Onalaska’s Donarksi and No. 17 North Carolina take on 11-1 Miami, before showdown with No. 2 Notre Dame
Over a week between games, Onalaska native Lexi Donarksi and the 17th-ranked North Carolina women’s basketball team will be back in action this weekend.
At 3 p.m. Sunday, the Tar Heels put their 12-2 record on the line at 11-1 Miami — a week before they face off against No. 3 Notre Dame (10-2).
Donarski, in her final collegiate season, is third on the team in scoring. North Carolina’s Top 6 scorers are all averaging between 7.6-10.8 points.
Donarksi is at 9.6, while shooting 40.8% from the field and 36.6% from beyond the arc — hitting 2.1 3-pointers per game. She’s also averaging 2.1 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.4 assists per game — plus a career-low .4 turnovers in 25.7 minutes per game.
North Carolina’s only two losses this season have come to No. 2 UConn (69-58) and No. 25 Georgia Tech (82-76).
TOP PHOTO: FILE – North Carolina’s Lexi Donarski (20) handles the ball as UConn’s Paige Bueckers (5) defends during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)