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Despite loss, Wes Moore looks to make Wolfpack elite
One of Wes Moore’s vices, as his players will attest, is his affinity for drinking tea. “Unsweet,” he said last week as he held up a large cup in response to a question on a […]
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NC State women can’t get over the not-so-Sweet 16 hump
The NCAA tournament’s round of 16 still isn’t very sweet for the NC State women’s basketball team. For the third time in as many tournaments, the Wolfpack failed to get over the hump and advance […]
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Kayla Jones’ status still uncertain for Sweet 16 game
As the NC State women’s basketball team prepares for Saturday’s NCAA Sweet 16 matchup against Indiana, it’s still uncertain whether senior forward Kayla Jones will be available for the Wolfpack. Jones, who averages 11.9 points […]
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‘Sixth starter’ Boyd, big third quarter propel State women into Sweet 16
NC State women’s basketball coach Wes Moore likes to say that his team has six starters. Tuesday, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament’s Mercado Region in San Antonio, the top-seeded Wolfpack only needed […]
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Freshman Bryant gives State women an unexpected lift
The NC State women’s basketball team needed a spark when it fell behind NC A&T by six points late in the first half of its opening round NCAA Tournament game on Sunday. That it got […]
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Wolfpack women shake off rust, power past A&T
The upset alerts started going out when top-seeded NC State fell behind No. 16 NC A&T by six points late in the first half of their first round NCAA women’s basketball tournament game Sunday. But […]
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Cunane, Wolfpack advance, Deacons fall at ACC women’s tourney
GREENSBORO — NC State’s third-ranked women’s basketball team was left to wonder what if after losing in overtime at Virginia Tech last month without star center Elissa Cunane, who was still recovering from a case […]
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No. 2 NC State women hold off Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y — NC State won its regular-season finale, but this time it wasn’t so easy. Elissa Cunane had 17 points and nine rebounds, Jada Boyd added 16 points and 10 boards and the second-ranked […]
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‘You’ve got to beat the best’: Pack women top No. 1 Louisville
Wes Moore didn’t hesitate last week when asked if he thought ACC rival Louisville deserved its ranking as the No. 1 women’s basketball team in the country. Absolutely, he said. The NC State coach was […]
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Giant slayer again: NC State women knock off No. 1 team for 2nd time, win at Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A bystander for most of the past three weeks, Elissa Cunane returned to the court with passion and energy, helping No. 4 NC State beat the nation’s top-ranked team on the road […]