Sunday, February 18
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NC State
21-6, 10-4
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#25 NC State
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Photo by: Greg Mintel
#25 Wolfpack Cruises past Demon Deacons in Home Finale
2/18/2018 3:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Seniors Akela Maize and Chelsea Nelson combine for 30 points in victory
February 18, 2018
RALEIGH – The No. 25 NC State women's basketball team (21-6, 10-4 ACC) ended the home portion of its regular season on a high note Sunday afternoon, comfortably defeating the visiting Wake Forest Demon Deacons by a final score of 74-61 inside Reynolds Coliseum during the program's 13th annual Play4Kay Game.
Seniors Akela Maize and Chelsea Nelson had strong showings on Senior Day, with Maize scoring 18 points on 7-9 shooting from the field and Nelson narrowly missing a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore Aislinn Konig led all Wolfpack players with 20 points on 7-12 shooting (6-11 from distance) and Kiara Leslie joined her teammates in double figures with 11 points.
Wake Forest's Elisa Penna led all players with an impressive 34-point outing for a new career high. She was the only Demon Deacon to score in double figures, and hit 11 of her 20 field goal attempts including a 9-13 success rate from beyond the arc.
Postgame Notes
-In excess of 100 breast cancer survivors were recognized at halftime of the game in a moving ceremony that is an annual tradition at NC State. Bojangles' donated $75,000 to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and NC State, the university community, and Wolfpack fans combined to raise an additional $29,463 for the charity.
-NC State now leads the series over Wake Forest by a 70-14 margin (37-5 in Raleigh).
-The Wolfpack is now 14-1 this season when outscoring opponents in the paint.
-NC State ends a regular season with 14 home wins for the third time under head coach Wes Moore. Prior to his arrival, the program achieved 14 home wins three times in 39 years.
-With four blocks, Maize now has 53 on the season and ranks tied for eighth place for most achieved in a single season in program history.
-With six 3FG made, Konig now has 74 on the season and ranks sixth for most achieved in a single season in program history.
"Obviously, Akela Maize and Chelsea Nelson mean so much to this program, both as players and as people," NC State head coach Wes Moore said in his postgame press conference. "It's tough seeing them leave. (It was) their final home game, possibly. And then Play4Kay is special wherever you go, but it's really, really special here at NC State because of Coach Yow's legacy here and all that she's done, not only for NC State and the state of North Carolina, but also for cancer research. She continues to touch lives."
"I'm proud of the way we bounced back after the first quarter. We didn't have a good answer for (Elisa) Penna. What a performance she put on. (Offensively), we shot the ball decent. I'm a little disappointed in our rebounding. We've been doing a great job in that area, so we kind of took a little step back. Good win, and now two road games to go."
Penna keyed Wake Forest (12-15, 4-10 ACC) to a hot start in the first quarter, as she hit all three of her three-point attempts and helped the Demon Deacons out to an 18-17 lead at the first quarter intermission. The Demon Deacons at one point led by nine points in the opening frame.
The teams traded leads throughout the first portion of the second quarter before NC State claimed the lead for the final time when Nelson scored down low to make it 35-33 with 1:56 remaining in the first half. The Wolfpack would extend its advantage to six points (40-34) by the halftime break.
NC State scored 18 of the first 22 points in the third quarter to take a commanding 60-38 advantage with 2:55 remaining in the period. In the fourth quarter, the Demon Deacons were able to use a late run to trim NC State's lead to 11 points (72-61) with 2:04 left in the game, but they would come no closer as NC State closed out the victory.
NC State now takes to the road for its final two games of the regular season. The Wolfpack will next play at Pittsburgh on Thursday, Feb. 22. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. with live coverage provided by ACC Network Extra.
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RALEIGH – The No. 25 NC State women's basketball team (21-6, 10-4 ACC) ended the home portion of its regular season on a high note Sunday afternoon, comfortably defeating the visiting Wake Forest Demon Deacons by a final score of 74-61 inside Reynolds Coliseum during the program's 13th annual Play4Kay Game.
Seniors Akela Maize and Chelsea Nelson had strong showings on Senior Day, with Maize scoring 18 points on 7-9 shooting from the field and Nelson narrowly missing a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore Aislinn Konig led all Wolfpack players with 20 points on 7-12 shooting (6-11 from distance) and Kiara Leslie joined her teammates in double figures with 11 points.
Wake Forest's Elisa Penna led all players with an impressive 34-point outing for a new career high. She was the only Demon Deacon to score in double figures, and hit 11 of her 20 field goal attempts including a 9-13 success rate from beyond the arc.
Postgame Notes
-In excess of 100 breast cancer survivors were recognized at halftime of the game in a moving ceremony that is an annual tradition at NC State. Bojangles' donated $75,000 to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and NC State, the university community, and Wolfpack fans combined to raise an additional $29,463 for the charity.
-NC State now leads the series over Wake Forest by a 70-14 margin (37-5 in Raleigh).
-The Wolfpack is now 14-1 this season when outscoring opponents in the paint.
-NC State ends a regular season with 14 home wins for the third time under head coach Wes Moore. Prior to his arrival, the program achieved 14 home wins three times in 39 years.
-With four blocks, Maize now has 53 on the season and ranks tied for eighth place for most achieved in a single season in program history.
-With six 3FG made, Konig now has 74 on the season and ranks sixth for most achieved in a single season in program history.
"Obviously, Akela Maize and Chelsea Nelson mean so much to this program, both as players and as people," NC State head coach Wes Moore said in his postgame press conference. "It's tough seeing them leave. (It was) their final home game, possibly. And then Play4Kay is special wherever you go, but it's really, really special here at NC State because of Coach Yow's legacy here and all that she's done, not only for NC State and the state of North Carolina, but also for cancer research. She continues to touch lives."
"I'm proud of the way we bounced back after the first quarter. We didn't have a good answer for (Elisa) Penna. What a performance she put on. (Offensively), we shot the ball decent. I'm a little disappointed in our rebounding. We've been doing a great job in that area, so we kind of took a little step back. Good win, and now two road games to go."
Penna keyed Wake Forest (12-15, 4-10 ACC) to a hot start in the first quarter, as she hit all three of her three-point attempts and helped the Demon Deacons out to an 18-17 lead at the first quarter intermission. The Demon Deacons at one point led by nine points in the opening frame.
The teams traded leads throughout the first portion of the second quarter before NC State claimed the lead for the final time when Nelson scored down low to make it 35-33 with 1:56 remaining in the first half. The Wolfpack would extend its advantage to six points (40-34) by the halftime break.
NC State scored 18 of the first 22 points in the third quarter to take a commanding 60-38 advantage with 2:55 remaining in the period. In the fourth quarter, the Demon Deacons were able to use a late run to trim NC State's lead to 11 points (72-61) with 2:04 left in the game, but they would come no closer as NC State closed out the victory.
NC State now takes to the road for its final two games of the regular season. The Wolfpack will next play at Pittsburgh on Thursday, Feb. 22. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. with live coverage provided by ACC Network Extra.
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Team Stats
WF
ST
FG%
.393
.490
3FG%
.500
.389
FT%
.750
.654
RB
34
30
TO
20
13
STL
6
8
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
7
3FGM
6
FTM
0
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
4
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