GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
North Carolina 70, Virginia 59
Associated Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Kennedy Todd-Williams and Deja Kelly each scored 21 points and No. 22 North Carolina dominated the fourth quarter in beating Virginia 70-59.
Virginia built a 57-48 lead with 6:46 to play but only made one more field goal the rest of the way as North Carolina had a scoring run of 13-0 before closing the game on a 9-0 run. The Cavaliers made just 3 of 15 field goals (20%) in the final 10 minutes and were outscored 28-8.
Alyssa Ustby had 15 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three blocks for North Carolina (11-5, 2-3 ACC). Todd-Williams was 6 of 13 from the field, with three 3-pointers, and 6 of 8 from the line to set a career-high in scoring.
Kelly had a game-high 13 points in the first half as North Carolina led 30-27 after holding Virginia to below 30% shooting.
Taylor Valladay scored 16 points and Sam Brunelle had 15 points and nine rebounds for Virginia (13-4, 2-4).
January 12, 2023
| North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Poole | F | 23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Kelly | G | 37 | 5-10 | 9-11 | 2-3 | 0-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| A. Ustby | G | 32 | 7-12 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| K. Todd-Williams | G | 29 | 6-13 | 6-8 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| E. Hodgson | G | 26 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Paris | 26 | 1-8 | 4-4 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| D. Adams | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Zelaya | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Key | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 201 | 22-59 (.373) |
20-26 (.769) |
6-21 (.286) |
8-37 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 70 | |
| Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Brunelle | F | 25 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 4-9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| C. Taylor | F | 17 | 3-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| A. Smith | G | 32 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| K. Lawson | G | 26 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| C. Miller | G | 18 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| T. Valladay | 25 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| L. Clarkson | 23 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| M. Dale | 23 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| C. Pauley | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y. Vaughn | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 20-64 (.313) |
10-16 (.625) |
9-29 (.310) |
16-48 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 59 | |
Officials: Jeffrey Smith, Meadow Overstreet,
Attendance: 3,191
