CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Four Tar Heels scored in double figures and junior Kennedy Todd-Williams led the way with a career-high 20 points as the 12th-ranked North Carolina women’s basketball team opened the season Wednesday night with a 91-59 homecourt win over Jackson State.
“Certainly glad to come out with a win – I thought we were solid in the first half on both ends,” said UNC coach Courtney Banghart, who opened her fourth season at UNC with a victory. “A lot less solid in the second half on both ends. We’ll take it – that’s one. We’ll be better on Saturday.”
Next up for the Tar Heels is a Saturday home game against TCU. Tipoff at Carmichael Arena is 1 p.m.
In addition to Todd-Williams’ big night, junior Alyssa Ustby turned in a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds in just 19 minutes on the court. Senior Eva Hodgson, making her first start as a Tar Heel, scored 13 points and added six rebounds and five assists. Paulina Paris, the team’s lone newcomer, scored 13 points in her collegiate debut.
UNC started hot, hitting five of the season’s first six shots. Hodgson made good on the team’s first three-point attempt of the season to boost the margin to 14-8 with 3:13 to play in the first quarter. The teams had been tied 7-7 after JSU’s Jariyah Covington hit…
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