CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Coretta Brown scored six of her 22
points in overtime as North Carolina beat North Carolina State (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) 83-77 on Sunday.
|  | | North Carolina's Cherie Lea, left, and LaQuanda Barksdale celebrate the Tar Heels' overtime win over N.C. State. |
Brown hit a jumper in the lane and a free throw to put North
Carolina (9-6, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) up 73-71 with six
seconds left. N.C. State's Amy Simpson made two free throws with no
time left to send the game into overtime.
Brown's driving one-hander from the lane with 1:25 left in
overtime was her third straight basket in the extra period and gave
the Tar Heels a 79-75 lead.
N.C. State (11-5, 2-4) made just two of seven shots in overtime,
the last coming with 1:11 left on a pull-up jumper by Tynesha Lewis
to cut the lead to 79-77.
The Wolfpack missed its last two attempts in overtime, while
North Carolina's Leah Sharp made four straight free throws in the
final 15.1 seconds.
LaQuanda Barksdale had 21 points and 15 rebounds for North
Carolina. Brown also had seven assists, four rebounds and three
steals.
Lewis had 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Carisse
Moody and Adeola Olanrewaju added 14 each.
N.C. State took the game's biggest lead at 53-46 with 12:22 left
in regulation on a jumper by Olanrewaju. After North Carolina tied
it at 53 on a jumper by Chrystal Baptist, neither team led by more
than a basket until overtime.
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