NC State has a very experienced team: starts four seniors and one junior. Now that ACC play has started, Coach Moore has tightened the rotation and playing minutes, too.
The team is also making better decisions on shot selections, which has been a focus point after the losses. The guards are doing better job of consistently penetrating and creating higher percentage shots, and the inside game has improved. Chelsea Nelson is doing a better job staying out of foul trouble, and when she does sit, Akeila Maize comes off the bench to provide quality minutes. She's a junior, and has improved 200 percent.
NC State did lose one player over the Christmas break to transfer. Maybe that is helping with some of the gelling.
The key: A very experienced team. They were pretty good last year -- were a play or two away from beating FSU, Syracuse, and Louisville last year -- but just didn't close games. They are closing games now.
