Category: Women’s basketball

No. 8 UNC hits season-high 12 3s, rolls by Wofford with relentless defense

CHAPEL HILL — No. 8 Carolina fought fire with fire on Sunday afternoon. And the Tar Heels had a lot of it. Wofford came into the game 20th in the country in 3-pointers, and the Terriers hung around for one quarter, thanks to scoring four early. UNC combatted that threat with the sharpshooting of Eva Hodgson and Kennedy Todd-Williams in its best perimeter shooting game of the season.

Assembly Hall special classic college hoops venue — like a bigger Carmichael

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — While the outcome of the games left much to be desired for North Carolina, it was interesting to experience gamedays at another school with a rich basketball tradition. Assembly Hall is one of several remaining classic college basketball venues that hasn’t been cast aside in favor of bigger arenas. The facility remains where Bobby Knight turned Indiana into a national power and famously threw a chair in disgust — along with UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, Kansas’ Allen Fieldhouse and Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, to name a few.

Unbeaten No. 6 UNC women hope to end trend of bad starts in tough road game against No. 5 Indiana

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The No. 6 North Carolina women’s team showed in Portland that falling behind early against ranked teams doesn’t faze the Tar Heels. UNC (6–0) played from behind in both games on their way to the Phil Knight Invitational title, trailing in the first half by 12 before beating Oregon 85–79 in the first round and by 17 before knocking off Iowa State 73–64 in the championship game. In the fourth quarter, UNC trailed by eight against the Ducks and six against the Cyclones.

How to watch, listen to UNC football, basketball on busy week with conflicts

There were groans throughout the Carolina fanbase when everyone realized that the men’s basketball game and the football game on Black Friday would overlap. Fans at home will no doubt use a two-television setup, but it’s frustrating for fans who are at Kenan Stadium to see the No. 18 Tar Heels face N.C. State, knowing that they are missing the top-ranked men’s basketball team’s game.

Hodgson, Kelly shoot down JMU threat as UNC women win

No. 13 North Carolina’s first road test of the season was just that against a feisty James Madison team. But the perimeter shooting of Eva Hodgson gave the Tar Heels control, and Deja Kelly put the game away. Kelly scored 20 of her team-high 22 points in the second half as the Tar Heels (4–0) took the lead for good late in the third quarter on their way to a 76–65 victory Sunday afternoon over the Dukes in Harrisonburg, Va.