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North Carolina leaps to 2-0 with a 75-48 win over TCU

The North Carolina women’s basketball team delivers statement win in their second game of the season.

The North Carolina women’s basketball team kicked off their second game of the season against TCU with a slow start and strong finish.

Both teams had a share of their own runs in the first quarter. After both teams traded buckets, UNC went on a seven-point run, leading TCU 13-6. The lead did not last long as the Frogs leaped back with an 11 to 2-point run to end the first quarter and take the lead 17-15.

The second quarter went to the Tar Heels, with guard Alyssa Ustby scoring six of her 14 points in that period. TCU was able to push the lead to 19-15, but shortly after that would soon vanish with North Carolina going on an 11-point run. UNC ended the second quarter on top 30-24.

The third quarter was all North Carolina, pushing the lead to double digits early. Deja Kelly scored nine of her 12 points in the quarter as UNC outscored TCU 27-6.

By the time the fourth quarter came, the game was well out of reach—an ideal statement game for the ball club, with contributions coming from everyone. Ustby and Kennedy Todd-Willams led UNC in points with 14 each. Kelly finished with 12, Anaya Poole with 10, and Destiny Adams off the bench with ten.

The team will return on Wednesday as they take South Carolina State.

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UNC announces players who will represent programs at ACC Media Day

The UNC basketball program announces which men’s and women’s players will represent the programs at ACC Media Day next week.

ACC media day takes place on October 12 and both the UNC basketball men’s and women’s team will be represented.

For the women’s team, they will be up first among the UNC programs and will take the podium at 9 am ET.

For Media Day, UNC will be represented by head coach Courtney Banghart and players [autotag]Deja Kelly[/autotag] and [autotag]Kennedy Todd-Williams[/autotag].

Kelly is a sophomore who turned in a standout freshman season for the Tar Heels. She averaged 16.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game while shooting 36.1 percent from three. She had 23 points in an eight-point loss to South Carolina in the Sweet 16.

Todd-Williams, like Kelly, is returning after a very good freshman season. She averaged 10.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game a year ago.

UNC looks to build off of a terrific season a year ago when advancing to the Sweet 16 before falling to No. 1 seed South Carolina.

Head coach Courtney Banghart is going into her fourth season at North Carolina and has a current record of 54-32 in three years. The NCAA Tournament was cancelled in her first season but she has led the Tar Heels to back-to-back tournament berths.

The men will take the podium at 3:30 pm ET as one of the last teams of the day. The Tar Heels will be one of two programs on either the men’s of women’s side to have three student-athletes attend.

UNC will have [autotag]Armando Bacot[/autotag], [autotag]Caleb Love[/autotag] and [autotag]RJ Davis [/autotag] as its attendees alongside had coach Hubert Davis.

Heading into the season, all three players are expected on one of the preseason All-American teams — with Bacot leading the charge as a projected First Team All-American.

Bacot averaged 16.3 points and 13.1 rebounds per game last season and became the first player in NCAA Tournament history with six double-doubles in one NCAA Tournament.

Love averaged 15.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game and was part of the NCAA All-Tournament team.

Lastly, for Davis, he averaged 13.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.

Head coach Hubert Davis enters his second season just one game shy of being the defending National Champions. The Tar Heels lost in the title game to Kansas by three.

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Inside look at UNC women’s ACC basketball schedule

The UNC women’s basketball team is gearing up to chase the title, and now with the release of their ACC schedule, we look at their path.

The North Carolina woman’s basketball team has announced their Atlantic Coast Conference schedule for the upcoming 2022-2023 season.

After their 25-7 record last season, UNC’s woman’s basketball program is heading in the right direction, and this could be the year they put it all together. Led by coach [autotag]Courtney Banghart[/autotag], North Carolina finished with a 13-5 record in the conference, dancing to the sweet 16 before losing to eventual national champions South Carolina.

UNC will open their ACC schedule against Florida State on December 29th in Carmichael Arena, the home turf they defended going 13-1 on the previous season. They then have two road games against Virginia Tech to open the new year on January 1st and then travel to Miami for a meeting with the Hurricanes on the 5th.

North Carolina then hosts the Fighting Irish on January 8th before traveling to take on Virginia Cavaliers on January 12th. The next three games on the ACC schedule are at home, hosting NC State on the 15th, Duke on the 19th, and Georgia Tech on the 22nd. They will then hit the road for a meeting against Pittsburgh on the 26th, finishing January in South Carolina against the Clemson Tigers on the 29th.

Their February opens up with their second season meeting against the Cavaliers but this time at home on the 2nd. UNC hits the road on February 5th to take on Louisville and end their road trip against Syracuse on the 9th. They have a short stint at home with Boston College on the 12th, then hit the road again to battle NC State on the 16th.

UNC host two more games at home, taking on Wake Forest on February 19th and Virginia Tech on the 23rd, before capping off their ACC schedule on the road against Duke on February 26th.

There’s a lot of hype surrounding the North Carolina woman’s basketball program this year, and posting another solid performance in the ACC could help get them to cutting nets at the end of the season.

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UNC WBB coach Courtney Banghart gives praise to two Tar Heels

UNC Women’s basketball coach Courtney Banghart takes to Twitter to acknowledge the work ethic of two Tar Heels.

The UNC women’s basketball team has been hard at work looking to build on their 25-7 record last season.

[autotag]Courtney Banghart[/autotag] took to Twitter Sunday evening to shout out two Tar Heels on the team for staying locked in, even after the practice was over. The coach shouted out junior guards [autotag]Deja Kelly[/autotag] and [autotag]Kennedy Todd-Williams[/autotag] for working out together with the team managers after practice was already over for nearly an hour.

This type of leadership from the two guards is big for the women’s basketball team’s aspirations of finishing higher than their sweet sixteen finish in hopes for an NCAA title.

Kelly was a focal point of the team’s offensive attack averaging 16.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. Kelly had a dominating game in the 69-61 loss to the eventual NCAA champion Gamecocks, where she dropped 23 points, five rebounds, and three assists.

Todd-Williams also had a consistent season with an uptick on the horizon, averaging 10.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game. Todd-Williams’s best game of the season came against Arizona in the second round, where the junior ended up with 19 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals.

This is an ideal look for a team with high expectations and pressure to succeed this season. UNC kicks off its season on November 9th against Jackson State University.

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UNC Women’s basketball adds Jessika Carrington to staff

The UNC women’s basketball program has added to its staff, announcing the hire of Jessika Carrington.

Courtney Banghart and the UNC Women’s basketball program have added to their staff this offseason.

On Tuesday, the program announced that [autotag]Jessika Carrington[/autotag] has been hired as Assistant to the Athletic Director/Director of Operations. She joins the program after spending the past nine years working with the Pac-12 conference for women’s basketball.

After graduating from Oklahoma, Carrington worked with the women’s basketball program there for a few years including being a team manager for four years. She then went over to the Pac-12 spending four years as administrative assistant to the USC head coach. Carrington has held the role of Director of Basketball Operations at Arizona since 2017.

Banghart released this statement to announce the hiring, praising Carrington and what she can bring to the program here in Chapel Hill:

“As I conducted our national search, I was overwhelmed by the respect Jessika has earned from so many people in this business,” Banghart said. “She is a welcoming smile, a committed worker, and a proven teammate. She builds relationships that last and her values are perfectly aligned with our collective commitment to servant leadership. We look forward to sharing Jessika with the Carolina Family.”

After making a Sweet 16 run this past season, expectations are high for the program going into this season. And it should be another fun one in Chapel Hill for Banghart and her team.

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