Deadspin | Duke stymies rival North Carolina 47-38 in Sweet 16

Oluchi Okananwa had 12 factors and 12 rebounds off the bench and second-seeded Duke used a stifling protection to subdue third-seeded North Carolina 47-38 in the Sweet 16 of the Girls’s NCAA Event in the Birmingham 2 Area on Friday afternoon.

Ashlon Jackson scored 10 factors for Duke, which gained regardless of taking pictures 31 % from the sector and going 5-for-24 on 3-pointers.

The Blue Devils (29-7), who’ve gained 9 in a row, will meet the winner between Maryland and South Carolina in Sunday’s regional ultimate.

North Carolina (29-8) shot 28.3 % for the sport and 3-for-11 on 3-pointers. The Tar Heels, who dedicated 15 turnovers, additionally suffered on the free-throw line, going 5-for-10.

Alyssa Ustby’s 9 factors and 10 rebounds and Indya Nivar’s eight factors paced North Carolina.

Duke scored the primary seven factors of the fourth quarter to construct a 44-32 lead. It took the Tar Heels almost 5 minutes to attain in the fourth, and so they had simply two discipline targets in that quarter — a type of coming in the ultimate seconds.

Duke’s reserves supplied a 26-6 scoring benefit in bench factors.

Duke’s Toby Fournier, the Rookie of the 12 months in the Atlantic Coast Convention, was again after a one-game absence attributable to sickness. She scored three factors, all on free throws.

By halftime, Duke led 28-20 as Okananwa had 10 factors. North Carolina shot 29.6 % from the sector in the primary half earlier than it bought even worse for the Tar Heels in the second (20 %).

It marked the primary assembly in NCAA Event play between the longtime neighboring rivals. North Carolina and Duke cut up two regular-season conferences, every profitable at residence.

–Subject Stage Media