#15/18 Wolfpack Drops Play4Kay Game against Wake Forest

Sunday, February 19

Raleigh

2 PM

NC State

20-7 (10-4)

Wake Forest

15-12 (6-8)

Wake Forest

#15/18 NC State

#15/18 Wolfpack Drops Play4Kay Game against Wake Forest

2/19/2017 5:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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NC State’s four-game winning streak ended by Demon Deacons

February 19, 2017

RALEIGH – The No. 15/18 NC State women's basketball team (20-7, 10-4 ACC) endured a tough loss Sunday afternoon during its 12th annual Play4Kay game, falling 89-77 to visiting Wake Forest (15-12, 6-8 ACC) on Kay Yow Court inside Reynolds Coliseum.

Miah Spencer led all players in scoring with 24 points in front of a sellout crowd of 5,500, but the Demon Deacons shot 31-61 (.508) from the field and 8-13 (.615) from distance en route to earning the win.

Chelsea Nelson (18 points, 11 rebounds) and Dominique Wilson (18) joined Spencer in double figures. Wake Forest's entire starting lineup scored at least 10 points, with Elisa Penna's 21 leading the way. Teammate Milan Quinn scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double of the season.

Postgame Notes
-NC State leads the series against Wake Forest 68-14.
-Sunday's loss was just NC State's second against Wake Forest since Wes Moore became head coach (6-2). It was also the Wolfpack's second at home this season (12-2).
-Chelsea Nelson's double-double was her ninth of the season.
-Wake Forest led for 35:36 of the game's 40 minutes.
-The Wolfpack outscored the Demon Deacons 54-34 in the paint.
-The NC State community and UNC Rex combined to raise and donate $33,805 to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund at Sunday's game. In addition to a contribution of $70,000 by Bojangles, the total fundraising effort exceeded $100,000.

Halftime Survivor Celebration

Quotes from the Wolfpack
Head coach Wes Moore: "Obviously it was a very tough day. Very disheartening for a lot of reasons. Kay Yow and the Play4Kay game is really important to this university, this campus, and to this program, so it's very disappointing (to lose) from that standpoint. Also, the ramifications it has on the ACC standings. It's a tough loss. You've got to give Wake Forest and Coach Hoover a lot of credit. They really came in here and took it to us. They were the aggressors; they got to the rim and the free throw line, and as always, they did a really good job on the offensive boards.

"We talk all the time as a team about being able to win on days you don't shoot well. Obviously we really struggled from the three point line today. Give Wake some credit for defending that, but we've got to do a better job on the defensive end and on the boards. I thought we'd done a pretty good job (defensively) all season long, but (over) the last couple of games we've seen some slippage: Boston College in the first half, and then today, you can't give up 89 points and expect to have a chance to win. We have to reflect on this, learn from this, and move on to the next one."

NC State closes the home portion of the 2016-17 regular season Thursday evening against UNC-Chapel Hill. The Wolfpack's Senior Night will tip off at 7 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Reynolds Coliseum. The ACC's Regional Sports Network will provide live coverage with a full list of television partners here.

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