30 Points From Freshman Kate Harpring Carry No. 23 North Carolina Past Penn 71-60 at the Palestra
Kate Harpring played all 40 minutes and scored 30 on 11-of-21 shooting, 5 of 9 from three. After Penn cut it to 57-53, North Carolina scored the next nine points, five of them from Harpring.
Photo: North Carolina Athletics. Kate Harpring, North Carolina, official headshot. Card design: The Dyme.
No. 23 North Carolina beat Penn 71-60 on Saturday at the Palestra in Philadelphia. Freshman Kate Harpring scored a career-high 30 points on 11-of-21 shooting, 5 of 9 from three, with seven rebounds and three steals in 40 minutes, per the official box score and North Carolina Athletics. North Carolina moved to 2-2. Penn fell to 4-1.
The nine-point answer
North Carolina led 57-48 after an Achol Akot free throw with 7:47 left. Penn scored the next five, and Brooke Suttle's 11-footer at 5:18 made it 57-53, per the ESPN play-by-play.
Harpring scored on a layup at 5:07. Akot drove for a layup at 4:37. Harpring's 24-foot three at 4:05 made it 64-53 and gave her 30, and Reniya Kelly's jumper at 3:16 finished a 9-0 run. Penn did not get closer than nine the rest of the way.
Harpring's share
Harpring scored 30 of North Carolina's 71 points. The rest of the Tar Heels shot 14 of 41, by our count from the box. She had 19 points and four threes in the first half, per the AP recap on ESPN, and North Carolina led 35-31 at halftime. The first half had five ties, per North Carolina Athletics.
Akot finished with 16 points, 14 of them in the second half, and a team-high eight rebounds, per the school. Kelly had eight points and five assists.
Where North Carolina won it
North Carolina outscored Penn 30-16 in the paint and 16-5 on the fast break, per ESPN. Penn shot 18 of 54, 33 percent, and had 16 turnovers to North Carolina's 14. Penn stayed close at the line, making 17 of 23 free throws to North Carolina's 12 of 17.
North Carolina led for 71 percent of the game, and its largest lead was 13, per ESPN. Penn's largest lead was five.
Penn
Mataya Gayle scored 22 for Penn on 5-of-19 shooting and 9 of 10 at the line, per the official box. Tina Njike scored 18 on 8-of-14 shooting. Katie Collins had nine points and nine rebounds, and Suttle had seven points and 10 rebounds.
It was the first meeting between the two programs, per Penn Athletics. Attendance was 2,714. North Carolina plays Texas Tech on Thursday in Orlando.
The box score, side by side
Full-game team numbers, per the ESPN box score:
| Category | North Carolina | Penn |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 25-62 (40%) | 18-54 (33%) |
| 3-pointers | 9-26 | 7-22 |
| Free throws | 12-17 | 17-23 |
| Rebounds | 40 | 35 |
| Offensive rebounds | 12 | 9 |
| Assists | 13 | 9 |
| Turnovers | 14 | 16 |
| Steals | 9 | 6 |
| Blocks | 2 | 2 |
| Points in the paint | 30 | 16 |
| Points off turnovers | 15 | 13 |
| Fast-break points | 16 | 5 |
Quarter scoring, per the ESPN linescores:
| Quarter | North Carolina | Penn |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 18 | 16 |
| 2nd | 17 | 15 |
| 3rd | 15 | 14 |
| 4th | 21 | 15 |
| Final | 71 | 60 |
Sources:
- ESPN: North Carolina vs. Penn box score
- ESPN: North Carolina vs. Penn play-by-play
- ESPN: game page and AP recap
- North Carolina Athletics: official box score
- North Carolina Athletics: No. 23 WBB Staves Off Penn In Gritty Road Win, 71-60
- Penn Athletics: Penn Welcomes Longwood (Thu), No. 23 North Carolina (Sat) for Homecoming Weekend
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