Tar Heels Fall To Wolfpack, 73-54

Sunday, February 11

Raleigh, N.C.

3:00 p.m.

North Carolina

14-11, 4-8

NC State

20-6, 9-4

North Carolina

NC State

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

February 11, 2018 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Final Stats

By: Mark Kimmel

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Aislinn Konig scored 18 points and Chelsea Nelson scored 11 with a season-high 16 rebounds and No. 23 North Carolina State beat North Carolina 73-54 on Sunday.

Paris Kea led North Carolina (14-11, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) with 21 points, Janelle Bailey added 13 and 10 rebounds and Jamie Cherry 11.

Armani Hawkins added 14 points and Kiara Leslie scored 11 for the Wolfpack (20-6, 9-4).

North Carolina led 15-14 after the first quarter before the Wolfpack broke it open in the second and outscored the Tar Heels, who missed 12 of 15 shots, 20-6. NC State took control with an 11-2 run with Kaila Ealey scoring six.

Jaime Cherry's jumper brought the Tar Heels within 27-21, but NC State closed the half with a 7-0 run when Hawkins made a 3-pointer and a layup and Nelson made two free throws. The Wolfpack kept the pressure on shooting 8-of-15 including 3 of 5 3s in the third period.

UNC is on the road at Georgia Tech on Thursday at 7 p.m.