The University of Miami womens’ basketball team made sure North Carolina fans didn’t get to celebrate two days in row. The Hurricanes dominated the Tar Heels for three quarters Sunday, staved off a fourth-quarter UNC rally, and won 76-68 at the Watsco Center.
A day earlier, in the same building, the UM men fell short 85-76 against the 13th-ranked Tar Heels.
“Three quarters doesn’t usually get you the win. We were very fortunate,” said UM coach Katie Meier, whose team was outscored 28-15 in the final quarter. “I did say going into the fourth, there’s a couple teams in the league that can score 30 in the fourth, Carolina is one of them and we were lucky it was the final 10 minutes and we could recover.