UNC Women's Basketball
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball.
Ciera Toomey Learns From Redshirt Season, Ready For College Basketball
While rehabilitating an ACL injury suffered in high school, then-freshman
Ciera Toomey fell off her scooter the day of UNC's 2023 Late Night event. She injured her wrist, requiring the 5-star forward to miss her entire freshman season. Toomey watched from the sidelines, learning what she could about the speed and physicality of the college game. (
Inside Carolina)
What's it like to be recruited to play basketball at UNC?
In 2022, former UNC basketball standout
Armando Bacot tweeted, "If you don’t want to commit to UNC, don’t visit because if you do, you will." When freshman center
Blanca Thomas visited Chapel Hill, she felt something pulling her to be there. It was the same for freshman men's basketball forward James Brown. And for sophomore forward
Ciera Toomey. (
Daily Tar Heel)
UNC Women's Basketball Enlists Speedy Transfer Guard Grace Townsend To Run Offense
The 5-foot-5
Grace Townsend put her blinding speed on display during her four-year career at Richmond, and that quickness has left an impression on her new teammates at UNC. Townsend, a former high school track & field athlete, was in contention with
Alyssa Ustby as the fastest player on
the roster, but
Courtney Banghart said Townsend has the edge. (
Inside Carolina)
Maria Gakdeng Named To Lisa Leslie Award Watch List
Entering her second season as a Tar Heel, women's basketball's
Maria Gakdeng has been named to the Lisa Leslie Award Watchlist presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as one of the top centers in the country. Earning a spot on the list for the second straight season, Gakdeng appeared in all 33 games last season for UNC, making 32 starts. (
GoHeels.com)
Freshman Blanca Thomas gives Tar Heels 6-5 stretch-five with impressive upside
It’s not a stretch to say that the No. 15 North Carolina women's basketball team will have players who can stretch the court at nearly every position. One of the newcomers who adds to that dynamic, even though she’s the tallest player on the
2024-25 UNC roster at 6-foot-5, is Charlotte four-star freshman
Blanca Thomas — the rare stretch five. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Freshman Jordan Zubich transitions from small-town basketball to UNC
Jordan Zubich is a
class of 2024 four-star guard from Mountain Iron, Minnesota and is the all-time leading scorer at Mountain Iron-Buhl High School with over 3,000 career points. Zubich narrowed her college options down to six offers — Utah, Ohio State, Minnesota, Nebraska, UNC, and Creighton — before committing to North Carolina in Feb. 2023. (
Daily Tar Heel)
UNC Adds Alcohol Sales At Smith Center & Carmichael Arena
Carolina Athletics will begin selling beer and wine at men's basketball games at the Smith Center and women's basketball and Olympic Sports events at Carmichael Arena next month. Sales at the Smith Center will begin on Monday, Nov. 4, when men's basketball opens the season against Elon; sales will begin in Carmichael later in November. (
GoHeels.com)
UNC's 17-year-old guard Lanie Grant adjusts to college basketball after reclassifying
Virginia native
Lanie Grant was counting the days until she could put on her Carolina Blue uniform. Considering she committed to North Carolina at 14 years old, before she even checked in to a high school basketball game, those days had piled up. Coming from a family of longtime UNC fans, the choice was easy for the 5-star recruit in the
class of 2024. (
Daily Tar Heel)
Laila Hull aims to make immediate impact for UNC Women's Basketball after redshirt season
Laila Hull, a versatile guard from Zionsville, Indiana, looks to use her 6-foot-1 frame to bolster UNC's defensive rebounding numbers and post up smaller guards, as well as contribute efficiency from the beyond the arc. And after watching from the sidelines last year, Hull is eager to return to the court and have an immediate impact for the Tar Heels. (
Daily Tar Heel)
Following multiple injuries, Ciera Toomey finds new love for basketball
Ciera Toomey is healthy and ready to place her mark on UNC women's basketball. The stretch big is learning from preseason All-ACC forward
Alyssa Ustby with a renewed mindset to never take basketball for granted. Toomey’s almost 600-day absence since her last competitive game gave her a unique perspective on basketball she didn’t have before. (
Daily Tar Heel)