Norfolk, Va. — Well, the NCAA women's basketball tournament selection committee got one right.

It turned out the seedings for Georgia, an eight, and Iowa, a nine, were perfect.

How else to explain a game that see-sawed more than a pair of four-year-olds? Back and forth they went until finally Georgia came out on top, 67-61, in the first round of the NCAA tournament Sunday.

"There isn't that much difference between us and Iowa," Georgia coach Andy Landers said. "One team would have to quit for the other team to knock them out. And I didn't see a lot of quit from either team."

Georgia will play No. 1 seed North Carolina Tuesday night. Not that Carolina seemed all that concerned. The Tar Heels, 35-point winners over No. 16 seed Bucknell, exited the building at halftime of the Georgia game at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

What they missed a performance in which Georgia managed to be at its worst and its best. In other words, a typical night for this Georgia team.

The Lady Bulldogs were at their best when the ball went inside to Angel Robinson and Tasha Humphrey. That pair combined for 29 points and 22 rebounds. Robinson shot 8 of 15. Most of those were from point-blank range and eight of them were wide-open shots.

"We didn't have an answer for her," Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said.

Humphrey's points were a little more difficult to come by. But the last two were worth the wait.

Humphrey nailed a turnaround jumper to give Georgia the lead for good, 59-57, with :58 left.

"I am quite fond of the fadeaway," Humphrey laughed. "I have been doing it for a long time."

But it has not been necessary every time.

"She probably goes to it a little more than her coach wants her to," Landers said. "That was the only time tonight I thought she should have shot it. I knew as soon as that ball left her fingers that it was in."

That was perfection. Not everything was. Georgia was at its worst in the first half when it allowed Iowa's zone to dictate the offensive sets and its effectiveness in getting the ball inside. The Hawkeyes' long arms on the perimeter had something to do with that. But so too did Georgia's unwillingness to penetrate the zone and dish.

Head fake, pump and drive by them. That was what Landers had told his team over and over. They forgot that message in the first half. After a halftime reminder, Georgia cracked the zone and was effective.

"We started doing some of that and it was almost like they became empowered to do what it was that they could have been doing all along," Landers said.

It also helped that Megan Darrah started to hit her outside shots. The senior, who had lost that shot down the stretch of the season, found it quickly in the second half. She finished with 13 points, 11 of which came in the second half.

Ashley Houts was involved in most of Darrah's shots. The sophomore had a career-high 12 assists. She also nailed eight straight free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

"It is something mentally that you have to break through," Houts said of being at the line. "You have to have your confidence to go up there and knock it down."

Now Georgia has to concentrate on knocking down the top-seed North Carolina. Landers is confident the matchups can favor Georgia.

"If we don't turn it over, we will play with them," Landers said. "The way we defend is good for them. If we don't turn the ball over, the way they defend is good for us."