Candace Sutton

Position:
Center
Height:
6-6
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Kettering, Md.

A communication studies major ... Finished her career ranked second in UNC history in blocks with 208 in 126 games, an average of 1.65 per game ... Is just the seventh player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to record more than 200 career blocks ... Ranks seventh in ACC history in career blocks ... The 21st player in UNC history to record more than 1,000 career points ... Finished her career with 1,332 career points, 17th in school history ... Her single-season blocks totals rank fourth (67 in 2002), sixth (51 in 2003) and seventh (50 in 2004) in school history

2003-04 Season Notes: Team captain ... Recorded four double-doubles, against Hofstra (14 points, 11 rebounds), Kentucky (12 points, 11 rebounds), South Carolina (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Duke (10 points, 10 rebounds on Feb. 14) ... Six blocks at Kentucky tied her career high ... Missed the Jan. 29 game at Virginia after injuring her shoulder in practice the week of the game ... At Florida State, was 4-for-5 from the field and hit all six of her free throw attempts for 14 points ... Against Virginia on Feb. 29 in her final appearance at Carmichael Auditorium, scored 16 points on 8-for-13 shooting ... Also had seven rebounds and a block in 29 minutes ... Led the team and ranked second in the ACC with 1.67 blocks per game ... Led the team and ranked fourth in the ACC in field goal percentage, shooting 51.4 percent from the field ... Led the team and ranks second in the ACC in offensive rebounds with 2.83 per game ... Ranked sixth in the ACC in rebounding with 6.5 per game

2002-03 Season Notes: Named to the All-ACC third team ... Earned a spot on the All-ACC Tournament first team for the second year in a row ... Played in all 34 games, starting 33 ... Averaged 10.8 points (third on the team) and 5.7 rebounds (second on the team) ... With 1.5 blocks per game, led the team and ranked second in the ACC ... Her season total of 51 blocks ranks as the sixth-highest single-season total in school history ... Against Clemson on March 8, scored 20 points to pass the 1,000-point mark for her career, finishing the game with a total of 1,012 ... Her double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds) against Elon was the fifth of her career ... Was 7-for-7 from the field against South Carolina ... At Clemson on Jan. 16, scored 15 points, 11 of them in the second half. She scored six consecutive points in 90 seconds midway through the second half when UNC stretched its lead from two to eight ... At Maryland, equalled her season high with 17 points in 24 minutes of play before fouling out with 5:03 remaining ... Against NC State on Feb. 7, blocked a season-high five shots and tied for the team lead in rebounding with eight ... Against Clemson on Feb. 16, scored a season-high 18 points and added six rebounds and two blocks ... Against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 24, scored 13 points in 19 minutes on 5-for-7 shooting ... Tied for the team lead in rebounds with seven against Virginia on March 2 ... Against Clemson in the ACC quarterfinals, was 9-for-14 from the field and scored 20 points, a career-high against ACC opponents

2001-02 Season Notes: Named first-team All-ACC Tournament ... Ranked among the conference leaders in blocks (second), field goal percentage (fourth) and rebounding ... With a career average of 1.7 blocks per game, ranks 10th in ACC history .... Her season total of 67 blocks ranks as the fourth-highest single-season total in school history ... Already ranks fifth in program history in career blocks with 107 .... Started 33 games and played in 34 ... Did not appear in the Jan. 13 game at Clemson because of a sprained right ankle and came off the bench to play just 15 minutes in the following game, against Georgia Tech on Jan. 17 ... Named to the Winthrop Lady Eagle Classic All-Tournament team ... Named ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 31 following an 18-point performance in the team's Dec. 30 win over Maryland ... Sprained her right ankle in the first half of the NC State game, but came back to play 14 minutes in the second half ... Totaled a career-high six blocks against Virginia on Jan. 27, the top blocks performance in the ACC all season ... Registered her second double-double of the season, the fourth of her career, with 19 points and 10 rebounds against Maryland on March 2 ... Scored 19 points and added eight rebounds in the ACC Championship game against Duke ... Had an outstanding trio of ACC Tournament games, averaging 16.7 points and 8.7 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the field ... Named the Player of the Game by ESPN2 following the station?s broadcast of the UNC-Minnesota NCAA second-round game, in which Sutton had 18 points and eight rebounds ... Earned spots on the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the Dean's List

2000-01 Season Notes: As a freshman, started 24 games and appeared in 28 ... Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring (9.8 points per game) and second in rebounding (5.6 per game) ... Led the team and ranked second in the ACC with 1.4 blocks per game ... Earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors on Feb. 5 after averaging 16.0 points and 8.5 in the previous week's games against Wake Forest and Georgia Tech ... Tallied two double-doubles: 18 points-11 rebounds against Wake Forest on Feb. 4 and 19 points-10 rebounds against Duke on Feb. 26 ... Suffered a concussion seven minutes into the South Carolina game on Dec. 21 and missed the following game, against Elon on Dec. 28 ... Had five blocks in 23 minutes of play against East Tennessee State ... Scored 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting against Buffalo in her collegiate debut ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the Dean's list for the 2000-01 school year

At Largo High School in Largo, Md.: Coached by Robert Blair ... As a senior, named Maryland Player of the Year by USA Today ... Averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds as a senior ... First-team All-Metro, first-team all-county and first-team all-division ... Played AAU basketball for the Beltway Lady Cougars ... Student government vice president and a member of the honor society ... Recipient of an Academic Excellence Award, a Merit Scholar Award and a 4.0 Award

National/International: Participated in tryouts for the USA Basketball Junior World Championship Qualifying Team in Colorado Springs, Colo., May of 2000

Personal: Born Candace Monique Sutton on Sept. 27, 1982, in Silver Spring, Md. ... The daughter of Gwen and Maurice Sutton ... She has one younger brother, Maurice Jr. ... Her mother played basketball at NC State in the early 1970's ... Her cousin, Chris Gatling, played at Old Dominion and with several NBA teams ... Active on campus in the Black Student Movement and as an ACT mentor, helping freshman student-athletes adjust to campus life