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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After trailing through one quarter, the North Carolina women's basketball team (11-2, 2-0 ACC) used a 25-point second period to breeze past Virginia (5-8, 0-2 ACC) on Thursday, 65-47.
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Janelle Bailey's season-high 16 rebounds and Shayla Bennett's 25 points, which ties her career high, weren't enough to carry the North Carolina women's basketball team past Yale in Saturday's 66-63 loss.
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The North Carolina women's basketball team completed another dominant win, defeating UNC-Wilmington by 40 points to give the team its best opening record since 2014-15.
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The North Carolina women's basketball team suffered its first defeat of the season, falling to Alabama 83-77, in a close game where the Crimson Tide pulled away late.
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Every member of the North Carolina women's basketball team got in on the fun during its 92-53 win over NCCU. Under Courtney Banghart, the Tar Heels have emphasized positivity and celebrating each other's successes this season.
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With a 71-58 win over Temple, the North Carolina women's basketball team is off to its first 5-0 start since the 2014-15 season.
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The North Carolina women's basketball team defeated Missouri, 82-69, behind 24 points from Madinah Muhammad, who was named MVP of the six-team Riviera Division in the Cancun Challenge.
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With the scoring and rebounding of first-year forward Malu Tshitenge, the North Carolina women's basketball team toppled Elon 76-46. But head coach Courtney Banghart says there's still more for her players to improve upon.
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The North Carolina women's basketball team defeated Elon on Friday, 76-46, after a strong second quarter that put the Tar Heels up 15 at the half.
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Between senior Shayla Bennett and first-year Malu Tshitenge, it was a night of career highs for the North Carolina women's basketball team in its 85-54 win over the Buccaneers.
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The North Carolina women’s basketball team defeated Charleston Southern, 85-54, in a game where two Tar Heels posted double-doubles and senior guard Taylor Koenen shot 4-9 from three.
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Through the first two games of the season, the UNC women's basketball team has won by an average of 38.5 points per game under the guidance of new head coach Courtney Banghart.
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Against a much smaller starting lineup, junior forward Janelle Bailey feasted on the undersized Navy players, scoring 20 points and grabbing 15 rebounds in an 80-40 win for the Tar Heels.
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Junior forward Jaelynn Murray was sidelined for the season with a torn ACL in Saturday's exhibition game against Wingate. As center Janelle Bailey dropped 21 points against Western Carolina in her friend's No. 30 jersey, Murray cheered from sidelines, wiping tears from her eyes in the final minutes of Thursday's game.
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