Miami Women crush UNC 61-37
Hurricanes nab 38th straight home win
Shenise Johnson scored 19 points and Riquna Williams added 17 to lead No. 6 Miami to a 61-37 win over No. 22 North Carolina on Wednesday night.
Stefanie Yderstrom chipped in 10 points for the Hurricanes, who won their 38th straight home game.
The 38-game home streak is the third-longest active streak in the nation. Only Connecticut (98) and Stanford (74) have longer streaks.
With the win, Miami (21-3, 10-1 ACC) avenged its only loss in the ACC. North Carolina beat Miami 65-63 in Chapel Hill on Jan. 2.
Laura Broomfield scored seven points to lead North Carolina (17-7, 7-4 ACC), which committed a season-high 35 turnovers. Their previous high was 31, which was against Miami in their last meeting.
Miami shot 37.3 percent (22 of 59) from the floor compared to North Carolina, which was held to 26.8 percent (15 of 56).
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