(Thf Sailif Har Hrrl ft DTM/EMMA PATTI North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatched instructs her team Sunday. UNC plays Georgia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday. HOT START FROM PAGE 14 With 10 points, DeGraffenreid was one of five UNC players in double figures. Senior center LaToya Pringle led the charge with 19 points while l.arkins and McCants each dropped 15 and Jessica Breland added 14 off the bench. After a quiet first half. Breland scored 12 in the second period, including a stretch in which she scored eight straight for the Tar Heels. Her inside game, along with that of the post starters, helped UNC to a 44-18 scoring advantage in the paint. “I keep saying that's the strength of our team is our balance and our depth," UNC coach Sylvia Hatched said. "Of course, everybody on the team played, but it's good that we spread out the scoring." For Bucknell (16-16), the woes began at the opening tip and didn't get much better. The Bison were held to just 26.7 per cent shooting for the afternoon as a relentless UNC attack wore them down. The Tar Heels began with a full-court press after every made basket and dead ball and kept up the breakneck pace until the final whistle. “I guess we're just on the go," said DeGraffenreid, the speediest of the Tar Heels. “(Hatchell’s) just always like, 'Go, go, go.' So even if you're tired, you just gotta suck it up and just go." But as the scoring margin con tinued to swell, Hatched was dis appointed with a drop in the sense of urgency that her team demon strated on the court. "It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve played, and I think it was pretty obvious at times our intensity level wasn’t what it needed to be and what the play ers wanted it to be," she said after the game. Both Hatched and the players emphasized the need to keep up that intensity for all 40 minutes in the later rounds of the tourna Maybe you're stuck this year, but you can do something RIGHT NOW to make plans for next year Visit TMHiußEimis.caM and tell us which house(s) you might like to rent LATER When the property becomes available weil let you know You're under no obligation and it's good to know there is something you can do NOW ment. But McCants said just being on the court in a game situation will help. “We've been practicing a whole lot, but practice is nothing like going up and down the floor," she said. “Its good to get the first win and gel together and get our chemistry right before our next game. And 1 think it did us good because we definitely have to work on our intensity level. It just shows that you definitely can’t take anything lightly." Contact the Sports Editor at s/>orts(G) (140430)705 10,000 BC (PG-13) (150430)720 NEVER BACK DOWN (PG-13) (145425) 725 inrjmmi.TMSli'ilMSiraßßlS J! lony nominated Def Jam poetry artist poet/performer/activist/entertainer international artist Stacejrann March pm ( ynml e* o*l IttfO (prt#r K OtV Sports Bosica vital in Tar Heel victory UNC sophomore picks up 8 points BY ANNA KIM STAFF WRITER After a tough 16-5 loss against No. 3 Virginia last weekend, the North Carolina women's lacrosse team had a couple of goals head ing into Saturday's home matchup against Duke. “Don't play on your heels. And don't be overly crazy and desperate. Just stay the course. Be composed. Stick together. And get the balls," UNC coach Jenny Levy had told her offense. Sophomore Megan Bosica helped the No. 8 Tar Heels reach those goals with some of her own four of them, to go along with four assists. After the 16-14 victory against the No. 5 Blue Devils, Bosica along with the rest of her team mates wore a T-shirt with a two- LACROSSE FROM PAGE 14 20 turnovers with a high-pressure defense that forced the Blue Devil attackers to be especially careful with the ball. And when an errant pass saw the ball hit the turf, the Tar Heels were quick to pounce they netted 18 ground balls to Duke's 10. Unhappy with starting goalie Kim Imbesi, Duke coach Kcrstin Kimcl benched her with 20 min utes remaining in the second half. The Tar Heels continued scoring PRINGLE FROM PAGE 14 Carolina record books as the top shot-blocker in team history. “1 am excited. It hasn’t been broken in 20-something years," Pringle said. “Looking at myself, I didn’t think 1 could do it. I'm excited; I worked hard to get it, and now I have to celebrate." While Pringle and her Tar Heel teammates aren’t going to jump for joy about anything short of a national championship any thing less is been there, done that she did know what she was about to accomplish. After swatting her third shot of the day and sending an ill-advised Bison layup back to earth, Pringle subbed out for a brief rest and sat next to the scorer's table, where North Carolina sports information director Bobby Hundley leaned over and told her that she was, in fact, tied with Dawn Royster's record 0f329 blocks. It was fitting that as Bucknell desperately tried to gain some kind of momentum in the clos ing seconds of the first half, Andrea Wright’s jump-shot pro vided the record-breaking block as Pringle extinguished all hope of a Cinderella upset. “I know my teammates were counting. My mom in the stands was counting. ... (Assistant head coach Andrew) Calder called me over, and he let me know, “You got two more two more,’* Pringle said. “It’s a wonderful thing." Pringle spent the next almost 15 minutes actually trying to bait Bucknell into putting up a shot that she could block —a tenden cy that has rankled her coach all year. “Sometimes 1 get upset about her letting her man catch the ball T|.„| • 620 Market St. "'lllllllllil Take 1 S/501 South towards PHtsboro Exit Marfct St- / Southern Villaga HORTON HEARS A WHO _i MmMMIO ORIUBU TAYLOR ® ims-mwdm-.ismo SHUTTER fMJ 1:15-3:15-5:157 JUNO® 1:103:106:107204:40 10,000 BCH 1304107:10045 Sttrti 4/4/M - NWS ISLAND fc sad IEATHERMEAO SM V fl/M ■ CMWWCLES Of NAMUL PWHCi CNNMK mISSw □Di.ggyJ §tadi*, SSjOO Idioi ta l I SEATiam word message on the back: “Wreck It" “Every year we have a theme, a saying we want to do for the sea son," Bosica said. “Before we get in the huddle we scream, ‘Wreck it’. Like, go kick some butt. Wreck it" And in the two-goal win, the Ellicott City, Md„ native did just that. “1 think the way we came out, after that loss, Duke might have thought they were going to cream us like Virginia did," she said. But Bosica wrecked any chances of that, in high-scoring and high intensity fashion. Coming into the game, Bosica had scored 14 goals in eight games while tallying seven assists. With her eight-point performance, she is tied for second on the team with 18 on her backup, Regan Bosch, how ever, ultimately reaching 16-11 with 10 minutes left. But as with any Duke-UNC game, the trailing team did not go quietly. Duke stormed back, powered largely by Megan Del Monte, w'ho scored two goals in a span of 16 seconds, but ultimately the Tar Heels were able to salt away the clock to preserve the final two goal margin. North Carolina had to expect such a game, because, after all, 11 of the last 20 matchups were in the post because, you know, she can’t block shots if they don’t try to shoot." Sylvia Hatchell said. “So sometimes, especially if it’s a close game. I’ll say, ‘Alright Toya, stop letting your man catch the ball and blocking shots.” With the record she strove for all season now firmly hers and out of the way, Pringle can focus even more on locking down opposing offenses —and making her coach happier. “Now' I can focus more on not even letting my girl catch it instead of trying to block shots," she said. "Hopefully my post defense will improve." Contact the Sports Editor at sports(arts Editor at .sjx>rts(a unc.edu. “Thankfully, we were able to hold it on offense and work it around. I was like. 'There is no way. We played so hard this entire game, we cannot lose.™ Contact the Sports Editor at sfx>rts(a une.edu. ‘'l'm fighting them. They re fight ing me. They 're blocking shots. I'm blocking shots.... I love that." ALEX STEPHESON, UNC FORWARD helped to have Dean and Alex get ting rebounds, and it really does." Williams said. But there's always room to improve Thompson grabbed only a single rebound Sunday. Or as Williams put it. “Deon only got one more than my wife." Contact the Sports Editor at sports(a unc.cdu. Women s week begins This year's theme is activism, and the week is jam-packed with a vari ety of events. See pg. :i for story. Death penalty in OC? Orange County jurors typically are reticent to give capital punishment for murder. See pg. 5 for story. Disney internships Disney will hold an interest meeting Tuesday for its internship program. See pg. 4 for story. Marathon man A UNC professor is training for April's Boston Marathon. See pg. 6 for story . Slipping through cracks Eve Carson's murder sparks a probe of the state’s probation system. See pg. 1 for story. 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