Saturday, December 15
Raleigh, NC
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NC State
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#10 NC State Dominates Maine to Remain Unbeaten
12/15/2018 8:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Wolfpack has won 26 straight non-conference games at home
December 15, 2018
RALEIGH – The 10th-ranked NC State women's basketball team (11-0) remained unbeaten and achieved its second best start to a season in program history on Saturday evening by dominating Maine 84-46 on Kay Yow Court inside James T. Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum.
NC State quickly removed any doubt of what Saturday's outcome would be, getting out to a 20-7 lead over the 2018 America East champion through 10 minutes of action and taking a 50-17 advantage into the halftime break. The Wolfpack at one point led by 50 points (73-23) in the third quarter and entered the final ten minutes of the game shooting 31-44 (.705), a mark which would have been the single-best shooting performance in program history.
NC State finished with a 33-58 (.569) success rate from the field, which is the team's best mark of the season. The Wolfpack was 9-24 from three-point range, and was 9-16 (.562) entering the game's final 10 minutes.
Sophomore Kayla Jones led all players with a career-high 14 points on 6-10 shooting. She was joined in double figures by Elissa Cunane (11 points), Aislinn Konig (11), Kiara Leslie (10), and Grace Hunter (10). Leslie tied a career high with seven assists on a night when the Wolfpack dished out 23 assists on 33 made field goals.
Maine was led offensively by 13 points from Kelly Fogarty and 10 from Parise Rossignol. Tanesha Sutton pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds on an evening during which the Wolfpack severely outmuscled the Black Bears on the boards by a 50-26 margin.
"I'm really impressed with how we came out tonight," NC State head coach Wes Moore said in his postgame radio interview with broadcasters Patrick Kinas and Ashley Eli. "During finals week, you never know what you're going to get. As you mentioned, we shot the heck out of it for 30 minutes. Really, we could do no wrong for 30 minutes. We enjoyed that. I wish we could bottle it up and duplicate it every night, but obviously that's hard to do. I'm really proud with the way that we came out with so much energy and ready to play tonight."
Postgame Notes
-NC State is 4-0 against Maine.
-The Wolfpack held the Black Bears 21.6 points below their season scoring average.
-NC State outscored Maine 40-2 inside the paint and 12-4 on second-chance points.
-During the second and third quarters, the Wolfpack combined to shoot a blistering 23-31 (.741) from the field.
-NC State held three-time America East Player of the Week Blanca Millan (20.2 points per game this season) to just six points on 2-13 shooting.
-NC State freshman Esra McGoldrick scored her first career field goals (2-5 from the field) during the win.
NC State plays two more games before the calendar turns to 2019. The Wolfpack is next in action at Chattanooga on Dec. 21 and hosts Davidson in Raleigh on Dec. 30.
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RALEIGH – The 10th-ranked NC State women's basketball team (11-0) remained unbeaten and achieved its second best start to a season in program history on Saturday evening by dominating Maine 84-46 on Kay Yow Court inside James T. Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum.
NC State quickly removed any doubt of what Saturday's outcome would be, getting out to a 20-7 lead over the 2018 America East champion through 10 minutes of action and taking a 50-17 advantage into the halftime break. The Wolfpack at one point led by 50 points (73-23) in the third quarter and entered the final ten minutes of the game shooting 31-44 (.705), a mark which would have been the single-best shooting performance in program history.
NC State finished with a 33-58 (.569) success rate from the field, which is the team's best mark of the season. The Wolfpack was 9-24 from three-point range, and was 9-16 (.562) entering the game's final 10 minutes.
Sophomore Kayla Jones led all players with a career-high 14 points on 6-10 shooting. She was joined in double figures by Elissa Cunane (11 points), Aislinn Konig (11), Kiara Leslie (10), and Grace Hunter (10). Leslie tied a career high with seven assists on a night when the Wolfpack dished out 23 assists on 33 made field goals.
Maine was led offensively by 13 points from Kelly Fogarty and 10 from Parise Rossignol. Tanesha Sutton pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds on an evening during which the Wolfpack severely outmuscled the Black Bears on the boards by a 50-26 margin.
"I'm really impressed with how we came out tonight," NC State head coach Wes Moore said in his postgame radio interview with broadcasters Patrick Kinas and Ashley Eli. "During finals week, you never know what you're going to get. As you mentioned, we shot the heck out of it for 30 minutes. Really, we could do no wrong for 30 minutes. We enjoyed that. I wish we could bottle it up and duplicate it every night, but obviously that's hard to do. I'm really proud with the way that we came out with so much energy and ready to play tonight."
Postgame Notes
-NC State is 4-0 against Maine.
-The Wolfpack held the Black Bears 21.6 points below their season scoring average.
-NC State outscored Maine 40-2 inside the paint and 12-4 on second-chance points.
-During the second and third quarters, the Wolfpack combined to shoot a blistering 23-31 (.741) from the field.
-NC State held three-time America East Player of the Week Blanca Millan (20.2 points per game this season) to just six points on 2-13 shooting.
-NC State freshman Esra McGoldrick scored her first career field goals (2-5 from the field) during the win.
NC State plays two more games before the calendar turns to 2019. The Wolfpack is next in action at Chattanooga on Dec. 21 and hosts Davidson in Raleigh on Dec. 30.
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Team Stats
MAINE
ST
FG%
.270
.569
3FG%
.244
.375
FT%
.500
.563
RB
26
50
TO
11
16
STL
4
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Players Mentioned
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