If you're North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell, how do you celebrate a 93-76 road victory over arch rival Duke? After her third-ranked Tar Heels defeated 11th-ranked Duke on Monday night, Hatchell instructed the team bus driver to head down Franklin Street so she and a few players could throw toilet paper on a tree in front of Sutton's Drug Store. Tossing paper over two trees, with a few fans coming out of bars to watch, the Tar Heels were in full celebration mode until a local police car pulled up -- bright lights blinking -- to stop the festivities. Before the police left, they had given the veteran coach a warning ticket for littering and asked that she and her players pick up the paper. Hatchell said in a telephone interview she was surprised to receive a warning, considering the excessive celebration that occurs after the men's team wins at Duke. "We've got a great women's team," she said. "That was a big win for us over Duke. Let them do a little bit of celebrating."

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