STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A livid fourth-quarter rally by Stanford was not fairly sufficient for the Cardinal to beat No. 15 North Carolina on Sunday at Maples Pavilion. Reniya Kelly scored half of her 10 factors throughout a one-minute stretch late within the fourth quarter and the Tar Heels held on to win 69-67.
The Cardinal trailed by as many as 15 factors, however rallied with a 14-3 run within the fourth quarter to tie the sport 62-62 with lower than 4 minutes left.
Grace Townsend hit from 3-point vary to place North Carolina up by 12 factors, 62-50, however Brooke Demetre scored on the basket to kickstart the Stanford run. Nunu Agara and Chloe Clardy every hit two free throws and Elena Bosgana drilled a 3-pointer from the wing to get the Cardinal inside three earlier than misfiring on a layup. Kennedy Umeh gathered the free ball and tipped it in whereas drawing a foul. Her free throw with 3:52 left tied the sport.
Kelly wasted no time with the Tar Heels’ reply, drilling a jumper simply seven seconds later and adopted that with a 3. Lexi Donarski added a layup to take a seven-point lead. Agara turned a three-point play and her layup with 37 seconds left made it 69-67, however missed a jumper to tie with three seconds left.
North Carolina (20-4, 8-3) and Stanford (11-10, 3-7), now Atlantic Coast Convention rivals, performed for simply the second time within the common season. The Tar Heels reached the 20-win plateau for the thirtieth time in program historical past. That is simply the third time within the final 24 seasons that the Cardinal have suffered 10 or extra losses.
North Carolina performs at Clemson subsequent Sunday. Stanford performs at No. 3 Notre Dame on Thursday.
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