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North Carolina wins preseason WNIT

By Marilyn Payne | November 18

The North Carolina women’s basketball team opened the 2012-13 season with promise by winning a preseason tournament with room for error.

North Carolina ends 3-point drought against Georgetown

By Dylan Howlett | November 14

As woefully as her team shot from behind the 3-point arc in its two opening tilts of the season, Brittany Rountree said the confidence within North Carolina’s ...

Tar Heels advance to WNIT championship

By Henry Gargan | November 14

When Georgetown star Sugar Rodgers stood up after being fouled by UNC’s Xylina McDaniel and shared a few choice words with the freshman forward, it ...

Free throws lift UNC to win against Duquesne

By Henry Gargan | November 12

At halftime during North Carolina’s 62-58 win against Duquesne in the second round of the preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament, the Tar ...

Ruffin-Pratt leads UNC in second half comeback win

By Aaron Dodson | November 11

After the North Carolina women’s basketball team’s 70-59 victory in the opening round of the preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament on ...

Women's basketball versus Carson Newman.

UNC opens the season in WNIT game with Davidson

By Brooke Pryor | November 7

At the conclusion of last season, the North Carolina women’s basketball team spurned an invitation to the postseason WNIT tournament.

Tiara Ruffin-Pratt (44) plays against Wingate on Thursday, November 1. UNC won 90-52.

Strong second half lifts UNC to exhibition win

By Jonathan LaMantia | November 2

After hitting back-to-back three pointers and two free throws near the end of the first half, Division II Wingate trailed North Carolina by just six points ...

UNC blows out Wingate on the strength of 8 blocks

By Robbie Harms | November 2

The block party started early in the first half, and it continued late into the second. In the North Carolina women’s basketball team’s 90-52 exhibition ...

A UNC Basketball Coach's Respect, Connection and Relationship with Bill Friday

October 15

North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell passed along this story about her relationship with the late Bill Friday Monday afternoon. ...

Chay Shegog drafted by the Connecticut Sun in WNBA draft

By Brooke Pryor | April 17

For many, graduating college signals the start of a new life full of uncharted territory. But for former North Carolina women’s basketball player, Chay ...

Sylvia Hatchell ends UNC's season by rejecting a bid to the WNIT

By Brooke Pryor | March 13

In four days, NCAA tournament games will tip off in Carmichael Arena, but North Carolina’s women’s basketball team won’t be one of the teams lacing ...

Georgia Tech, UNC get defensive in ACC tournament battle

By Michael Lananna | March 2

GREENSBORO — As North Carolina’s leading scorer, center Chay Shegog very rarely stands alone in the paint. On most days, teams have two or three ...

Tar Heel women knocked out of ACC tournament as Rountree misses shot

By Brooke Pryor | March 2

GREENSBORO — For everything that North Carolina’s Brittany Rountree did against Clemson on Thursday, it will be what she couldn’t do in Friday’s ...

Brittany Rountree drains 7 from deep against Clemson

By Brooke Pryor | March 1

GREENSBORO — Though listed as a freshman, Brittany Rountree took the hardwood like a veteran in fifth-seeded North Carolina’s 90-51 win against 12th ...

Women's basketball team defeats Clemson with record-breaking margin of victory

By Michael Lananna | February 29

Led by freshman guard Brittany Rountree’s 21 points, fifth-seeded UNC (20-10, 9-7 ACC) handily defeated the 12th-seeded Tigers (6-22, 2-14 ACC) Thursday, ...

A healthier Tar Heels to face Tigers

By Brooke Pryor | February 29

If the regular season of college basketball is a book, then North Carolina concluded its final chapter Sunday night with a six-point loss to foe Duke. ...

Women’s basketball ACC regular season championship showcases centers Shegog, Williams

By Michael Lananna | February 26

Duke freshman Elizabeth Williams’ name can be heard among whispers for ACC Player of the Year. On Sunday, Williams went toe-to-toe with one of the most-experienced ...

Duke women's basketball drops Tar Heels in season sweep

By Brooke Pryor | February 26

Unfortunately for the Tar Heels, Brittany Rountree’s 14 second-half points were not enough, and the Blue Devils snatched the 69-63 victory to claim ...

Rolle and Ruffin-Pratt continue to improve

By Michael Lananna | February 19

Before the season began, North Carolina basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell was faced with a dilemma. She knew two of her key veterans — Tierra Ruffin-Pratt ...

UNC women’s basketball tallies 71-66 win over FSU

By Brooke Pryor | February 15

After skidding its way into a three-game losing streak, the North Carolina women’s basketball team finally mashed the brakes against Florida State, ...