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CHAPEL HILL North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell issued a challenge to her team at halftime to get more rebounds. The Tar Heels grabbed just enough of them in the second half to avoid an early wakeup call.
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored a career-high 16 points to help No. 4 North Carolina defeat Charleston Southern 76-67 on Sunday.
The Tar Heels, who were outrebounded 28-27 in the first half, finished with a 46-43 advantage on the boards.
"I told them that if they got outrebounded, we were going to have rebounding practice at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning," Hatchell said. "They won that by three, so I keep my word.."
Laura Broomfield scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Tar Heels (5-0).
The Tar Heels survived a long-range onslaught from Charleston Southern (3-3).
elsewhere
NO. 1 CONNECTICUT 87, CLEMSON 48: Kalana Greene scored a career-high 28 points as host UConn won the WBCA Classic.
Tina Charles had 20 points and nine rebounds and Maya Moore added 19 points for UConn, which extended its winning streak to 45 games.
Lele Hardy had 17 points for Clemson, which led the game for over 21/2 minutes, the first time UConn has trailed all season.
NO. 2 STANFORD 105, GONZAGA 75: Kayla Pedersen scored a career-high 30 points, surpassing the 1,000-point mark for host Stanford.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike added a career-high 29 points and matched her career best with 13 rebounds as the Cardinal (6-0) won their 32nd consecutive home game.
NO. 3 OHIO ST. 83, NO. 22 CALIFORNIA 71: Jantel Lavender broke out of a slump to score 11 during a big second-half surge, and Ohio State (8-0) won the Buckeye Classic.
Lavender finished with 33 points and 14 rebounds.
NO. 12 FLORIDA STATE 73, AUBURN 66: Jacinta Monroe scored 12 points to lead host Florida State (6-0).
Amanda Hanneman led Missouri (3-2) with 20 points, including five 3-pointers.
CATAWBA 59, BARTON 58: Junior guard Nisha Long (Gaston Day) scored a career-high 22 to lift host Catawba (3-2) at the Comfort Suites Shootout.
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