After the craziness of this afternoon’s UNC-Baylor men’s game, most North Carolina Tar Heels fans would’ve been hoping that the women’s first round game against Stephen F. Austin would be a little less dramatic. However, through three quarters, it did not appear like that was going to be the case.
The WAC champion Ladyjacks are a very good team, who went 28-4 in the regular season and were far from an easy out. They led for much of the first half, leading by as many as 10 at various points. Second Team All-WAC player Zya Nugent was draining threes, SFA kept grabbing offensive rebounds and getting second chance points, and the Tar Heels were in danger of falling victim to the classic 5-12 upset, two of which had already happened in the women’s field.