North Carolina vs. Duke – Women’s College Basketball Game Recap – February 26, 2023 | ESPN

DURHAM, N.C. — — Three gamers scored 9 factors and No. 22 North Carolina went 9 of 9 from the foul line within the fourth quarter to disclaim No. 11 Duke a share of the ACC championship on Sunday with a 45-41 win, the bottom scoring recreation within the 105 conferences of those bitter rivals.

Mixed with No. 10 Notre Dame coming from behind to win at Louisville, the Irish win the convention title outright.

The sport was both a defensive masterpiece or an offensive nightmare for the sellout crowd of 9,314. It was the bottom scoring recreation of the season for each crew groups and the bottom rating ever in a win for the Tar Heels.

In 112 quarters this season, North Carolina failed to achieve double figures simply 5 instances however solely scored eight in every of the primary two quarters to path 20-16. Duke was in single digits in each the second and third quarters, for 10 on the season.

Duke scored the primary seven factors of the fourth quarter to take a 36-29 lead however shot 2 of 11 with two turnovers from that time and the Blue Devils’ suffocating protection ended up sending the Tar Heels to the foul line.

After Alyssa Ustby obtained North Carolina on the board, Paulina Paris made 4 free throws to make it 36-35. Taya Corosdale ended a 5:19 Duke drought however Kennedy Todd-Williams hit a clutch 3-pointer to tie it and adopted with two free throws. Deja Kelly then transformed a three-point play and the Tar Heels had been up 43-38 with 1:16 to play.

Duke obtained a Shayeann Day-Wilson jumper and after an offensive foul on Kelly, Duke had an opportunity to tug inside one however Kennedy Brown made simply 1 of two from the road at 37.2 seconds. Kelly iced it with two free throws at 13 seconds.

Kelly, Ustby and Todd-Williams every had 9 factors for North Carolina (20-9, 11-7), which swept the sequence for the second straight season.

Elizabeth Balogun led Duke (24-5, 14-4), which was 13-0 at dwelling, with 12 factors.

North Carolina shot 34% (15 of 21) with 21 turnovers however went 12 of 15 from the foul line. Duke shot 30% (16 of 53) however was solely 5 of 6 from the road and had 25 turnovers.

——

AP ladies’s faculty basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP–Top2