GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
North Carolina State 56, Syracuse 54
Associated Press
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Madison Hayes hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:11 remaining and No. 6 North Carolina State withstood a second-half rally to beat Syracuse 56-54.
Georgia Woolley of Syracuse had a chance tie the game with five seconds to go, but converted just one of two free throws to cut the deficit to a point at 55-54. The teams traded turnovers in the final seconds and the Wolfpack's Saniya Rivers hit a free throw with one second left for the final margin.
Camille Hobby scored 12 points to lead the Wolfpack (12-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their sixth straight against Syracuse and bounced back from a loss to unranked Duke on Thursday.
Woolley led Syracuse (10-4, 1-2) with 23 points, and Dyaisha Fair added 14.
Both teams shot poorly and were sloppy with the ball against pressure defenses. The Wolfpack hit 33% from the field, just 2 of 17 from long distance and turned the ball over 19 times. The Orange shot 31% overall, 24% from 3 and committed 20 turnovers.
N.C State used a 13-2 run in the first quarter to jump out to a 19-7 lead, but the Orange, led by Woolley, outscored the Wolfpack 23-6 in the third quarter and took a 49-40 lead heading into the fourth.
The fourth quarter belonged to the Wolfpack, who outscored the Orange 16-5, including 13 straight to start the final 10 minutes. Hobby helped extend N.C. State's lead with a short jumper and layup for a 55-51 advantage with 1:29 left.
BIG PICTURE:
N.C. State: The Wolfpack narrowly avoided disaster and needs to figure out how to withstand defensive pressure.
Syracuse: The Orange showed a lot of grit and that they can't be counted out against a ranked opponent.
January 1, 2023
| North Carolina State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Boyd | F | 27 | 0-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Hobby | C | 23 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| S. Rivers | G | 37 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Brown-Turner | G | 33 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 2-5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Hayes | G | 27 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| R. Baldwin | 16 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| A. James | 15 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| M. Collins | 13 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| J. Timmons | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 20-60 (.333) |
14-19 (.737) |
2-17 (.118) |
12-46 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 56 | |
| Syracuse | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Wood | F | 31 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Fair | G | 37 | 6-23 | 1-1 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| G. Woolley | G | 31 | 9-15 | 1-2 | 4-8 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| T. Hyman | G | 24 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Rice | G | 22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Lewis | 32 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| C. McEvans | 12 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| A. Strong | 9 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| K. Perkins | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-67 (.313) |
6-11 (.545) |
6-25 (.240) |
15-47 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 54 | |
Officials: Ed Sidlansky, Mark Resch, Ashlee Goode
Attendance: 1,994
