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Feb. 7, 2000
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – Nikki Teasley came off the bench to score 20 of her24 points after halftime, including two free throws with 22 seconds left inovertime that clinched North Carolina’s 66-63 win over No. 22 Virginia onMonday night.
Teasley scored North Carolina’s last 10 points of regulation. Her two foulshots with 25 seconds to play tied it at 57, and Virginia missed two shots inthe final five second.
This marked the fourth overtime game in the last eight meetings betweenNorth Carolina (12-10, 4-7) and Virginia (17-6, 9-2).
Virginia, which did not get off a shot in overtime after Teasley’s freethrows, had not lost in the Atlantic Coast Conference since Dec. 5 at Duke.
LaQuanda Barksdale gave North Carolina the lead for good with a reverselayup, making it 63-61 with 1:45 to play. She added a foul shot with 57 secondsremaining.
Telisha Quarles got Virginia’s last basket on a jumper that cut NorthCarolina’s lead to 64-63 with 45 seconds to play.
Quarles finished with 19 points. Shuye LaRue had 16 and Renee Robinson added11.
Juana Brown had 10 points for North Carolina.
Virginia had a 30-29 lead at halftime, led by LaRue’s nine points in 10minutes of playing time.