NORKOLK, Va. -- For its first-round NCAA tournament game, the University of North Carolina women's basketball team sported warm-up shirts with a simple message printed across the back: "The world is our dance floor."

Looking every bit like a team that's going to be dancing a while -- maybe until it reaches its third consecutive Final Four -- the Tar Heels dominated from start to finish in an 85-50 victory over Bucknell on Sunday afternoon at Old Dominion University.

North Carolina (31-2), the top seed in the New Orleans regional, led 16-0 less than five minutes in, and 16th-seeded Bucknell was scoreless until 14:45 remained in the first half.

The Tar Heels play Georgia in the second round Tuesday.

Bucknell's season ended at 16-16, with the team's first NCAA appearance since 2002.

On Sunday, North Carolina got a complete effort with five double-figure scorers, and an inside-outside game that picked apart Bucknell's zone defense.

"They're just really impressive," Bison coach Kathy Fedorjaka said. "With that zone, we had to kind of pick where we were going to make a play. We really had to play tight, and they had answers on the perimeter as well and have really got some problems all over the floor."

Bucknell, the Patriot League tournament champion after finishing fifth in the regular season, couldn't recover from a dismal start.

The Bison's first shot attempt -- a Lauren Schober jumper -- was sent into the crowd by North Carolina's LaToya Pringle, and things didn't get much better after that.

Pringle highlighted an athletic front line, blocking three shots during the Tar Heels' 16-0 start. Pringle finished with five blocks and became the Tar Heels' career leader with 331.

"Once you block a couple people get a little timid," Pringle said. "That helps us on the inside."

The Bison matched North Carolina in size -- both teams started three players at 6-feet or taller -- but not in athleticism.

Pringle, Erlana Larkins and Rashanda McCants helped North Carolina control the paint, and the trio combined for 36 points and 14 rebounds in the first half.

The Tar Heels outscored Bucknell 26-10 in the paint during the first half and finished the game with a 54-41 rebounding edge.

Pringle led North Carolina with 19 points, followed by Larkins and McCants with 15 each.