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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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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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Wolfpack women repeat as ACC Tournament champions
GREENSBORO — Raina Perez was 2,500 miles away playing for Cal State Fullerton when NC State broke a 29-year drought by winning the ACC women’s basketball tournament last March. As such, she’s one of the […]
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Wolfpack survives and advances to ACC women’s tourney final
GREENSBORO — NC State coach Wes Moore has said that as defending champion, his veteran team has an advantage at this year’s ACC women’s basketball tournament because of the experience it gained on the way […]
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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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Wolfpack turns rematch with Tar Heels into mismatch
The rematch turned out to be a mismatch. Motivated by an upset loss in Chapel Hill two weeks ago, No. 4 NC State took out some frustration on rival North Carolina with an 82-63 rout […]
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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 […]