College of Charleston
North Carolina
Cougars Drop 88-57 Decision to #5 Tar Heels
11/14/2009 2:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Laura Broomfield and She'la White scored 14 points each to lead the fifth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heel women's basketball team to the 88-57 win over the College of Charleston in the season-opener for both schools in front of 3,047 fans at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Charleston traded baskets with UNC early and even led by three, 13-10, off a three-pointer by Jade Hughes (Spartanburg, S.C.) with 14:58 remaining in the first half. The score remained close and at the10:19 mark the Tar Heels only led by one, 21-20. North Carolina took over from there, and used a 25-7 run, sparked by 10 points from Laura Broomfield, to head into the locker room with the 46-27 lead.
The Cougars could get no closer in the second half, as the Tar Heels score 18 points from the charity stripe to hold the lead in double-digits for the final 10 minutes and take the 88-57 win.
Leading the Cougars was Ericka Williams (Blackville, S.C.) who scored 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds. She was followed by Hughes who had 11 points.
North Carolina out-rebounded Charleston, 55-44, and had 11 less turnovers, 31-20. Charleston, who had four three-pointers in the first half, connected on just one in the second to end the game five-for-26 for 19.2 percent. The Tar Heels were five-for-15. Charleston went 10-for-16 from the free throw line, compared to 29-for-47 for UNC.
Charleston shot 38.5 percent in the first half and 28.9 in the second for a 32.8 field goal percentage for the game. North Carolina shot 36.5 percent from the field.
The Cougars are next in action Nov. 16th when they host Clemson at the Carolina First Arena in a 7: p.m. game. For ticket information call 843-953-CofC (2632) or visit www.CofCSports.com.
Newspaper Box Score
College of Charleston vs North Carolina
11/13/09 7:00 PM at Smith Center, Chapel Hill
At Smith Center, Chapel Hill
NORTH CAROLINA 88, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 57
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (0-1)
Williams, Ericka 5-8 0-0 12; Hughes, Jade 4-10 2-4 11; Gerty, Tonia 2-9 2-2
8; Harris, Latisha 3-3 1-2 7; Hatcher, Ariel 1-2 3-4 5; Kotcella, Brooke 2-6
0-0 4; Mims, Taylor 1-2 0-0 2; Crowell, Caleigh 1-5 0-0 2; King, Megan 1-6
0-0 2; Fischer, Megan 1-5 0-0 2; Mudd, Indya 0-1 1-2 1; Mclaurin, NeShonda
0-1 1-2 1; Jones, Deidra 0-3 0-0 0; Davie, Brianna 0-1 0-0 0; Hardy, Cathryn
0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-64 10-16 57.
NORTH CAROLINA (1-0)
White, She'la 4-11 3-4 14; Broomfield, Laura 6-12 2-5 14; Ruffin-Pratt,
Tierra 6-17 0-2 13; DeGraffenreid, C. 0-5 13-16 13; Wood, Martina 3-6 2-2 9;
Shegog, Chay 4-9 1-1 9; Rolle, Waltiea 3-4 2-3 8; Gross, Krista 1-6 1-4 3;
Robertson-Warren, C. 0-2 3-4 3; Williams, Nyree 0-0 1-4 1; Bursey, Trinity
0-2 1-2 1; Powell, Nicole 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-74 29-47 88.
College of Charleston......... 27 30 - 57
North Carolina................ 46 42 - 88
3-point goals--College of Charleston 5-26 (Williams, Ericka 2-5; Gerty,
Tonia 2-5; Hughes, Jade 1-6; Kotcella, Brooke 0-4; Crowell, Caleigh 0-2;
King, Megan 0-2; Fischer, Megan 0-2), North Carolina 5-15 (White, She'la
3-7; Wood, Martina 1-3; Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra 1-2; Gross, Krista 0-1; Bursey,
Trinity 0-1; DeGraffenreid, C. 0-1). Fouled out--College of
Charleston-Gerty, Tonia, North Carolina-None. Rebounds--College of
Charleston 44 (Williams, Ericka 8), North Carolina 55 (Broomfield, Laura 9).
Assists--College of Charleston 10 (Mims, Taylor 3; Hughes, Jade 3), North
Carolina 16 (Gross, Krista 4). Total fouls--College of Charleston 30, North
Carolina 17. Technical fouls--College of Charleston-None, North
Carolina-None. A-3047
