Style points matter less than outcomes in the women’s NCAA Tournament, North Carolina coach Courtney Banghart said, and what matters most is getting the chance to be better in another game. Banghart’s sixth-seeded Tar Heels beat St. John’s 61-59 on Saturday and will face third-seeded Ohio State in the second round on Monday. The Buckeyes themselves got past a slow start and beat James Madison 80-66. “Survive to live another day,” Banghart said Sunday. North Carolina (22-10) won after a go-ahead three-point play by Deja Kelly with 2 seconds left. But the Heels gave the Red Storm a chance when Danielle Patterson was fouled on a 3-point shot. She missed the first two free throws (though made the third), depriving her team of moving on. “We were hoping we would play better, I think, so I think there was a chance for us as a group to regroup and say,…
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