No. 2 Tar Heels defeat Spartans, 103-48

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The second-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels had five players finish in double-figures in the 103-48 win over the UNC Greensboro Spartans on Thursday night at the historic Carmichael Auditorium. 

North Carolina is ranked No. 2 in both national polls. The Tar Heels have the second best defense in the nation, allowing only 45.5 points and their margin of victory is 48.3 points so far in the young season.

The matchup pitted two of the most successful women’s basketball coaches against each other. UNCG head coach Lynne Agee is 16th all-time with 542 wins, while North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell is fourth with 724 victories

Jasmine Byrd, the Southern Conference’s leading scorer, finished with 16 points for UNCG. The SoCon Player of the Week had all four field goals come from three-point range. Junior Kristen Boone had eight points and four steals for the Spartans.

Camille Little led the Tar Heels with 16 points, while LaToya Pringle finished with 15 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Jessica Breland had 12 points and Heather Claytor and Christina Dewitt finished with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

The Tar Heels (7-0) opened up the game on 21-5 run, led by Little, who had nine points in the run. North Carolina continued to expand its lead and went into the break up 57-15. The Spartans shot 20 percent from the field, while the Tar Heels finished the half shooting 52.4 percent.

The Spartans (4-2) outscored the Tar Heels 15-12 in the opening 10 minutes of the second half to make it 69-29 but were unable to get any closer.

North Carolina outrebounded UNCG 57-34 and shot 50.6 percent from the field. Despite all that, the Spartans are the first team to score more than 40 points in Chapel Hill this season.

“We missed a handful of easy layups in the beginning and had we made those early shots, we could have been ok,” stated Agee. “We came out more relaxed in the second half and stuck together and played more as a team.”

The Spartans travel to Davidson on Monday for their SoCon opener. Game set at 7 pm.

AGATE
NORTH CAROLINA 103, UNC GREENSBORO 48

UNC GREENSBORO (4-2)
Byrd,Jasmine 4-11 4-5 16; Boone, Kristen 2-9 4-6 8; Brooks, Kemena 2-8 1-2 6; Otamiri, Irene 2-7 0-0 4; Chamberlain, Meghan 2-5 0-0 4; Dixon, Jasmine 2-6 0-0 4; Frazier, Brittany 2-11 0-0 4; Grimsley, Gini 1-6 0-0 2; Girstautaite, Agne 0-1 0-0 0; Latham, Kaleah 0-2 0-0 0; Mullins, Ashley 0-3 0-4 0; Ling, Ashley 0-0 0-0 0; Hyson, Lakiah 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-69 9-17 48.

NORTH CAROLINA (7-0)
Little, Camille 6-11 2-2 16; Pringle, LaToya 6-7 3-3 15; Breland, Jessica 6-10 0-0 12; Claytor, Heather 4-8 0-0 11; Dewitt, Christina 4-5 2-4 10; Latta, Ivory 2-7 4-4 9; Bursey, Trinity 3-6 2-2 8; Miller, Alex 2-7 3-3 7; McCants, Rashanda 2-6 2-2 6; McFarland, Iman 3-6 0-0 6; Larkins, Erlana 1-3 1-2 3; Austin, Meghan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 39-77 19-22 103.

Halftime: North Carolina, 57-15. 3-point goals--UNC Greensboro 5-19 (Byrd, Jasmine 4-9; Brooks, Kemena 1-4; Otamiri, Irene 0-1; Grimsley, Gini 0-2; Mullins, Ashley 0-1; Boone, Kristen 0-2), North Carolina 6-18 (Claytor, Heather 3-6; Little, Camille 2-3; Latta, Ivory 1-3; Dewitt, Christina 0-1; Miller, Alex 0-1; McCants, Rashanda 0-3; Breland, Jessica 0-1). Fouled out--UNC Greensboro-None, North Carolina-None. Rebounds--UNC Greensboro 34 (Frazier, Brittany 6), North Carolina 57 (Pringle, LaToya 9). Assists--UNC Greensboro 10 (Chamberlain, Meghan 2), North Carolina 27 (Latta, Ivory 6; Little, Camille 6). Total fouls—UNC Greensboro 22, North Carolina 19. Technical fouls--UNC Greensboro-None, North Carolina-None.

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