2 ppg, coming off a career-high 25 at TCU. Alyssa Ustby is at 14.3, Carlie Littlefield 11.0, Kennedy Todd-Williams 10.0 and Anya Poole 9.8.
• Eight different players have scored in double figures at least once this season.
• The Tar Heels hold a 70-19 advantage in second-chance points this season. They've held every opponent to single-digits in that category and have reached 11 or more in every game with a season high of 21 at Charlotte.
• Over the past two games, UNC has outrebounded opponents 114-66. The Tar Heels held a 60-38 advantage vs. Appalachian State at home on Nov. 17 then outrebounded TCU – which came into the game as the NCAA leader in rebounds with 54 per game – by a margin of 54-28 in Fort Worth. TCU also was leading the nation in defensive rebounds with 36 per game and got 23 vs. UNC.
• The Tar Heels have hit 78 percent of free throws (32-41) in the two road games this season, compared with .556 (25-45) at home. On the season they're shooting .663 (57-86).
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