Colorado University Athletics
Colorado 86, North Carolina 67
March 23, 2003 | Women's Basketball
o Tonight's game marked the first time the Tar Heels and Buffs faced off. Additionally, North Carolina has never faced any team from Colorado.
o Colorado is 4-3 in games against the nation's No. 11 ranked team. With all four victories coming when the Buffs have been unranked, but only two of those have been at the Coors Events Center.
o The No. 6 seed in NCAA women's tournament history has posted a record of just 7-46 in second round games coming into this year's tournament.
o UNC had its eight-game winning streak in NCAA second round games snapped.
o This will be Colorado's sixth trip to the Sweet 16, where they own a 3-2 record. Their other trips came in 1993, `94, `95, and 2002.
o UNC is 9-2 in NCAA tournament play when seeded No. 3. The Tar Heels greatest success as a No. 3 seed came in their national title season of 1994 and they advanced to the Sweet 16 from the same slot in 1995.
o The Buffaloes are 17-10 in the Big Dance and 3-1 when playing as a No. 6 seed. Their only other appearance as a No. 6 seed came in 2001 when they won their first round game but were knocked out by Vanderbilt in the second round.
o The Buffaloes are 6-4 in second round games.
o The game was scoreless for the first 2:56. Coretta Brown cashed in for the games first points on a three from the top of the key to give the Tar Heels and early lead. The Buffaloes didn't score their first field goal until 4:28 into the game when Kate Fagan connected for three.
o The Tar Heels dropped to 3-5 when trailing at the half, while the Buffaloes improved to 21-0 when leading as they did in tonight's contest, 36-27.
o Colorado center Tera Bjorklund set a career high in free throw attempts with 17 on the night. She also had a career high in free throws made with 12. Her 12 free throws puts her in a six-way tie for fifth place in single games. The 17 attempts tied for fifth place in the Mideast Region First/Second Round games while both tie the Colorado NCAA tournament records.
o Bjorklund set a career high for points with 34 on the night beating her previous mark of 32, which she set on March 12 against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Tournament. That also places Bjorklund in a fifth place tie for CU single game best with Debbie Johnson who scored her 34 on Feb. 25, 1990, against Oklahoma State.
o Tonight's crowd of 4,645 was the ninth largest in NCAA Tournament games held in Boulder.
