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Carlie Littlefield had a career-high 10 rebounds on Sunday.
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Duke Game Superlatives
February 27, 2022 | Women's Basketball
DUKE GAME SUPERLATIVES
- 23 regular season wins is most since 2014-15, when Carolina also won 23 regular season games
- 13 ACC wins is the most since 2012-13, when Carolina won 14 ACC games
- 8 ACC home wins matches a program record to the 2013 season (8-1) and the 1997 season (8-0)
- ACC Tournament double bye for the first time since the ACC expanded to a 15-team tournament in 2014
- ACC Tournament no. 4 seed is best since being the no. 3 seed in the 2013 tournament
- Duke sweep in the regular season for the first time since 2014
- Duke win at home for the first time since 2018
- Two straight wins over Duke for the first time since 2014
- 28 points is Carolina's largest win over Duke since a 82-51 (+31) win in 2008
- 46 points allowed to Duke is Carolina's fewest in the history of the rivalry
- Two wins over Duke by 16+ in the same season for first time since 2008, a 17-point win in Durham and a 31-point win in Chapel Hill
- Two straight Senior Day wins for the first time since 2014 and 2015
- Two straight Senior Day wins by 25+ after beating Georgia Tech by 25 (84-59) last year on Feb. 25.
- 13th time holding foe under 50 in a season, most since 2007, when Carolina also held 13 opponents under the half-century mark
- 9th time holding a foe under 20 in the first half, fifth in ACC play
- 11th win by 25+ this season
- FG PCT increased each quarter- 31.8%, 36.8%, 42.1%, 46.7%
- 75 FG attempted is most since 81 against Syracuse on Dec. 30
- Duke's 30.9% FG PCT was the lowest for a Carolina opponent since holding Miami to 22.7% on Feb. 6
- Duke's 18.2% effort from three was a Carolina opponent's worst since Miami shot 16% on Feb. 6
- Won rebounds 51-35, the largest rebound margin since a +19 margin against Miami on Feb. 6
- Eighth straight game winning rebound battle matches stretch from Charlotte on Nov. 14-UNC Asheville on Dec. 12 as the longest of the season, and is the longest stretch in ACC play since the first eight games of the 2013-14 ACC season
- Seven turnovers committed is the fewest since six in the first game against Duke. Carolina finishes the season averaging just 6.5 turnovers committed per game against the Blue Devils
- 5,230 is largest crowd in Carmichael all season
- Individually:
- Carlie Littlefield recorded her first double-double as a Tar Heel with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds (most in any game as a Tar Heel or at Princeton)
- Jaelynn Murray registered a season-high seven points and a season-high three made field goals on her Senior Day
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