ATLANTA, Ga. – The No. 20 North Carolina women’s basketball crew can take on No. 15 Georgia Tech on Sunday at the Yellow Jackets’ McCamish Pavilion. Tipoff is midday and the recreation will be broadcast on the ACC Community.
 
UNC comes into the matchup 15-2 general and 5-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference perform subsequent a 61-52 gain about Virginia at property on Thursday. Ga Tech (14-4, 5-2) is coming off a 65-55 acquire on Thursday at Syracuse. With matching meeting records, the Tar Heels and Yellow Jackets are tied for fourth place in the ACC standings.
 
Sunday’s sport is the first in a string of three straight matchups against ranked groups for UNC. Just after dealing with the Yellow Jackets, the Tar Heels travel to participate in No. 16 Duke on Thursday then host No. 4 NC State on Sunday.
 
The Rivalry
• UNC and Georgia Tech are meeting for the 81st time in a collection that dates again to the 1979-80 season. The Tar Heels lead 60-20 overall and have gained the very last 4 matchups.
• The final time the teams met in Atlanta, in the course of the 2019-20 year, the Tar Heels attained a 67-60 gain in time beyond regulation. Junior Malu Tshitenge, a freshman at the time, is the only a single on the recent roster to have performed in that activity. She commenced at ahead and performed a job-significant 41:26 minutes. (Three of the Tar Heel starters performed 45 minutes every single in that match.)
Fifth-yr senior Jaelynn Murray skipped the 2019-20 period with a torn ACL (so she was at that extra time recreation in 2020 but did not play), but performed at Georgia Tech as a freshman in 2017-18. On Feb. 15, 2018 in Atlanta, Ga Tech won 79-61. UNC has received the four matchups due to the fact then.
• Past yr, UNC gained 84-59 in Chapel Hill on Feb. 25, 2021. As the Tar Heels celebrated Senior Night, all 5 starters achieved double figures. Then-freshman Deja Kelly led the way with 22 details, which was at that stage equal to her job high in scoring. 
 
Noting the Tar Heels
  • Deja Kelly leads UNC and is third in the ACC in scoring with 17.9 details per match, up from 11. for every video game final time. In meeting video games only,…