Dec. 12, 2008
Game Notes in PDF Format 
CHAPEL HILL --- North Carolina (9-0) emerges from a 10-day final exam break when the Tar Heels host Coastal Carolina Saturday at noon at the Smith Center. UNC last played on Dec. 3, defeating No. 18 Ohio State, 72-63, in the ACC/Big Ten Challegne. Coastal Carolina (6-2) is coming off a 78-48 loss at Butler on Dec. 6. Carolina is ranked No. 2 in both the AP poll and the coaches' poll. Coastal Carolina is unranked.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 9-0, Coastal Carolina 6-2
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked No. 2 in both the AP poll and the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Coastal Carolina is unranked.
TV: ACC Select. Today's game is available live and on-demand at ACCSelect.com.
Radio: Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Communications. Brad Heller (play-by-play) and Jan Boxill (analyst) have the call.
On The Web: TarHeelBlue.com (UNC), GoCCUSports.com (Coastal Carolina)
COASTAL CAROLINA SERIES NOTES
• North Carolina is 11-0 all-time against Coastal Carolina.
• Saturday's game marks the fifth consecutive season in which the two teams have met. Carolina won back-to-back home games in 2004 and 2005, while the Tar Heels triumphed, 87-48, in Myrtle Beach in 2006, and 82-58 in Conway in 2007.
NOTING THE CHANTICLEERS
• Coastal Carolina is 6-2 on the season following a 78-48 loss at Butler on Dec. 6.
• Junior Amanda Stull leads the Chants in scoring with 12.3 points per contest.
• Sophomore Sydnei Moss is Coastal's top rebounder with 7.0 boards per outing.
TAR HEELS TOUGH TO BEAT AT HOME
The Nov. 25 win over Wofford improved Carolina's overall home record since the beginning of the 2004-05 season to 71-2. The Tar Heels have won 25 straight in Chapel Hill, including their last eight home conference games. With the win over Wofford, the Tar Heels have now won 72 consecutive non-conference home games. Carolina's last home setback against a non-conference opponent was a 94-77 loss to Oklahoma on Jan. 21, 2001.
CAROLINA IN THE SMITH CENTER
• UNC will play all of its home games at the Dean E. Smith Center in 2008-09 while Carmichael Auditorium is renovated.
• The Tar Heels are 23-9 all-time at the Smith Center.
• Carolina first played in the Smith Center during the 1986-87 season, the first full year that the building was open.
• Prior to last season's win over Arizona State in the Smith Center, the Tar Heels had not played a regular season game there since a 75-72 overtime win over NC State on Feb. 20, 2005.
