Unc basketball clemson game

Chapel Hill, N. The 24th-ranked Tar Heels improved to in Atlantic Coast Conference play for the first time since the season. Sophomore guard Deja Kelly scored a career-high 31 points, including a career-best five three-pointers, to lead four Tar Heels in double figures.

Kennedy Todd-Williams scored 14 points, equal to her season high, and made a career-high five steals. Alyssa Ustby had a career-high six steals to go with her 10 points, and junior Eva Hodgson chipped in 10 points off the bench, including three buckets from long-range as the Tar Heels combined for 10 three-pointers.

Todd-Williams had five points in that early run, which was capped by a three from grad student Carlie Littlefield to put Carolina up just over three minutes into the game.

UNC led after the first quarter and saw the Tigers get as close as four points at with to play in the second, but the Tar Heels closed the half on a run to make it at halftime. Carolina kept the margin above 20 throughout the third quarter, pushing the advantage to 30 on a layup by Todd-Williams two of the 27 points UNC scored off turnovers , with to play.

Clemson started the fourth quarter on a run to draw within 14, but an Ustby jumper broke the drought and the Tigers never got closer. Next up was the three-pointer that moved Kelly past her old career high of 25, scored by the Texas native in the win at TCU in November. It put the Tar Heels up 19, , with to play and they rolled to the finish from there. In addition to her scoring high, Kelly had four assists tied with Ustby for the team lead , two steals, a block and just one turnover in on the court.

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The Tigers finally got their offense together in the third quarter, and outscored the Tar Heels Ustby immediately shot out of the gate for the Tar Heels, scoring the first basket of the game on a fast break before converting a steal for a breakaway layup on the very next possession.

The dynamic duo of guards Ustby and Todd-Williams were effective in setting the aggressive tone for the Tar Heels, and ended the first half with a combined 13 points, nine rebounds and five steals. Shooting 40 percent in the second quarter, Kelly was able to get the outside jumper going for UNC when Clemson turned up the pressure in the paint. By halftime, with a point lead, the Tar Heels had a comfortable position for the rest of the game. The Tar Heels are on the road this week, slated for a top matchup with No.

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