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UNC women's basketball runs by Virginia

By Megan Walsh | January 29

Spurred by junior She’La White, the North Carolina women’s basketball team fought back Virginia’s quick lead in Carmichael on Friday. Back-to-back ...

UNC women’s basketball adjusts to Breland’s absense

By Kelly Parsons | January 24

The North Carolina women’s basketball team knows what it’s like to play without Jessica Breland. After missing all of last season, the senior forward ...

Terrapins throttle Breland-less Tar Heels

By Megan Walsh | January 23

Without senior Jessica Breland — who sat out Sunday’s game due to shifting floating bodies in her kneecap — the No. 10 North Carolina women’s ...

Tar Heels get out-rebounded again

By Kelly Parsons | January 23

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — For the third game in a row, the North Carolina women’s basketball team was routinely beaten to the basket. But for Maryland, ...

North Carolina exorcises Demon Deacons

By Kelly Parsons | January 19

In an impressive display of offensive depth, senior Italee Lucas and junior Laura Broomfield combined for 39 points to lead the Tar Heels (17-2, 3-1 ACC) ...

Forwards step up without Breland

By Evan G. Marlow | January 19

Forward Jessica Breland has been the North Carolina women’s basketball team’s best forward this year.

Tar Heels lost in transition

By Megan Walsh | January 17

Connecticut’s women’s basketball team immediately took advantage of a first-play North Carolina turnover in Monday’s women’s basketball game in ...

All-American Maya Moore poured in 26 points en route to a double-double for the Huskies. She went 10-for-18 and pulled down 10 boards.

Defending champ Connecticut handles UNC

By Kelly Parsons | January 17

Their calendars had been marked for some time now. Beating the record-breaking University of Connecticut women’s basketball team in front of a home ...

UNC withstands late State rally

By Megan Walsh | January 15

North Carolina State began Friday night’s women’s basketball matchup against North Carolina with an assertive 7-0 run. Determined to come back, ...

Cetera DeGraffenreid suffered an 11-point loss to N.C. State last season despite her best efforts, scoring 22 points and dishing out five assists.

UNC seeks redemption against Wolfpack

By Ryan Davis | January 13

The North Carolina women’s basketball team has a bitter taste in its mouth. t’s a taste that’s lingered for almost eleven months, and they’re ...

Breland leads UNC to first ACC victory

By Kelly Parsons | January 9

One point has been the deciding factor in each of the North Carolina women’s basketball team’s last two games, but Sunday against Boston College, ...

Tar Heel senior forward Jessica Breland spent a year off the court
battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system.

Breland hopes ACC play will promote fund

By Lauren Ratcliffe | January 9

A year after cancer sidelined Jessica Breland from competition, she’s looking to the start of ACC competition as a chance for the hospital fund in her ...

Breland sparks Tar Heels

By Kelly Parsons | December 12

Sunday in Carmichael Arena, visiting Nevada-Las Vegas gave the No. 12 North Carolina women’s basketball team the chances it needed to run away with ...

North Carolina forward Laura Broomfield goes up for a layup against Iowa. The 6-foot-1 junior scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 20 minutes of action. It was her first double-double this year.

Tar Heels dispose of Iowa in ACC/Big Ten Challenge at home

By Evan G. Marlow | December 3

Despite nearly blowing a 15-point halftime lead, the No. 14 North Carolina women’s basketball team held on to defeat No. 18 Iowa 79-67 Thursday night ...

Italee Lucas scored 34 points agaisnt the Hawkeyes, making 14-of-21 and six 3-pointers. The guard’s 18.4 points per game average is the team’s best this year.

Senior Italee Lucas leads women's basketball past Iowa

By Grant Fitzgerald | December 2

North Carolina needed an answer. As their 20-point lead slowly dwindled to just two, the Tar Heels realized the visiting Iowa Hawkeyes weren’t going ...

UNC women's basketball has partnered with Toys for Tots

By From staff and wire reports | November 30

Orange County Toys for Tots has partnered with the UNC women’s basketball team to collect toys for needy children throughout the county. Basketball ...

UNC women's basketball team's defense dominates in wins

By David Adler | November 21

If defense wins championships, North Carolina women’s basketball is looking like a championship team. The Tar Heels had shutdown defensive performances ...

Women's basketball handles Western Carolina

By Brandon Moree | November 21

Size and speed made the difference as the North Carolina women’s basketball team rolled the Catamounts from Western Carolina 93-36 on Sunday. The ...

Ruffin-Pratt leads UNC women's basketball in rout

By Michael Lananna | November 18

The North Carolina women’s basketball team continued on its early season warpath Wednesday, defeating visiting Robert Morris 76-47. The No. 14 Tar ...

UNC's women's basketball defeats Robert Morris

By Aaron Taube | November 17

Like many of the nonconference opponents the North Carolina women’s basketball team will take on this season, visiting Robert Morris couldn’t measure ...