Laura Broomfield and She'la White scored 14 points each to help No. 5 North Carolina defeat College of Charleston 88-57 on Friday in the season-opener for both teams.
Cetera DeGraffenreid and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt added 13 points apiece for the host Tar Heels, who trailed 13-10 five minutes into the game before rallying for a 46-27 lead at halftime.
North Carolina, which won its season opener for the ninth consecutive year, seized control of the game late in the first half. The Tar Heels closed with a 16-2 run over the final 6:14 of the period, forcing five turnovers and limiting the Cougars to 1 of 9 shooting from the field during that stretch.
Ericka Williams scored 12 points to lead College of Charleston.
Also Friday
More ACC women
No. 6 Duke 104, Houston Baptist 35: Bridgette Mitchell scored 18 points, Krystal Thomas added 14 points and 12 rebounds and visiting Duke cruised to a season-opening win over Houston Baptist.
Joy Cheek added 16 points for the Blue Devils, who held the overmatched Huskies to 20 percent shooting (10-for-49), forced 33 turnovers and enjoyed a 62-25 rebounding edge.
Destini Texada led the Huskies with six points.
ACC men
No. 24 Clemson 84, Presbyterian 41: Freshman Noel Johnson had four of host Clemson's 14 3-pointers in a season-opening victory over Presbyterian.
Johnson, a former Southern California signee, got things going for the Tigers with three straight first-half 3s for an 18-4 lead from which the Blue Hose couldn't recover.
Zach Faircloth led the Blue Hose with 14 points.
Virginia 85, Longwood 72: The Tony Bennett coaching era at Virginia began with a win against Longwood.
Bennett, the former Washington State coach, was hired in April to replace Dave Leitao.
Virginia, behind 23 points from Sylven Landesberg and 17 from Mustapha Farrakhan, defeated Longwood in both team's season-openers.
The Lancers were led by Antwan Carter's 18 points.
Boston College 89, Dartmouth 58: Tyler Roche moved into the starting lineup after Boston College suspended three players on the day of the opener and scored a career-high 30 points to lead the host Eagles over Dartmouth.
Roche was 10-for-12 from the floor, making 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Reggie Jackson scored 16, Joe Trapani had 11 and Dallas Elmore scored 10 for BC, which was without starting forwards Corey Raji and Rakim Sanders, along with substitute Cortney Dunn.
The three players were suspended for two games for an unspecified violation of team rules. They sat at the end of the Boston College bench, wearing matching T-shirts and warm-up pants, cheering their teammates on.
Jabari Trotter led Dartmouth with 10 points, and Marlon Sanders and David Rufful were the top rebounders with three apiece.
Maryland 89, Charleston Southern 51: Landon Milbourne scored 16, Greivis Vasquez compensated for a poor shooting performance with 13 assists, and host Maryland cruised to a season-opening rout of Charleston Southern.
Sean Mosley had 15 points, freshman Jordan Williams contributed 12 points and nine rebounds, and Eric Hayes and James Padgett each scored 10 for the Terrapins, who never trailed. Vasquez finished with nine points on 3-for-14 shooting.
Jamarco Warren led Charleston Southern (with 14 points.
