UNC Women's Basketball
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UNC Women’s Basketball Included in 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis Field
The North Carolina women’s basketball team will reportedly join an elite field at the 2024 Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas, to be played Nov. 23-25. It’s the first time the women’s program will participate in the event. Carolina will be joined in the tournament by Ball State, Baylor, Columbia, Indiana, Southern Mississippi, Texas A&M, and Villanova. (
Chapelboro.com)
UNC Women's Basketball to play in Battle 4 Atlantis for first time
UNC Women's Basketball will play for the first time in the Battle 4 Atlantis, an event that the men’s team has been involved in three times. According to the
Atlantis website, the Tar Heels, led by forward
Alyssa Ustby, are participating in the eight-team tournament, set for Nov. 23-25. The non-conference women’s schedule is expected to be out next week. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
UNC Women's Basketball star Alyssa Ustby has jumped feet first into NIL era
UNC basketball star
Alyssa Ustby says NIL deals allow the best of all words for college athletes like herself. The All-ACC forward has stayed true to her school, about to play a fifth season at UNC. And thanks to NIL, she’s making some side profits, working on the business side of things, and tapping her creative side with her own advertisement content. (
Rochester Post Bulletin)
UNC Women's Basketball Honored For Academic Performance
The UNC women's basketball team has received special mention as part of the 2023-24 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Rolls for earning a team grade point average above 3.0 for the academic year. The Women's Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA women's basketball teams across the nation with the highest GPAs. (
GoHeels.com)
UNC freshman guard Lanie Grant wins USA gold for second straight summer
For the second consecutive summer, UNC freshman point guard
Lanie Grant is returning home with gold. Grant started in all seven games as team USA finished the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup 7–0 by rolling to an 84–64 victory over Canada in Leon, Mexico on Sunday night. Last summer, Grant helped the USA win gold at the FIBA Women’s U16 Championship. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
USA teammates celebrate Lanie Grant’s high school graduation in Mexico
Most high school graduates enjoy a ceremony with their classmates, but
Lanie Grant’s path was different, and so was her ceremony. Grant reclassified after earning Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year honors her junior season at James River High School in Midlothian, Va., so that she could join the UNC women’s basketball program next season. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
UNC Women's Basketball names Shellie Greenman new Director of Basketball Operations
The UNC women's basketball program announced that they have named Shellie Greenman as the new Director of Basketball Operations. Greenman comes to Chapel Hill following stints at Clemson and North Florida as Director of Basketball Operations. She'll replace Jessika Carrington, who elected to leave North Carolina to pursue other opportunities. (
Keeping It Heel)
Lanie Grant scores 15 with team-high +50 as USA rolls into FIBA U17 World Cup quarterfinals
It was another convincing United States victory with more domination and consistent play from UNC guard
Lanie Grant. For the third straight game, Grant scored at least three 3-pointers, pouring in 15 points and was a team-high +50 as USA coasted to a 123-42 victory over Egypt in the quarterfinals of the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup in Irapuato, Mexico. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Lanie Grant scores 17, swipes 3 of USA’s 30 steals in 81-point romp over Croatia
UNC freshman guard
Lanie Grant scored 11 of her 17 points in the second quarter and had three of the USA’s record 30 steals as the Americans rolled to a 123-42 victory Tuesday over Croatia at the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup. With UNC coach
Courtney Banghart in the stands in Irapuato, Mexico, Grant started and had her best tournament game. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Lanie Grant scores 18, is team-high +60 in USA blowout of Puerto Rico
Lanie Grant and the No. 1-ranked United States team rolled Sunday against an overmatched Puerto Rico team at the FIBA Women’s World Cup. Grant, who an incoming freshman guard at UNC, scored 10 of her 18 points in the second half and was a team-high +60 as the Americans rolled to a 121-36 win in Irapuato, Mexico, over No. 15 Puerto Rico. (
Tar Heel Tribune)