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Tar Heels Fall To No. 8 Iowa State, 79-67
January 23, 2000 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 23, 2000
By CHUCK SCHOFFNER
AP Sports Writer
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly liked everything about his team's victory over North Carolina except the way it ended.
Led by Stacy Frese's 16 points, No. 8 Iowa State showed outstanding balance and was terrific on the boards in beating North Carolina 79-67 on Sunday for its 10th straight victory.
But with Iowa State's reserves in the game after the Cyclones had built a 30-point lead, North Carolina began pressing in an attempt to whittle the deficit.
An angry Fennelly sent his starters back in with 1:14 left to finish the game. Asked why, Fennelly paused nine seconds before answering.
"I put them back in because I didn't think it was appropriate to leave the reserves in with the kind of defense they were playing and the way the game had gotten out of hand," Fennelly said.
"I put those kids in the game because they deserved to play and they deserved to get on national television. If you want to press, you press my first team, not my third."
Fennelly said he was not mad at his reserves, who surrendered 16 straight North Carolina points in the final 3:06. Asked if he was mad at North Carolina, which had not pressed earlier, Fennelly replied, "Yes."
North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell said she did not press for most of the game because she thought Iowa State handled the ball too well. She also said the Tar Heels' lack of scoring - they had only 37 points with 7 1/2 minutes left - didn't leave many opportunities to press.
"I felt like we got the ball inside. Especially that first half, we got it in there a lot," Hatchell said. "But they just weren't getting the shot to fall or weren't getting the foul, so it was going back the other way."
Angie Welle added 14 points for Iowa State (14-2) and Desiree Francis had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Megan Taylor also scored 12 and reserve Lindsey Wilson 10.
Iowa State outrebounded North Carolina 55-39 to offset its 40.6 percent shooting and 25 turnovers. North Carolina (10-8) shot 32 percent.
"They're very talented in a lot of spots, but our goal always, especially today, is to play as hard as we can and have fun doing it and show not just our fans, but the people who watch on TV, that that's the way Iowa State basketball is and will always be," Fennelly said.
"It's the kind of game you're going to see in the NCAA tournament, talented teams. Hopefully, we'll get there and have a chance."
LaQuanda Barksdale's 19 points led North Carolina, which lost for the sixth time in seven games. The Tar Heels have played the last six without point guard Nikki Teasley, on a leave of absence.
Hatchell said Teasley would return Monday to watch practice, but was not sure when she would play again.
North Carolina stayed close early with its offensive rebounding and arksdale's scoring. She had eight of the Tar Heels' first 15 points and her 3-pointer from the top of the key drew North Carolina to 21-19 with 7:35 left in the first half.
But Barksdale did not score for the next 22 minutes and Iowa State outscored the Tar Heels 48-22 during that stretch to take control.
"We didn't really do anything different. We just paid more attention to where she was and put a body on her," Taylor said. "We meant to do that at the beginning, but I guess we didn't realize she was that active."
