Destinee Walker, Tar Heel freshman who is the leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference, helped the University of North Carolina women’s basketball team win its first road game 67-62 on Sunday afternoon against Gonzaga. UNC is now 5-3 on the season.

The game, which was part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge and hosted at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut, featured four players scoring double figures in what made for a full team effort from the Tar Heels.

Walker led the team with 17 points, while sophomore Jamie Cherry added 14 points. In her first start of the season senior Xylina McDaniel scored 13 points. Red-shirt junior Hillary Summers chipped in 11 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double.

The win over the Bulldogs is the first Tar Heels win in which the team trailed an opponent. The end of the first period only saw a two-point differential which then grew to a 30-24 halftime lead for Gonzaga.

The game was tied at 60 with two minutes left in the fourth period, but a pair of free throws from McDaniel gave UNC all it would need to come back and seal the victory.

Last Monday, Destinee Walker was named ACC Rookie of the Week after averaging 19.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.8 steals in helping Carolina win all four of their games. Also worth noting, UNC has three starters who are ranked in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leading scorers, with Walker, Cherry and freshman guard Stephanie Watts all making the list at 9, 11 and 26, respectively.

North Carolina will host Northwestern at six o’clock on Wednesday, Dec. 2, in Carmichael Arena. The game will be broadcast on 97.9 FM/1360 AM WCHL.

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