Freshman guard Stephanie Watts’ team-leading 19 points and nine rebounds weren’t enough to propel the University of North Carolina women’s basketball team to a win on Sunday afternoon in the Tucker Center of Florida State University.
The Tar Heels picked up yet another loss against an ACC opponent with their 94-63 loss to the No. 10 Seminoles.
Also a freshman guard, Destinee Walker added 18 points, while redshirt junior forward Hillary Summers contributed 12 points and nine rebounds. If Summers had one more rebound, she would have completed her eighth double-double of the season.
North Carolina is now 14-13 on the season and 4-8 in the ACC.
Florida State placed six players in double figures, with senior center Adut Bulgak leading the team with 19 points and 14 rebounds.
UNC did not hold a lead at any point in the game after allowing Florida State to score the first 10 points. The Tar Heels counteracted with four back-to-back three-pointers, three of them from Watts, who got the ball rolling for North Carolina as they closed in on Florida State, trailing 15-12.
Despite the decreased deficit, UNC still ended the first period down 25-12, as the four three-pointers were the only points North Carolina scored in the opening 10 minutes.
The only period the Tar Heels would outscore the Seminoles was the second period. Carolina scored 23 points in the second period and allowed 16 points, entering halftime down 41-35 after shortly remaining tied at 33-33 with two minutes remaining.
The Tar Heels shot field-goals at 46 percent in the first half, but the second half featured a dismal 7-31 field-goal showing, converting for only 22 percent of the attempts.
The third period has been a problem for UNC all year and this game was no exception. By the end of it, the Seminoles had begun to run away with the game with a 68-46 lead.
Walker began the fourth period with UNC’s eighth three-pointer of the game, one of nine in the game, one of the only bright spots of the game for North Carolina. The Seminoles’ lead would grow to over 30 points in the fourth period.
The Tar Heels next play on Thursday night at 7 o’clock in the Carmichael Arena for a game against the Pittsburgh Panthers.
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