North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Women Fall to No. 22 Virginia, 60-51
2/20/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) (Feb. 20) -- Telisha Quarles scored 14 of her 17 points in the first half and No. 22 Virginia beat No. 7 North Carolina State for the second time this season, 60-51, on February 20.
Virginia (21-6, 12-2 ACC) has won all four of its games against Top 10 teams. The Cavaliers' 13th straight home victory also gave them a 1 1/2-game lead over the Wolfpack and No. 14 Duke in the conference.
North Carolina State (20-6, 11-4) fell to 3-2 since Feb. 3, when Naismith Award candidate Summer Erb was sidelined because of stress fractures in her left foot.
The Wolfpack shot just 26.4 percent as No. 2 scorer Kaayla Chones missed 7 of 9 shots, and No. 3 Tynesha Lewis and Monica Bates each missed 10 of 12.
North Carolina State got as close as six several times in the second half, but each time Virginia responded and rebuilt its margin to a comfortable level.
Renee Robinson and Schuye LaRue added 10 points each for Virginia, which shot just 32.7 percent. LaRue added 11 rebounds, six blocks and one of the Cavaliers' seven 3-pointers. The Wolfpack, by comparison, was 1-for-20 from behind the arc.
Quarles was the difference in the first half as the Cavaliers took a 32-25 lead. The sophomore was 4-for-6 from 3-point range and scored 14 points when everyone else on the court had trouble making most anything.
North Carolina State missed 11 straight shots and had four turnovers between its first basket 55 seconds in and its second more than seven minutes later, yet trailed just 8-6 when Monica Bates hit that shot with 11:37 left.
Virginia got its first bucket on a drive by LaRue 31 seconds in, then missed six shots in a row until Quarles' first three with 14:08 left.
