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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) -- LaQuanda Barksdale scored 16 of her 23 points in the second half Saturday night as North Carolina
rallied for a 62-57 victory over Maine in the first round of the
omen's NCAA West Regional.
The fifth-seeded Tar Heels (19-12), who trailed by as many as 11
points early in the second half, next face Rice, which upset No. 9
UC Santa Barbara 67-64 Saturday night, on Monday night for a berth
in the round of 16.
Maine, whose coach, Joanne Palombo-McCallie, made the trip west
despite being eight months pregnant, finished the season 20-11.
Jamie Cassidy, who led the 12th-seeded Black Bears with 30
points and nine rebounds, scored four straight points to tie the
game 50-all with 5:21 left, but the Tar Heels scored the next five
points to go ahead for good.
Nikki Teasley's 3-point shot with 1:35 to play gave North
Carolina a 58-52 lead. Cassidy scored five straight to cut the Tar
Heels' lead to one point with 43.4 seconds to go, but Maine
wouldn't score again.
Teasley set up Barksdale for a layup with 19.7 seconds to play,
and Teasley added two free throws 10 seconds later to complete the
scoring.
Barksdale, who also had 13 rebounds, scored nine straight points
to give North Carolina a 43-42 lead -- its first of the game --
midway through the second half. The Tar Heels never trailed after
that.
Jackie Higgins came off the bench to score 16 points and Teasley
had 14 points and eight assists for the Tar Heels, who have won
seven of their last eight games.
Averaging 71.5 points, the Tar Heels scored only eight before
Barksdale's three-point play with 6:26 to play in the first half
ended a scoring drought of over six minutes and cut Maine's lead to
16-11.
Thanks mainly to Cassidy's 15 points and six rebounds, the Black
Bears led 24-20 at halftime.
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ALSO SEE
Womens College Basketball Scoreboard
Maine NCAA Team Report
North Carolina NCAA Team Report
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