The North Carolina Tar Heels women’s basketball team heads into this week with just one loss under its belt against the No. 2 ranked team in the country, UConn, by just 11 points two weeks ago.
After not playing a game last week, they headed to Nassau, Bahamas, this weekend for an in-season tournament that would test their resilience, durability, and perseverance in an eight-team tournament.
They matched up with Ball State in the tournament’s opening game, winning by 11 points. Lanie Grant led all Tar Heel scorers in the game with 15 points and two rebounds off the bench on 3-of-4 shooting from behind the arc.
Alyssa Ustby had 12 points and 11 rebounds, in the game’s only double-double, with three assists to pair.
Heading to the semifinals, they took on Villanova in a game that was never really a game. They jumped out to a 10-point lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back, eventually winning by 17 points.
Ustby led all scorers in the game with 14 points and 14 rebounds in a monstrous double-double. Lexi Donarski tied Ustby with 14 points, shooting 6-of-10 from the field and 2-for-5 from behind the arc.
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In this championship game, they will face off against Lilly Meister and Indiana. Meister is averaging 13.2 points and 7.4 rebounds per game for the team. She is not the only contributor, however, with Shay Ciezki dropping 34 points in their semifinal matchup.
North Carolina will face off against Indiana in the Bad Boy Mowers Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis at noon on Monday, airing on ESPN2.
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