Women's Basketball
WATCH: State WBB Has Huge Comeback to Beat GT, 66-61
Still sweating…
At one point in the 4th quarter, State found themselves down by 10. Then they took the game and literally ran with it. Pack went on a 20-6 run with the key players being Crutchfield (now appropriately, legally changing her name to Clutchfield) and Cunane, who both scored eight during the span.
Physical Play
We saw State struggle at times against Syracuse, but Georgia Tech amped up the physicality. The normal fast pace State offense was walking the ball up the court far too often, undisciplined with shot selection and seemingly frustrated by non-calls (to be fair…yowza were there some misses). When dealing with the likes of a physical Cubaj, of GT, the Pack needed support from the outside and many times it was missing. Moving forward, they need to find ways to stop opponent’s runs, get offensive boards and make threes (started hot from beyond the arch, before cooling the last three quarters).
Winning without Brown-Turner
Until the latter part of the long State run, Brown-Turner was struggling to make her mark. After finishing the Quarterfinals with two points, with six minutes to go in the game, she only had five. Clearly frustrated, there is some consolation in the fact the Pack can win without playing their best game. Against Louisville and subsequent NCAA play, they’ll need help from everyone.
Seniors Stepping Up
When State needed them the most Crutchfield and Jones stepped up. Crutchfield was the catalyst for the comeback, finishing with 10 points and 5 boards. Jones had moments where she looked to be everywhere on the floor and her statline shows that; 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.
Returning to the Finals
State will go up against #1 seed Louisville tomorrow afternoon. Lots on the line; an ACC Championship and a #1 seed in the NCAA tourney. The Pack have made the ACC Final Four, four seasons in a row. Hopefully they can walk away with the hardware for a second straight season.
The NC State women were a 7 seed, picked to move on over 10-seeded Princeton, but that’s not how it worked out.
The Pack women were plagued by turnovers (20) and Princeton capitalized with a late 3 to clinch the win. Highlight above.
Sad day for NC State all around.
The NC State Women’s Basketball (16-5) team moved up 5 spots in the Week 13 AP Poll, after defeating Notre Dame 69-65 yesterday, who was ranked 7th then, and ranked 9th now.
(ESPN)
ACC Teams in the Week 13 AP Poll
9. Notre Dame
11. UNC
13. Virginia Tech
15. NC State
16. Duke
23. FSU
The Wolfpack’s next game will be on Thursday night on the road at Georgia Tech at 8pm on ACC Network.
#20 NC State picked up a much needed win last night against Miami, defeating the Hurricanes 71-61 in PNC Arena, avoiding a 3-game skid.
Sophomore Guard Saniya Rivers led the pack with 14 points, 6 steals, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
As long as she keeps working, @PackWomensBball Saniya Rivers ( @Ihoop___22 ) is going to be a really fun @wnba player to cover in a few years.
(Until then, I’ll enjoy watching her, @haileyvanlith , NC State & @LouisvilleWBB on ABC Sunday at 1pm et.)— Rebecca Lobo (@RebeccaLobo) January 19, 2023
Seniors Camille Hobby and Mimi Collins both had 11 points.
Sophomore Guard Aziaha James had 10 points, and led the Pack with 6 rebounds.
The Wolfpack was without Jada Boyd and Jessica Timmons last night, and River Baldwin went down with an injury, and will have an MRI tomorrow.
NC State is now 14-5 overall, and 4-4 in ACC play, and will play at Louisville on Sunday at 1pm on ABC.
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