North Carolina State University Athletics
Women's Basketball to Host South Carolina Monday
3/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
RALEIGH, N.C. NC State (18-12) will host South Carolina on Monday night in the second round of the Women's NIT. Tip time is 7 pm from Kay Yow Court.
Tickets can be purchased online by clicking on the link above or call the NC State ticket office at (919) 865-1510 or (800) 310-PACK.
The Wolfpack will take on the Gamecocks for the second straight season. On Friday night, South Carolina freshman Jordan Jones broke the WNIT record and tied the school record with nine 3-pointers as the Gamecocks overpowered North Carolina A&T 102-74 in the first round of the WNIT. Jones wound up with a career-high 31 points on the evening.
After a slow start, the Gamecocks rolled off a 10-2 run to go up by three with 12:34 left on the clock. The Aggies (25-8) put together a rally of their own with a 16-6 surge that narrowed the margin to three with just two minutes left in the half. After pushing the halftime lead up to 10 points, South Carolina took command of the game with a 23-2 start in the first six minutes of the second period.
In last year's meeting, NC State shot 52.1 percent in the second half to post a 53-41 win over the Gamecocks. The game was tied 18-all at halftime.
1975-76, Coach Kay Yow’s first season with NC State, was the last time the red and white took part in the postseason WNIT. In between stints, the Wolfpack has made 20 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
Last season, NC State played in the preseason NIT and made it to the semifinals before bowing out to eventual champion Purdue on its home court in West Lafayette, Ind.
For more information, visit the WNIT web site at www.womensnit.com.
