After taking a week off for final exams, one may think it would take time for the North Carolina women’s basketball team to adjust to being back on the court.
This was not the case for the Tar Heels, who continued their undefeated start to the season by defeating UNC-Asheville 107-46 on Sunday in Carmichael Arena.
This game was the highest score at home for the Tar Heels since a 109-44 win over Gardner-Webb in 2011 and the first triple-digit game for North Carolina since scoring 100 at Elon in November 2018.
“We kept our foot on the gas throughout the whole game,” sophomore guard Deja Kelly said. “We finally reached over 100 points, so that was exciting. It was just a really good game to head us into this next week.”
Prior to the start of the game against the Bulldogs, the Tar Heels were off to their 13th 8-0 start in program history. But this season is the first time that five of those wins were earned on the road.
Following their successful match against UNC-Asheville, the Tar Heels are 9-0 for the 12th time in program history, and for the first time under head coach Courtney Banghart.
Sunday was a complete team win for North Carolina with an impressive performance from several players.
Sophomore guard Alyssa Ustby earned her fifth double-double in nine games, and in addition to marking its season-high in scoring, the team also distributed a season-high 24 assists, with Ustby, graduate transfer Carlie Littlefield and sophomore Kennedy Todd-Williams contributing four assists each.
“Twenty four assists I’m really happy with, 50 rebounds I’m really happy with,” Banghart said. “You know, I have high expectation that we can score the ball individually and collectively, so those numbers don’t really jump out at me. That’s sort of the expectation.”
