Rashanda McCants

Position:
Guard/Forward
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Asheville, N.C.

All-America and ACC Player of the Year candidate • Preseason Wade Watch List selection • Majoring in communications with a concentration in media production.

JUNIOR SEASON 2007-08 Started 35 of 36 games, averaging 15.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest • Also dished out a team-high 3.3 assists per game • ACC All-Tournament • Second-team All-ACC • Had a breakout junior season during which she established a new career high in every major statistical category • Scored a then-career-best 17 points in the opening night win over North Carolina Central on Nov. 9 • Topped that mark just two days later, scoring 18 points in the win over No. 12 Arizona State on Nov. 11 • Had career highs of 27 points and 14 rebounds in her first career double-double against Syracuse on Nov. 18 • Also made a career-best four three-pointers against the Orange • Made it six consecutive games in double figures with 18 points in the win over Georgia State on Nov. 19 • Also established career highs of eight assists and six steals in the GSU win • Established a new career high in points for the fourth time on the season with 28 in the win over Purdue on Nov. 29 • Scored 19 points and grabbed six rebounds before fouling out in the loss at No. 1 Tennessee on Dec. 2 • Scored 18 points and grabbed six boards in the win at Coastal Carolina on Dec. 17 • In the second half of the Coastal win, took an elbow from teammate LaToya Pringle during a scramble for a loose ball that opened up a bloody cut on her forehead that required two stitches to close • Scored 19 points, blocked a career-high four shots and added four steals in the win over Western Kentucky on Dec. 20 • Had one of the best games of her career in the win at Virginia Tech on Jan. 10, finishing with 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists • Just missed the first triple-double in school history, finishing with 14 points, nine rebounds and eight assists in the win over No. 4 Maryland on Jan. 26 • Scored a game-high 19 points and pulled down six rebounds in the win at Georgia Tech on Feb. 10 • Finished with a game-high 18 points and seven rebounds in the win over Florida State on Feb. 17 • Picked up her second double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds in the win at Miami on Feb. 21 • Finished with 16 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals in the win over NC State on Feb. 25 • Scored 12 points, grabbed five rebounds and handed out four assists in the win over No. 12 Duke on March 2 • Became the 29th player in school history with 1,000 career points with her first basket of the game • Had her third double-double of the season with 23 points and 10 rebounds in the ACC Tournament semifinal win over No. 25 Virginia • Just missed another double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds in the title game win over No. 12 Duke • Had a pair of stellar games in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament in Norfolk • Finished with 15 points and eight rebounds in the first round win over Bucknell • Followed that with a game-high 23 points and eight rebounds in the second round win over Georgia • Had 12 points, five steals, five assists and four rebounds in the Sweet 16 win over Louisville.

SOPHOMORE SEASON 2006-07 Started all 38 games for the Tar Heels, establishing a new school record for games played and games started in a season • Averaged 9.4 points and 4.3 rebounds in 21.2 minutes per game • Third on the team and eighth in the ACC in steals with 2.16 per game • Matched her career high of 16 points five times - Nov. 12 against Winston-Salem State, Nov. 17 against Elon, Dec. 10 against Western Carolina, Dec. 20 against St. John's and Dec. 30 against Tennessee Tech • Had a career-high five steals against Arkansas on Nov. 26 and matched that on Dec. 30 against Tennessee Tech • Had a career-high eight rebounds in the win over St. John's on Dec. 20 • Matched that total in the Georgia Tech game on Jan. 18 • Had one of her best all-around games of the season at Florida State, finishing with 13 points on 5 of 7 shooting and seven rebounds • Scored in double figures for the fourth time in six games with 11 points in the ACC quarterfinal win over Virginia Tech • Had a standout game against Prairie View in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, scoring 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting and grabbing six rebounds • Had a number of key baskets en route to 15 points in the regional final win over Purdue • Scored a team-high 13 points on 6-of-12 shooting and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds in the national semifinal loss to Tennessee.

FRESHMAN SEASON 2005-06 An honorable mention selection for the ACC All-Freshman Team • Appeared in 34 games, all but the Wofford contest (Dec. 8), which she missed due to illness • Ranked fifth on the team in scoring and tops among reserves with 5.8 points per game • Played two of her best games at the Caribbean Classic in Mexico in November, averaging 14.5 points and shooting .667 from the field (.625 from three) in UNC's wins over Arizona State and TCU • Was 5-for-9 from the field with a three-pointer and two free throws for 13 points against Vanderbilt in Myrtle Beach in December • At Old Dominion, scored all five of her points in a row early in the overtime period as UNC pulled ahead for the win • Scored nine points and tied for the team high with four steals in her ACC debut, against Clemson on Jan. 6 • Named ACC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 16 after providing a spark off the bench in a pair of ACC road games the week before - she averaged seven points and shot 40.0 percent from the field in wins at Miami and NC State • Was 2-for-3 from three-point range and finished with nine points, six rebounds in the Feb. 2 win over NC State • Played a career-high 33 minutes against Maryland on Feb. 9 • Had six rebounds, tied for the team lead, in the ACC Tournament semifinals win over NC State • Scored 15 points, one shy of her career high, in the first-round NCAA win over UC Riverside to lead UNC in scoring for the first time • The game was her first in double figures since December.

PREP/PERSONAL Coached by Sonita Gibbs • All-America selection by McDonald's, the WBCA and EA Sports as a senior • She and her older brother, Rashad, are the first brother-sister duo to play in the McDonald's All-American Game • Second-team All-America by Parade magazine and third-team All-USA by USA Today • All-Southern Player of the Year by the Orlando Sentinel • Averaged 21 points, 7.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals as a senior, when her team was undefeated and won a third consecutive state championship • Two-time Class 3A Miss Basketball in North Carolina and two-time all-state selection • Gatorade Player of the Year in North Carolina as a senior • Participated in trials for the Junior National Team in 2004 and 2005 • Played for the South team in the 2004 USA Youth Development Festival • Born Nov. 17, 1986, in Asheville, N.C. • The daughter of Brenda and James McCants • Her older brother, Rashad, played basketball for the Tar Heels from 2002-05 and was the 14th pick in the 2005 NBA Draft by Minnesota • Also has a younger sister, Sadé and a three-year-old niece, Aiyana • A cousin, Cameron Maybin, was the 10th pick in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft by the Detroit Tigers • Another cousin, John Avery, played football in the NFL and is now in the Canadian Football League.