As the only new member of the North Carolina women's basketball team, freshman Paulina Paris has worked to become acclimated to the team's established culture since UNC started workouts over the summer.
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Kayla McPherson has yet to play a game for the North Carolina women’s basketball team, but the sidelines don’t stop her from putting into practice a lesson she learned from her Amateur Athletic Union coach, Chad Hubbard — be the loudest person in the gym.
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Eva Hodgson has spent much of her basketball career in transition — transferring to the New Hampton School during her high school career and to UNC after a three-year stint at William & Mary — but her leadership and flexibility have earned her an "enormous amount of respect from her teammates."
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With three talented underclassmen already on the roster, the Tar Heels have added another weapon this offseason to round out their versatile offense.
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The Tigers are coming off a 23-7 season with an undefeated conference record. They won the SWAC Tournament Championship for the second consecutive year, earning themselves a bid to the NCAA Tournament before losing in the first round to LSU.
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As the Tar Heels set their sights on becoming March Madness contenders, a guard corps of advantage creators, shooters, versatile defenders and transition playmakers will no doubt give the team confidence in its competitiveness.
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“She never settles,” senior forward Malu Tshitenge said. “I don’t think she’s ever satisfied. She feels like the sky’s the limit for her. She’ll keep on pushing and pushing for herself.”
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“Whether you're hunted or not, you have to be hunting, right? Or you'll die," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "It's actually like an ecosystem thing. So we are going to continue to hunt and look forward and know that people are going to be hunting us from behind.”
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With eight of its top nine scorers from a squad that held a 13-5 ACC record last season returning, another NCAA Tournament appearance for North Carolina isn't just likely — it's expected.
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To wrap up the event, both teams took part in their respective scrimmages, giving fans a glimpse at what the teams have been working on this offseason.
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Competing for USA Basketball’s U23 3x3 National Team — a squad self-titled “The Goonies” — UNC junior guard Alyssa Ustby was exposed to a new style of half-court basketball, and faced off against some of the world’s most talented players in her age group.
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With top prospects like Teonni Key and Kayla McPherson returning from injury, North Carolina will have an added edge to take on a tough slate of conference opponents. In March, the Tar Heels will also look to avenge last year’s early exit and break their streak of three-straight conference tournament losses under Banghart.
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The North Carolina women’s basketball program announced on Saturday that former starting point guard Carlie Littlefield signed a contract with the Liège Panthers. She will begin competing with the Panthers in the Belgium League in September while completing her Kenan-Flagler MBA through online coursework.
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On April 11, Ciera Toomey, a five-star center and No. 3 recruit in the nation for the class of 2023, committed to the UNC women's basketball program. Toomey earned around two dozen offers from NCAA Division I programs, including UNC, Duke, Maryland, Notre Dame and Connecticut.
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With three players from last season’s roster returning from injury and the addition of a top-30 recruit in Paulina Paris, UNC women's basketball head coach Courtney Banghart believes these newcomers are more than enough to fill any void present in this year’s squad.
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“There was a heavy roster turnover when I got the job, and we just had to pick the right pieces," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "We were committed to that both with staffing, with players, with these grad transfers and a combination of the talent we had brought in got so much better. They were ready for the moment.”
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For 40 minutes, the young and spry Tar Heels, led by sophomore guard Deja Kelly, challenged one of the country’s most elite and experienced teams in the No. 1 seed South Carolina during the teams' NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup in Greensboro.
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Anchored by star player Aliyah Boston, No. 1 seed South Carolina ended the No. 5-seeded Tar Heels' season on Friday in a Sweet 16 matchup.
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The No. 5 seed North Carolina women's basketball team (25-7, 13-5 ACC) fell to No. 1 seed South Carolina (32-2, 15-1 SEC), 69-61, in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex on Friday.
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Sophomore guard Alyssa Ustby was the heart and soul of a Monday night North Carolina defense that shocked every Wildcat fan in sight.
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