2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Paris, Paulina
Jersey Number 2
Paulina Paris
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Congers, N.Y.
- High School:
- Saddle River Day School
Bio
Exercise and sport science major ... Transferred following the 2023-24 season
2023-24: As a sophomore, appeared in 15 games and started eight … Averaged 5.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game … Last action of the season was in the game against Virginia on Jan. 14 – she was sidelined for the rest of the season by a lower-body injury … Also missed the UNCG and UConn games with injury. The UNCG game was the first she’d ever missed as a Tar Heel, breaking a string of 36 games (at that point the longest on the team) in which she had appeared … After missing two games, returned to the court – and the starting lineup – against Western Carolina and finished with a season-high 16 points on 5-8 shooting. Also had 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in 26 minutes of play … Went 10-12 from the foul line, with her only two misses an 0-2 night against Syracuse … Scored 15 points and handed out a season-high five assists in the season opener vs. Gardner-Webb … Also hit double figures in the Hampton game, with 11 points on 4-6 shooting
2022-23: As a freshman, appeared in all 33 games and started four ... Averaged 6.3 points and 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team ... Shot .315 (35-111) from three-point range, third on the team ... Named ACC Freshman of the Week on Jan. 30 after scoring a career-high 22 points in her first career start, the win at Clemson. She had six three-pointers in that game, along with career highs in steals (five) and minutes (33) ... Scored 13 points in 30 minutes of play off the bench in her Tar Heel debut (vs. Jackson State) ... Scored a then-season-high 15 points in 21 minutes off the bench against USC Upstate. She scored 10 of her points in the fourth quarter, all in the final four minutes of the game, with seven of them coming in the final 1:16 ... Tied her career high with 15 points at Virginia Tech. She was 6-9 from the field in 21 minutes of play and scored nine points in the fourth quarter alone ... Scored a then-career-high 16 points – including 11 in the fourth quarter – in 23 minutes off the bench in the win over No. 4 Notre Dame ... Hit four free throws in a 29-second span late in the win at Duke. Her 4-4 shooting from the line cut the Blue Devil lead to one with 3:06 to play ... Three-point play against St. John’s tied the game with 1:59 to play. The Tar Heels never trailed again and went on to win the NCAA Tournament first-round game 61-59
Before UNC: Named to the 2022 Jordan Brand Classic Girls National Team ... Ranked 27th overall in the class of 2022 and seventh at her position by espnW HoopGurlz ... Naismith High School Girls All-America honorable mention ... Scored a game-high 34 points to lead Saddle River Day School to the 2022 county championship and had 37 in the state semifinal game as Saddle River reached the championship game... Led her team with 23 points in the state championship game as Saddle River finished as the runner-up ... As a junior, averaged 24.4 points per game and earned second-team All-State honors ... Played her freshman and sophomore years at Albertus Magnus High School (Bardonia, N.Y.), twice earning Rockland Player of the Year honors ... Played for New Jersey Sparks EYBL ... Competed in track in eighth grade and placed first in Rockland County in the 100 meters
More on Paris: Daughter of Bryan Paris and Melissa Paris ... Her father played basketball at the University of Turabo and then professionally in Puerto Rico ... Has three siblings: Kayla Atkinson, and Vanessa and Bryan Paris ... Favorite pastimes are watching Netflix and hanging out with family and friends ... Favorite show is Stranger Things and she has watched the full series nine times ... Athlete she admires most is Kevin Durant ... Dream job is to play in the WNBA or open her own physical therapy practice
2023-24: As a sophomore, appeared in 15 games and started eight … Averaged 5.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game … Last action of the season was in the game against Virginia on Jan. 14 – she was sidelined for the rest of the season by a lower-body injury … Also missed the UNCG and UConn games with injury. The UNCG game was the first she’d ever missed as a Tar Heel, breaking a string of 36 games (at that point the longest on the team) in which she had appeared … After missing two games, returned to the court – and the starting lineup – against Western Carolina and finished with a season-high 16 points on 5-8 shooting. Also had 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in 26 minutes of play … Went 10-12 from the foul line, with her only two misses an 0-2 night against Syracuse … Scored 15 points and handed out a season-high five assists in the season opener vs. Gardner-Webb … Also hit double figures in the Hampton game, with 11 points on 4-6 shooting
2022-23: As a freshman, appeared in all 33 games and started four ... Averaged 6.3 points and 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team ... Shot .315 (35-111) from three-point range, third on the team ... Named ACC Freshman of the Week on Jan. 30 after scoring a career-high 22 points in her first career start, the win at Clemson. She had six three-pointers in that game, along with career highs in steals (five) and minutes (33) ... Scored 13 points in 30 minutes of play off the bench in her Tar Heel debut (vs. Jackson State) ... Scored a then-season-high 15 points in 21 minutes off the bench against USC Upstate. She scored 10 of her points in the fourth quarter, all in the final four minutes of the game, with seven of them coming in the final 1:16 ... Tied her career high with 15 points at Virginia Tech. She was 6-9 from the field in 21 minutes of play and scored nine points in the fourth quarter alone ... Scored a then-career-high 16 points – including 11 in the fourth quarter – in 23 minutes off the bench in the win over No. 4 Notre Dame ... Hit four free throws in a 29-second span late in the win at Duke. Her 4-4 shooting from the line cut the Blue Devil lead to one with 3:06 to play ... Three-point play against St. John’s tied the game with 1:59 to play. The Tar Heels never trailed again and went on to win the NCAA Tournament first-round game 61-59
Before UNC: Named to the 2022 Jordan Brand Classic Girls National Team ... Ranked 27th overall in the class of 2022 and seventh at her position by espnW HoopGurlz ... Naismith High School Girls All-America honorable mention ... Scored a game-high 34 points to lead Saddle River Day School to the 2022 county championship and had 37 in the state semifinal game as Saddle River reached the championship game... Led her team with 23 points in the state championship game as Saddle River finished as the runner-up ... As a junior, averaged 24.4 points per game and earned second-team All-State honors ... Played her freshman and sophomore years at Albertus Magnus High School (Bardonia, N.Y.), twice earning Rockland Player of the Year honors ... Played for New Jersey Sparks EYBL ... Competed in track in eighth grade and placed first in Rockland County in the 100 meters
More on Paris: Daughter of Bryan Paris and Melissa Paris ... Her father played basketball at the University of Turabo and then professionally in Puerto Rico ... Has three siblings: Kayla Atkinson, and Vanessa and Bryan Paris ... Favorite pastimes are watching Netflix and hanging out with family and friends ... Favorite show is Stranger Things and she has watched the full series nine times ... Athlete she admires most is Kevin Durant ... Dream job is to play in the WNBA or open her own physical therapy practice
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