Jan. 24, 2012
Boston College Game Notes
CHAPEL HILL --- North Carolina returns from a three-game road trip to host Boston College Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Carmichael arena. Carolina enters the contest 14-5 on the year and 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference after a 60-50 win at NC State on Sunday. Boston College is 5-14 on the season and 0-6 in league play after a 69-58 loss at Virginia on Saturday. UNC is ranked No. 25 in the Associated Press poll and is receiving votes in the coaches' poll. Boston College is unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 7:05 p.m. • Carmichael Arena (6,822) • Chapel Hill, N.C.
Records: North Carolina 14-5 (4-2 ACC), Boston College 5-14 (0-6 ACC)
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 25 in the Associated Press poll and is receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Boston College is unranked.
TV: Carolina All-Access. A live webstream of tonight's game is available at TarHeelBlue.com/allaccess. The game will also be archived and available to watch on-demand.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Dave Nathan (play-by-play) has the call.
On The Web: TarHeelBlue.com • Twitter: @UNCWBB
BOSTON COLLEGE SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 5-1 all-time against Boston College, including a 2-1 mark in Chapel Hill.
• Carolina won the lone meeting in 2011, an 84-83 thriller in Chestnut Hill.
• Boston College won the last meeting in Chapel Hill, 69-62, for the Eagles' first victory in the series.
• For the fourth straight meeting BC is led by former UNC standout Sylvia Crawley. Crawley was a member of the 1994 NCAA Championship team and has her jersey honored in the Carmichael Arena rafters. She is assisted by Stephanie Lawrence Yelton, another member of the 1994 title squad.
TAR HEELS IN CARMICHAEL ARENA
• Carolina is 405-91 all-time in Carmichael, including a 32-8 record since the building re-opened after being closed for renovations from March 2008 to December 2009.
• The Tar Heels have won at least 14 home games in each of the last 10 seasons, including a school-record 18 during an undefeated 2007-08 home campaign.
• UNC has lost just 17 home games since the start of the 2001-02 season. The Tar Heels have been even more stingy against non-conference opponents, losing at home just twice outside of league play in the last decade.
LAST TIME OUT: No. 24 UNC 60, NC State 50
RALEIGH, N.C. --- Chay Shegog scored 16 points to help No. 24 North Carolina beat North Carolina State 60-50 on Sunday. Candace Wood added 15 points for the Tar Heels (14-5, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their second straight game. North Carolina shot 42 percent but did its best work in frustrating the Wolfpack offense all afternoon, holding NC State to three field goals in the final 10 1/2 minutes to finally take control.
HATCHELL REACHES 600 WINS AT CAROLINA
Women's Basketball Hall of Famer and three-time national coach of the year Sylvia Hatchell joined yet another exclusive coaching club Jan. 19. With Carolina's 56-37 victory over Virginia Tech, Hatchell reached 600 wins since taking over in Chapel Hill in 1986. One of just five coaches in Division I history with 800 career victories, Hatchell is just the third coach in ACC history to earn 600 wins at a league school, joining NC State's Kay Yow and Virginia's Debbie Ryan.
HEELS AMONG NATION'S LEADERS IN SEVEN CATEGORIES
Despite losing almost 50 percent of its scoring from a year ago due to the departures of seniors Italee Lucas, Jessica Breland and Cetera DeGraffenreid, UNC continues to dot the national statistical rankings. In the most recent NCAA statistics release, the Tar Heels are among the top 40 in the country in eight statistical categories:
• Blocks Per Game - 6.6 (5th)
• Field-goal % Defense - 34.1% (13th)
• Fouls Per Game - 13.3 (15th)
• Scoring Margin - +15.3 (22nd)
• Steals Per Game - 11.8 (28th)
• Scoring - 72.6 ppg (35th)
• Field-goal Percentage - 42.6 (40th)
REBOUNDS EQUAL WINS FOR TAR HEELS
Carolina has always stressed the importance of rebounding and that statistic has been a good indicator of success for the Tar Heels over the last five seasons. Since the beginning of the 2006-07 season, Carolina has won the rebounding battle in 142 of 189 games. In those 142 games, UNC sports an overall record of 132-10. The Tar Heels have outrebounded their opponents in 14 of 19 games this season and have a 13-1 record in those games.
SHEGOG THRIVING AS A SENIOR
Center Chay Shegog is having a stellar final season in Chapel Hill. The senior from Stafford, Va., is third in the league in scoring with 16.5 points per game and also has tallied seven double-doubles. After averaging 8.9 ppg as a junior, Shegog has had the second-highest scoring improvement (+7.6) in the ACC this season.
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