Most preseason rankings had North Carolina well out of the top-25, so accomplishing this success early on after all of the doubt is nothing short of impressive. However, despite its early success, the team has lost three of its last five conference games. With that being said, let's see how some of the individual efforts have impacted the team’s successes this season thus far.
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With three Blue Devils averaging double figures, North Carolina will look to maintain its defensive intensity that is currently holding its opponents to 53 points per game.
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In the last three quarters, the Yellow Jackets outscored the Tar Heels by 3 points. In the first quarter they outscored them by 14.
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“She’s my sis, I love her three-point plays and I always look for her in transition,” sophomore guard Kennedy Todd-Williams said. “I can count on her and she counts on me.”
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Sophomore guard Deja Kelly led the offense with 18 points, and Hodgson and sophomore guard Alyssa Ustby combined for seven assists.
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Eva Hodgson finished Sunday's game with a season high 19 points, leading the Tar Heels to a 71-46 victory over Virginia Tech. The redshirt junior guard's signature moment in the game came in the third quarter, where she knocked down two three-pointers in 50 seconds to spark an 8-0 run and increase the Tar Heels’ lead to 30 points. “She wills the team along," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "So, as much as her numbers spoke for themselves, her impact on this team is even bigger.”
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The Tar Heels found themselves in a tightly contested, back and forth battle in the first quarter with offensive struggles for both teams — credit to their defensive efforts.
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“I got a pretty good read on them, I don’t think they were nervous,” head coach Courtney Banghart said. “I think when the going got tough, they backed down a little bit. We hadn’t done that before.”
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The Wolfpack proved to be a strong 3-point shooting team, scoring 11-32 compared to UNC’s 5-21. The Tar Heel’s failed to score until five minutes into the game, by which time the Wolfpack was already up by 10.
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“I think it was Deja’s best game as a Tar Heel and she’s had a handful of them,” head coach Courtney Banghart said.
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The North Carolina women’s basketball team (13-0, 3-0 ACC) defeated Clemson (6-8, 0-3 ACC) on Sunday, 81-62, giving the Tar Heels a third straight win in conference play.
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The North Carolina women’s basketball team maintained its status as an undefeated team with a 79-43 win against unranked Syracuse Orange in their first game back from break.
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"Just getting stops, that kind of helps our momentum on offense," sophomore guard Alyssa Ustby said. "It’s basketball, shots aren’t gonna fall, so one thing we hold constant is our pride on defense and playing together, and that’s what really propelled us to start producing on offense."
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“They’re not a finished product yet and that’s okay, because I look forward to getting better throughout the season,” UNC head coach Courtney Banghart said.
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UNC’s victory makes it 11-0 on the season for the Tar Heels, the eighth time in program history they’ve managed to do so.
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The undefeated North Carolina women’s basketball team (10-0, 1-0 ACC) opened conference play with a thrilling 76-73 comeback win against Boston College (7-3, 0-1 ACC).
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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.
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Five Tar Heels finish in double figures as North Carolina women's basketball takes down UNC Asheville 107-46 to improve to 9-0 on the season.
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Fresh off a championship at the Goombay Splash in the Bahamas and a win in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge at Minnesota, the North Carolina women’s basketball team returned home for the first time in over two weeks on Sunday. The Tar Heels took down the James Madison Dukes 93-47 in dominant fashion to keep its perfect 8-0 record.
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The North Carolina’s women’s basketball team (8-0) clinched its eighth straight win in a 93-47 victory over James Madison (3-5) on Sunday afternoon.
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