WBB Hosts FSU Thursday To Open ACC Play

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina closes out 2022 and opens Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball play Thursday night, hosting Florida State for an 8 p.m. tipoff at Carmichael Arena. The Tar Heels, 9-2 and ranked 13^th this week, are the final team to open ACC play.
 
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The Seminoles come into the game at 12-2 overall and 1-0 in ACC play. The team sits atop the ACC in scoring average (87.9 ppg) behind freshman Ta’Niya Latson, who leads the league in scoring with 25.0 points per game and has earned every ACC Freshman of the Week award this season.

 

Noting the Tar Heels

• Thursday’s game is the fifth of five in a row that UNC has played in the state. Next up is a trip to Virginia Tech, the Tar Heels’ first game out of North Carolina since the Dec. 1 matchup with Indiana.

• UNC and FSU are meeting for the 51st time.

• North Carolina played four ranked teams in non-conference play, going 2-2. 

• Four Tar Heels are averaging between 15.4 and 13.2 points per game and all rank in the ACC’s top 16: Deja Kelly sixth (15.4 ppg), Alyssa Ustby and Kennedy Todd-Williams tied for ninth (14.0 ppg) and Eva Hodgson 16th (13.2 ppg).

 

UNC vs. FSU

UNC and Florida State will meet Thursday for the 51st time in a series that dates back to the 1981-82 season. Carolina leads the series 34-16 and won last year’s matchup, but prior to that the Seminoles won six in a row.

• Carolina won last year’s matchup, 64-49 in Tallahassee on Feb. 20, 2022. Deja Kelly led the way with 26 points and Alyssa Ustby registered her 12th double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 boards. It was UNC’s first road win against the Seminoles since 2014.

• In the most recent matchup in Chapel Hill, on Feb. 4, 2021, FSU won 61-51.

• UNC’s last win in Chapel Hill was in the 2014-15 season, 71-63 on Feb. 12, 2015. Both teams were in the top 20 in that matchup, with the No. 17 Tar Heels staging a late comeback to beat the seventh-ranked Seminoles.

 

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