Sunday, February 12
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North Carolina
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Courtney Banghart and the Tar Heels will host BC on Sunday at noon.
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WBB Hosts BC Sunday At Noon In Play4Kay Game
February 11, 2023 | Women's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Come kick off your Super Bowl Sunday with women's basketball action as No. 14 North Carolina hosts Boston College for a noon tipoff at Carmichael Arena. It's Carolina's annual Play4Kay game, supporting the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, and the first 500 fans at the game will get free UNC Women's Basketball pink t-shirts.
Tickets are available here. UNC students, faculty and staff get in free with a OneCard.
UNC is 17-7 overall and 8-5 in ACC play looking to end a two-game losing skid with a homecourt win. Boston College is 14-13 overall and 4-10 in ACC play. The Eagles have dropped their last three since capping January with a homecourt victory over Pitt.
The game will air live on ACC Network.
Tar Heels vs. Eagles
UNC and Boston College are meeting for the 20th time overall and the first time in Chapel Hill since 2019. Carolina leads the series 15-4 after a come-from-behind victory to open ACC play last season.
• UNC won the most recent matchup 76-73 in Chestnut Hill, Mass., on Dec. 19, 2021. The Tar Heels trailed by 15 early in the fourth quarter and were down by seven with 2:23 to play but stormed back to earn the victory in the conference opener for both teams.
• The last meeting in Chapel Hill was on Feb. 21, 2019. UNC won 93-78 behind a career-high 31 points from Janelle Bailey. Taylor Soule – who now plays for Virginia Tech, which visits Carmichael later this month – led the Eagles with 21 points. Emma Guy, who is now a graduate assistant on the BC coaching staff, scored 15.
• The teams were scheduled to meet in Chapel Hill on Feb. 11, 2021 but that game was canceled due to Covid protocols.
Coming up
UNC travels to Raleigh to face NC State on Thursday then returns home to Carmichael to host Wake Forest next Sunday. Tipoff for that game is 4 p.m.
Noting the Tar Heels
• The Tar Heels are coming off back-to-back road losses, at Louisville and Syracuse. UNC led both games at halftime.
• Carolina has five wins over teams ranked in the AP poll, including two that were top 5 at game time.
• Juniors Deja Kelly and Alyssa Ustby were announced on Tuesday as part of the 30-member Naismith Trophy Midseason Team. Carolina is one of five schools to have two players on the list.
• While the Tar Heels had the same starting five for all 32 games last season, this year they've had five different starting combinations so far. Kennedy Todd-Williams and Anya Poole (also part of last year's five) are the only Tar Heels to start all 24 games this year.
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• The Tar Heels picked up a season-high 24 points off turnovers against Louisville and followed that with 22 at Syracuse. Those back-to-back totals are the highest for UNC in ACC play this season. Over the past four games, UNC is averaging 20 ppg off turnovers, compared with 16.8 ppg for the season.
• Seven different Tar Heels have led the team in scoring in at least one game this season, with redshirt freshman Kayla McPherson becoming the latest with her 14 points off the bench against Virginia. Five different players have at least one game of 20 or more points, most recently freshman Paulina Paris with a career-high 22 at Clemson.
• Deja Kelly has a team-high eight games this season of 20 points or more, with the most recent 32 at Syracuse on Thursday.
• The Syracuse game marked the fourth time this season and the third time in ACC play that Deja Kelly has played all 40 minutes in a game. She's one of four players on the team to have played the entirety of a game this season, joining Eva Hodgson (two 40-minute games), Alyssa Ustby (two), and Paulina Paris (one).
• Even with its steals leader (Ustby) sidelined, UNC is averaging 12.5 steals in its last two games. For the season, the Tar Heels average 9.5 (9.0 in ACC play). Against Syracuse, Teonni Key had four (career high), Paulina Paris had four (second highest of the season), and Destiny Adams had two.
• In ACC games only the Tar Heels rank third in field goal percentage defense, with opponents shooting .356. UNC ranks third in the conference in scoring defense, allowing 60.8 ppg. The Tar Heels are fourth in three-point defense (.296).
• Although there are three seniors on this year's team, forward Malu Tshitenge is the only fourth-year UNC player. She's the sole Tar Heel who was part of coach Courtney Banghart's first squad. Tshitenge, Ariel Young and Eva Hodgson all will be honored in Senior Day ceremonies following UNC's final home game on Feb. 23.
Tickets are available here. UNC students, faculty and staff get in free with a OneCard.
UNC is 17-7 overall and 8-5 in ACC play looking to end a two-game losing skid with a homecourt win. Boston College is 14-13 overall and 4-10 in ACC play. The Eagles have dropped their last three since capping January with a homecourt victory over Pitt.
The game will air live on ACC Network.
Tar Heels vs. Eagles
UNC and Boston College are meeting for the 20th time overall and the first time in Chapel Hill since 2019. Carolina leads the series 15-4 after a come-from-behind victory to open ACC play last season.
• UNC won the most recent matchup 76-73 in Chestnut Hill, Mass., on Dec. 19, 2021. The Tar Heels trailed by 15 early in the fourth quarter and were down by seven with 2:23 to play but stormed back to earn the victory in the conference opener for both teams.
• The last meeting in Chapel Hill was on Feb. 21, 2019. UNC won 93-78 behind a career-high 31 points from Janelle Bailey. Taylor Soule – who now plays for Virginia Tech, which visits Carmichael later this month – led the Eagles with 21 points. Emma Guy, who is now a graduate assistant on the BC coaching staff, scored 15.
• The teams were scheduled to meet in Chapel Hill on Feb. 11, 2021 but that game was canceled due to Covid protocols.
Coming up
UNC travels to Raleigh to face NC State on Thursday then returns home to Carmichael to host Wake Forest next Sunday. Tipoff for that game is 4 p.m.
Noting the Tar Heels
• The Tar Heels are coming off back-to-back road losses, at Louisville and Syracuse. UNC led both games at halftime.
• Carolina has five wins over teams ranked in the AP poll, including two that were top 5 at game time.
• Juniors Deja Kelly and Alyssa Ustby were announced on Tuesday as part of the 30-member Naismith Trophy Midseason Team. Carolina is one of five schools to have two players on the list.
• While the Tar Heels had the same starting five for all 32 games last season, this year they've had five different starting combinations so far. Kennedy Todd-Williams and Anya Poole (also part of last year's five) are the only Tar Heels to start all 24 games this year.
Trending
• The Tar Heels picked up a season-high 24 points off turnovers against Louisville and followed that with 22 at Syracuse. Those back-to-back totals are the highest for UNC in ACC play this season. Over the past four games, UNC is averaging 20 ppg off turnovers, compared with 16.8 ppg for the season.
• Seven different Tar Heels have led the team in scoring in at least one game this season, with redshirt freshman Kayla McPherson becoming the latest with her 14 points off the bench against Virginia. Five different players have at least one game of 20 or more points, most recently freshman Paulina Paris with a career-high 22 at Clemson.
• Deja Kelly has a team-high eight games this season of 20 points or more, with the most recent 32 at Syracuse on Thursday.
• The Syracuse game marked the fourth time this season and the third time in ACC play that Deja Kelly has played all 40 minutes in a game. She's one of four players on the team to have played the entirety of a game this season, joining Eva Hodgson (two 40-minute games), Alyssa Ustby (two), and Paulina Paris (one).
• Even with its steals leader (Ustby) sidelined, UNC is averaging 12.5 steals in its last two games. For the season, the Tar Heels average 9.5 (9.0 in ACC play). Against Syracuse, Teonni Key had four (career high), Paulina Paris had four (second highest of the season), and Destiny Adams had two.
• In ACC games only the Tar Heels rank third in field goal percentage defense, with opponents shooting .356. UNC ranks third in the conference in scoring defense, allowing 60.8 ppg. The Tar Heels are fourth in three-point defense (.296).
• Although there are three seniors on this year's team, forward Malu Tshitenge is the only fourth-year UNC player. She's the sole Tar Heel who was part of coach Courtney Banghart's first squad. Tshitenge, Ariel Young and Eva Hodgson all will be honored in Senior Day ceremonies following UNC's final home game on Feb. 23.
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