UNC women hosted Florida State today, but unfortunately they ending up on the losing end 86 -84. This was a game which UNC did not shot the ball extremely well. Ustby, Gakdeng and R. Kelly played exceptionally well, but the rest of the team only made 13 of 44 shots from the field for a mere 29%. Do not expect this to be a norm going forward, it was just one of those games. Credit to Florida State they played exceptionally well today, probably their best game of the season thus far. With the game tied at 84, Latson of Florida State made a layup with 00.03 second left in the game. Thought it was going to overtime.
Stats below:
FG% - UNC at 46% and Florida State at 40%
3P-FG% - UNC at 33% and Florida State at 45%
FT% - UNC at 82% and Florida State at 94%
T/O's - UNC had 11 and Florida State had 7. Strange that Florida State had that low number of T'O's which was a season low for them. Considering that UNC defense normally causes teams to turn the ball over 20 or more times a game.
Rebounds - Each team had 39.
Steals - UNC 2 and Florida State 4
UNC leaders
Scoring - Maria Gakdeng had 21 points
Rebounding - A. Ustby had 10
Assist G. Townsend had 6
Current record for the women: 18-4 Overall, and 6-3 in conference play
Next games are on the West Coast - At California on 1/30 and at Stanford on 2/2/2025.
