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Summers Career Day Leads UNC Past BC
February 7, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Summers' career day featured an 11-of-12 performance from the field and nine rebounds in 34 minutes of action. Jamie Cherry helped the North Carolina (13-12, 3-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) cause with 21 points and six assists. The sophomore guard also went 13-of-16 from the free throw line, including making all six of her attempts in the final 87 seconds.
N'Dea Bryant added 16 points, while freshmen guards Stephanie Watts and Destinee Walker each chipped in with 12.
Boston College (13-10, 1-9) was led by Nicole Boudreau's career-high 26 points. She knocked down eight of the Eagles' 12 three-pointers in the game. Kelly Hughes had 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Mariella Fasoula had 14.
Carolina scored a season-high 50 points in the second half, and shot a season-best 53.2 percent for the game, led by Summers' near flawless effort.
After a strong double-double performance Thursday against Louisville, Summers picked right up where she left off with 12 points alone in the first quarter Sunday. She was 6-for-7 from the field and also hauled in five rebounds to help give Carolina a 22-18 edge.
Boudreau caught fire for Boston College in the second quarter. Her sixth three-pointer of the first half helped propel her club to a 40-28 lead over the Tar Heels. Her 20 points at intermission was one away from her season high set against Utah back in November.
All toll, nine buckets from distance gave Boston College a 42-36 lead at halftime.
Trailing for a majority of the third quarter, North Carolina pieced together a 9-0 run to take its first lead, 56-55, since the opening minute of the second quarter. UNC made 7-of-9 shots at one point in the third to get back in the game. Bryant led the way with eight points in the period, however, the Eagles regained a 62-58 advantage heading to the final stanza.
Walker put all five UNC starters in double figures with a step-back three-pointer for a 65-64 lead early in the fourth. Bryant would put UNC up 78-69 with 2:33 left, and Summers later set a new career high with a baseline jumper to give the Tar Heels a seven-point cushion with less than a minute to go.
North Carolina hosts Virginia Tech on Thursday at 7 p.m. on ESPN3/WatchESPN app.
