The North Carolina women’s basketball team (16-7, 7-5 ACC) lost a closely fought game, 71-61, at Duke (12-10, 6-5 ACC) for its sixth loss in a row at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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As students across Tobacco Road prepare for Saturday's Duke-UNC game, many may be overlooking another rivalry bout between the two schools that's right on the horizon. The North Carolina women’s basketball team will face off against Duke this Thursday, with the Tar Heels (16-6, 7-4 ACC) looking for their third straight ACC victory. Here are three things that UNC can do to overcome the Blue Devils (11-10, 5-5 ACC) in Durham.
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"It's been a long journey,” Muhammad said. “Sometimes, I feel like a freshman all over again. Everything is a part of the process. You’ve got fall in love with it, the good and the bad. I’ve just got to stick to my goals and what I want to accomplish with this team.”
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The North Carolina women’s basketball team (16-6, 7-4 ACC) topped Clemson (7-15, 3-8 ACC) in dominant fashion on Sunday, 86-72, led in large part by offensive contributions from senior guard Taylor Koenen and junior forward Janelle Bailey.
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After falling to rival N.C. State on Sunday, the North Carolina women’s basketball team had all hands on deck against Virginia in a Thursday night showdown at Carmichael Arena.
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A season-high 17 rebounds to go with 23 points from Janelle Bailey saw the North Carolina women's basketball team earn a 78-68 win over Virginia.
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For the past three and a half seasons, Taylor Koenen has been one of the most consistent players for UNC women's basketball, appearing in over 100 games and amassing over 1000 points, 700 rebounds and 300 assists. For the players inside the program, her legacy will be built on the type of person she was off the court. Koenen has earned the respect of her teammates through constant professionalism and positivity, helping to keep the team together in the wake of Sylvia Hatchell's departure and has led the team to its best start in years.
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Despite UNC’s 76-68 loss to N.C. State on Sunday, the team’s optimism hasn’t wavered, in large part thanks to head coach Courtney Banghart. The Tar Heels have trailed at halftime in their last seven games, and though they’ve only come back to win three times in that stretch, they’ve shown promise. Aside from a 14-point road loss to No. 14 Florida State two weeks ago, UNC hasn't fallen by more than seven points this season. “That’s the team I’ve got, a group of fighters,” Banghart said. “That’s what I expected, and that’s what I got.”
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RALEIGH — Standing in a mostly empty Reynolds Coliseum on Sunday night, Janelle Bailey smiled when asked for her thoughts on North Carolina’s 76-68 loss to rival N.C. State. The Tar Heels came to Raleigh looking to topple the No. 8 Wolfpack for the second time this season. But they left with more frustration toward the game’s referees than toward anything they did too poorly or N.C. State did too well.
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After Janelle Bailey fell into foul trouble early on, Taylor Koenen and Shayla Bennett combined for 45 points in the North Carolina women's basketball team's 76-68 loss at No. 8 N.C. State.
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Janelle Bailey scored a team-high 20 points and shot a perfect 10-10 from the free-throw line as the North Carolina women’s basketball beat Georgia Tech on the road, 67-60, on Thursday night.
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"The next step for this group is to come out from the start and use their toughness as an advantage, not as a savior," Banghart said. A late run in the fourth quarter by the UNC women's basketball team fell short against No. 5 Louisville after the Tar Heels suffered an early-game deficit.
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The North Carolina women's basketball team fell to No. 5 Louisville by a score of 74-67 on Sunday at Carmichael Arena after a sloppy first half in which the Tar Heels gave up 12 turnovers.
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After riding the high of a europhic win over rival No. 9 N.C. State last week, UNC women's basketball fell back to Earth when it lost to another top-15 opponent in Florida State on Sunday by double digits. But Thursday night against Miami, the Tar Heels stitched up their wounds and hopped back in the ring. They kept fighting, eventually hitting the knockout punch in a 78-58 win over the Hurricanes.
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The North Carolina women's basketball team rebounded from a loss to Florida State by dominating Miami behind 28 points and 15 rebounds from junior center Janelle Bailey.
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After an impressive upset win over ninth-ranked rival NC State in Chapel Hill on Thursday night, the North Carolina women’s basketball team (12-4, 3-2 ACC) was unable to secure a second top-25 win in four days when they travelled to Tallahassee to face No. 11 Florida State (15-2, 4-2 ACC). The Seminoles downed the Tar Heels 78-64, outpacing them on the offensive end and shooting a season-best 57 percent while UNC was held to a mere 38 percent shooting.
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Former North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell was cited in a crash that killed a woman in a Durham parking lot, WRAL reported Friday.
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The monumental win for the women’s basketball team — a 66-60 upset of No. 9 N.C. State, which entered the game 14-0 — was no one player’s doing. It was about as egalitarian as a basketball game can get. And that’s exactly how the Tar Heels, who moved to 12-3 on Wednesday night, wanted it to be.
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For the second straight year, the North Carolina women's basketball team (12-3, 3-1 ACC) upset a top-10 ranked N.C. State team (14-1, 3-1 ACC), this time at home by a score of 66-60. Senior guard Shayla Bennett played all 40 minutes and led the way with 20 points, while senior guard Taylor Koenen added 14 and redshirt senior guard Madinah Muhammad had 13 in the upset win Thursday night.
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Despite four UNC starters scoring in double figures and a career-high 26 points from senior guard Shayla Bennett, the North Carolina women's basketball fell to Virginia Tech, 76-70.
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