University of North Carolina Athletics
espnW Names DeShields National Player Of The Week
February 17, 2014 | Women's Basketball
DeShields scored 38 points Sunday in an 89-82 victory over No. 10 NC State, the most ever in a game for a North Carolina women's hoops freshman. It's also the most any Tar Heel has scored in a game since Tracy Reid's 42 in 1998. That was in a triple-overtime game; DeShields played 36 minutes Sunday.
She had 30 points Monday in a victory at No. 3 Duke. Thursday in a romp over Pittsburgh, she had 19. In the three games, DeShields shot 54.1 percent from the field (33 of 61) and had a combined 13 rebounds and eight assists.
DeShields owns the distinction of scoring the most points by a Carolina player against NC State, and the most points by a UNC freshman against both Duke and the Wolfpack.
She also tied the Reynolds Coliseum record on Sunday with her 38-point performance.
