GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNCG women's basketball will finally open the 2020-21 season this Saturday after seeing its original opener against Belmont Abbey get postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.
Who: North Carolina
Where: Carmichael Arena | Chapel Hill, N.C.
When: Saturday, November 28 | 1 p.m.
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SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
-- The Spartans led the SoCon in scoring defense the previous season, with the side's 55.3 points allowed per game ranking 16th in the country
-- UNCG won seven of its last nine games to close out the previous season. Of their four losses after the start of February only one came against a team other than Samford
-- Returners
Aja Boyd and
CeCe Crudup combined for 63 appearances the previous season. Boyd earned preseason All-SoCon recognition after averaging 11.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game last campaign
SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA
-- UNC opened the current campaign with a win over Radford this past Wednesday, taking the home contest by a final of 90-61
-- Six Tar Heels scored in double-digits against the Highlanders, with UNC outrebounding Radford 59 to 34
SERIES HISTORY
-- The Tar Heels lead the all-time series against the Spartans 12-5, beating UNCG 83-62 in their previous meeting, December 14, 2018
-- The last time UNCG beat UNC was during the 1973-74 campaign, the Spartans have claimed a victory in Chapel Hill twice in 10 meetings
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