North Carolina Stays Undefeated At Home

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Chanel Wright scored 22 points and Tracy Reid had 19 Sunday as No. 4 North Carolina beat No. 11 Virginia 70-65 at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Jessica Gaspar added 13 points to help North Carolina (24-2, 15-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) finish its regular season undefeated at home.

The Tar Heels head to Charlotte as the No. 1 seed in this week’s ACC tournament.

Virginia (20-6, 12-4) was led by Tiffany Bowers’ 21 points. Tora Suber had 15 and Mimi McKinney 14.

Virginia trailed 60-56 after two free throws by DeMya Walker with 4:31 left to play, but Reid scored five unanswered points over the next 1:26 and Virginia never got closer than five points in the closing seconds.

Virginia hit 24 of 52 from the field and dominated North Carolina on the boards 41-28. But North Carolina had 15 steals and took advantage of 25 turnovers.

(5) Georgia 79, (20) Arkansas 63

Tracy Henderson scored 24 points and blocked four shots and the Bulldogs (22-4, 11-1) pulled away from a halftime tie to beat the visiting Razorbacks (17-9, 5-7) at Athens, Ga., to clinch the Southeastern Conference regular-season title.

La’Keshia Frett scored 21 points and Kedra Holland-Corn added 15. Kimberly Wilson led Arkansas with 15 points and Messer added 13.

(6) Alabama 70, (15) Vanderbilt 60

Shalonda Enis had 28 points, 11 rebounds and four steals for the Crimson Tide (22-5, 10-2 Southeastern Conference) in their win over the visiting Commodores (17-9, 6-6).