#4 North Carolina St @ North Carolina - 2/07/21

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Chapel Hill, NC - 2:00 PM ET
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@triaddukefan You going with the Tar Heels, huh?

 

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NC State up 14-12, 3:28 left 1st quarter. UNC has two THREEs from Petra Holeshinka. NC State has THREEs. from Kayla Jones and Jakia Brown-Turner. Elissa Cunane winning the battle against Bailey in the low post, 4-0.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Several called this, 14-12 6 1/2 minutes in, Heels hanging in there against the Pack.

 

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End of 1st quarter...UNC with a 19-16 lead. Heels are 7 of 16 from the floor...2 of 8 from THREE. NC State is shooting 8 of 18 from the floor...3 of 7 from THREE. NC State winning the rebounding battle, 11-8.

5 turnovers for NC State.

 

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Janelle Bailey now on the bench with two fouls.

 

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4:59 left 2nd quarter...NC State leads, 25-24. Alyssa Ustby with 11 points for UNC to lead all scorers.

NC State with their usual balance: Cunane with 8, Kayla Jones, 6, Jakia Brown-Turner 5.

 

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Halftime: UNC leads 37-30. UNC shot 50% from the field...on 16 of 32 shooting and was 5 of 11 from THREE. NC State shot 33% on 11 of 33 and was 3 of 12 from THREE.

Alyssa Ustby has 13 points for UNC, Petra Holeshinka and Stephanie Watts 7 for UNC.

NC State led by Elissa Cunane with 11 points, Kayla Jones 6 and Jakia Brown-Turner 5.

Rebounding tied at 19 each. Ustby has 9 boards for UNC...Cunane with 5 for NC State.

UNC has turned the ball over 9 times...6 for NC State.

 

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Timeout NC State. UNC has extended its lead to 42-30. Jakia Brown-Turner airballed a THREE then missed two layups. Shots just aren't falling for NC State.

 

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UNC leads, 44-34, 4:26 left 3rd quarter.

NC State now shooting 30% from the floor on 13 of 43...and only 5 of 8 from the FT line. UNC is 19 of 42.

 

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Elissa Cunane now has 3 fouls for NC State.

 

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9-0 run for NC State...44-41 game. 2:46 left 3rd quarter.

 

[nwhoopfan]

9-0 run for NC State...44-41 game. 2:46 left 3rd quarter.

I've been waiting for that. Figured they were too good w/ too many scoring options to continue struggling the way they have been.

 

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13-0 run for NC State...Pack leads, 45-44.

 

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NC State finished the 3rd quarter on an 20-5 run...Pack has a 52-49 lead, going to the 4th. NC State hit 7 of its last 8 shots.

 

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Now, an 8-2 run by UNC.

4 fouls on Elissa Cunane.

 

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3:58 left...UNC with a 64-58 lead.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Upset alert

 

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UNC is 10 of 24 from THREE...NC State just 4 of 15.

 

[DeeHusky]

@triaddukefan said this game would be tough for NC State.

 

[Blueberries]

I wasn't expecting to see this.... and LETTERL, I was going to come back and state that NCST had looked pretty darn good from my eye test lately! I can't see this game because I don't have ACCN, but ack!

 

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Elissa Cunane fouls out with 1:36 left. UNC leads 71-65. 1:36 left.

 

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I wasn't expecting to see this.... and LETTERL, I was going to come back and state that NCST had looked pretty darn good from my eye test lately! I can't see this game because I don't have ACCN, but ack!

UNC always plays us tough. They looked absolutely awful against FSU Thursday night...but let them line up against NC State, and they always look like world-beaters.

 

[SECbbfan24]

I have not followed UNC closely but how do they have 8 losses in conference play?

 

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FINAL: UNC beats NC State for the third year in a row, and 2nd time in a row at Carmichael, 76-69. Season-high 11 made THREEs for UNC and poor shot selection and questionable play calls by the Wolfpack doomed NC State today.

UNC had tremendous balance today. Alyssa Utsby with 20 points, Holeshinska with 15, Watts with 17.
NC State was led by Cunane with 14 and Kayla Jones with 13, who also had 10 rebounds. I don't know how many layups we missed...but it had to be at least 10.

Doesn't make any sense. Beat two #1s...then lose to a team that just looked gosh awful Thursday night against FSU.

I just don't understand what NC State was doing at times today...and that's all I'm going to say about that.

We'll see what happens when these two teams meet again in a couple of weeks.