GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
North Carolina State 78, West Virginia 40
Associated Press
CANCUN, Mexico - River Baldwin had 18 points with 11 rebounds, Diamond Johnson had 16 points with four 3-pointers, and No. 13 North Carolina State cruised to a 78-40 win over West Virginia in the Cancun Classic.
It was the second career double-double for Baldwin, the first with the Wolfpack after spending three seasons at Florida State, where she had career-highs of 19 points and 10 rebounds.
North Carolina State now goes to No. 9 Iowa on Thursday for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
The Wolfpack (6-1) led West Virginia 19-12 after one quarter and dominated the second, outscoring the Mountaineers 24-6 to bolt to a 48-18 lead. Johnson had five points in a 15-0 run that made it 34-14 and Camille Hobby had six as N.C. State scored the last seven points.
North Carolina State went 10 of 17 while West Virginia missed all eight 3-pointers and shot 13% in the second quarter with seven turnovers.
It was pretty similar in the second half. N.C. State finished at 52% from the field, had a 57-31 rebounding advantage and had 18 assists - at least one by all 10 players who saw action - while the Mountaineers had just one helper.
Ja'Naiya Quinerly had 16 points to lead West Virginia (4-1), which went 3 of 29 from 3-point range and shot 23% overall.
November 25, 2022
| North Carolina State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Boyd | F | 19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Hobby | C | 18 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Johnson | G | 24 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Brown-Turner | G | 22 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Hayes | G | 20 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Baldwin | 23 | 8-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 7-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
| S. Rivers | 22 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| M. Collins | 20 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| A. James | 18 | 0-7 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| J. Timmons | 14 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 200 | 35-67 (.522) |
3-12 (.250) |
5-17 (.294) |
15-57 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 78 | |
| West Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Blacksten | F | 17 | 0-6 | 3-4 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Quinerly | G | 32 | 8-16 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| M. Smith | G | 32 | 4-16 | 0-0 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| K. Watson | G | 29 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Hemingway | G | 15 | 1-8 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Nichols | 25 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| S. Bates | 19 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Samuel | 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| I. Beh | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Diggs | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| M. Hunter | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| W. Rogers | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 15-66 (.227) |
7-11 (.636) |
3-29 (.103) |
10-31 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 40 | |
Officials: Courtney Robinson, Nick Marshall, Bruce Morris
Attendance: 107
