Not a lot to add to what has been said. I've been through worse losses at Maples. Nice that North Carolina State is not a bunch of transfers, but just a really good team the old-fashioned way. I do wonder how the season would be going had we matched USC's $800,000 to keep Kiki.
Bosgana and Demetre were just "off" from three point range, while North Carolina State was "on." Ijiwoye started with a couple of treys--highly encouraging, and that helped give us a really good quarter. Even better, Shay helped get James into foul trouble and the best player on the NCS team had to sit for extended minutes.
Sadly, NCS seemed to do quite well with her on the bench. During that stretch our usual trey-makers couldn't hit, and our offense was stymied. Then our defense just collapsed in the third quarter. Finally the fourth quarter had some feel-good moments in the losing cause.
Coming up: Wake Forest, Duke, and Cal. Wake Forest is 0-5 in league play so far, so let's hope we can get our first road win there.
Bosgana and Demetre were just "off" from three point range, while North Carolina State was "on." Ijiwoye started with a couple of treys--highly encouraging, and that helped give us a really good quarter. Even better, Shay helped get James into foul trouble and the best player on the NCS team had to sit for extended minutes.
Sadly, NCS seemed to do quite well with her on the bench. During that stretch our usual trey-makers couldn't hit, and our offense was stymied. Then our defense just collapsed in the third quarter. Finally the fourth quarter had some feel-good moments in the losing cause.
Coming up: Wake Forest, Duke, and Cal. Wake Forest is 0-5 in league play so far, so let's hope we can get our first road win there.