GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
North Carolina 69, Clemson 58
Associated Press
CLEMSON, S.C. - Freshman Paulina Paris hit six 3-pointers, scored 22 points and had five steals - all career highs - and Kennedy Todd-Williams added 15 points to help No. 15 North Carolina hold off Clemson for a 69-58 win, the Tar Heels' seventh in a row.
No. 15 North Carolina (16-5, 7-3 ACC) hasn't lost since a 62-58 defeat at Miami on Jan. 5 and the Tar Heels have won six straight - and 28 of the last 31 - against Clemson.
Todd-Williams scored 10 points in the first 3 1/2 minutes, including back-to-back 3-pointers that capped a 14-4 opening run and UNC never trailed.
Alyssa Ustby had seven points, 11 rebounds and three of North Carolina's season-high tying 16 steals. Deja Kelly added nine points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals.
Daisha Bradford led Clemson (13-10, 4-7) with 14 points and Amari Robinson scored 10.
The Tigers shot 6 of 26 (23.1%) from the field - including 2 of 12 (17%) from 3-point range - hit just 33% (3 of 9) from the free-throw line and scored just 17 points in the first half.
Paris hit a 3-pointer to open the second half and give the Tar Heels their biggest lead at 39-17 with 8:47 left in the third but they went 2 for 13 from the field and committed five turnovers as Clemson trimmed its deficit to 43-39 going into the fourth. The Tigers ripped off 17 straight points during a 22-4 run - including eight points from Bradford - to close the third.
Paris hit a 3-pointer and Todd-Williams converted a three-point play to make it 49-41 with 8:58 to play and Paris made another 3 that ignited a 10-0 spurt, capped when Kelly hit a jumper with 5:03 remaining that gave UNC a 15-point lead.
North Carolina had two scoring droughts of five-plus minutes, one to open the second quarter and the other in the third.
January 29, 2023
| North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Poole | F | 26 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Kelly | G | 38 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 0-4 | 1-6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| P. Paris | G | 33 | 7-14 | 2-4 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| K. Todd-Williams | G | 32 | 5-14 | 3-5 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| A. Ustby | G | 32 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| K. McPherson | 17 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| D. Adams | 10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| T. Key | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| A. Zelaya | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-56 (.411) |
14-25 (.560) |
9-27 (.333) |
10-42 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 69 | |
| Clemson | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Robinson | F | 32 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| H. Hank | C | 32 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| D. Bradford | G | 30 | 4-13 | 4-5 | 2-7 | 0-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| B. Perpignan | G | 30 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| R. Whitehorn | G | 27 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Douglas | 19 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| E. Inyang | 12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| K. Gaines | 11 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| M. Ott | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| M. Elmore | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 22-60 (.367) |
8-15 (.533) |
6-22 (.273) |
8-36 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 58 | |
Officials: Dee Kantner, Mark McClenney, Ashlee Goode
Attendance: 2,556