GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
North Carolina State 51, Wake Forest 42
Associated Press
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Saniya Rivers scored eight points in the third quarter and 10 of her team-high 12 points in the second half to help No. 22 North Carolina State pull away from Wake Forest for a 51-42 win.
The road win was the Wolfpack's ninth straight over Wake Forest and comes after back-to-back losses at Georgia Tech and at home to No. 11 Virginia Tech.
Jade Boyd's layup with just under three minutes left in the first half gave NC State a 23-18 lead, but the Demon Deacons got a layup from Kaia Harrison and a jumper from Jewel Spear to trail by just one at intermission.
Rivers' jumper midway through the third quarter gave the Wolfpack a 36-25 lead, but Wake Forest closed out the quarter on a 5-0 run capped by a Jewel Spear 3 to get within six, 38-32. NC State pushed its lead back to double digits in the fourth quarter and Wake Forest couldn't get closer than eight from there.
NC State (17-7, 7-6 ACC) made just 19 of 56 from the floor (33.9%) and missed all 10 of its 3-point attempts. The Wolfpack was 13 of 16 from the line.
Wake Forest (14-11, 5-9) was 16 of 62 from the field (25.8%), including 3 of 20 from beyond the arc. Spear was 5 of 24 from the field, including 1 of 10 from distance, and finished with 11 points. Elise Williams grabbed 11 rebounds.
February 9, 2023
| North Carolina State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Boyd | F | 29 | 1-6 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| C. Hobby | C | 25 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| D. Johnson | G | 33 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Rivers | G | 32 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| J. Brown-Turner | G | 25 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Hayes | 18 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| A. James | 18 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| M. Collins | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| R. Baldwin | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 19-56 (.339) |
13-16 (.813) |
0-10 (.000) |
10-41 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 51 | |
| Wake Forest | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Hinds | F | 22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| O. Summiel | F | 14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Spear | G | 39 | 5-24 | 0-0 | 1-10 | 4-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| E. Williams | G | 39 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 2-11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Harrison | G | 32 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Scruggs | 25 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| N. Becker | 19 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| A. Andrews | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 201 | 16-62 (.258) |
7-12 (.583) |
3-20 (.150) |
16-42 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 42 | |
Officials: Katie Lukanich, Nic Cappel, Krystle Apellaniz
Attendance: 957
