Boyd has 18 to steer No. 1 Wolfpack over 16 seed NC A&T 79-58

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Jada Boyd scored 15 of her 18 factors within the second half to assist top-seeded North Carolina State overcome a sluggish begin and coast to a 79-58 win over 16 seed NC A&T within the first spherical of the ladies’s NCAA Match on Sunday.

N.C. State (21-2) was making its fourth straight match look and twenty sixth total, however earned a No. 1 seed for the primary time.

The Aggies led by as many as six within the second quarter. However N.C. State used an enormous run to take a seven-point lead into halftime earlier than Boyd scored the primary six factors of the second half to make it 50-37 with 7½ minutes left within the third.

The Wolfpack had pushed the result in 15 later within the third earlier than wrapping up the quarter with a 7-2 run, highlighted by a 3 from Boyd, to make it 64-44 coming into the fourth.

Chanin Scott’s 3-pointer lower the result in 17 with about six minutes remaining. N.C. State then scored 9 straight factors over the subsequent two minutes to increase the result in 77-51 and coach Wes Moore cleared his bench quickly after that.

Elissa Cunane, N.C. State’s 6-foot-5 main scorer, added 12 factors regardless of combating via near-constant double groups. Cunane was coming off an MVP efficiency in main the Wolfpack to a second straight Atlantic Coast Convention match title by scoring a mixed 70 factors in three video games.

NC A&T (14-3), which gained the Mid-Jap Athletic Convention title, was making its fifth journey to the match and third in six seasons. The Aggies dropped to 0-5 within the match and 0-10 towards N.C. State. They had been led by Scott, who had 23 factors and 7 rebounds.

NC State led by three within the second quarter earlier than the Aggies scored the subsequent 9 factors to take a 35-29 lead with about 5 minutes left within the quarter. D’mya Tucker began that run with a 3-pointer and added a steal between 4 factors by Scott.

The Wolfpack obtained going after that, ending the quarter on a 15-2 run to take a 44-37 lead into halftime. Kai Crutchfield made a 3-pointer, grabbed a steal and completed with a layup to cap NC State’s scoring in that stretch. She had 14 factors.

BY THE NUMBERS

The Wolfpack outscored the Aggies 40-22 within the paint. … N.C. State scored 28 factors off 13 NC A&T turnovers. … The N.C. State bench outscored the Aggies bench 33-15. … The Wolfpack additionally had the benefit in second-chance factors 13-3.

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N.C. State faces the winner of Sunday night time’s recreation between No. 8 South Florida and No. 9 Washington State.

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