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ESTERO, Fla. — Deja Kelly scored 10 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter to rally No. 18 North Carolina to a 54-51 win over Vermont in the Gulf Coast Showcase. The Tar Heels trailed 45-34 with less that six minutes to play but it wasn't until a 13-1 run that North Carolina took the lead. Kayla McPherson made a layup to give her six points in the rally and put North Carolina up 50-49 with 1:47 to play. Kelly followed that up with a jumper before Emma Utterback cut it back to 52-51 with 42 seconds left. Kelly made 1 of 2 free throws and then grabbed the rebound of her miss, leading to the clinching free throw. Utterback had 18 points for the Catamounts
