Kentucky Wildcats (7-0) at North Carolina Tar Heels (7-1)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Thursday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 14 Kentucky visits No. 16 North Carolina after Clara Strack scored 25 points in Kentucky's 76-53 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini.
The Tar Heels are 3-0 in home games. North Carolina leads the ACC at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 48.6 points while holding opponents to 32.6% shooting.
The Wildcats play their first true road game after going 7-0 to start the season. Kentucky is fourth in the SEC with 29.1 defensive rebounds per game led by Amelia Hassett averaging 8.7.
North Carolina averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game, 4.0 more made shots than the 4.4 per game Kentucky gives up. Kentucky averages 7.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.5 more made shots on average than the 4.5 per game North Carolina allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Alyssa Ustby is scoring 11.8 points per game and averaging 10.1 rebounds for the Tar Heels.
Strack is scoring 18.3 points per game and averaging 11.0 rebounds for the Wildcats.
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.