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Myrtle Beach, S.C. --- The LSU womens basketball team extended its win streak to five games with a 70-43 victory over North Carolina here at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center Sunday afternoon.The Lady Tigers improved to 9-2 on the year and UNC fell to 8-2. This is the first time in the eight-game history of UNC playing the games in Myrtle Beach that the Tar Heels were defeated. LSU is 3-0 over teams from the ACC this season with wins also over Wake Forest and NC State.Raigyne Moncrief led LSU with 20 points and has scored in double figures in the last nine straight contests. Moncrief was 5-of-14 from the field and converted 10 of her 11 free-throw shots in the win. She also had seven rebounds, two assists and two steals.Freshman Ayana Mitchell posted her second double-double of the season with 11 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. Mitchell was 4-of-8 from the field and 3-of-6 from the charity stripe. Also scoring in double figures were Chloe Jackson and Alexis Hyder, who each contributed 12 points. Hyder and Jackson also had seven rebounds apiece as LSU won the battle on the boards, 45-38.The Lady Tigers had another strong showing on the defensive side of the ball, forcing UNC to turn the ball over 22 times and scoring 26 points off the miscues. LSU shot 40 percent (25-of-62) from the field and held the Tar Heels to 29.6 percent (16-of-54) from the field. LSU also had 28 free-throw opportunities and converted 20 of the shots, while UNC was 5-of-8 from the charity stripe.I will say that every player on our team brought positive energy today, said head coach Nikki Fargas. Today was our best defensive effort in the sense of our team guarding their play-action. (Stephanie) Watts is an unbelievable player. She really was a hard guard for us, but collectively as a group, we were able to shut down the other players. Offensively, our ability to have an inside-outside attack is always going to be key for us. I like the fact that it started on the defensive end in forcing those turnovers and allowing us to get our transition game going.LSU and UNC traded buckets to open the game before LSU jumped out to a 12-2 lead and went into the second quarter with a 20-8 advantage. The pace of the game slowed considerably in the second period as UNC chipped away at LSUs lead, closing the gap to seven points, 24-17, with just over three minutes remaining by rolling off a 9-4 run. Shanice Norton and Tatum Neubert chipped in two buckets to put LSU up by 13 and the Lady Tigers ultimately went to the locker room up, 32-24, at the half as UNC outscored LSU, 16-12. Chloe Jackson led LSU in scoring at the half with 10 points while Ayana Mitchell led on the boards with six rebounds.LSU won the third quarter, 15-11, before sealing the game with a 23-8 fourth quarter. The 23 points tied the most points for LSU in the fourth quarter this season, and the eight points also tied the lowest scoring output for an opponent in the fourth period.Watts, who came into the matchup averaging 20.0 points per game, scored 20 points and led her team with 11 rebounds, 10 of which were defensive boards. She hit four of UNCs six treys in the game. The only other Tar Heel in double figures was Paris Kea with 11 points.The Lady Tigers return to the PMAC on Wednesday, Dec. 21, for their final game prior to the holiday break. LSU hosts Little Rock in that meeting at 7 p.m. The first 1,000 fans will receive an ugly holiday sweater-themed t-shirt and all fans wearing a holiday sweater will receive a general admission ticket for $2. LSU will have one final non-conference game against Alabama State on Dec. 28 before opening SEC action on the road at Mississippi State on Jan. 1.NOTES & TRENDS Starters for LSU were Chloe Jackson, Rina Hill, Alexis Hyder, Raigyne Moncrief & Ayana Mitchell. This starting lineup is 4-0 so far this season.LSU is now 3-0 all-time against North Carolina, and 2-0 on a neutral court.Raigyne Moncrief scored 20 points today to extend her double-digit scoring streak to nine games.Raigyne Moncrief is the only Lady Tiger to score 20-plus points in a game this season and she has done so three times this year; and seven times in her career. She has scored 20 points in the last two-straight games with 22 points last Wednesday against Sam Houston State. 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We keep hearing that college football is an upscale joint, with velvet ropes separating the wannabes from the already-gots. Its good to know the sport still has room for underdogs to surprise.1. Going for two has been a part of the Oregon swagger, along with the sick unis and the fast-paced offense. Oregon usually tries it on the first score against outclassed early-season opponents, in order to make opponents spend time on it. And they used to work; in Chip Kellys four seasons at Oregon, the Ducks converted 20 of 26 two-point conversions, including twice against Auburn in the 2011 BCS Championship Game. Those points forced the Tigers to kick a field goal as time expired to win. But even before Saturdays 1-for-5 fiasco at Nebraska, the two-point strategy hasnt been as effective under Mark Helfrich. Before Saturday, Oregon had converted only 9 of 23 two-point conversions in Helfrichs four seasons.2. ?Louisville dropped 11 passes at Syracuse on Sept. 9 but didnt have that issue Saturday when the Cardinals embarrassed Florida State 63-20. Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino said his receivers worked hard on words and blanks, a technique to make sure the ball is secure. When you catch the ball, Petrino said, look it all the way to the tuck, and then I can see whether there are any words looking at me or the ball is blank. So its a great way to teach our guys to focus and concentrate.3. No. 1 Alabama is becoming known for nonoffensive touchdowns. The Crimson Tide have five such scores this season, including three that had a decisive impact on emotions and the scoreboard in Saturdays 48-43 comeback victory at No. 23 Ole Miss. That adds up to 15 return touchdowns since the beginning of last season: seven interception returns, five punt returns, one kickoff return, one blocked punt and DaRon Paynes?3-yard fumble return in Oxford. Senior strong safety Eddie Jackson has four of them -- three pick-sixes last season and the 85-yard punt return just before the half Saturday that cut the Rebels lead to a touchdown.4. Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder got his 194th career win Saturday when the Wildcats defeaated Florida Atlantic 63-7, their biggest margin of victory under Snyder since a 64-0 defeat of Kansas in 2002.dddddddddddd. Thats the good news. The not-so-good news? Remember that week four years ago when Kansas State reached No. 1, only to get rocked 52-24 at Baylor? Since that brief ascendancy, Kansas State has lost 14 of 17 games against ranked opponents, including the last eight. Thats something to think about as K-State approaches consecutive games against Oklahoma and Texas next month.5. Why College Football is More Interesting Than the NFL, cont.: Compare the two games played almost simultaneously an hour apart in the Bay Area on Saturday night. Stanford made USC play at its grind-it-out pace. Each team had 10 possessions. They combined for 123 plays. They finished in three hours and three minutes. Meanwhile, Texas and California both spread the field. The Golden Bears had 16 possessions, the Longhorns, 15. They combined for 170 snaps. They finished in three hours and 56 minutes. Old school vs. new school, power vs. quickness. I guess the fan who breaks down his experience by data would vote for seeing 47 more plays for the same buck. Me? Ill take the three-hour game every Saturday.6. And then theres Clemsons 59-0 victory over FCS opponent South Carolina State, a game that cheated everyone. Who benefits when the game is so lopsided that the opposing coaches agree to shorten the second half to 12-minute quarters? Clemson fans wait all year for seven home games, and then one of them gets shortened because the athletic department couldnt find a suitable opponent. Lets hope Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich is suitably embarrassed by that paycheck game (Clemson paid out $300,000). I understand that FCS athletic programs need funds and that Clemson supported another public institution in the state. Thats probably why the Tigers will play The Citadel, Furman and Wofford, respectively, in the next three seasons. Those games wont be farces. This one was.7. Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren was not happy with himself that he waited so late to use the three-tight-end power formation in the opener against Kansas State. The Cardinal lined up in that set late in the fourth quarter of the opener, and Christian McCaffrey busted through the line for a 41-yard touchdown. On Saturday against the Trojans, McCaffrey ran out of that set nine times for 68 yards, including a 33-yard gain to the USC 5 late in the first half to set up the second Cardinal touchdown in the 27-10 victory. ' ' '