The Tar Heels took the lead for good midway through the first half, going on a 12-2 run after Hawaii led 10-9. The Rainbow Wahine had 10 turnovers in the half.
On Saturday, Oklahoma's Dionnah Jackson scored 21 points, including a 3-pointer that put the No. 22 Sooners ahead to stay in their 66-63 victory against the No. 11 North Carolina women's basketball team in the semifinals of the Rainbow Wahine Classic on Saturday.
Down by 12 points in the second half against Oklahoma, the Tar Heels (3-1) rallied to take a 46-45 lead on La'Tangela Atkinson's basket off a missed free throw with 11:55 remaining.
Candace Sutton added 13 points for North Carolina, while Atkinson and Jennifer Thomas finished with nine points and nine rebounds each.
"Oklahoma is a tough team and we didn't shoot the ball well," UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said. "We learned a lot from this game. Now we'll regroup and get ready to play Hawaii."
On Friday, powered by five players scoring in double figures, UNC defeated DePaul 82-66.
Brown led UNC with 14 points, 12 of which came in the first half when she hit four of her five three-point attempts. Atkinson scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for her second double-double in three games.
5 Wrestlers Win Individual Titles
The North Carolina wrestling team played host to the Sharpie-Carolina Open, appearing in seven of the 10 championship bouts, and winning five of them. There were no team scores recorded in the tournament.
Two freshmen, Brian Baglio and David Dashiell won their championship matches at 141 and 197 pounds, respectively. Baglio took out Virginia's Bob Siedel with a 2-0 victory, while Dashiell downed Cornell's Matt Greenberg.
Senior Jimmy O'Connor earned first place in the 165-pound weight division with a victory against Princeton's Ryan Bonfiglio.
Sophomore Evan Sola took first place with a convincing 7-0 win against Cornell's Alejandro Alvarez.
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Graduate Matt Kenny won the heavyweight division with a victory against UVa.'s Josh Etu, 3-2, who upset UNC's Ryan Adams in the semifinals, 2-1 TB.
Penn State Ends Men's Soccer's Season
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The No. 15 Penn State men's soccer team knocked off No. 17 North Carolina with a golden goal in the second overtime on Wednesday night. It was the final match as a Tar Heel for seniors Matt Crawford, Mike Gell, Ryan Kneipper and David Testo.
Penn State sophomore forward Chad Severs took a pass from freshman David Walters and sent a shot into the lower right corner of the goal with 2 minutes, 45 seconds left in the final overtime period.
The first half of regulation passed by with few scoring opportunities for either team. The Nittany Lions had their best chance to put a point on the board just before halftime, when Joe Zewe took a pass from the backfield and broke into the open. Tar Heel goalkeeper Ford Williams came out of the box to pressure Zewe, and Zewe's shot went just over the crossbar.
After halftime, North Carolina quickly struck back with a strong scoring opportunity of its own. Testo slipped open on the right side of the field five minutes into the second half and blasted a shot just wide right of the Penn State goal.
Neither team found any quality scoring chances the rest of regulation as both defenses became more and more physical as the game progressed.
Penn State managed two more shots in the first overtime period, neither of which were on goal, while North Carolina posted just one shot that sailed high.
In the second overtime, the Nittany Lions applied all the offensive pressure, as Zewe once again initiated the charge. With 4:14 remaining on the clock, Zewe took a pass in the box and fired toward the right side of the goal, but Williams thwarted his attempt with a quick diving save.
Less than two minutes later, Severs found the back of the net with his team-leading 16th goal and sixth game-winning goal of the season.
With the win, Penn State improved to 15-7, while North Carolina finished its season at 14-7-1.
