No. 15 North Carolina 64, Virginia 52

By foxsports
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She'la White led four players in double figures with 14 points, and No. 15 North Carolina beat Virginia 64-52 on Friday night.

Laura Broomfield added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Italee Lucas and Cetera DeGraffenreid had 10 points each. Tierra Ruffin-Pratt had 13 rebounds and Krista Gross 10 for UNC, which outrebounded Virginia 52-34.

The Tar Heels (18-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) played without regular starting forward Jessica Breland, who had arthroscopic knee surgery on Jan. 21, and starting center Chay Shegog, who sustained a concussion Sunday at Maryland.

Paulisha Kellum had 15 points to lead the Cavaliers (12-10, 1-5).

UNC, which had lost three of its previous six games, went on a 13-2 run late in the first half to take a 35-26 lead into halftime.