North Carolina State University Athletics
No. 5 Wolfpack Defeats Duke in Overtime, 80-75
1/20/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) (January 20, 2000) -- Amy Simpson scored 26 points, including six in overtime, and Summer Erb added 19 as No. 6 North Carolina State beat ninth-ranked Duke 80-75 Thursday night.
The Wolfpack (15-2, 6-2 ACC) snapped a two-game conference losing streak and had lost five straight to Duke (16-2, 5-1).
Duke's 15-game winning streak - one shy of tying the school record set last season - was stopped. Duke had not lost since Nov. 17 to then-No. 20 Boston College.
Duke led for the last time in overtime on a running one-hander by Olga Gvozdenvic with 1:30 left and then managed only one more shot from the floor the rest of the way.
Simpson, a freshman reserve, hit a 3-pointer from the right wing with 1:12 remaining to give the Wolfpack the lead for good at 77-75.
North Carolina State made 3-of-7 free throws in the last 25 seconds as Erb pulled down two offensive rebounds and Simpson got another to deny Duke the ball. Erb finished with 10 rebounds.
N.C. State's Tynesha Lewis made a 10-foot jumper from the baseline with 34 seconds left to tie it 67-67 and send it to overtime. Lauren Rice missed a shot from the lane with three seconds left for Duke.
Sheana Mosch's 3-pointer had put Duke ahead 67-65 with 50 seconds left in regulation.
The Wolfpack led 52-43 in the second half, but missed five of its next seven shots, and neither team led by more than a basket in the final 5:18.
Peppi Browne led Duke with a career-high 25 points and 12 rebounds and scored nine of the Blue Devils' last 14 points in regulation. Rice added 16 and Mosch 13.
The Blue Devils jumped out to a 16-4 lead. Paced by Rochelle Parent's three fast-break layups in the opening 6:19 of play, Duke made eight of its first 10 shots.
N.C. State made just one of seven shots in the first six minutes, then got back into contention behind Simpson's nine points in the final 6:25 of the first half.
