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Tierra Ruffin-Pratt(44) dribbles past Margarita Rosario(3) of Albany.

UNC women's basketball escapes upset against Albany in ?rst round

By Henry Gargan | March 24

After the North Carolina women’s basketball team’s 59-54 first-round NCAA victory against Albany, coach Sylvia Hatchell said her team entered the ...

Krista Gross, 21, takes a shot against Duke in the ACC Tournament championship game. Gross scored eight points in UNC’s 92-73 loss.

UNC women's basketball eager to make NCAA Tournament run

By Henry Gargan | March 21

This time last year, North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell and the NCAA were on poor terms. But as UNC heads into its first-round ...

Tar Heels earn No. 3 seed

By Jonathan LaMantia | March 18

After missing the NCAA Tournament in 2012, the North Carolina women’s basketball team was awarded a No. 3 seed in the Bridgeport, Conn., regional Monday. ...

Latifah Coleman (2) of the North Carolina Tar Heels takes a shot over Haley peters (33) of the Duke Blue Devils

UNC women's basketball falls to Duke in ACC title game

By Jonathan LaMantia | March 17

To get to the ACC title game, No. 3 seed North Carolina overcame a 14-point halftime deficit against No. 2 seed Maryland — the second largest comeback ...

Coleman leads UNC to ACC final with career performance

By Jonathan LaMantia | March 10

GREENSBORO — Trailing by 14 at halftime, the third-seeded North Carolina women’s basketball team needed a jolt to beat No.

Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (44) takes a shot over Kristen Doherty (21) of the Boston College Eagles.

Ruffin-Pratt takes over for UNC against Eagles

By Henry Gargan | March 9

North Carolina forwards Waltiea Rolle and Xylina McDaniel were being double- and triple-teamed in the paint.

UNC Guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (44) makes a lay up over Florida State Forward Chelsea Davis (34).

UNC women’s basketball looks for deep ACC run

By Jonathan LaMantia | March 8

Last season, the North Carolina women’s basketball season was knocked out of the ACC Tournament in the quarterfinals by Georgia Tech and subsequently ...

The UNC Women's basketball team lost to Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday night.

Duke earns win over UNC women's basketball with control of interior

By Jonathan LaMantia | March 3

With 5:34 remaining, 5-foot-7 Duke guard Chloe Wells tangled with No. 15 North Carolina 6-foot-6 center Waltiea Rolle for a rebound, which resulted in ...

UNC women's basketball loses to Duke

By Henry Gargan | March 3

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. ...

Rematch against Duke set for UNC women's basketball set for Sunday

By Jonathan LaMantia | March 1

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.

Waltiea Rolle hits first career 3-pointer in win over Boston College

By Henry Gargan | February 28

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 ...

UNC women's basketball steamrolls Boston College 85-57 on Senior Night

By Grace Raynor | February 28

Sitting beside North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell, a content Tierra Ruffin-Pratt smiled as her coach talked guardedly about some ...

UNC women's basketball beats NC State behind strong inside play

By Aaron Dodson | February 24

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 ...

Women's basketball game on Sunday, Feb. 24.

UNC women's basketball wins Play 4Kay game

By Henry Gargan | February 24

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 ...

UNC Forward Xylina McDaniel (34) drives to the hoop in the first half.

Florida State upends Tar Heels in Tallahassee

By Jonathan LaMantia | February 17

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 ...

Teamwork leads Tar Heels to a win against Wake Forest

By Grace Raynor | February 14

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 ...

Varied defensive schemes lift Tar Heels to victory

By Robbie Harms | February 14

The offense was rolling, but it was the defense — physical, on-the-ball and unrelenting — that proved the most important.

Tar Heels escape Atlanta with victory against Georgia Tech

By Jonathan LaMantia | February 10

Last season, the North Carolina women’s basketball team found itself without guards Megan Buckland and Latifah Coleman when both players tore their ...

Sylvia Hatchell reaches career milestone with 900th win

By Jonathan LaMantia | February 7

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 ...

First half hole dooms Tar Heels

By Henry Gargan | February 3

North Carolina’s performance in close games this season has been remarkable.