Saturday, November 12
Raleigh
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NC State
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Wofford
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NC State
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80
Wolfpack Dominates Wofford in Season Opener, 80-40
11/12/2016 7:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball
November 12, 2016
RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team (1-0) started its 2016-17 season in dominating fashion Saturday evening, handily defeating visiting Wofford 80-40 on Kay Yow Court inside newly-renovated Reynolds Coliseum.
Aislinn Konig led all scorers with 13 points. All three newcomers—Erika Cassell, Konig, and Lucky Rudd—made their career debuts for the Red & White.
Fast Facts
-Junior Chelsea Nelson recorded her second career double-double Saturday evening.
-NC State outrebounded Wofford 53-33.
-Redshirt freshman Kaila Ealey scored a career-high nine points in her first official game back from a November 2015 injury.
-Thirteen Wolfpack players saw at least five minutes of playing time and 12 scored at least three points.
-No Wolfpack player was on the court for more than 23 minutes.
Beginning with Chelsea Nelson's first basket of the game, marking the first made field goal in Reynolds Coliseum during official competition since Krystal Barrett's three-pointer against No. 4 Notre Dame on March 1, 2015, the Wolfpack raced out to an early 9-0 lead and never once looked back. NC State held Wofford without a made field goal in the first quarter, forcing the Terriers to an 0-14 mark from the field en route to taking a 16-3 lead through the first 10 minutes of action.
The Wolfpack took a 37-10 lead into the halftime break and allowed just one quarter of 10+ points from the visitors when the Terriers scored 21 points on 9-16 shooting in the third quarter.
NC State returns to action on Wednesday, Nov. 16 against Hampton. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Reynolds Coliseum.
Quotes from the Wolfpack
Head Coach Wes Moore's opening statement: "Tonight was a good opportunity to get a lot of people in there, especially our freshmen. I saw a lot of good things as well as things we need to work on. We need to play better defense, foul less, and play up-tempo. We had too many turnovers in the second half. We'll look at the film tonight and get some good learning opportunities from it. It was a good way to open Reynolds Coliseum with a win."
Kaila Ealey on returning from injury: "I think I finally felt 100 percent when I took off my brace (during preseason practice). I haven't been playing with it for a while and I think once I took it off it was just go time. There's no time to overthink at this level: it's now or never. I think that's what motivated me is that I wanted to play without it and give it my all."
Chelsea Nelson on the win: "I think we're just hungry because of what happened last year and how we thought we were in the NCAA Tournament, so this year, no matter who we're playing, we have to go hard and be really aggressive. We have four seniors and they really want to make it to the tournament."
#GoPack
RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team (1-0) started its 2016-17 season in dominating fashion Saturday evening, handily defeating visiting Wofford 80-40 on Kay Yow Court inside newly-renovated Reynolds Coliseum.
Aislinn Konig led all scorers with 13 points. All three newcomers—Erika Cassell, Konig, and Lucky Rudd—made their career debuts for the Red & White.
Fast Facts
-Junior Chelsea Nelson recorded her second career double-double Saturday evening.
-NC State outrebounded Wofford 53-33.
-Redshirt freshman Kaila Ealey scored a career-high nine points in her first official game back from a November 2015 injury.
-Thirteen Wolfpack players saw at least five minutes of playing time and 12 scored at least three points.
-No Wolfpack player was on the court for more than 23 minutes.
Beginning with Chelsea Nelson's first basket of the game, marking the first made field goal in Reynolds Coliseum during official competition since Krystal Barrett's three-pointer against No. 4 Notre Dame on March 1, 2015, the Wolfpack raced out to an early 9-0 lead and never once looked back. NC State held Wofford without a made field goal in the first quarter, forcing the Terriers to an 0-14 mark from the field en route to taking a 16-3 lead through the first 10 minutes of action.
The Wolfpack took a 37-10 lead into the halftime break and allowed just one quarter of 10+ points from the visitors when the Terriers scored 21 points on 9-16 shooting in the third quarter.
NC State returns to action on Wednesday, Nov. 16 against Hampton. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Reynolds Coliseum.
Quotes from the Wolfpack
Head Coach Wes Moore's opening statement: "Tonight was a good opportunity to get a lot of people in there, especially our freshmen. I saw a lot of good things as well as things we need to work on. We need to play better defense, foul less, and play up-tempo. We had too many turnovers in the second half. We'll look at the film tonight and get some good learning opportunities from it. It was a good way to open Reynolds Coliseum with a win."
Kaila Ealey on returning from injury: "I think I finally felt 100 percent when I took off my brace (during preseason practice). I haven't been playing with it for a while and I think once I took it off it was just go time. There's no time to overthink at this level: it's now or never. I think that's what motivated me is that I wanted to play without it and give it my all."
Chelsea Nelson on the win: "I think we're just hungry because of what happened last year and how we thought we were in the NCAA Tournament, so this year, no matter who we're playing, we have to go hard and be really aggressive. We have four seniors and they really want to make it to the tournament."
#GoPack
Team Stats
WOF
ST
FG%
.250
.439
3FG%
.231
.310
FT%
.450
.765
RB
33
53
TO
14
16
STL
5
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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