Monday, December 5
Athens, Ga.
8:00 p.m.
University of Georgia
8-2,0-0SEC
54
vs
65
North Carolina State
8-1,0-0ACC
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2
3
4
F
NC State
14
15
19
17
65
Georgia
22
10
9
13
54
NC State outlasts the Lady Bulldogs 65-54
December 05, 2022 | Women's Basketball
ATHENS – The No. 8 NC State Wolfpack outlasted the University of Georgia women's basketball team, 65-54, Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum.
Fifth-year guard/forward Audrey Warren led Georgia (8-2) in scoring, setting a season high in points and three-pointers made, with 18 points, four three-pointers and grabbed five boards. Three Lady Bulldogs, Diamond Battles, Brittney Smith and Alisha Lewis, followed Warren's effort with 10 points each. Smith led Georgia in the paint with nine. Lewis contributed four assists.
"I tell our team all the time, we can be so special," Georgia head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson said. "We're also changing different kids from different systems. We're changing them to try to come together and obviously he (NC State Head Coach Wes Moore) has had his system in for such a long time, whereas we're just slowly putting in time with ours. I keep telling them we can be really special. When I went in there I said, 'I'm not mad, but I'm actually disappointed. You just played with one of the top 10 teams in the country. You have to believe what I'm saying to you.' I think our biggest thing is consistency. Every game that you come in, it's always Audrey (Warren), Brittney (Smith), Diamond (Battles), Jordan (Issacs) and Alisha (Lewis) and everybody else needs to be consistent. They're very talented, but they all need to step up and be consistent in their roles. I hope that a game like this shows them that they can play with these players out there today in NC State, and there's going to be many more great teams we're going to play. We have to really start being consistent in our roles, and we talked about that in the locker room. I think once we get more consistent with everybody else, because we play with a high number of people, the consistency needs to be a lot better from everybody."
The Wolfpack (8-1) jumped out with an early 4-0 lead to start the first quarter. Five points from Warren on back-to-back possessions sparked a 11-0 run for the Lady Bulldogs to take a 15-10 lead. A three-pointer from Lewis and layup from Z. Smith gave Georgia a five-point boost to finish the first quarter with an eight-point lead, 22-14.
Six unanswered points helped Georgia maintain their lead at the start of the second quarter. A strong defensive effort saw the Lady Bulldogs outrebound the Wolfpack, by a 15-7 margin in the opponents' paint. NC State used an eight-point run at the end of the second quarter to close the scoring gap to three points but were unable to regain the lead as Georgia took a 32-29 lead into the locker room at the half.
10 points from NC State gave the Wolfpack a seven-point lead in the third quarter. A pair of three-pointers from Lewis and Warren fueled Georgia's scoring efforts to put the Lady Bulldogs within seven points, 48-41, going into the final quarter.
The Wolfpack held their lead for the start of the fourth quarter. Warren's fourth made three-pointer of the night followed by a jumper from B. Smith put Georgia within two points with less than four minutes remaining in the game. The Wolfpack scored 10 uncontested points to close the fourth with the win.
The Lady Bulldogs will return to the court on Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. to host Mercer. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
Fifth-year guard/forward Audrey Warren led Georgia (8-2) in scoring, setting a season high in points and three-pointers made, with 18 points, four three-pointers and grabbed five boards. Three Lady Bulldogs, Diamond Battles, Brittney Smith and Alisha Lewis, followed Warren's effort with 10 points each. Smith led Georgia in the paint with nine. Lewis contributed four assists.
"I tell our team all the time, we can be so special," Georgia head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson said. "We're also changing different kids from different systems. We're changing them to try to come together and obviously he (NC State Head Coach Wes Moore) has had his system in for such a long time, whereas we're just slowly putting in time with ours. I keep telling them we can be really special. When I went in there I said, 'I'm not mad, but I'm actually disappointed. You just played with one of the top 10 teams in the country. You have to believe what I'm saying to you.' I think our biggest thing is consistency. Every game that you come in, it's always Audrey (Warren), Brittney (Smith), Diamond (Battles), Jordan (Issacs) and Alisha (Lewis) and everybody else needs to be consistent. They're very talented, but they all need to step up and be consistent in their roles. I hope that a game like this shows them that they can play with these players out there today in NC State, and there's going to be many more great teams we're going to play. We have to really start being consistent in our roles, and we talked about that in the locker room. I think once we get more consistent with everybody else, because we play with a high number of people, the consistency needs to be a lot better from everybody."
The Wolfpack (8-1) jumped out with an early 4-0 lead to start the first quarter. Five points from Warren on back-to-back possessions sparked a 11-0 run for the Lady Bulldogs to take a 15-10 lead. A three-pointer from Lewis and layup from Z. Smith gave Georgia a five-point boost to finish the first quarter with an eight-point lead, 22-14.
Six unanswered points helped Georgia maintain their lead at the start of the second quarter. A strong defensive effort saw the Lady Bulldogs outrebound the Wolfpack, by a 15-7 margin in the opponents' paint. NC State used an eight-point run at the end of the second quarter to close the scoring gap to three points but were unable to regain the lead as Georgia took a 32-29 lead into the locker room at the half.
10 points from NC State gave the Wolfpack a seven-point lead in the third quarter. A pair of three-pointers from Lewis and Warren fueled Georgia's scoring efforts to put the Lady Bulldogs within seven points, 48-41, going into the final quarter.
The Wolfpack held their lead for the start of the fourth quarter. Warren's fourth made three-pointer of the night followed by a jumper from B. Smith put Georgia within two points with less than four minutes remaining in the game. The Wolfpack scored 10 uncontested points to close the fourth with the win.
The Lady Bulldogs will return to the court on Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. to host Mercer. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
Team Stats
NCSU
UGa
FG%
.339
.317
3FG%
.353
.375
FT%
.808
.667
RB
38
43
TO
14
19
STL
7
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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