University of North Carolina Athletics
On This Day in Carolina History
June 21, 1999 | General
1984 -- Brown's Free Throws Life UNC Women
Tresa Brown hit two free throws with seven seconds left in overtime, giving North Carolina a narrow 81-79 win over Michigan State in an NCAA Tournament first round game at Carmichael Auditorium.
With Pam Leake in foul trouble much of the game, the Tar Heels relied on the scoring of Brown, Dawn Royster and Eileen McCann and the playmaking of Pam Hammond to topple the Spartans.
Brown finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds, while Royster had 20 points and 14 rebounds. McCann scored 17 and Hammond handed out nine assists as Carolina improved to 24-7.
After trailing almost the entire game, Michigan State forced overtime when Ann Marie McNamee hit a pair of foul shots with six seconds remaining in regulation. McCann's 25-footer then bounced off the rim as the buzzer sounded.
The Spartans had a 79-77 lead with 58 seconds to go in overtime before McCann calmly fired home an 18-foot jumper. After Michigan State failed to scored on its next possession, Royster was fouled with nine seconds to go. She missed her one-and-one opportunity, but Brown grabbed the rebound and was fouled in the process. She made both of her foul shots.
McNamee got off a shot from the lane with three seconds left, but it failed to drop and Brown pulled in the rebound at the buzzer.
Leake, who fouled out, had only eight points for Carolina. But, the Tar Heels outscored MSU, 18-11, at the foul line, forced 18 turnovers and got the late-game heroics from Brown.
