NC State
14-10, 5-6ACC
Georgia Tech
14-11, 4-7ACC
Pack Wins Thriller at Georgia Tech, 65-64
2/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
ATLANTA - The NC State women's basketball team (14-10, 5-6 ACC) picked up its second straight league win on Thursday evening, defeating the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets by a final score of 65-64 inside McCamish Pavilion.
Len'Nique Brown-Hoskin hit the game-winning free throw with 1.4 seconds remaining to give the Pack the final advantage it would need. Aaliyah Whiteside launched a halfcourt attempt in the waning seconds which hit the backboard but did not fall.
Georgia native Miah Spencer led the way offensively, scoring a game-high 25 points (T-career high) while collecting a team-high eight rebounds. Fellow Georgia native Dominique Wilson (14 points) and Jennifer Mathurin (11) also scored in double figures.
Three Georgia Tech student athletes recorded double-doubles: Roddreka Rogers (12 points, 12 rebounds), Katarina Vuckovic (11 points, 12 rebounds), and Ziare O'Neil (17 points, 11 rebounds).
Georgia Tech (14-11, 4-7 ACC) outshot (.356 to .348) and outrebounded (53 to 36) NC State, but the Wolfpack's margin of 19 assists to eight turnovers proved to be a massive factor in the game, as the Yellow Jackets turned the ball over 17 times, leading directly to 19 NC State points.
Wolfpack wins! NC State 65, Georgia Tech 64. STATS: http://t.co/lFdG9RJYAd // #GoPack #ACCWBB pic.twitter.com/ZsZrTOMt8t
— NC State WomensBball (@PackWomensBball) February 13, 2015
NC State played a disciplined first half en route to taking a 27-24 advantage at the intermission. Despite shooting 10-37 (.270) from the field in the opening 20 minutes, the Pack defended Georgia Tech very well. The Yellow Jackets shot 10-26 (.385) from the field and a mere 2-14 (.143) from distance. One of the highlights of the first half was a 7:24 stretch during which State held the Yellow Jackets without a point to take a five-point advantage.
The Pack would extend its lead to as many as 12 points when Spencer scored down low to make it 44-32 with 14:33 remaining in the contest. Georgia Tech would slowly chip away at NC State's lead over the course of the next 12 minutes, eventually tying the contest up at 60-60 when O'Neil recorded a basket and the ensuing free throw with 2:42 to play.
Tech would claim the lead 56 seconds later when Kaela Davis hit a jumper to make it 62-60. Spencer then tied it at 62 apiece a few seconds later, and the Yellow Jackets returned serve when Whiteside hit a jumper to make it 64-62.
A jumper from Wilson leveled the game again at 64-64, and Brown-Hoskin sank the first of two free throws to make it 65-64.
NC State will be back in action on Sunday, Feb. 15 at Boston College. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and Eagles is set for 2 p.m. from Chestnut Hill, Mass.
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