Coming into Sunday’s 65-58 loss against Duke, the No. 15 North Carolina women’s basketball team knew what it had to do: Play good defense. Force turnovers. Rebound the ball. Limit Duke’s outside shooters.
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The No. 15 North Carolina women’s basketball team blew out Boston College 85-57 Thursday night, but a tougher test looms on the horizon.
Read More »After North Carolina missed all nine of its 3-point attempts Sunday against N.C. State, women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell said she might as well put the ball in the hands of her 6-foot-6 center, Waltiea Rolle, on the perimeter.
Read More »Sitting beside North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell, a content Tierra Ruffin-Pratt smiled as her coach talked guardedly about some of the conversations she has had with WNBA scouts about Ruffin-Pratt’s future.
Read More »In its 72-50 blowout victory against Virginia Tech on Friday, the No. 16 North Carolina women’s basketball team displayed strength beyond the 3-point arc, making nine-of-17 from deep.
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Sylvia Hatchell has given her fair share of pep talks this year. Last time North Carolina (25-4, 13-3 ACC) played N.C. State, the women’s basketball coach said she brought out a tape measurer at halftime to measure the size of her players’ hearts.
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The North Carolina women’s basketball team had won every close game it had played this season. But on Sunday, a balanced offensive attack from No. 19 Florida State and poor 3-point shooting from No. 14 UNC (23-4, 11-3 ACC) translated into an 80-73 loss to the Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla.
Read More »A fixture on the front row of every North Carolina women’s basketball game, Roy Barnes can count on one hand the number of times he has missed a game in Carmichael Arena since 2005.
Read More »The offense was rolling, but it was the defense — physical, on-the-ball and unrelenting — that proved the most important.
Read More »Last season, the North Carolina women’s basketball team found itself without guards Megan Buckland and Latifah Coleman when both players tore their anterior cruciate ligaments.
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North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell was 23 years old when she notched win No. 1 with Francis Marion, and back then she did a little bit of everything for the team.
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North Carolina’s performance in close games this season has been remarkable.
Read More »The script was written and ready to print. North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell would win her 900th career game against archrival Duke in front of a packed Carmichael Arena.
Read More »Thursday night’s 72-62 win against Florida State was a slight upgrade from the 71-66 win the North Carolina women’s basketball team secured last February — but the 2012-13 team is even more improved than the difference in scores would suggest.
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They bent, faltered, cracked but never broke. They led by 14 at halftime, watched their opponent methodically chip away their lead, then put the game away in the final three minutes.
Read More »There’s always a lot at stake when the North Carolina women’s basketball team plays rival Duke. But with a 72-62 win against Florida State Thursday night, UNC will add coach Sylvia Hatchell’s 900th win to the laundry list of motivating factors. “Nine hundred just means that I guess I’ve been around — I’m not going to say getting old because I don’t feel old,” Hatchell said No.
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When sophomore guard Danielle Butts sent an errant pass out of bounds with 14 seconds left while was trailing Miami by two, the outcome looked bleak for the No. 11 North Carolina women’s basketball team.
Read More »Seven times this season, UNC has won when it has been tied or trailing at halftime, including a 10-point comeback against Maryland on Jan. 3 that ended in a Tar Heel win.
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Xylina McDaniel can hear a voice when she’s on the court.
Read More »Last season at Virginia, Cavalier guard Ataira Franklin scored 29 points on the Tar Heels in a double-overtime loss to UNC — a stat that was not lost on North Carolina guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt during Thursday night’s 71-60 win.
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