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Tar Heels Trounce Terps, 94-77
February 27, 2003 | Women's Basketball
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell said her team needed more intensity after last week's loss to No. 2 Duke.
The No. 7 Tar Heels showed it Thursday night, using runs of 8-0, 8-1 and 6-0, as well as setting a season high with 10 3s in a 94-77 victory over Maryland.
"We've been looking at trying to get back some of our intensity,'' Hatchell said. "We're getting better. We were getting it up and down the floor pretty good tonight.''
Coretta Brown scored 17 points to lead five teammates in double figures.
"The last couple of practices have been great,'' Brown said. "The coaches have been bringing out the best in us. I feel like we're on track now.''
Leah Metcalf had 14 points and 10 assists as North Carolina (25-3, 13-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its fifth straight over Maryland.
Brown hit two 3-pointers in the game's first 3:36 to spark a 20-6 run. North Carolina led 42-28 at halftime, and Maryland got no closer than 48-38 in the second half.
"We definitely struggled,'' Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. "North Carolina puts on so many runs. You work and work to get within 10, and when you look up the lead is 18 again. They really know how to turn it up a notch.''
Delvona Oliver came off the bench to lead Maryland (10-17, 4-12) with 18 points, including 16 in the second half. Chrissy Fisher was 4-of-10 from 3-point range and finished with 15 points. Vicki Brick also scored 15 and Renneika Razor 13 for the Terrapins.
Jennifer Thomas added 11 points for North Carolina while Nikita Bell and Candace Sutton each chipped in 10. La'Tangela Atkinson grabbed 12 rebounds to help North Carolina dominate the boards, 51-33.
"North Carolina has so many weapons, so much balance and so much depth coming off the bench, it's impossible to stop them completely,'' Frese said.
The Terrapins got within 10, 32-22, after Fisher hit a 3-pointer with 6:04 left in the first half. They missed their next six shots as North Carolina pushed the margin back to 38-22.
Maryland missed 26 of its first 35 shots (25.7 percent) from the field and finished 26 of 64 (40.6 percent) for the game. North Carolina made 31 of 68 tries from the floor (45.6 percent), including a 17-for-33 effort (51.5 percent) in the second half.
It was the last home game for Brown, Thomas, Courtney Chambers and Elizabeth Coughran.
"It was a pretty touching moment out there,'' Brown said.
North Carolina finished the year 15-1 in Chapel Hill, losing to Duke 78-67 in overtime Jan. 20.
