Wake Forest University
North Carolina
Demon Deacons Upset No. 15 North Carolina, 69-56
1/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 16, 2000
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Senior guard Alisha Mosley scored a career-high 24 points to lift Wake Forest to a 69-56 victory over No. 15 North Carolina in front of a school-record 4,031 fans at Joel Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. The win improved the Demon Deacons' record to 6-10 overall and 2-3 in the ACC, while the Tar Heels, who have dropped five straight, fell to 9-7 and 1-5.
The win snapped an 18-game losing streak to the Tar Heels (dating back to February 2, 1991) and marked the Deacons' first win over an AP-ranked team since a 75-64 victory over NC State on February 25, 1996.
Wake Forest never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 7-0 lead in the game's first 2:49 and leading by as many as 13 points in the first period. Carolina trailed 29-22 at intermission, but used a pressure man-to-man defense to hold Wake scoreless for the first 5:04 of the second period. The Deacons committed seven turnovers in that stretch, but the Tar Heels were only able to convert them into four points, cutting the lead to 29-26. Mosley's two free throws at the 14:56 mark broke the drought and keyed an 11-2 Deacon run that gave Wake another double-digit lead. UNC never got closer than six the rest of the way.
Carolina shot just 30.3 percent from the floor for the game (23-76), compared to the Deacons' 48.9percent shooting (23-47). UNC junior forward LaQuanda Barksdale, the ACC's leading scorer entering the game, was held to just two points on 1 of 12 shooting. Junior center Jackie Higgins led the Tar Heels with a career- high 17 points, 14 rebounds, and a career-high six steals.
Mosley made her first start of the season, scoring 11 of her 24 points at the free throw line (11-13) and shooting 6 of 9 from the floor. Sophomore guard Val Klopfer added 10 points for the Deacs, while sophomore center LaChina Robinson added nine points and six rebounds.
Wake Forest hosts Maryland on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. at Joel Coliseum.
