UNC Women's Basketball’s talented junior class will be the core of national contender next season

Posted Mar 21, 2023
When Courtney Banghart got the UNC job, her first calls were to members of the talented junior class that have put the Tar Heels women's basketball program in the national spotlight. That core group — Deja Kelly, Kennedy Todd-Williams, Alyssa Ustby and Anya Poole — suffered a heartbreaking 71-69 loss to Ohio State in the NCAA tournament Monday (Tar Heel Tribune)

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