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UNC women's basketball shows improvement in Junkanoo Jam

The North Carolina women’s basketball team (5-1) dropped its first game of the season on Thanksgiving Day with an 83-55 loss to South Florida (4-0) in Bimini, Bahamas.

But for UNC, the loss was a call to action.

“We knew that we had to bounce back from the tough loss against USF,” junior guard Jamie Cherry said. “We came out with more energy to play hard.”

That energy showed, as UNC defeated Minnesota 91-77 the next day to close the Junkanoo Jam with a win.

The Tar Heels found themselves in a hole shortly after the opening tip of the loss to South Florida, but redshirt sophomore Paris Kea provided a spark, scoring nine straight points in the first quarter.