The seventh-ranked Virginia Tech women's basketball team is set to play host to No. 13 North Carolina on New Year's Day, with tipoff slated for 4 p.m. Both squads are coming in after losses on Thursday night. Tech fell at Clemson 64-59 and UNC lost to FSU 78-71 at home in Chapel Hill.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Sunday, January 1 | 4:00 p.m. ET
Cassell Coliseum
vs. No. 13 UNC (9-3, 0-1)
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV Broadcast – ACCN (Eric Frede and Christy Thomaskutty)
LOCAL RADIO
Virginia Tech Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Evan Hughes
THE SERIES WITH CLEMSON
•VT is 12-21 all-time vs. UNC and 9-14 in ACC play.
•The Hokies are 6-8 at Cassell against the Tar Heels and 8-3 overall under Kenny Brooks.
•Last season, the clubs met three times with the regular season meetings going to the home team. In the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, a shorthanded Tech squad rallied to defeat UNC 87-80 in OT. Four Hokies (Aisha Sheppard 22, Georgia Amoore 22, Kayana Traylor 19 and D'asia Gregg 10) scored in double figures in that contest in Greensboro.
A WIN WOULD…
•Move the Hokies to 2-2 in ACC play.
• Snap a two-game losing streak in ACC play for the Hokies.
• Be Tech's first over a ranked opponent this season.
CAYLA KING BREAKS OUT OF SLUMP
•Senior guard Cayla King, one of the nation's top 3-point artists made five triples at Clemson on Thursday night after going scoreless in the two previous games.
•King is fifth all-time at VT in 3's made with 183.
•This season she is 38-89 (42.7%) from deep. She began the season with nine 3's against Mount St. Mary's setting a program record for a single game.
