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Advance! #17/17 Wolfpack Dominates Auburn in NCAA Tournament First Round
3/17/2017 11:25:00 AM | Women's Basketball
NC State allows fewest points ever in NCAA Tournament game
March 17, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas – Led by 23 points from senior guard Dominique Wilson, the No. 17/17 NC State women's basketball team (23-8) earned a dominating 62-48 victory over Auburn in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament Friday afternoon inside the Frank Erwin Center to advance to the Round of 32 on Sunday, March 19 (2:30 pm ET on ESPN2).
The Wolfpack led for 38:15 of the game's 40 minutes and was ahead by as many as 27 points (56-29) with 6:44 remaining in the fourth quarter. NC State limited Auburn (17-15) to two single-digit scoring quarters, holding the Tigers to four points in the second quarter and eight in the third.
Senior Miah Spencer joined Wilson in double figures with 13 points on 3-5 shooting (5-5 FT). Starters Jennifer Mathurin and Ashley Williams both pulled down 10 rebounds, a number which exceeds Williams' previous career high by three.
Game Notes
-The win was NC State's 20th in the NCAA Tournament (20-22) and the 48 points allowed marks the best NCAAT defensive performance in the history of the program.
-Through the first 30 minutes of play, the Wolfpack committed just 11 turnovers against Auburn's non-stop press defense.
-All 13 Wolfpack players saw the court for at least two minutes in the win.
-The Wolfpack went a perfect 15-15 from the free throw line.
NC State only trailed in the game for 53 seconds in the first quarter when Auburn took a 2-0 lead with two early free throws. A quick 6-0 run put the Wolfpack on top 6-2 and the Red & White would sprint out to a 21-11 lead after the first 10 minutes of play. The Wolfpack proved even more impressive in the second quarter, holding the Tigers to a 1-12 (.083) success rate from the field while scoring 11 of the 15 points during the stanza to take a 32-15 lead into the halftime break.
NC State took its largest lead of the game when Williams hit a three to make it 56-29 with 6:44 remaining in the contest. Auburn would go on to score 19 of the final 25 points after the Wolfpack made a series of substitutions late in the game.
Quotes from the Wolfpack
Head coach Wes Moore: "Just real proud of the effort our young ladies gave today. Defensively they were really locked in. These two (Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson) in particular did a great job with their match-ups. I thought we took pretty good care of the ball against their press most of the day. I know we had several late turnovers there. That kind of skewed the numbers a little bit, but I thought we did a nice job.
"Again, it's great to get that first game out of the way. Auburn has a great team. It was a scary game to go into knowing that they were going to press you for forty minutes and the way they fly around.
"But like I said, I thought our players did a pretty nice job. In a game like this a coach is kind of blocked out of it almost. A lot of it is up to the players to make decisions and knock down shots, and they did a great job of that. Again, these two seniors in particular the defensive job they did and the way they contributed offensively, I'm really proud. They've done it all year long; and, you know, we'll keep, as our friend Darryl Roy used to say, we'll keep dancing with the ones that brought us."
NC State will play at No. 14/15 Texas on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 at 2:30 pm ET on ESPN2.
#GoPack | @PackWomensBball
AUSTIN, Texas – Led by 23 points from senior guard Dominique Wilson, the No. 17/17 NC State women's basketball team (23-8) earned a dominating 62-48 victory over Auburn in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament Friday afternoon inside the Frank Erwin Center to advance to the Round of 32 on Sunday, March 19 (2:30 pm ET on ESPN2).
The Wolfpack led for 38:15 of the game's 40 minutes and was ahead by as many as 27 points (56-29) with 6:44 remaining in the fourth quarter. NC State limited Auburn (17-15) to two single-digit scoring quarters, holding the Tigers to four points in the second quarter and eight in the third.
Senior Miah Spencer joined Wilson in double figures with 13 points on 3-5 shooting (5-5 FT). Starters Jennifer Mathurin and Ashley Williams both pulled down 10 rebounds, a number which exceeds Williams' previous career high by three.
Game Notes
-The win was NC State's 20th in the NCAA Tournament (20-22) and the 48 points allowed marks the best NCAAT defensive performance in the history of the program.
-Through the first 30 minutes of play, the Wolfpack committed just 11 turnovers against Auburn's non-stop press defense.
-All 13 Wolfpack players saw the court for at least two minutes in the win.
-The Wolfpack went a perfect 15-15 from the free throw line.
Miah Spencer doing Miah Spencer things!@PackWomensBBall leads Auburn 49-27 with 9 to play. #ncaaW pic.twitter.com/8gzK5mMmyn
— NCAA Women's BKB (@ncaawbb) March 17, 2017
NC State only trailed in the game for 53 seconds in the first quarter when Auburn took a 2-0 lead with two early free throws. A quick 6-0 run put the Wolfpack on top 6-2 and the Red & White would sprint out to a 21-11 lead after the first 10 minutes of play. The Wolfpack proved even more impressive in the second quarter, holding the Tigers to a 1-12 (.083) success rate from the field while scoring 11 of the 15 points during the stanza to take a 32-15 lead into the halftime break.
NC State took its largest lead of the game when Williams hit a three to make it 56-29 with 6:44 remaining in the contest. Auburn would go on to score 19 of the final 25 points after the Wolfpack made a series of substitutions late in the game.
Quotes from the Wolfpack
Head coach Wes Moore: "Just real proud of the effort our young ladies gave today. Defensively they were really locked in. These two (Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson) in particular did a great job with their match-ups. I thought we took pretty good care of the ball against their press most of the day. I know we had several late turnovers there. That kind of skewed the numbers a little bit, but I thought we did a nice job.
"Again, it's great to get that first game out of the way. Auburn has a great team. It was a scary game to go into knowing that they were going to press you for forty minutes and the way they fly around.
"But like I said, I thought our players did a pretty nice job. In a game like this a coach is kind of blocked out of it almost. A lot of it is up to the players to make decisions and knock down shots, and they did a great job of that. Again, these two seniors in particular the defensive job they did and the way they contributed offensively, I'm really proud. They've done it all year long; and, you know, we'll keep, as our friend Darryl Roy used to say, we'll keep dancing with the ones that brought us."
NC State will play at No. 14/15 Texas on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 at 2:30 pm ET on ESPN2.
#GoPack | @PackWomensBball
Team Stats
AU
ST
FG%
.246
.377
3FG%
.118
.250
FT%
.800
1.000
RB
32
46
TO
10
20
STL
10
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
23
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
5
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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