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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 ...

North Carolina women's basketball team's balance helps with win

By David Adler | November 14

Different parts of the No. 15 North Carolina women’s basketball team struggled in the first and second half of Friday’s game against North Florida. ...

UNC women's basketball team dominates in season opener

By Megan Walsh | November 14

There was no looking back for the North Carolina women’s basketball team after North Florida took a two-point lead to open UNC’s season Friday. The ...

Chay Shegog defends a club player on the elbow.

Women's basketball team practices with men

By Michael Lananna | November 9

When the regular season opens Friday night, the North Carolina women’s basketball team will come across something it hasn’t seen very often at practice: ...

Jessica Breland (51) scored the game’s only double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in her first game since March 2009, missing all of last year battling cancer. Above, Waltia Rolle (left), Breland and Cetera DeGraffenreid prepare for the exhibition game at Carmichael Arena.

Breland leads UNC women's basketball in rout

By Kelly Parsons | November 8

“She’s back.” Those were the words that boomed over the sound system prior to the start of the North Carolina women’s basketball team’s exhibition ...

Breland leads UNC after battle with cancer

By Megan Walsh | November 4

Instead of performing on the court, the senior forward powered through chemotherapy treatments while the rest of her team struggled to a 19-12 record. ...

Senior Italee Lucas is one of three players on the North Carolina roster who has recorded more than 1,000 points in her collegiate career.

Women starting anew in 2010

By Kelly Parsons | November 4

It’s a brand-new atmosphere and a brand-new season. And the North Carolina women’s basketball team can’t wait to take advantage of its fresh start. ...

The UNC women’s basketball team unveils its pink uniforms after its introduction at Late Night with Roy.

Late Night with Roy kicks off the season with dancing, skits

By Megan Walsh | October 17

Projected on white sheets dangling from the ceiling of the Smith Center on Friday, shadowy images of the North Carolina men’s basketball team preceded ...