NC State
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Virginia Tech
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Second-Ranked Wolfpack Falls to Virginia Tech in OT
1/28/2021 6:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The second-ranked NC State women's basketball team (11-1, 6-1 ACC) suffered its first loss of the 2020-21 campaign on Thursday as it fell 83-71 to Virginia Tech in an overtime battle.
With her team down 57-54 after a back-and-forth second half, Wolfpack sophomore Camille Hobby hit a clutch three pointer at the regulation buzzer to send the game into overtime, but the Hokies managed to build up their biggest lead of the outing in the first few minutes of overtime to hold on for the upset.
Hobby led NC State in scoring, setting personal-best marks in points with 19 and rebounds with nine. After earning the first start of her young career, she scored eight points in the first quarter alone to kick off her career night.
Raina Perez (16 points) and Jakia Brown-Turner (15 points) also scored in double figures, and senior Kayla Jones added 12 rebounds on the night.
Postgame Notes
• Thursday's game was the Pack's first time going into overtime since Jan. 20, 2019, which was a 70-61 home victory against the Hokies.
• The victory for Virginia Tech was just its second in 24 games against the Wolfpack and its first time beating NC State in regular-season play.
• The game featured 10 lead changes and five ties. Seven of those lead changes and three of those ties occurred in the third quarter alone.
• NC State out-shot the Hokies percentage-wise with a 41.9 percent (26-of-62) mark, but the team knocked down just five three pointers to the Hokies' 11.
• The Wolfpack led by as many as seven points (29-22, 2:59) in the second quarter. From the 9:08 mark of the third quarter until the 2:04 mark of overtime, neither team led by more than five points.
• Aisha Sheppard (28 points) and Elizabeth Kitley (17 points) led four Hokies who scored in double figures.
The Wolfpack turns its attention to a highly-anticipated matchup as it travels to top-ranked Louisville on Monday, Feb. 1. Tip-off from the KFC Yum! Center is scheduled for 7 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
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