GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
North Carolina 70, Georgia Tech 57
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Deja Kelly scored 13 of her 18 points in the first half, Alyssa Ustby finished with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds and No. 17 North Carolina trailed for just 23 seconds in its 70-57 win over Georgia Tech.
Kennedy Todd-Williams had 13 points and seven rebounds for North Carolina (14-5, 5-3 ACC) and Eva Hodgson scored 10 points.
Kelly scored seven points - including the final five - in a 9-2 spurt to give North Carolina the lead for good and make it 18-11 at the end of the first quarter.
Freshman Tonie Morgan led Georgia Tech (10-10, 1-8) with 15 points and eight rebounds, and Cameron Swartz scored 13. Morgan, who had 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds last time out, made 6 of 9 from the field while the rest of the Yellow Jackets shot just 30.2% (16 of 53).
Todd-Williams hit a 3-pointer to give UNC a 10-point lead with 2 minutes left in the second quarter and Kelly made another as time expired to make it 37-28 at halftime. Swartz hit a 3 early in the third quarter to cut Georgia Tech's deficit to eight points but the Tar Heels scored 19 of the next 24 points to take a 57-36 lead - their biggest of the game - with 2:17 to go in the period.
The Yellow Jackets were coming off a 69-57 win over Syracuse on Thursday that snapped a six-game skid overall and ended a seven-game losing streak in conference play. It was only their second win since Dec. 11.
The Tar Heels have won five in a row following a four-game skid that ended with a 60-50 win over then-No. 4 Notre Dame on Jan. 8. North Carolina then beat Virginia 70-59 on the road, limited then-No. 11 N.C. State to a season-low 47 points in a nine-point win and ended No. 13 Duke's 11-game win streak with a 61-56 win over the Blue Devils on Thursday.
January 22, 2023
| Georgia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Blackshear | F | 25 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Aranaz | F | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Morgan | G | 32 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| K. Dunn | G | 24 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| I. Noguero | G | 13 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Carter | 27 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| C. Swartz | 24 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| B. Jackson | 18 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| C. Harrison | 11 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| N. Hermosa | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 22-62 (.355) |
6-12 (.500) |
7-23 (.304) |
12-35 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 57 | |
| North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Poole | F | 21 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Hodgson | G | 32 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Kelly | G | 30 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| K. Todd-Williams | G | 28 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| A. Ustby | G | 28 | 7-10 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| P. Paris | 19 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| D. Adams | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| T. Key | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| A. Zelaya | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Tshitenge | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-57 (.474) |
8-15 (.533) |
8-18 (.444) |
11-42 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 70 | |
Officials: Denise Brooks, Rod Creech,
