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Duke @ North Carolina St (9) - 1/03/19

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I was flipping channels and found this on ROOT Sports in my neck of the woods. Watched a bit. Some serious momentum swings in this game.
 
Big buckets by Gorecki and then a buzzer beater by Boykin.

This Duke team doesn't bear any resemblance to the team that lost to Northwestern and Washington.
 
Duke going to the line for two shots when play resumes...4:53 left and NC State leading 48-44.
 
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Timeout Duke...3:18 left. NC State leads 50-46.
NC State has gone ice cold from THREE...now only 6 of 24 for the game.
 
Looks like Duke is going to let this one slip away.
 
Freshman center Elissa Cunane has taken over...NC State on an 11-2 run and now up 57-46, 1:39 left.
 
It was a game of runs, figures whoever had the last one was going to win.
 
That's horrible, you can hear the NC State player screaming in pain. I had to turn the volume off.
 
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Wolfpack leading scorer Grace Hunter is down and in obvious pain.
 
That didn't look good, knee buckled at a weird angle. Best wishes to her.
 
Awful to see that. This was my first time to watch her play and she is a great player. Really sad.
 
Final: NC State defeats Duke, 63-51, and is now 14-0, tying the 1999-2000 team for best start in school history.

My nerves are shot. I need a shot of whiskey.
 
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NC State shot 40% for the game, was 6 of 24 from THREE, committed 19 turnovers and grabbed 47 rebounds, 14 of them offensive rebounds.

Duke shot 29% for the game, was 6 of 22 from THREE, committed 16 turnovers and grabbed 31 rebounds, 9 of them offensive rebounds.
 
LoTrader said:
How about a nice IPA from one of our famous Oregon Micro breweries?
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I havent had a beer since 2004...... they didnt even have that kinda stuff back then (i dont think)
 
triaddukefan said:
I havent had a beer since 2004. they didnt even have that kinda stuff back then (i dont think)
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Maybe not where you live, but the Microbrew craze started in the Pacific Northwest quite a few years ago.
 
Update on Grace Hunter: she was transported to Rex Hospital for an MRI; when I find out more, I will update it.

Very sad injury in a number of ways. She transferred to NC State to play in the ACC (she grew up in Raleigh) and was so super-excited to be facing Duke in her very first ACC game. In the pre-game festivities, she had been awarded a game ball for scoring 1000 points in her college career.
 
Still no official word on the state of Grace Hunter's injury...but she is definitely out for the rest of the season.

This is a big blow for NC State, coming on top of losing Kayla Ealey prior to the start of the season. What could have been if both of these talented young ladies had been able to play the entire year for the Wolfpack Women. Hopefully, some of the bench players will step up to provide the scoring in the wake of Hunter's absence.

Sort of ironic in a way. The only other time NC State started 14-0, in 1999-2000, the team was very young but with a highly-rated freshman class and anchored by senior Summer Erb. After Erb went down with a season-ending leg injury against UNC, the Wolfpack Women struggled to a 6-9 finish to the season and an opening round loss in the NCAAT.
 
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LETTERL said:
Still no official word on the state of Grace Hunter's injury...but she is definitely out for the rest of the season.
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Just wondering: If there's been no official word, how do you know for certain that she's out for the season?
 
While there is no official announcement on the severity of her injury at this point, Grace Hunter was carried off the court with 1:46 remaining in the matchup with her right leg immobilized. Hunter did not return in the game after going down hard on a layup attempt, keeping the Wolfpack from relishing the win on Thursday night during postgame.

If Hunter's injury does end up costing her time on the court, it would leave the Pack without its top scoring option at 14.6 points and second-leading rebounder with 6.9 rebounds per game. With State already losing starting point guard Kaila Ealey for the season due to injury.

Moore called the win "bittersweet" after the game and simply said of Hunter's injury that he didn't have any knowledge of the severity, but said it "didn't look good."
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Indeed, I didn't see the injury itself, but judging from the awful pain she was in, it would be a major surprise if it weren't a season-ending injury. This is an all-too-frequent occurrence in the women's game.
 
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