University of North Carolina Athletics
Thursday, January 20
Chapel Hill
6 PM
North Carolina
vs
Virginia
The Tar Heels are back at Carmichael Thursday, hosting Virginia.
Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI
No. 20 Tar Heels Host Virginia Thursday
January 19, 2022 | Women's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The North Carolina women's basketball team plays its only home game in a three-week span on Thursday, hosting Virginia at Carmichael Arena for a 6 p.m. tip-off.
Tickets are available at the Carmichael box office, which opens one hour before the game, and admission is free to UNC students and staff with a OneCard. For those who can't make it in person, the game will air on ACC Network Extra and on the Tar Heel Radio Network.
The 20th-ranked Tar Heels are 14-2 overall, 4-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, and 8-0 at home this season. They're facing off with the Cavaliers for the first time since the 2019-20 season as Virginia did not play after December last season.
It's Jersey Night and fans are encouraged to wear their favorite jerseys to the game. The first 500 in attendance will get free Carolina jersey rally towels. Additionally, now that classes are back in session, the Jordans giveaway for UNC students is back – one UNC-Chapel Hill student will win a free pair of Jordans in a postgame drawing.
The Rivalry
• UNC and Virginia are meeting for the 89th time in a series that dates back to the 1975-76 season. The Tar Heels lead the series 54-34 after winning the last three in a row and 23 of the last 26.
• The teams didn't meet at all last season, as Virginia ended play in December. The previous season, in 2019-20, UNC won twice: On Jan. 2, 2020, the Tar Heels won 65-47 in Charlottesville in what was Carolina coach Courtney Banghart's first ACC road victory. On Jan. 30, 2020, UNC won 78-68 in Chapel Hill. Senior Jaelynn Murray and junior Malu Tshitenge are the only Tar Heels who have played against the Cavaliers.
• Virginia's last win in Chapel Hill was during the 2000-01 season, 78-76 on Jan. 11, 2001. The Cavaliers swept the season's meetings that year but have not won back-to-back games since then. UNC has won the last 13 games at Carmichael.
• The Tar Heels and Cavaliers will meet again on Feb. 24 in Charlottesville in the second-to-last game of the regular season.
Scouting the Cavaliers
Virginia is 3-11 overall and 0-4 in ACC play embarking on a busy stretch. After Sunday's game against Syracuse was canceled due to weather concerns, UVA is now set to play three games in a six-day span, all on the road. The Cavaliers played at Virginia Tech on Tuesday, falling 69-52. After Thursday's game against Carolina, they're back in the Triangle to face Duke on Sunday.
• Thursday's game against No. 20 UNC is the first in a string of three straight matchups against ranked teams for Virginia. Sunday the Cavaliers face No. 21 Duke then they host No. 19 Notre Dame on Jan. 25.
• Amandine Toi leads the team in scoring with 13.1 points per game. Camryn Taylor is also in double figures, averaging 11.8 points per game. Taylor is also the team's top rebounder with 6.1 boards per game.
Up Next
Following Thursday's home game, it's back on the road for two more. Carolina travels to face Georgia Tech on Sunday and then makes the short trip to play Duke next Thursday. The next home game is on Jan. 30 against NC State.
Numbers of Note
• UNC ranks in the top two in the ACC in scoring (1), scoring margin (1), rebounds (2), rebounding margin (1), defensive rebounds (1), offensive rebounds (2), field goal percentage defense (2), three-point percentage defense (1), steals (2) and turnover margin (1).
• UNC has held all but two opponents this season to sub-40 field goal shooting. The only schools to top that have been ACC opponents BC (49.1 percent) and NC State (41.8). Opponents are shooting .328 and Carolina ranks second in the league field goal percentage defense.
• The Carolina defense has forced all 16 opponents into double-digit turnovers and has forced 20+ eight times this season, including five times in the past seven games.
• Deja Kelly and Virginia Tech's Elizabeth Kitley are the only players in the league with three games of 20+ points vs ACC opponents.
• UNC is the only school with two players in the ACC'S top 10 in rebounding. Alyssa Ustby is third (8.8 per game) and Anya Poole is seventh (7.5).
• Kelly leads the ACC with an .857 free throw percentage (66-77). In ACC games only, she's even better at .923 (24-26), which tied for second.
• Kelly turned in a career-best scoring performance in the Jan. 2 game against Clemson, scoring 31 points. She's one of two players to score 30+ in ACC play this season and the first to do so on a Courtney Banghart Carolina team. (The last Tar Heel to score 30+ was Paris Kea in February of 2019.)
• UNC hit season highs for three-point attempts in back-to-back games with 25 against Syracuse then 26 against Clemson. The Tar Heels averaged 14.7 attempts per game in nonconference play and so far have averaged 21.7 per game in league play.
• Against James Madison (Dec. 5), UNC hit a season-high 10 of 15 three-point attempts for a .667 percentage, which still stands as the best single-game performance in the NCAA so far this season. Against UNC Asheville in the following game (Dec. 12), Carolina was 11 for 20 to reset the team's single-game high.
Tickets are available at the Carmichael box office, which opens one hour before the game, and admission is free to UNC students and staff with a OneCard. For those who can't make it in person, the game will air on ACC Network Extra and on the Tar Heel Radio Network.
The 20th-ranked Tar Heels are 14-2 overall, 4-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, and 8-0 at home this season. They're facing off with the Cavaliers for the first time since the 2019-20 season as Virginia did not play after December last season.
It's Jersey Night and fans are encouraged to wear their favorite jerseys to the game. The first 500 in attendance will get free Carolina jersey rally towels. Additionally, now that classes are back in session, the Jordans giveaway for UNC students is back – one UNC-Chapel Hill student will win a free pair of Jordans in a postgame drawing.
We're back at Carmichael on Thursday! Can't wait to see you then, Tar Heels 🙌
🔹Wear your fave jersey
🔹Jersey rally towels to the 1st 500 fans
🔹UNC student drawing for a free pair of Jordans💥
🎟️ https://t.co/vXATK67RXg (UNC students & staff free)#GoHeels x @carolinafever pic.twitter.com/U0J8mC5g39— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) January 18, 2022
The Rivalry
• UNC and Virginia are meeting for the 89th time in a series that dates back to the 1975-76 season. The Tar Heels lead the series 54-34 after winning the last three in a row and 23 of the last 26.
• The teams didn't meet at all last season, as Virginia ended play in December. The previous season, in 2019-20, UNC won twice: On Jan. 2, 2020, the Tar Heels won 65-47 in Charlottesville in what was Carolina coach Courtney Banghart's first ACC road victory. On Jan. 30, 2020, UNC won 78-68 in Chapel Hill. Senior Jaelynn Murray and junior Malu Tshitenge are the only Tar Heels who have played against the Cavaliers.
• Virginia's last win in Chapel Hill was during the 2000-01 season, 78-76 on Jan. 11, 2001. The Cavaliers swept the season's meetings that year but have not won back-to-back games since then. UNC has won the last 13 games at Carmichael.
• The Tar Heels and Cavaliers will meet again on Feb. 24 in Charlottesville in the second-to-last game of the regular season.
Scouting the Cavaliers
Virginia is 3-11 overall and 0-4 in ACC play embarking on a busy stretch. After Sunday's game against Syracuse was canceled due to weather concerns, UVA is now set to play three games in a six-day span, all on the road. The Cavaliers played at Virginia Tech on Tuesday, falling 69-52. After Thursday's game against Carolina, they're back in the Triangle to face Duke on Sunday.
• Thursday's game against No. 20 UNC is the first in a string of three straight matchups against ranked teams for Virginia. Sunday the Cavaliers face No. 21 Duke then they host No. 19 Notre Dame on Jan. 25.
• Amandine Toi leads the team in scoring with 13.1 points per game. Camryn Taylor is also in double figures, averaging 11.8 points per game. Taylor is also the team's top rebounder with 6.1 boards per game.
Tomorrow we play at our favorite place 😃
UNC 🆚 UVa Thursday at 6 PM at Carmichael. See you then, Heels! 👣🏀
🎟: https://t.co/QHJhUoOXbx (UNC students & staff free with One Card)#GoHeels x #GameDayEve pic.twitter.com/CSisDekllg— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) January 19, 2022
Up Next
Following Thursday's home game, it's back on the road for two more. Carolina travels to face Georgia Tech on Sunday and then makes the short trip to play Duke next Thursday. The next home game is on Jan. 30 against NC State.
Numbers of Note
• UNC ranks in the top two in the ACC in scoring (1), scoring margin (1), rebounds (2), rebounding margin (1), defensive rebounds (1), offensive rebounds (2), field goal percentage defense (2), three-point percentage defense (1), steals (2) and turnover margin (1).
• UNC has held all but two opponents this season to sub-40 field goal shooting. The only schools to top that have been ACC opponents BC (49.1 percent) and NC State (41.8). Opponents are shooting .328 and Carolina ranks second in the league field goal percentage defense.
• The Carolina defense has forced all 16 opponents into double-digit turnovers and has forced 20+ eight times this season, including five times in the past seven games.
• Deja Kelly and Virginia Tech's Elizabeth Kitley are the only players in the league with three games of 20+ points vs ACC opponents.
• UNC is the only school with two players in the ACC'S top 10 in rebounding. Alyssa Ustby is third (8.8 per game) and Anya Poole is seventh (7.5).
• Kelly leads the ACC with an .857 free throw percentage (66-77). In ACC games only, she's even better at .923 (24-26), which tied for second.
• Kelly turned in a career-best scoring performance in the Jan. 2 game against Clemson, scoring 31 points. She's one of two players to score 30+ in ACC play this season and the first to do so on a Courtney Banghart Carolina team. (The last Tar Heel to score 30+ was Paris Kea in February of 2019.)
• UNC hit season highs for three-point attempts in back-to-back games with 25 against Syracuse then 26 against Clemson. The Tar Heels averaged 14.7 attempts per game in nonconference play and so far have averaged 21.7 per game in league play.
• Against James Madison (Dec. 5), UNC hit a season-high 10 of 15 three-point attempts for a .667 percentage, which still stands as the best single-game performance in the NCAA so far this season. Against UNC Asheville in the following game (Dec. 12), Carolina was 11 for 20 to reset the team's single-game high.
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