Women's Hoops Blog

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Boston College met new ACC conference foe North Carolina for the first time ever and did a great job of scoring ... when they did not turn the ball over. Unfortunately for the Eagles, their 25 turnovers against the Tar Heels' trapping defense overshadowed the fact they shot 50% from the floor and North Carolina won the game, 69-62. That and the fact that Ivory Latta plays for the Tar Heels.

Latta scored 23 points and had 9 of UNC's 18 steals. And she showed she is not intimidated by bigger players at least a couple of times during the game. Jack Daly of the Herald Sun describes one of the plays where the 5-6 Latta was posted up by 6-4 Laura Macchia. Latta came up with the ball and quickly went to the other end of the court to score. This gave the Tar Heels a 12 point lead and kept them in control of the game.

UNC has one game left in the regular season - hosting Duke on Saturday, in a game that may decide the ACC regular season champion and the number one seed in the conference tournament. But the Tar Heels expect a tough practice after being outrebounded by the Eagles. It was the seventh time in the last 10 games that has happened.

"We didn't rebound again like I wanted us to," said coach Sylvia Hatchell. "And that's the only area of our game I feel like we have to really step up there if we want to be a championship team."