Jessica Breland News Archive

Tar Heels In The WNBA Update
Five former UNC women's basketball players are active this season in the WNBA, highlighted by former league champions Erlana Larkins of the Indiana Fever and...
Wednesday July 3, 2013

Connecticut Sun waives former UNC star Jessica Breland
The Connecticut Sun has trimmed its pre-season roster to 13 players by cutting two players, including former North Carolina star Jessica Breland. The 6-foot-3 Breland...
Wednesday May 9, 2012

Young backcourt the key for No. 20 Tar Heel women
North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell heads into the season wondering how good her young backcourt can be. She knows it could determine how much these...
Thursday November 10, 2011

Sylvia Hatchell says Tar Heels may just be better
Sylvia Hatchell says her UNC basketball team might be a lot better than people expect. But it may not be really evident until February and...
Thursday November 3, 2011

Jessica Breland Joins WNBA's Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun has signed 6-foot-3 rookie forward Jessica Breland to a seven-day contract. The former North Carolina star received the Honda Inspiration Award last...
Monday July 25, 2011

Former UNC star Jessica Breland receives Inspiration Award
Jessica Breland is always happy to share her story of overcoming Hodgkin's lymphoma with the hope it can be helpful to someone else. The former...
Monday June 27, 2011

Honda Inspiration Award goes to Jessica Breland
Basketball star Jessica Breland, a 2011 Carolina graduate and member the WNBA’s New York Liberty, has been named the 2011 recipient of the 23rd annual...
Thursday June 2, 2011

Jessica Breland wins Inspiration Award
North Carolina basketball player Jessica Breland has won the Honda Inspiration Award after returning to the court following treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Breland was diagnosed...
Thursday May 26, 2011

Jessica Breland battles to make WNBA
Jessica Breland found the strength to persevere through six months of cancer treatment. She missed a season with the Tar Heels and returned as a...
Tuesday May 24, 2011

Jessica Breland, Italee Lucas Selected In WNBA Draft
North Carolina seniors Jessica Breland and Italee Lucas became the 16th and 17th players in school history to be selected in the WNBA Draft Monday...
Monday April 11, 2011

Tar Heel Women Head To Sweet Sixteen With Win Over UK, 86-74
Italee Lucas scored 22 points and Jessica Breland added 18, helping North Carolina hold off Kentucky 86-74 in the second round of the NCAA tournament...
Tuesday March 22, 2011

North Carolina women clobber Kennesaw State
Jessica Breland and the rest of the Tar Heels are ready for the NCAA tournament. Breland, Waltiea Rolle and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored 13 points each,...
Sunday March 13, 2011

Kendall Marshall, Harrison Barnes, Jessica Breland Share Tar Heel Of The Week Honors
Due to their brilliant performances in leading North Carolina to the ACC regular-season title in men's basketball and to the ACC Tournament final in women's...
Monday March 7, 2011

Tar Heel Women Advance To ACC Final With 83-57 Win Over Miami
Jessica Breland knocked down enough jumpers and stuck back enough misses to give North Carolina another shot at its most hated rival. Breland had a...
Sunday March 6, 2011

North Carolina's Jessica Breland Earns Bradley Award
University of North Carolina forward Jessica Breland, whose resilience against cancer returned her to competition and inspired her school to create a fund in her...
Friday March 4, 2011

Tar Heels' Jessica Breland is struggling
Today, North Carolina enters the first round of the ACC women's basketball tournament - a tournament the program has won nine times - as an...
Thursday March 3, 2011

Four Tar Heels Earn All-ACC Honors
Senior guard Italee Lucas led a quartet of North Carolina players named to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams, ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced Tuesday...
Wednesday March 2, 2011

Brownlow: No One Knows
There were a lot of questions coming into this game - how would the Tar Heels respond to a lackluster performance at NC State? How...
Friday February 25, 2011

Jessica Breland, Italee Lucas Named To Naismith Midseason Top 30
The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the 2010-11 Naismith mid-season list of the top 30 women's basketball talent in the nation Monday, and North Carolina seniors...
Monday February 14, 2011

No. 15 Tar Heel Women Upend Florida State, 84-75
Jessica Breland came off the bench Wednesday and scored 16 of her game-high 22 points in the second half while teammate Waltiea Rolle was perfect...
Thursday February 3, 2011