University of North Carolina Athletics
Thursday, January 19
Chapel Hill
8 PM
North Carolina
vs
Duke
Deja Kelly, coach Courtney Banghart and the Tar Heels host Duke on Thursday night.
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
No. 17 WBB Hosts No. 13 Duke Thursday Night
January 19, 2023 | Women's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The North Carolina women's basketball team will face a Triangle rival for the second game in a row and take on its eighth ranked opponent of the season Thursday night when the No. 17 Tar Heels host No. 13 Duke at 8 p.m. at Carmichael Arena.
For tickets, click here. The first 1,000 fans to arrive will receive a free "Our Blue is Best" rally towel.
UNC (12-5, 3-3 ACC) is looking for its third win in a row against the Blue Devils after sweeping last season's two matchups. Prior to that, Duke (16-1, 6-0) had won five in a row against Carolina.
The Tar Heels are coming off a 56-47 homecourt win over No. 11 NC State on Sunday. Carolina won in front of a capacity crowd, the first sellout at Carmichael since the 2015 season.
Battle of the Blues
• UNC and Duke are meeting for the 104th time in a series that dates back to the 1975-76 season, Carolina's second year of varsity competition under the umbrella of the Department of Athletics. UNC leads the series 52-51 after winning both of last year's matchups. Before that Duke had won the last five in a row and 12 of the last 13.
• Last time both UNC and Duke were ranked in the top 20 for a meeting was March 1, 2015, when No. 16 Duke beat No. 15 UNC 81-80 in Durham. Earlier that season in the matchup in Chapel Hill, No. 15 Duke beat No. 12 UNC 74-67 in overtime. (That game was UNC's last sellout at Carmichael prior to last Sunday's game vs. NC State.)
Noting the Tar Heels
• The Tar Heels are coming off three consecutive ACC wins after dropping their first three.
• UNC is playing its eighth ranked opponent of the season when it takes on No. 13 Duke. The Tar Heels are 4-3 against ranked teams, including two top-five wins.
• Three Tar Heels rank in the conference's top 12 in scoring: Deja Kelly is fifth with 15.9 ppg, Kennedy Todd-Williams is eighth at 13.9, and Alyssa Ustby is 12th at 13.5. No other school has more than two scores in the top 20.
• In a nod to Carolina's versatility, four different players have scored 20 or more points on 13 occasions in the season's first 17 games. Deja Kelly has reached 20 six times, Kennedy Todd-Williams four, Eva Hodgson two and Destiny Adams one. A fifth Tar Heel, Alyssa Ustby, has reached 19 on two occasions.
• Six Tar Heels have led the team in scoring or tied for the lead in at least one game this season. Most recently, freshman Paulina Paris came off the bench to lead UNC with 16 points vs. Notre Dame.
• Alyssa Ustby ranks in the ACC's top 15 in scoring (12th), rebounding (4th), field goal percentage (5th), blocks (10th) and steals (15th). She grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds against NC State.
• Eva Hodgson hasn't missed a free throw since the Iowa State game in Portland in November. She's 11-11 since then but hasn't been to the line since she went 3-3 at Miami on Jan. 5. With a career average of .883 from the foul line, she's fourth among all active DI players.
• UNC's 10 blocks against Iowa State were the most for a Tar Heel team since the 2017-18 season. The Tar Heels had eight at Virginia and are averaging 4.82 per game, fifth in the ACC and 26th nationally.
• Destiny Adams is ninth in the ACC in blocks with 1.3 per game in an average of 17.1 minutes per game on the court.
• Two Tar Heels are in the top eight in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio. Deja Kelly is sixth and Eva Hodgson is eighth, both with two assists for every turnover. UNC's team assist-turnover ratio of 1.11 is third in the ACC.
• UNC finished nonconference play shooting .658 from the foul line but has improved considerably in conference play. The Tar Heels are shooting .758 over their six conference games with only one game (Miami at .615) below .700. For the season, UNC is shooting .687, 13th in the league. Carolina's ACC-only average ranks seventh.
• In ACC games only UNC ranks third in scoring defense, allowing 60.7 ppg. The Tar Heels are second in field goal percentage defense, with opponents shooting .338.
• UNC had been outrebounded in every ACC contest before beating NC State on the boards 45-41. Alyssa Ustby led UNC with a career-best 18 boards.
For tickets, click here. The first 1,000 fans to arrive will receive a free "Our Blue is Best" rally towel.
UNC (12-5, 3-3 ACC) is looking for its third win in a row against the Blue Devils after sweeping last season's two matchups. Prior to that, Duke (16-1, 6-0) had won five in a row against Carolina.
The Tar Heels are coming off a 56-47 homecourt win over No. 11 NC State on Sunday. Carolina won in front of a capacity crowd, the first sellout at Carmichael since the 2015 season.
Battle of the Blues
• UNC and Duke are meeting for the 104th time in a series that dates back to the 1975-76 season, Carolina's second year of varsity competition under the umbrella of the Department of Athletics. UNC leads the series 52-51 after winning both of last year's matchups. Before that Duke had won the last five in a row and 12 of the last 13.
• Last time both UNC and Duke were ranked in the top 20 for a meeting was March 1, 2015, when No. 16 Duke beat No. 15 UNC 81-80 in Durham. Earlier that season in the matchup in Chapel Hill, No. 15 Duke beat No. 12 UNC 74-67 in overtime. (That game was UNC's last sellout at Carmichael prior to last Sunday's game vs. NC State.)
Noting the Tar Heels
• The Tar Heels are coming off three consecutive ACC wins after dropping their first three.
• UNC is playing its eighth ranked opponent of the season when it takes on No. 13 Duke. The Tar Heels are 4-3 against ranked teams, including two top-five wins.
• Three Tar Heels rank in the conference's top 12 in scoring: Deja Kelly is fifth with 15.9 ppg, Kennedy Todd-Williams is eighth at 13.9, and Alyssa Ustby is 12th at 13.5. No other school has more than two scores in the top 20.
• In a nod to Carolina's versatility, four different players have scored 20 or more points on 13 occasions in the season's first 17 games. Deja Kelly has reached 20 six times, Kennedy Todd-Williams four, Eva Hodgson two and Destiny Adams one. A fifth Tar Heel, Alyssa Ustby, has reached 19 on two occasions.
• Six Tar Heels have led the team in scoring or tied for the lead in at least one game this season. Most recently, freshman Paulina Paris came off the bench to lead UNC with 16 points vs. Notre Dame.
• Alyssa Ustby ranks in the ACC's top 15 in scoring (12th), rebounding (4th), field goal percentage (5th), blocks (10th) and steals (15th). She grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds against NC State.
• Eva Hodgson hasn't missed a free throw since the Iowa State game in Portland in November. She's 11-11 since then but hasn't been to the line since she went 3-3 at Miami on Jan. 5. With a career average of .883 from the foul line, she's fourth among all active DI players.
• UNC's 10 blocks against Iowa State were the most for a Tar Heel team since the 2017-18 season. The Tar Heels had eight at Virginia and are averaging 4.82 per game, fifth in the ACC and 26th nationally.
• Destiny Adams is ninth in the ACC in blocks with 1.3 per game in an average of 17.1 minutes per game on the court.
• Two Tar Heels are in the top eight in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio. Deja Kelly is sixth and Eva Hodgson is eighth, both with two assists for every turnover. UNC's team assist-turnover ratio of 1.11 is third in the ACC.
• UNC finished nonconference play shooting .658 from the foul line but has improved considerably in conference play. The Tar Heels are shooting .758 over their six conference games with only one game (Miami at .615) below .700. For the season, UNC is shooting .687, 13th in the league. Carolina's ACC-only average ranks seventh.
• In ACC games only UNC ranks third in scoring defense, allowing 60.7 ppg. The Tar Heels are second in field goal percentage defense, with opponents shooting .338.
• UNC had been outrebounded in every ACC contest before beating NC State on the boards 45-41. Alyssa Ustby led UNC with a career-best 18 boards.
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