The No. 10 NC State women’s basketball team (22-4, 9-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) dropped a home game for the first time this season, falling to the visiting No. 17 North Carolina Tar Heels (20-6, 8-4 ACC) by a final score of 89-82 during the ninth annual Hoops 4 Hope game presented by Rex Healthcare Sunday afternoon inside Reynolds Coliseum.

The loss ended a six-game ACC winning streak for the Pack and makes the team 13-1 at home during the 2013-14 season.

The game was played in front of a lively crowd of 8,114 fans (Reynolds Coliseum capacity: 8,300), State’s highest attendance total of the season. At halftime of the contest, a check was presented to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in the sum of $45,643.

UNC’s Diamond DeShields led the way for both teams offensively, scoring a career-high 38 points on 12-23 shooting from the field (5-9 from distance). She and the rest of the Tar Heel squad combined to shoot 31-56 (55.4 percent) from the field and 13-23 (56.5 percent) from three-point range.

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