CHAPEL HILL, NC - The UB women's basketball team showed they are ready to challenge the nations elite teams in an impressive showing against the fifth ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. Carolina pulled away late for a 93-78 win in Carmichael Auditorium.

Carolina's freshman point guard Nikki Teasley lived up to the preseason publicity. In her first collegiate game, she had 27 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds. UB was led by junior guard Catherine Jacob with 17 points and senior forward Charissa Gardner with 16 points.

UB fell behind early, but freshman guard Sonia Ortega came off the bench to spark a 10-0 run to pull the Bulls to within one point at 21-20. Ortega finished with 12 points, seven rebounds, and five assists. Carolina's half time lead was 48-39.

UB started the second half strong, again closing the lead to one at 56-55, before Carolina pulled away in the closing minutes. The Bulls enjoyed a statistical advantage in several key catagories, out rebounding the Tar Heels 48-39 and out shooting them from the floor 47% to 43%. Latoya Crumpton had a strong game for Buffalo finishing with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Kim Coon also finished with 12 points.

UB's record fell to 1-1. The Bulls next game is the home opener on November 22 in Alumni Arena against Siena.

Box Score

Buffalo

	Min	fg m-a	ft m-a	rb o-t	A	PF	TP
Gardner	35	7-16	2-3	1-6	1	2	16
Crumpton	23	6-10	0-0	3-11	2	5	12
Prinzing	16	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	4	0
McCray	5	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	1	2
Jacob	36	5-12	4-6	0-5	4	4	17
Coon	23	5-12	0-0	1-3	2	3	12
Bell	18	1-4	0-0	1-3	1	4	2
McClure	8	1-1	0-0	0-1	2	0	2
Ortega	9	6-11	0-0	2-7	5	2	12
Blakesleev	6	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	1	0
Cerny	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0
Joseph	7	1-1	1-2	1-2	0	1	3
Totals	200	33-70	18-23	10-42	19	29	78

North Carolina

	Min	fg m-a	ft m-a	rb o-t	A	PF	TP
Wright	37	6-11	3-5	1-2	1	4	19
Read	36	6-15	4-12	4-11	2	3	16
N Walker	7	2-4	1-2	0-1	1	0	5
Dawkins	5	0-2	0-0	0-1	1	0	0
Teasley	37	7-15	8-9	0-7	10	1	27
Brown	35	4-9	4-4	1-3	2	3	13
Johnson	10	2-4	2-4	1-1	1	3	6
S Walker	8	1-2	0-2	1-3	0	0	2
Sharp	4	0-2	0-0	1-1	2	0	0
Barksdale	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Clay	4	0-0	0-0	0-1	0	1	0
Davis	16	2-4	1-2	1-3	0	1	5
Totals	200	30-69	23-40	10-34	20	16	93

Officials: Ken Chepy, Joe Cunningham, Carolyn Jones.
Attendance: 642

Score by Periods:

	1st	2nd	Total
Buffalo	39	39	78
North Carolina	48	45	93