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UNC Earns First Win At NC State Since 1994
February 10, 2002 | Women's Basketball
Feb 10, 2002
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Raleigh, N.C. - Coretta Brown and Nikki Teasley poured in 23 points each as the 24th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the NC State Wolfpack 80-71 in women's basketball at Reynolds Coliseum Sunday afternoon. The win was only the third for North Carolina in its last 11 games against the Wolfpack and the first in Raleigh since 1994.
The Tar Heels (19-6 overall, 8-4 ACC), who lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in rebounding, once again won the battle of the boards with a 41-33 advantage over the Wolfpack on the glass. North Carolina's strongest defensive effort focused on containing NC State's leading scorer, redshirt sophomore Kaayla Chones, who finished with just four points and four rebounds.
UNC stunned the Wolfpack (11-12, 5-7 ACC) with a 9-0 run to open the game before Nanna Rivers dented the scoreboard for the Wolfpack 5:05 into the half. The first-half lead grew to as many as 12 at the 8:30 mark on two free throws by UNC freshman Kenya McBee. NC State cut the lead to four at 32-28 before Teasley answered with a a pair of free throws and a deep three to give North Carolina a 37-28 lead at the half.
After Chones went to the Wolfpack bench with her fourth foul with 12:30 left in the game, NC State rallied behind freshman Rachel Stockdale, who scored 13 of her career-high 19 points to pull the Wolfpack within two at 55-53 with 8:24 left to play.
Teasley then countered with back-to-back three-pointers to push the lead back out of reach, and the Tar Heels never looked back. Eight Tar Heel free throws in the final minute sealed the victory.
"This is my senior year and I'd never won in here," said Teasley, who scored 15 of her 23 points in the second half. "We didn't want to give them a chance to find their rhythm."
"Every time NC State would make a run at us, Nikki would settle the team down and make big shots," said North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell. "She has been doing a great job with leadership for us and is playing with a lot of confidence right now.
NC State defeated UNC 66-63 on Jan. 10 in Chapel Hill in the teams' first meeting of the season.
"It was a tough loss for us," said Wolfpack head coach Kay Yow. "I thought we gave a great effort, but in my mind the free throws are really what we needed to convert on to have a chance to win today." NC State was just 17-31 from the line on the afternoon, while North Carolina sunk 17 of its 22 free throw attempts.
Amy Simpson had 16 points for NC State, while Carisse Moody chipped in 16.
The win was North Carolina's fith in a row, while NC State dropped its third consecutive game.
