2004-05 Women's Basketball Roster
Alex Miller
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Durham, N.C.
Given a medical redshirt for the 2007-08 season after tearing the patellar tendon in her left knee in the second half of Carolina's win over Coppin State on Nov. 16 • Underwent successful surgery on Nov. 21 and missed the remainder of the season • Working toward a major in Afro American studies.
JUNIOR SEASON 2006-07 Appeared in all 38 games for the Tar Heels, matching a school record for games played in a season • Averaged 5.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 23.2 minutes per game • Fourth on the team in steals with 1.76 per game • Had 10 points and six assists in the win over Gonzaga at the Rainbow Wahine Classic • Followed that with a then-season-high 14 points in the championship game win over Arkansas • Had a career-high six steals in the win over South Carolina State on Dec. 16 • Scored 11 points in her first career start against Tennessee Tech on Dec. 30 • Had a career-high eight assists and just one turnover in 25 minutes in the win over Virginia on Jan. 8 • Scored a season-high 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting in the win over Georgia Tech on Jan. 18 • Had five assists and just one turnover in 23 minutes in the win over NC State on Jan. 21 • Played a then-career-high 30 minutes in the win over Maryland on Jan. 28 • Had five points and four steals in the loss to Duke on Feb. 8 • Played a career-high 32 minutes in the loss at NC State on Feb. 16 • Hit a three-quarter court shot to send Carolina into the half with a 52-24 lead over Miami on Feb. 18 • Also matched a career high with six rebounds in the Miami win • Reached double figures for the first time in a month with 11 points in the win over Wake Forest on Feb. 22 • Logged a career-high 33 minutes in the loss at Duke on Feb. 25 • Hit a key three-pointer to cap a 15-0 run in the second half of the NCAA second round win over Notre Dame on March 20.
SOPHOMORE SEASON 2005-06 Came off the bench to play in every game • Averaged 4.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 19.3 minutes per game • Shot a team-best 85.7 percent (30-35) from the foul line, a figure that would have led the Atlantic Coast Conference if she had the minimum 2.0 made per game • Scored a then-career-high 13 points in 21 minutes of play against Wofford • Hit her first three three-point attempts and finished 4-for-5 from the field • Was 3-for-6 from three-point range at Miami and finished with 12 points for her second double-figure scoring game of the season • At Duke on Jan. 29, scored four points, including a layup that put UNC up by four (68-64) with 2:38 to play • Scored nine points on three three-pointers in the win at Georgia Tech • Against Maryland, was 3-for-4 from the field - including 2-for-2 from three-point range - before suffering an injury that kept her out of the rest of the game • With 13 minutes to play in regulation, she slid headfirst into the basket support and had to be carried from the court on a backboard and taken for X-rays on her neck, which proved to be negative • Played a career-high 29 minutes in the following game, a win at Virginia • Was a combined 0-for-13 in the Virginia, Virginia Tech and Boston College games, then started the game against Duke (Feb. 25) 0-for-7 before sinking a second-half basket at the 6:43 mark • Hit a pair of three-pointers 23 seconds apart in the first half of the ACC Tournament semifinal against NC State and finished with eight points in 27 minutes • Scored six points and played 24 minutes in the ACC Championship game against Maryland • Scored a career-high 16 points on 6-for-8 shooting (4-for-6 from three-point range) in the NCAA second-round win at Vanderbilt • Her four three-pointers were a career high, and she tied her career high with 29 minutes on the court.
FRESHMAN SEASON 2004-05 Appeared in 18 games as a reserve point guard • Hit her first eight free throws, six of them in the UT-Martin game, until a miss against Lipscomb • Scored a career-high nine points against Winthrop, hitting two of her four three-point attempts.
PREP/PERSONAL Second-team all-state as a senior and first-team as a junior • Led Hillside in scoring, assists and steals all four years of her career • Averaged 20 points, 5.8 steals, 4.5 rebounds and four assists as a senior • Two-time Five County 3-A Player of the Year • Played for Team North Carolina, which won the Junior Olympics national championship in Detroit in the summer of 2003 • UNC teammates LaToya Pringle and Martina Wood also played for the squad • Competed in track and field at Hillside and was a member of three state championship teams • Born Alexandra Nicole Miller on Nov. 5, 1985, in Clarksburg, W.Va. • The daughter of Lynda Keith, has a younger sister Kayla Carter (16) • Afro American studies major.
