NC State Falls 58-69 on the Road Against Duke, Losing 2nd Straight

#6 NC State’s week couldn’t have gone much worse. After losing to rival UNC 70-80 on the road on Thursday, the Wolfpack lost 58-69 to Duke on the road this afternoon. Quite a few bracketologists were projecting NC State as a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament before the back-t0-back losses, making two straight losses to rivals even more agonizing.

Offensively, NC State has been awful in both losses. After shooting 35.2% at UNC, the Wolfpack shot 33.3% today at Duke.

The Blue Devils dominated this game, leading every second, and managed to shoot 47% from the field.

Senior Center River Baldwin had a double-double of 14 points (4-12 FG) and 10 rebounds.

Junior Guard Aziaha James managed to score 15 points, but it wasn’t pretty, making 5 of 16 from the field. She did shoot well from deep, making 3 of 6 from three.

Junior Guard Saniya Rivers was efficient, scoring 13 points on 6 of 11 shooting. She also snagged 8 boards.

Freshman Guard Zoe Brooks was the 4th NC State player in double figures, scoring 10 points (3-9 FG). The Wolfpack were +3 with Brooks on the field, which led the team.

NC State has now lost 3 straight games to the Blue Devils. Duke had 32 points in the paint, compared to the Wolfpack’s 20.

NC State will host Syracuse on Thursday at 7pm on ACCNX.