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Women’s Basketball Clinches Double Bye in ACC Tournament with 50-Point Win at Pitt
3/1/2026 4:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – The NC State women's basketball team led wire-to-wire at Pittsburgh to finish the regular season with a 93-43 win on the road at Petersen Events Center. NC State led by as many as 52 to clinch the No. 4 seed in the Ally ACC Tournament, the ninth double bye earned in head coach Wes Moore's career.
The Pack held Pitt to 43 points, a season-low given up by NC State this season. NC State has now held an opponent to below 50 points 34 times in school history, second time this season.
NC State has finished the regular season 20-9 overall and 13-5 in the ACC. Coach Moore has clinched his 12th 20-win season at NC State, including 10 in a row.
Zoe Brooks logged 20 points, four rebounds, five assists and four steals and Khamil Pierre logged 16 points, 12 rebounds and three steals. Pierre only needed the first half to earn her 20th double-double of the season, becoming one of three players in school history with 20+ double-doubles in a season and first since 2008 when Khadijah Whittington had 24 in that season.
All 10 players scored at least two points, the sixth time this season all players who have entered the game have scored and third time all 10 have gotten on the statsheet.
The Wolfpack logged a season-high 17 steals, including eight in the first quarter alone. Qadence Samuels logged four of her career-high five steals in the first quarter. The Pack forced 21 turnovers and scored 12 second-chance points and won the battle in fast break points 22-5. NC State also had 21 assists on 35 made baskets.
NC State got off to a 14-2 start and outscored Pitt 25-10 in the first quarter. Brooks registered 10 points off 5-of-7 from the field in the first.
Pitt made the first three baskets of the second quarter, but NC State responded with a 20-0 run, while the Panthers were held in a scoring drought for 7.5 minutes. NC State outscored the Panthers 25-8 in the second quarter, while holding an opponent to a single-digit quarter for the 16th time this season. The Pack led 50-18 at the half with 18 points being a season-low for points given up in a half in ACC play.
NC State used a 12-0 run in the second part of the third quarter to extend its lead to 50 off a Pierre driving layup. The Pack outscored Pitt 17-15 in the fourth with Mallory Collier tallying eight points off 4-of-4 shooting from the field in the frame.
UPCOMING
NC State will play at the Ally Women's Basketball Tournament, set for Wednesday, March 4 to Sunday, March 8 at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia. The full bracket will be released on Sunday night after the conclusion of regular season games.
