Final
for this game
Fast start fuels UNC rout over Bucknell
Mar 24, 2008 - 5:17 AM NORFOLK, Virginia (Ticker) -- LaToya Pringle led five players in double figures with 19 points and Rashanda McCants added 15 and eight rebounds as top-seeded North Carolina cruised past 16th-seeded Bucknell, 85-50, in a first-round matchup out of the New Orleans Region on Sunday.The Tar Heels (31-2) scored the game's first 16 points en route to a 48-25 halftime advantage.
Bucknell (16-16) never got any closer during the second half and trailed by as many as 80-38 with 5:51 remaining.
The Bison shot just 27 percent (20-of-75) from the floor, including 4-of-17 from the arc.
North Carolina will face No. 8 seed Georgia in the second round Tuesday night.
- NEW ORLEANS REGIONAL
AT NORFOLK VA
NCAA WOMENS BB NEW ORLEANS REGIONAL
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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BUCKNELL (16) 25 25 50
NORTH CAROLINA (1) 48 37 85 FINAL
Mar 23 2:20 PM - NEW ORLEANS REGIONAL
AT NORFOLK VA
NCAA WOMENS BB (16) BUCKNELL 25
(1) NORTH CAROLINA 48 HALFTIME
Mar 23 1:14 PM
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