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No. 19 North Carolina Drops Rivalry Game To No. 5 Duke, 90-75
February 24, 2002 | Women's Basketball
Feb 24, 2002
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Alana Beard had 26 points and 10 rebounds while Iciss Tillis added 23 points Sunday as No. 5 Duke rallied from an early seven-point deficit to roll over No. 19 North Carolina 90-75.
Duke (24-3 overall, 16-0) opened the second half with a 26-2 run to blow away the Tar Heels and to become the second team ever to go 16-0 in ACC play.
Coretta Brown led North Carolina (22-7 overall, 11-5 ACC) with 23 points. Nikki Teasley scored 19 points to go with 10 rebounds to get her ninth double-double for the Tar Heels.
The win was Duke's fifth straight over North Carolina and the Blue Devils' 15th straight overall this season. It snapped a UNC win streak at eight games.
Tillis scored 12 and Beard 11 in the first half to help the Blue Devils take a 45-42 halftime lead.
North Carolina led 34-27 after a 3-pointer by Teasley with 5:16 left in the first half. The Tar Heels were still up 36-31 on a baseline jumper by Brown with 4:20 remaining.
UNC scored only one basket over the next 13:42 of the game - a lay-up by Jenni Laaksonen with 16:12 left to play. UNC didn't score another point after Laaksonen's basket until Candace Sutton hit a short jumper with 10:38 left to play. Beard and Tillis each scored seven points in Duke's 26-2 run to start the second half.
Sheana Mosch capped the spurt with a pull-up jumper at the 10:24 mark, giving Duke a 71-44 lead. After that, the closest UNC got was the final score.
Duke's win earned the Blue Devils 1.5 points in the Carlyle Cup competition. UNC leads 18-5.5 overall.
