Tech
(14-11, 4-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) had gone up 64-62 after two free
throws by Kaela Davis, then the Wolfpack tied it at 64-64 on Dominique
Wilson’s runner with 33 seconds to play. Davis, who along with Zaire
O’Neil finished with a team-high 17 points, was hit with her fifth and
final foul on a charge call with 26 seconds to play. Brown was fouled
while driving to the basket, and after missing the second free throw and
a Tech timeout, Aaliyah Whiteside wasn’t close on a running jump shot
from about 40 feet as the buzzer sounded.
N.C.
State (14-10, 5-6) built a lead as large as 44-32 on a lay-up by Miah
Spencer with 14 1/2 minutes to play. Tech fought back and took its first
lead since the 7:47 mark of the first half when Davis hit a pull-up
jumper to make it 62-60 at the 1:44 mark.
Spencer,
who had a game-high 25 points, converted a lay-in off a nice feed from
Carlee Schuhmacher, which tied the game at 62-62 with about a minute and
a half to go.
Wilson
added 14 points for N.C. State, which won for the third consecutive
time in Atlanta. Two other Tech players reached double figures as
Roddreka Rogers finished with 12 points to go along with 12 rebounds and
Katarina Vuckovic came off the bench to chip in with 11 points and 12
rebounds.
Other womens games of local interest from Thursday.
Tennessee State 66, Tennessee Tech 57
Tennessee State and Brianna Lawrence turned a three-point halftime lead into a comfortable victory Thursday afternoon.
Lawrence,
a Rockdale High School graduate and junior guard, scored 13 points as
the Tigers won their third consecutive game and improved to 8-4 in Ohio
Valley Conference play and 11-12 overall.
Lawrence’s
lay-up at the 18:40 mark of the second half got Tennessee State started
on a 15-7 run that made it a 44-33 game with about 12 minutes to play.
Chelsea Hudson led Tennessee State with 15 points, while Candace Parson
had game-highs in points (20) and rebounds (13) to pace Tennessee Tech
(5-20, 2-10).
Kentucky 92, Mississippi State 90 (2 OT)
Victoria
Vivians scored 39 points, but it was not enough as Associated Press No.
13 Mississippi State fell to No. 10 Kentucky in Lexington.
Makayla
Epps scored a career-high 42 points, including the game-winning putback
of her own miss with less than a second to play in the second extra
session.
Kentucky
(19-5, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) won for the third consecutive time
overall and defeated Mississippi State (23-4, 8-4) for the eighth
straight time. Epps, who went 18-of-30 from the field, fell one point
short of teammate Jennifer O’Neill’s program-record 43 points.
Vivians
was nearly as good, hitting 13 of her 29 field goal attempts, including
a 5-of-10 night from three-point range. Rockdale graduate Breanna
Richardson chipped in with seven points and seven rebounds for
Mississippi State, which last defeated Kentucky in 2009.
Florida 51, Georgia 48
The struggles continued for Georgia as the Gators erased a 14-point deficit and won at Stegeman Coliseum.
Georgia
(17-8, 5-7 SEC), which is on a five-game losing streak for the first
time since February, 2009, led 38-24 after Tiaria Griffin knocked down a
3-pointer with 15:09 left in the game. Florida (12-12, 4-7) kept
chipping away, eventually taking the lead for good at 46-45 on a three
from Cassie Peoples (team-high 11 points) with 1:15 to go.
Erika
Ford led all scorers with 14 points off the bench for No. 24 Georgia,
which is averaging just over 50 points during its losing spell.
Alabama 67, Missouri 64
Alcovy graduate Ashley Williams was one of three in double figures as the Crimson Tide snapped a four-game losing streak.
Williams,
a sophomore, scored 10 points and added seven rebounds, while Karyla
Middlebrook led the way with 17 points and Sharin Rivers added 12 for
Alabama (13-13, 2-9 SEC).
Sierra
Michaelis was outstanding in a losing effort for the Tigers (13-12,
3-9), scoring a game-high 28 points on 10-of-15 shooting to go along
with 13 rebounds.
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