GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
North Carolina 73, Boston College 55
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Kayla McPherson scored 22 points in her first career start to spark No. 14 North Carolina to a 73-55 win over Boston College to end a two-game losing streak.
McPherson, a redshirt freshman who missed her first season rehabbing a high school knee injury and the first 20 games this season because of a lower-body injury, was 4-of-7 from 3-point range with six rebounds and three assists in just her fifth game.
Kennedy Todd-Williams added 16 points and nine rebounds and Deja Kelly had 12 points for North Carolina (18-7, 9-5 Atlantic Coast Conference). Destiny Adams had four of her career-high six steals in the first quarter and the Tar Heels forced 25 turnovers with 13 steals, their third-straight game with double-figure steals.
T'Yana Todd paced the Eagles (14-14, 4-11) with 14 points, Ally VanTimmeren had 11 and Andrea Daley had 11 rebounds.
McPherson scored 10 straight points on 4-of-5 shooting, including two 3-pointers, to start a 12-0 run in the first quarter, which ended with the Tar Heels on top 19-8. She was 3 for 3 in the second quarter as North Carolina stretched the lead to 37-20. The Eagles shot 29% in the first half.
Todd-Williams had a 3-pointer and a three-point play on back-to-back possessions in the third quarter, with the lead reaching 54-28 after Kelly and Paulina Paris hit back-to-back 3-pointers for North Carolina. The Eagles then scored the last nine points of the third quarter.
McPherson had two more 3-pointers as the Tar Heels hit three straight and scored the first 11 of the fourth quarter. North Carolina was 11 of 27 behind the arc.
February 12, 2023
| Boston College | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. VanTimmeren | F | 23 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| M. Gakdeng | C | 36 | 1-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| T. Mair | G | 34 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| T. Todd | G | 29 | 3-4 | 7-8 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Lacey | G | 24 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| A. Daley | 29 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| K. Lezama | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| A. McGee | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Carman | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 18-47 (.383) |
11-18 (.611) |
8-20 (.400) |
6-33 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 55 | |
| North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Zelaya | F | 29 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| T. Key | F | 19 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Kelly | G | 36 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| K. Todd-Williams | G | 34 | 6-15 | 2-3 | 2-7 | 2-9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| K. McPherson | G | 30 | 9-17 | 0-1 | 4-7 | 1-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| D. Adams | 23 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3-8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| P. Paris | 20 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| M. Tshitenge | 9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-65 (.415) |
8-15 (.533) |
11-27 (.407) |
12-38 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 73 | |
Officials: Edward Sidlasky, Talisa Green, Whitney Armstrong
Attendance: 2,841
