For those who have not watched, we have a really good 17 year old guard--Lanie Grant. This team may be stacking stars for something really great down the road. And they aren't too bad this year!
Women's Basketball
- Thread starter Jarrod Hardy
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The future is bright for the women's program. Banghart is doing a great job molding this team into a consistent winner. The things which stands out the most is this team's on defense they are holding their opposition to around 50 points a game. Each game they have someone who steps up and lead the team, when the star players are not playing well. Toomey and Thomas are only going to get better as they both are freshman centers, and with the class that coming in next year they will be challenging ND for conference supremacy.
For those who get disenchanted with the men's basketball team, I suggest that you watch at least one game. It may change your perspective of women's basketball.
For those who get disenchanted with the men's basketball team, I suggest that you watch at least one game. It may change your perspective of women's basketball.
UNC played Wake Forest at home 1/23/2025 won 76 to 51. UNC was some lackadaisical in the first half, it appears Banghart put them on the right path the second half and the game was a blowout.
Stats - FG% UNC at 57 and WF at 48%.
3 Point FG% - UNC at 44 and WF at 36%
FT% - UNC at 53 and WF at 67% - Note this has been an achilleas heel for the women's team, even though Ustby is a great player, she went 1 for 4 from the FT line. It's amazing she has never been much above a 60% FT shooter.
TO's - UNC had 18 and WF had 24
Rebounds UNC - 28 and WF had 20, of these 8 were offensive rebounds for UNC
Bench points - UNC 32 and WF had 11
Leader score Donarski with 17 points, L. Grant the freshman phenom had 10 points, and Townsend had 13 points, but had trouble with TO's committing 4.
Rebound lead - Ustby with 9
Assist - R. Kelly with 4
Steals - UNC had 13 and WF had 9, with Nivar accounting for 5 of these, she reminds me of films which I have seen of Dudley Bradley for the men's team.
Record - UNC 18-3 overall, and 6-2 in conference play.
Next game is at home against Florida State who comes in with a 15-4 record on 1/26/2025
Stats - FG% UNC at 57 and WF at 48%.
3 Point FG% - UNC at 44 and WF at 36%
FT% - UNC at 53 and WF at 67% - Note this has been an achilleas heel for the women's team, even though Ustby is a great player, she went 1 for 4 from the FT line. It's amazing she has never been much above a 60% FT shooter.
TO's - UNC had 18 and WF had 24
Rebounds UNC - 28 and WF had 20, of these 8 were offensive rebounds for UNC
Bench points - UNC 32 and WF had 11
Leader score Donarski with 17 points, L. Grant the freshman phenom had 10 points, and Townsend had 13 points, but had trouble with TO's committing 4.
Rebound lead - Ustby with 9
Assist - R. Kelly with 4
Steals - UNC had 13 and WF had 9, with Nivar accounting for 5 of these, she reminds me of films which I have seen of Dudley Bradley for the men's team.
Record - UNC 18-3 overall, and 6-2 in conference play.
Next game is at home against Florida State who comes in with a 15-4 record on 1/26/2025
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.
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.
Carolina missed several wide open layups. I mean wide the fug open layups. Defense on the last play was awful, absolutely awful.
Have to agree with your assessments, they did not play to their potentials today ( offensively or defensively). You can bet that Banghart has let them know that, and the west coast trip will be a lot different.
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Courtesy of ESPN. Member of the 2025 McDonald's All American game to be played on 4/1/2025. Congrats to Nyla on making the team.
W Nyla Brooks
6-1 | Bishop Ireton (Virginia) | Boo Williams | North Carolina
ESPNW ranking: 20
Brooks is a slashing wing with a knack for a pull-up jumper. Over her high school career, she became more of a consistent 3-point threat, rising among the class. Brooks uses her length on the glass and on defense very well. Her ability to create space for the pull-up jumper separates her.
Brooks will bring a scoring punch to the perimeter for Courtney Banghart and the Tar Heels. This will provide some balance as they have been strong inside and can utilize Brooks' ability to score off the bounce to their advantage.
W Nyla Brooks
6-1 | Bishop Ireton (Virginia) | Boo Williams | North Carolina
ESPNW ranking: 20
Brooks is a slashing wing with a knack for a pull-up jumper. Over her high school career, she became more of a consistent 3-point threat, rising among the class. Brooks uses her length on the glass and on defense very well. Her ability to create space for the pull-up jumper separates her.
Brooks will bring a scoring punch to the perimeter for Courtney Banghart and the Tar Heels. This will provide some balance as they have been strong inside and can utilize Brooks' ability to score off the bounce to their advantage.
