Women's Basketball Opens North Carolina Trip Sunday Against the Tar Heels

What: Bucknell (3-0) at North Carolina (2-0)
Where: Carmichael Arena (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
When: Sunday, Nov. 20 -- 6 p.m.
Webcast: WatchESPN.com (ACC Network Extra)
Radio: 90.5 WVBU
Internet Radio: BucknellBison.com
Live Statistics: GoHeels.com

Bucknell Probable Starters
G: Kyi English (6.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.0 apg)
G: Kate Walker (4.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.7 apg)
F: Claire DeBoer (13.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.3 apg)
F: Kaitlyn Slagus (18.7 ppg, 11.3 rpg)
F: Sune Swart (18.3 ppg, 9.3 rpg)

With a Win Over North Carolina, Bucknell Would ...
• Win its 13th straight regular season game.
• Start 4-0 for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
• Improve to 1-1 in the all-time series with the Tar Heels.
• Improve to 78-50 in Aaron Roussell's five seasons as head coach.
• Improve to 2-9 all-time against current members of the ACC.
• Improve to 1-3 against current members of the ACC under head coach Aaron Roussell.
• Record its first win over a team in the ACC at the time of the game.

Headlines
• Bucknell is 3-0 for the first time since 2008-09, recording wins over Binghamton, Saint Joseph's, and NJIT to open the season. The most recent victory was 67-36 over the Highlanders in the Bison's home opener at Sojka Pavilion.
• Senior Claire DeBoer and sophomore Kaitlyn Slagus recorded identical double-doubles of 22 points and 10 rebounds in the win over NJIT. Senior Sune Swart also had 10 rebounds as the Bison had three players with double-digit boards.
• Slagus has two double-doubles in the first three games and is averaging a double-double of 18.7 points and 11.3 rebounds over all three.
• DeBoer has 1,190 career points, which ranks 17th in program history. She needs 20 to pass Lynne Walshaw for 16th on the list.
• A win over North Carolina would give Bucknell a 4-0 record for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
• Junior Catherine Romaine returns to her hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the game against the Tar Heels. Bucknell assistant coach Martina Wood played for the Tar Heels and head coach Sylvia Hatchell from 2005-10. She played in the 2008 NCAA Tournament game against the Bison.
• North Carolina is 2-0 with wins over Alabama State (84-54) and Alabama A&M (80-35). The Tar Heels have a scoring margin of +37.5.
• The Tar Heels have won one national title (1994) and nine ACC titles.

How to Get the Game
• Sunday's game can be seen online at WatchESPN.com
• The game can be heard online via BucknellBison.com and on the radio on 90.5 WVBU, with Justin Antweil calling the action. The pregame show begins 15 minutes before tip-off.
• Live stats can be accessed at GoHeels.com
• Follow @Bucknell_WBB on Twitter for live updates

Bucknell vs. North Carolina Series Notes
• North Carolina leads the all-time series 1-0. The Tar Heels defeated the Bison 85-50 in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
• Bucknell assistant coach Martina Wood played for North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament game against the Bison.

Bucknell vs. the ACC
• Bucknell is 1-9 against current members of the ACC. The lone win was a 58-57 victory over Pittsburgh, which was a member of the Big East at the time, in 2001.
• Bucknell has played eight of the 15 current members (Duke, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest)

Career-HighsSet Last Game
• Rachel Dumiak -- Field goals attempted (6)
• Gia Hayes -- Points (2), rebounds (1), field goals made (1), field goals attempted (3), 3FG made (1), assists (1), blocks (1), minutes (10)
• Kaitlyn Slagus -- Points (22)

Where Do They Rank?
• Bucknell is ranked 15th in the latest edition of the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major 25. The Bison were 92nd out of 349 teams in the final Division I national RPI last season.
• North Carolina finished 151st in the final RPI last season.

Up Next
• Bucknell stays in North Carolina for a game at Elon, which qualified for the WNIT last season, on Tuesday at 7 p.m. It is the first of five straight opponents that participated in national postseason tournaments last year.