ACC WBB Tournament: NC State upsets Duke 75-73, advances to semi-final
The ninth-seeded NC State Wolfpack (18-14) continued to make headlines as they held off the two-time defending Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion Duke Blue Devils (24-5), in a 75-73 victory on Friday that landed them.
In-Game notes:
The top-seeded Duke Blue Devils play their first game in the 2012 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament and will take on the #9 seed, the NC State Wolfpack.
The Wolfpack are coming off an emotional 74-71 come-from-behind victory over Florida State on Thursday.
The all-time Tournament series between both teams sits in NC State's favor, 5-3, with Duke notching the most recent win, 70-60, back in March 2010.
However, Duke has won 24 out of the last 28 games, and 16 of the last 17 games between the two teams.
Should be a great one for Triangle-area and ACC basketball fans to watch.
Duke warms up before tip-off - Peter Koutroumpis, PKS Consulting LLC
Tip-off in 10 mins.
1st half:
- Duke gets the tip but NC State steals the ball and goes down as Bonae Holston puts NC State up early 2-0
NC State scores the first basket vs Duke - Peter Koutroumpis, PKS Consulting LLC
- Chelsea Gray comes back down and hits a two-pointer near the line to tie it up 2-2
- After the Wolfpack can't convert, Shay Selby comes down and hits a short jumper to extend the lead
- Holston returns with a bucket of her own and it's tied with 17:43 to play
- Elizabeth Williams gets her first block of the game on Myisha Goodwin-Coleman's shot attempt
- Duke can't score on its possession and Goodwin-Coleman hits a three and the Wolfpack leads by three points, 7-4
- NC State working the ball on the offense as Duke is in single coverage, but they take an offensive foul
- Gray takes a three-point attempt but it hits the front of the rim and Goodwin-Coleman does the same thing at the other end as Gray grabs the rebound
- Gray comes down and drives the lane and is fouled by State's Marissa Kastanek - Wolfpack still leads 7-4 with 15:07 to play in the half
- Gray at the line after the timeout - she misses them both and NC State gets the ball
- Duke begins the press to try to force NC State to turn it over - they do, but Kastanek steals it back and scores an easy lay-up
- At the other end, Williams scores on her own lay-up but misses on the bonus FT she got on the play - still a three-point game in NC State's favor 9-6 with 13:53 to go
- Shay Selby comes down and misses a shot but Kody Burke extends the Wolfpack lead to seven with a three-pointer after Goodwin-Coleman scored on a FT - Wolfpack leads 13-6
- Selby hits her next attempt and cuts the lead to five which is then followed up by a lay-up from Williams - NC State now leads 13-10 with 12:15 to play
- The Wolfpack's Holson drops a jumper and State stays in control of the lead
- Williams is getting double-teamed inside and having trouble finding room to move in the paint - Wolfpack leads 15-10 with 11:09 to go
- Duke inbounding as Gray gets it to Allison Vernerey and Gray gets it back and scores beyond the arc as the shot clock runs down
- State misses on their possession and Tricia Liston drives the lane and score but now basket - offensive foul
- Goodwin-Coleman misses a long one and Gray drives to the basket and draws the foul - she hits 1-2 at the FT line
- Holston extends the lead to three, but Haley Peters erases it with a three - 17-17 with 9:32 to play
- NC State takes the lead again on a lay-up from Holston
- Duke can't score on its possession and the Wolfpack looks to continue building on its 19-17 lead
- After Duke gets it back, both teams trade baskets from Emili Tasler and Vernerey
- The scoring continues with a three from Kastanek and a two from Selby - NC State leads 24-21 with 6:57 to go in the half
- The Blue Devils have the ball and find Liston open who hits her first three-pointer of the game
- The Wolfpack answers back with two and still keep the lead, 26-24
- Duke misses and gets offensive rebounds until Gray scores two
- The Wolfpack not letting up and score another basket from Erica Donovan
- Liston tries to penetrate but Tasler is in her face and no calls to be made
- NC State still leads but the Blue Devils force a turnover to move the ball down the floor
- Vernerey goes up for the lay-up but is fouled - will be shooting for with Duke still trailing by three points 29-26 with 3:59 to go in the half
- After the timeout, Vernerey drops one of two from the line
- Gray steals the ball for an easy two points and she does it again but can't hold on to it
- NC State's Tasler forces the turnover and the Wolfpack score two
- Gray gets th ball again and ties the game up 31-31
- Kiana Evans scores a lay-up and the follow-up FT to put State up 34-31
- Gray keeps her hot hand and shortens the lead to one and helps to turn it over as Williams gets the rebound on State's missed attempt
- Gray drives to the paint and is aggressively fouled and goes to the floor
- She scores both from the FT line and Duke now leads 35-34 with 1:59 to play
- NC State has possession and the Blue Devils foul off the ball - Wolfpack scores from the FT line as Donoavan drops both shots to retake the lead 36-35
- With the Wolfpack pressing, Duke trying to find the open shot
- Scheer tries and misses but it's rebounded by Ka'lia Johnson
- The Blue Devils work the ball inside to Williams who scores a lay-up to regain the lead 37-36 with 47.4 seconds to go
- Duke with the ball and working to eat up the clock but Burke takes its from Johnson at half-court but the Wolfpack doesn't score
- Johnson turns it over again, but Selby helps to contain the ball at half court as time runs down
- At the half, Duke leads NC State 37-36
Interesting notes at the half:
Duke - 15-30 (50%) - leading scorer - 16 points (6-8)
NC State - 14-36 (38.9%) - leading scorer - Bonae Holston - 10 points (5-8)
2nd half:
- Duke starts with the ball s Peters inbounds it to Gray
- NC State still in a single-coverage defense against the Blue Devils and playing aggressive in the paint
- Scheer scores tow from the FT line to put Duke up by three early
- Kastanek and Tasler working the ball inside to Burke whose lay-up attempt is blocked by Williams
- The Blue Devils push the ball up the floor quickly and Selby finishes it on a tip pass from Williams - Duke leads 41-36 with 18:44 to go
- The Wolfpack works it inside and Kastanek gets an open shot and scores to narrow the Duke lead to three points
- Selby gets fouled and scores two from the FT line to put Duke up by five but Holston comes down to score a baby jumper
- Williams gets two chances and rebounds but can't score
- The Wolfpack comes back but a shot attempt hits the iron which is follow up by another missed attempt from Kastanek
- Duke building up its fouls against in the paint and State goes to the line as Krystal Barrett scores two points from the FT line - Duke leads 43-42 with 16:57 left
- With just as much traffic under the NC State basket, Williams gets some time on the FT line but can't drop them
- Teams trading possession on turnovers and steals before Holston puts State ahead 44-43 at 15:42
- Williams hits two and Duke now leads
- Liston manages to keep the ball is after Holston was denied by Williams and passes it to Selby
- Selby gets it back to Liston who hits her first three-pointer of the half that puts the Blue Devils ahead 48-46
- Tasler scores a on a streaking lay-up play and the score is tied at the 14:20 mark
- State tries to trap Duke at mid-court and Liston misses a three-point attempt but Williams tips the rebound out-of-bounds - score is tied 48-48 with 14:01 to play
- NC State inbounds and Tasler brings it up but Selby picks it off her and feeds Gray for the easy lay-up in transition
- Duke causes another State turnover and take it up the court and look inside to Williams who scores while triple-teamed - lead is 52-48 for the Blue Devils
- State can't score again and Selby turns it over and Selby finds Gray open again who puts another two points to extend the lead to six points - their largest lead of the game - 54-48
- Duke spreading the defense to force the Wolfpack to make long passes and causes another turnover
- The Blue Devils don't score on their drive and Holston comes down to score for the Wolfpack
- Liston gets two points in the paint and still keeps the lead - 56-50 with 11:11 to play
- Gray inbounds from the baseline to Selby who looks to Peters, but she's called for traveling
- The Wolfpack trying to get back the energy and tempo with which it started with during the first half
- Kastanek gets it started with a fake left and a score to the right on the lay-up on Scheer
- Gray gets call for the charge and he Wolfpack gets a hard-earned basket from Tia Bell - Duke lead is only two points - 56-54
- Scheer changes that with a score from under the basket and gets a FT for her effort to boot
- Scheer misses it and the Blue Devils lead is 58-54 with under 10 minutes to play
- The Wolfpack's Burke scoops one in from the lane and give her team life after they cause Duke to turn it over
- Tasler makes it payoff as State now takes the lead with her successful three-pointer - Wolfpack leads 59-58 with 8:36 to play
- The Wolfpack boxes out on the defensive glass and gets the ball back but can't produce anything from it
- Selby brings it up for Duke and Vernerey eventually gets it to score two points
- At the other end of the floor, Vernerey grabs the rebound off Goodwin-Coleman's shot attempt and a scuffle for the ball finds the tall forward hitting the floor hard with her head - Duke leads by one with under eight minutes to play
- The Blue Devils bring the ball up as Kastanek covers Liston closely and the ball works down to Johnson who has the ball intercepted
- State can't score as Williams blocks a shot and Gray has the ball
- She makes her own left to right move and she scores the lay-up - Duke leads 62-59 with 6;52 to play
- Gray called for her second foul of the game and puts Goodwin-Coleman to the line
- Both FT's are good and State only trails by one
- Goodwin-Coleman takes it into her own hands, fronts Selby and drops a three-pointer to put State ahead 64-62 with 5:41 to go
- Gray scores a FT and Duke now trails by one
- State misses on their possession and Gray now brings it up but a missed shot gives State another chance
- Tight Blue Devils defense shots off a pass to Kastanek
- Peters misses a jumper and no rebound give State the opportunity for Holston to extend the lead to three points - 66-63 with 3:46 to play
- Goodwin-Coleman at the line and she hits both and extends the lead to five points
- Duke can't get a shot off and Kastanek comes back down to score again with a three - State leads 71-65 with 2:54 to play
- Kastanek is fouled and a timeout is called
- Kastanek hits both shots and the pressure is on Duke now
- Gray misses on a three-point attempt and Duke continues to try to penetrate and Gray does it again, scoring two points - Wolfpack leads 73-67 with 2:21 to play
- Duke presses deep but Goodwin-Coleman gets it to drive the lane before Vernerey blocks her shot
- NC State keeps possession
- Gray gets called for an off-ball foul - her third and sends Kastanek to the line
- The NC State guard does not miss and the Wolfpack leads 75-67 - its largest lead of the day
- The Blue Devils keep the ball moving trying to find the open shot and Liston hits it and coach Joanne McCallie calls a timeout - a five-point game now
- Duke presses deep but State breaks it and Burke has the ball stripped and Duke has the ball again
- Liston hits another three-pointer and Duke trails by two with 1:11 to go
- Tasler and Goodwin-Coleman trhing to bring it up but Duke is doubling and tripling on the defense
- A jump ball has it going State's way with 42.6 seconds left - Wolfpack leads 75-73
- Duke forces state to turn it over and Gray and then Liston try to drive the lane - shot doesn't drop and the Blue Devils foul on the rebound attempt
- Tasler misses her first with 15.9 seconds to play - and misses another - lead is still two for the Wolfpack - 75-73 with 12.8 seconds to play
- Duke with the ball and control of the shot clock and the game here
- State looking to trap in the middle but concedes the half-court - State fouls and Gray is shooting
- Gray misses the FT and State has the ball with 1.8 seconds to play
- Duke looking for the turnover on the upcoming inbounds
- Holston inbounds to Goodwin-Coleman who is uncontested
- That is it - State upsets #1 Duke and wins it
