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CHAPEL HILL -- Cetera DeGraffenreid set a good pace for her North Carolina teammates, though they waited half the game before following her lead.
DeGraffenreid had 20 points, eight assists and a career high-tying eight steals to help No. 4 North Carolina beat Coastal Carolina 88-49 on Wednesday night.
She'la White added 16 points for the Tar Heels (2-0), who overcame a sluggish first half in which they trailed 20-19 with 6 minutes to go.
DeGraffenreid was a bright spot early on, scoring 12 points while getting five steals, four assists and one turnover in the opening half.
"We needed to pick up the intensity," DeGraffenreid said. "A lot of us were just out there, and I don't think we were really focused. It was really dead. We knew we needed to go out and jump on them and get in their faces more."
Chay Shegog finished with 15 points, and Laura Broomfield had 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for North Carolina.
Elizabeth Weaver scored a career-high 14 points to lead the Chanticleers (2-1), who shot 29 percent.
No. 4 North Carolina 88,
Coastal Carolina 49
Coastal Carolina (2-1): Reynolds 2-5 2-2 6, Rivers 4-10 0-1 8, Moss 1-13 0-0 2, Stull 3-5 0-0 7, Ahaus 0-3 0-0 0, Grambley 0-1 0-0 0, Irick 1-2 0-5 2, Noll 1-5 1-2 3, Epley 2-7 2-2 6, Grochowski 0-3 1-2 1, Weaver 3-5 7-8 14. Totals 17-59 13-22 49.
North Carolina (2-0): Broomfield 4-9 4-8 12, Shegog 6-10 3-6 15, Ruffin-Pratt 1-5 2-2 4, Lucas 4-9 0-2 9, DeGraffenreid 8-12 4-6 20, White 5-9 2-2 16, M.Wood 0-1 0-0 0, Rolle 1-4 0-2 2, Bursey 3-5 1-1 7, Gross 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 1-2 0-1 2, Powell 0-2 0-0 0, Robertson-Warren 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 33-68 17-32 88.
Halftime--North Carolina 33-25. Three-point goals--Coastal Carolina 2-12 (Weaver 1-1, Stull 1-1, Irick 0-1, Ahaus 0-1, Grambley 0-1, Grochowski 0-2, Moss 0-2, Noll 0-3), North Carolina 5-11 (White 4-5, Lucas 1-2, Ruffin-Pratt 0-1, Bursey 0-1, Powell 0-1, DeGraffenreid 0-1). Fouled Out--Reynolds. Rebounds--Coastal Carolina 35 (Moss 13), North Carolina 54 (Broomfield 14). Assists--Coastal Carolina 11 (Reynolds 3), North Carolina 20 (DeGraffenreid 8). Total Fouls--Coastal Carolina 22, North Carolina 20. A--2,212.
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