Virginia at #9 NC State

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Virginia (5-8, 0-2 ACC) visits Raleigh at Noon to take on #9 North Carolina State (13-0, 2-0 ACC). This will be the 77th meeting between the two teams, with Virginia leading the series, 40-36. Of the ACC teams who have been league members for more than 15 years, Virginia is the only ACC team with a winning record against NC State.

The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Southeast.

Virginia is coming off a loss to UNC Thursday night, 65-47. NC State came from behind in thrilling fashion to ease by Virginia Tech, 76-69.

 

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4:19 left 1st quarter, NC State leading 10-5. Jakia Brown-Turner with two THREEs for NC State.

 

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End of 1st quarter...NC State leads 23-17. It's raining THREEs, with Ace Konig and Jakia Brown-Turner each with two. Cunane has 6 points in the low post. The Wolfpack Women shot 53.3% in the quarter on 8 of 15 shooting.

Virginia shot 40% on 6 of 15, but was 3 of 5 from THREE. Jocelyn Willoughby and Dominique Toissant each have 6 points for Virginia.

 

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4:38 left 2nd quarter, NC State now leads 33-21. Jakia Brown-Turner with 9 points for NC State. Jocelyn Willoughby and Dominique Toissant with 8 each for Virginia, which has only made two shots in the stanza.

 

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Halftime: NC State leads 38-28. The Wolfpack Women shot 48.3% from the floor on 14 of 29 shooting, including 7 of 18 from THREE. Virginia shot 36% on 9 of 25 shooting, including 4 of 12 from THREE.

Elissa Cunane has 11 points for NC State, with Jakia Brown-Turner, Ace Konig and Kayla Jones with 6 each for NC State. Virginia was paced by Jocelyn Willoughby with 15 points, and Dominique Toissant has 8.

NC State leads in rebounding, 18-13. Elissa Cunane has 6 boards for NC State.

 

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Elissa Cunane has exploded in the third quarter, now with 21 points. NC State has opened up a 57-37 lead on Virginia, and is currently on a 14-2 run.

 

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NC State is 8 of 12 from the floor in the 3rd quarter.

2:59 left 3rd quarter, NC State leads 62-36.

 

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End of 3rd quarter...NC State leads Virginia, 62-42. Elissa Cunane with 21 points and 9 rebounds for NC State. Jocelyn Willoughby with 17 points for Virginia.

 

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Timeout for NC State, 4:41 left. The starters are on the bench for NC State. Elissa Cunane finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds.

 

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Final: NC State beats Virginia, 80-60. The Wolfpack Women are now 14-0, 3-0 ACC. Virginia falls to 5-9, 0-3 ACC.

Elissa Cunane led all scorers with 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Jakia Brown-Turner added 13 and Grace Hunter reached double figures with 10 points for NC State, which shot 49.1% from the field, including 11 of 30 from THREE.

Jocelyn Willoughby had 25 points for Virginia, which shot 41.2% from the field.

Both teams were 13 of 16 from the FT line.

NC State outrebounded Virginia, 38-25.

NC State goes on the road Thursday, to battle UNC. The Tar Heels handed NC State its first loss of the season a year ago.

Virginia's next game is Thursday night, when it hosts Duke.