Everything you need to know about Notre Dame’s women’s basketball game at North Carolina

WHO: No. 4 Notre Dame (12-1, 3-0 ACC) at No. 22 North Carolina (9-5, 0-3).

WHEN: Sunday, 4 p.m.

WHERE: Carmichael Area (6,822), Chapel Hill, N.C.

WATCH: ACC Community.

LISTEN: WQLQ (99.9 FM; hyperlink at UND.com).

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ABOUT NOTRE DAME: The Irish, coming off every week between video games, are one in every of three unbeatens left within the ACC, a half-game behind 4-0 golf equipment Duke and Florida State, and a half-game forward of 3-1 Louisville. Thursday marked ND’s somewhat early “bye slot” on the league schedule, so now the Irish are slated to play each Thursday and Sunday by the rest of the common season. … ND’s performed simply three true street video games, however is 3-0 in these, highlighted by its 63-52 win at then-No. 6 Virginia Tech earlier than most not too long ago including a 66-63 escape final week at Miami. … The Irish are 10-3 all-time in opposition to North Carolina, together with a 70-65 residence win final season, however they’ve fallen in each of their two newest journeys to Chapel Hill. That features the Tar Heels gorgeous ND’s eventual nationwide runner-up membership 78-73 in January 2019 after which Carolina successful by that very same actual rely two years in the past.

ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA: The slumping Heels — after rating No. 6 simply two weeks in the past — have dropped 4 straight, though three of these have been away from residence, two have been in opposition to ranked groups and the final two have been by a mixed seven factors at then-No. 7 Virginia Tech (68-65 final Sunday) and at Miami (62-58 on Thursday). … Carolina is 6-1 at residence. … Junior guard and returning All-ACC first-teamer Deja Kelly leads 4 Heels averaging in double digits at 16.5 factors to accompany 3.9 assists in opposition to simply 1.8 turnovers. Junior swing Alyssa Ustby is at 13.1 factors and 9.1 rebounds; junior guard Kennedy Todd-Williams 13.7 factors, 5.1 rebounds and 25-of-72 on 3-pointers for 34.7%; and senior guard Eva Hodgson 12.2 factors and 34-of-76 on 3s for 44.7%. Forwards Future Adams and Anya Poole are averaging one other 11.5 factors and 10.9 rebounds mixed. … Ustby and ND’s Maddy Westbeld have been teammates on USA Basketball’s U23 3×3 nationwide staff this previous fall.

QUOTING: “It undoubtedly does (trigger concern). This week, I’ve actually tried to work on a variety of strain passing, a variety of decision-making drills, on our ball-handling, making an attempt to only get again to fundamentals. However a variety of it’s decision-making. I present them a variety of movie individually, discuss to them quite a bit about what would possibly’ve been a greater choice in numerous situations, so it’s simply recognizing it and dealing on it. Hopefully, we get higher.” — Niele Ivey, ND coach, on the Irish averaging 19.3 turnovers over their final three video games and committing greater than their opponents in every of these contests.

— By Anthony Anderson