Final
No. 10 UNC holds off James Madison
Jan 2, 2014 - 10:25 PM Chapel Hill, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Xylina McDaniel posted 19 points and six rebounds as No. 10 North Carolina fended off James Madison, 74-71, on Thursday afternoon.Latifah Coleman added 14 points and Stephanie Mavunga added 10 points and 10 boards for the Tar Heels (12-2), who triumphed in their first game without guard Megan Buckland, lost for the year after surgery to repair a torn ACL.
Precious Hall totaled 18 points for the Dukes (10-4). Kirby Burkholder added 16 points, while Toia Giggetts had 14 and 10 rebounds in a losing cause.
UNC led by as many as 10 in the first half, and took a 44-38 lead to the break thanks to 60-percent shooting from the field.
JMU used a 10-0 run to shrink a 13-point deficit down to three after a Hall triple with 11:17 remaining, but the Tar Heels used a 9-2 run thereafter to assume control for good.
Giggetts connected with 1:17 left to make it a three-point game once more, but Burkholder missed a potential game-tying three in the final seconds.
- JAMES MADISON: 71
NORTH CAROLINA: 74
Final
Jan 2 4:02 PM - 233
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James Madison 71, North Carolina(10) 74 4th - 1:17Jan 2 3:57 PM - 190
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James Madison 69, North Carolina(10) 74 4th - 1:35Jan 2 3:55 PM - 94
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James Madison 67, North Carolina(10) 74 4th - 2:05Jan 2 3:54 PM - 92
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James Madison 63, North Carolina(10) 70 4th - 6:03Jan 2 3:42 PM - 67
roots - JAMES MADISON: 38
NORTH CAROLINA: 44
Halftime
Jan 2 2:52 PM - JAMES MADISON: 0
NORTH CAROLINA: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Jan 2 2:05 PM
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