North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Women Fall to No. 4 Tennessee, 83-63
1/29/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
CLEVELAND (AP) (January 29, 2000) -- Kaayla Chones and Summer Erb had 18 and 13 points respectively but it wasn't enough as No. 8 North Carolina State (15-4) fell to No. 4 Tennessee, 83-63 in Cleveland in the inaugeral Women's College Basketball Classic.
Both Chones and Erb grew up in Cleveland.
The teams were playing for the first time since 1990 in the inaugural Women's College Basketball Classic. The matchup was scheduled partly to give the teams' Cleveland connections a chance to play in front of family and friends.
Tamika Catchings scored 14 points and Sameka Randall had 13 for the Volunteers.
The Lady Vols (15-3) made five 3-pointers in the first half to open a 21-point lead, then built a 32-point advantage in the second half.
April McDivitt went 3-for-3 on 3-pointers and added 13 points for the Lady Vols, whose three losses this season have come against Connecticut, No. 2 Louisiana Tech and No. 3 Georgia.
Tennessee's trapping halfcourt defense forced North Carolina State into 22 turnovers, and the Lady Vols held NC State to 28 percent shooting in the first half.
Tennessee's defense pressure helped the Lady Vols build an early eight-point lead. When Kristen Clement, who had 12 points, banked in a 3-pointer from the top of the key, everything appeared to be going Tennessee's way.
Catchings followed with a 3-pointer, Clement hit another and McDivitt made a long-range 3 as the Lady Vols opened a 26-8 lead with 10:14 to play in the first half.
