Summer’s a Bummer For North Carolina

Summer Erb had the perfect game plan against No. 6 North Carolina on Thursday night. Just stand under the basket.

The 6-foot-6 North Carolina State center used her height advantage to score 24 points and grab 11 rebounds as the Wolfpack handed the Tar Heels their first Atlantic Coast Conference loss, 87-70, at Raleigh, N.C.

No players who took the floor for North Carolina, 17-2 overall and 4-1 in the ACC, were over 6-1. North Carolina State improved to 8-5, 2-2.

*

In its final tuneup before hosting No. 2 Tennessee on Sunday, top-ranked Connecticut (13-0, 6-0 Big East) got 21 points from Tamika Williams and Shea Ralph in a 106-52 road victory over Pittsburgh (6-6, 1-3). . . . Chamique Holdsclaw scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead No. 2 Tennessee (12-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) to an 87-58 victory over South Carolina (9-4, 0-3) at Knoxville, Tenn. . . . Coco Miller scored 25 points as fourth-ranked Georgia (13-0, 2-0 SEC) defeated No. 19 Florida (12-5, 2-1), 84-72, at Athens, Ga. . . . Amanda Wilson scored 26 points, and No. 5 Louisiana Tech (11-2, 1-0 Sunbelt Conference) forced 21 turnovers while defeating Florida International (13-3, 1-1), 71-64, at Ruston, La. . . . Heather Haanen scored a career-high 29 points as No. 8 Colorado State (16-1, 1-0 Western Athletic Conference) won its 13th consecutive home game, 87-54, over Tulsa (2-11, 0-1). . . . Danielle Green scored a career-high 28 points and Sheila McMillen added 26 as No. 9 Notre Dame (11-2, 3-2 Big East) defeated West Virginia (5-8, 1-5), 111-90, at South Bend, Ind. . . . Itoro Umoh had 15 points, 11 assists and six steals as No. 12 Clemson (12-2, 3-2 ACC) routed Florida State (5-9, 0-5) at home, 77-55. . . . Michele VanGorp and Georgia Schweitzer each scored 17 points to help No. 13 Duke (12-4, 4-0 ACC) defeat Georgia Tech (9-5, 2-3), 113-46, at Durham, N.C. . . . Tasha Pointer had 17 points, helping No. 15 Rutgers (12-3, 5-0 Big East) defeat Villanova (6-7, 2-3), 55-40 at Villanova, Pa. . . . Conswella Sparrow scored 17 points to lead Auburn (11-2, 2-1 SEC) to a 73-69 victory over visiting No. 18 Alabama (10-5, 0-3) . . . . Cal Bouchard scored 17 points and Alissa Murphy added 13 as No. 25 Boston College (12-1, 4-1 Big East) defeated visiting Seton Hall (4-9, 1-4), 69-49.