by Dave Lohse, Associate Sports Information Director, Retired
It was the shot heard 'round the world.
Specifically, the women's basketball world. Not as politically consequential for democracy and American independence as the shots fired at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, but a shot of enormous importance for the athletic program at the University of North Carolina and for the future of women's basketball at the collegiate level.
And as Carolina continues to celebrate 50 Years of Women's Athletics in Chapel Hill, this moment in history—Charlotte Smith's 1994 NCAA championship-winning, buzzer-beating three-pointer—is one that continues to resonate.