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NC State Improves to 2-0 in ACC with Win Over Georgia Tech
12/18/2025 9:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball
RALEIGH – NC State took care of business against Georgia Tech, 87-58, to improve to 2-0 in ACC play and win three straight to improve to 8-4 on the season. The Pack used large runs, including a 20-0 run between the third quarter and led by as many as 43 points in NC State's final home game of 25.
The Pack had six players in double figures led by Zamareya Jones' 17 behind 7-of-9 shooting from the field. NC State won the battle in points off turnovers (14-8), points in the paint (34-20), second chance points (5-2), fast breaks (17-14), bench points (32-8) and rebounds (44-31).
Jones scored eight of the Pack's first 10 points, going 4-of-4 from the field in the first, but GT started hot from beyond the arc by shooting 4-of-6 from 3-point. At the media timeout, GT took its lone lead of the game, 16-14, with 4:25 left in the first. Qadence Samuels and Maddie Cox made 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions and Jones delivered a layup to beat the buzzer, as the Pack led 26-20 after the first.
Jones and Destiny "Ky'She" Lunan knocked down triples to begin the second quarter, which began a 12-0 run for the Pack with a little over a minute left in the first to take a 12-point lead, 32-20. NC State made its next five field goals and charged on a 6-0 run in a little over a minute to lead 44-27 with 4:53 left in the half, forcing the Yellow Jackets to call a timeout. The Pack continued its run out of the timeout, extending it to a 10-0 one. NC State held GT in a 2:58 scoring drought to end the half and outscored the Yellow Jackets 29-11 in the quarter. NC State led 55-31 at the half, while shooting 66 percent.
A 3-pointer with 8:54 left in the third was the Yellow Jacket's lone basket in the quarter, as the Pack held GT to a scoring drought for the rest of the quarter and went on a 20-0 run to end the frame. The three points by GT marks the third fewest allowed in a quarter (since the game switched to quarters) and the fewest since 2017 when NC State held Old Dominion to three. NC State outscored GT 22-3 in the quarter with freshman Lunan leading the Pack with seven of its points. NC State led 77-34 after three.
GT outscored the Pack 12-4 in the first 5:10 of the fourth, but NC State still led by 43, 81-46, with 4:51 left in the game. Devyn Quigley started to find her stride, scoring five fourth quarter points. GT ended the game on a 6-0 run and outscored the Pack 24-10 in the fourth, but NC State won the contest, 87-58.
POSTGAME QUOTES
Head Coach Wes Moore
"I'm really proud of how we've been coming out the last few games, ready to play, and making a little bit of a statement early. I think in the first half, we had 15 assists and only three turnovers, which was great to see. We're getting everybody involved. I think we had six people in double figures, and Maddie Cox had seven. She was right there and doing a lot of good things. The fourth quarter got a little sloppy, but three of three quarters, I thought we played extremely well and had good momentum. Again, another road game coming up Sunday, a tough one. Davidson already took Baylor to overtime on a neutral court and a couple of years ago it won two out of three against ACC teams on the road and now we're going to their place. So not a very smart guy here, but one more to hopefully try to end on a good note before we send everybody home through the holidays."
PACK PERFORMERS
- NC State had six of its 10 players score in double figures in tonight's victory, the third time this season the Pack have had over five players score at least 10 points
- Jones finished the win with a team-leading 17 points and seven assists after starting her performance 5-of-5 from the field and 3-of-3 from beyond the arc
- Pierre was second on the team with 13 points while grabbing a game-leading nine rebounds. She also had two steals and a block
- Trygger provided an all-around performance tonight with 10 points, eight rebounds, two blocks, and and one steal
- Samuels secured her second game of the season in double figures with 10 points
- Lunan was strong off the bench for NC State with 10 points, her second consecutive game in double figures, and a career-best five assists
- Brooks rounded out the Wolfpack's scorers in double digits with 10 points
- The Pack scored 55 points in the first half, the second most in an opening 20 minutes this season behind its 58 first-half points scored against Southern Miss (Nov. 28)
- NC State dished out 15 first-half assists, the most helpers in a first half this campaign
- Tonight was NC State's second-best shooting performance of the season, as the Pack shot at a 52.9 percent mark. The Wolfpack shot 55.8 percent against Southern Miss
- The Pack outrebounded Georgia Tech, 44-31, for its eighth consecutive game outgaining its opponent on the boards
- NC State held Georgia Tech to three points in the third quarter, the third fewest points in a quarter scored by a Wolfpack opponent in program history
- The Wolfpack's bench held a strong 32-8 advantage over the Yellow Jacket's reserves. Along with Lunan and Samuel's 10 points apiece, Cox and Adalaide Jernigan, recorded seven and five points each, respectively
- NC State outscored Georgia Tech in the paint (34-20), on the fastbreak (17-14), off turnovers (14-8), and on second chances (5-2)
UPCOMING
NC State will play one last non-conference matchup of the regular season, as the Pack travels to play at Davidson on Sunday, Dec. 21. The game will tipoff at noon at John M. Belk Arena on CBS Sports.
