Terriers Fall to Tar Heels in Chapel Hill

Sunday, December 7

Chapel Hill, NC

12 PM

Boston University

3-6,0-0Patriot

North Carolina

9-2,0-0ACC

Boston U.

North Carolina

Photo of BU women's basketball sophomore Allison Schwertner shooting a free throw at UNC.

Photo by: Andy Mead

December 7, 2025 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Postgame Audio - Melissa Graves

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In a homecoming for junior captain Audrey Ericksen, the Boston University women's basketball program fell to No. 10/11 North Carolina 82-40 on Sunday afternoon at Carmichael Arena.

BU (3-6) had a better shooting percentage after one quarter and trailed by 19 at halftime to the Tar Heels (9-2) but could not close the divide in the second half.

Sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir finished with a team-best 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting. Senior Anete Adler had eight points and five rebounds.

Five Tar Heels reached double figures. Elina Aarnisalo posted a game-high 14 points. Indya Nivar and Taliyah Henderson followed with 13 and 11 points, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU jumped in front on its second possession of the game as senior Anastasiia Semenova stuck her midrange jumper 33 seconds into the contest.
Consecutive layups from junior Bella McLaughlin, one of which drew a foul, kept BU within one point as the visitors trailed 7-6 at the 5:46 mark.
Gunnsteinsdóttir's layup with 1:07 left in the first quarter cut the deficit to 17-12, but the Tar Heels went on an extended 16-2 run that expanded their lead to 33-14 with just under two minutes remaining in the second.
The Iceland native bookended halftime with a pair of corner three-pointers while sophomore Allison Schwertner made back-to-back layups, but UNC outscored the Terriers 28-12 in the third quarter to take a 66-31 lead.
North Carolina led by as many as 43 points after Henderson's tip-in and fastbreak layup put the Tar Heels in front, 76-33. Gunnsteinsdóttir nailed her third three-pointer a minute later.
Ericksen capped the Terriers' scoring with a corner three with under 53 seconds left to elicit cheers from the BU supporters in the crowd.

STATS

BU made under 28 percent of their shots while shooting 5-for-20 from distance.
North Carolina finished the game shooting 44.4 percent while knocking down 11 three-pointers.
UNC collected 45 rebounds, 18 of which were on the offensive glass to help generate 17 second-chance points.
Ericksen led the Terriers with three assists while Semenova snagged six rebounds.

NOTES

Gunnsteinsdóttir has scored 11 points in back-to-back games, the first time in her career she's achieved that feat.
Dating back to Feb. 22, Ericksen has made at least one three-pointer in 13 of her last 15 appearances.
Sunday was the first all-time meeting between BU and North Carolina.
The Terriers fall to 4-18 against ACC opponents.

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