#3 seed NC State held on last night, defeating #6 seed Tennessee 79-72 in Reynolds Coliseum to advance to the Sweet 16 for the 5th time in the last 6 tournaments.
The Wolfpack led by only 1 after the 1st Quarter, but they looked like they had things under control at halftime, leading by 18 points.
At one point, NC State led by as much as 20 points in the 3rd Quarter, but the Lady Volunteers weren’t about to give up.
With 4:19 left in the 4th, Tennessee cut the lead to 2 points, but NC State might have bent, but they wouldn’t break.
Junior Guard Aziaha James led the way with 22 points and 7 assists, which were both team highs. She scored 7 points in the final 3.5 minutes, helping to squash tue Last Vols’ comeback attempt.
Junior Guard Saniya Rivers had 20 points (6-14 FG) and 6 boards.
Freshman Zoe Brooks was clutch off the bench, chipping in 16 points and 6 boards.
This marks the 16th time the NC State Women’s Basketball team has advanced to the Sweet 16.
The Wolfpack will play #2 seed Stanford on Friday night at 7:30pm on ESPN in Portland.
Wolfer96 wolfpack74 Posting is a good way to get it out of your system. Something does stink in Raleigh.
wolfpack74 After that crap of a season you think I was in any mood to post? All I needed to see was the 1st 10 games and I knew it would be a season worth forgetting. I was going to stay away until next season when DSJ would change my mood but then all the crap hitting the fan lately prompted me to post a bit prematurely.
Someone needs to tell Lou it might be time to jump. Wolfer96, where have you been lately?
Rounder76 wolfpack74 When all your good employees leave, there is something wrong with the manager. The manager gets replaced.
Someone explain to me why anyone would leave this team knowing that DSJ will be playing next season? Dennis is a kid that could average 25-30 and game but prefers to dish out 12 assists. Now who wouldn’t want to play with this phenomenal unselfish kid? There has to be a problem with the coach. That’s the only thing that makes sense. The twins got plenty of playtime, Abu got plenty of playtime, Maverick got tons of minutes. Even Anya got his share of minutes. Only one who could really complain was Shaun Kirk.
Something stinks in Raleigh.
Yow needs to step up her game because improving in non-revenue sports is nice and all but that don’t pay the bills. She better return her focus to FB and BB.
Gottfried is done
wolfpack74 no way! do you fire the manager every time an employee makes a bad decision?
If he leaves, it’s time to get rid of Gottfried.