GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
North Carolina State 82, Quinnipiac 45
By MITCHELL NORTHAM
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. - Jada Boyd scored 14 points as No. 10 North Carolina State led wire-to-wire in a season-opening 82-45 victory over Quinnipiac.
Boyd shot a perfect 4-of-4 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. The junior forward also had five rebounds, a block and two steals in just 20 minutes of play.
Senior forward Camille Hobby - making just her second career start - added 10 points and six boards for the Wolfpack. Jessica Timmons also had 10 points, and South Carolina transfer Saniya Rivers tallied nine points and two assists in her N.C. State debut.
Quinnipiac was led by Cur'Tiera Haywood's eight points and five rebounds. Jackie Grisdale also had eight points for the Bobcats.
The Wolfpack broke off a 13-0 run to close the second quarter, taking a 28-point lead into halftime.
After missing their first 11 attempts from behind the arc, the Bobcats opened the third quarter on a 12-2 run, making four straight shots from 3-point land. The hole Quinnipiac dug itself proved to be too deep though and it never trimmed the deficit to single digits.
N.C. State used a 26-13 run to pull away in the fourth quarter - a stretch in which Timmons scored all of her points.
BIG PICTURE
N.C. State: The Wolfpack graduated four starters from last season's team that won the ACC for the third-straight year and went to the Elite Eight. Boosted by a trio of transfers, N.C. State picked up where it left off and handily controlled this game. The Wolfpack won big despite two key returners - preseason All-ACC selections Diamond Johnson and Jakia Brown-Turner - not shooting all that well, making a combined 4-of-18 shots.
Quinnipiac: The Bobcats played this game without fifth-year guard Mackenzie DeWees, who was out nursing an injury. Her averages last season of 13.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game likely wouldn't have made a difference against the Wolfpack, but DeWees should help Quinnipiac be more competitive in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play, where they went 14-6 last season.
November 7, 2022
| Quinnipiac | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| C. Haywood | F | 32 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Morris | F | 23 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| J. Grisdale | G | 33 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| R. Caverly | G | 31 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| R. Douglas | G | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| E. O'Donnell | 20 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| M. Baskerville | 15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| M. Helms | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| R. Caso | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| G. LaBarge | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| J. Casey | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. White | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| M. DeWees | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 18-55 (.327) |
3-5 (.600) |
6-23 (.261) |
6-29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 45 | |
| North Carolina State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Boyd | F | 20 | 4-4 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| C. Hobby | C | 23 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| D. Johnson | G | 25 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| M. Hayes | G | 22 | 2-4 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0-5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Brown-Turner | G | 21 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Collins | 20 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| S. Rivers | 20 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| A. James | 18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| J. Timmons | 14 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| R. Baldwin | 9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| S. Hart | 8 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Totals | 200 | 29-62 (.468) |
18-24 (.750) |
6-16 (.375) |
12-44 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 82 | |
Officials: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens, Mark Resch,
Attendance: 4,264
