The North Carolina women’s team survived a 50-three-point shot barrage to defeat Fresno State 82-68 in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Spokane, Wash. today.

Fresno State only connected on 14 threes for a 28 percent clip. Meanwhile, the Tar Heels managed six of 16 threes and had five women in double figures.

Italee Lucas led the way with a game-high 22 points. Chay Shegog scored 12, followed by Cetera DeGraffenreid’s 11 along with Jessica Breland’s 10 and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt’s 10.

“They took 50 threes — that’s 10 more than anyone has ever taken on us. We had to make a lot of adjustments to cover that. The big kids had to come out,” UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said. By that she means that Carolina’s tallest players moved out defensively to guard the perimeter players from the three-point line.

Waltiea Rolle, the Tar Heels’ tallest player at 6-foot-6, saw 10 minutes of action while another tall non-starter 6-1 freshman Laura Broomfield played 19 minutes. Starters Shegog, Breland and Krista Gross are 6-5, 6-3 and 6-0 respectively.

UNC advances to the second round in Albuquerque on Monday against the winner of the Kentucky-Hampton game.