Women's Basketball ACCtion: Monday, February 1
FSU rebounds with win at North Carolina.
Florida State's Jacinta Monroe (50) shoots over North Carolina's Chay Shegog (20) during the second half an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Monroe led her team with 16 points for a 83-73 win over North Carolina. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)

Florida State's Jacinta Monroe (50) shoots over North Carolina's Chay Shegog (20) during the second half an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Monroe led her team with 16 points for a 83-73 win over North Carolina. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)

Feb. 1, 2010

No. 15 Florida State Defeats No. 9 North Carolina, 83-73

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Jacinta Monroe scored 16 points and No. 15 Florida State held on to beat No. 9 North Carolina 83-73 on Monday night after nearly blowing a 19-point lead.

Courtney Ward added 13 points for the Seminoles (19-4, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who had their big second-half lead whittled all the way down to a point three times in the final minutes. But Florida State put together an eight-point spurt in the final 3 minutes to finally pull away, sealing their first win in Chapel Hill since the 2000-01 season.

It was quite a way to bounce back from a humbling 30-point loss at Duke on Friday night, a game in which the Seminoles fell way behind in the opening minutes and never mounted a challenge.

Italee Lucas scored 20 points to lead the Tar Heels (16-4, 4-2), who dug a big hole for themselves early in the second half.