ACC Rookie of the Week Marissa Kastanek led the Pack in scoring for the fifth time this season with 18 points while the Seminoles’ Alysha Harvin paced her team with 21. Sophomore forward Bonae Holston had an uncharacteristically low-scoring night and finished outside the top four in points.
State benefitted from 22 Seminole turnovers but still found itself down with 11 seconds left. FSU’s Cierra Bravard hit a lay-up and then sank a free throw to give FSU its only lead of the second half.
A scoreless streak through the final four and a half minutes of play sank the Pack down the stretch. After Bravard put the Seminoles up, redshirt junior guard Amber White was whistled for a foul as she tried to tie it up. State couldn’t respond in the waning seconds.
N.C. State (11-7, 1-2 ACC) had a chance to tie it, but Christian Hunnicut intercepted a pass at half-court for FSU (16-3, 3-1) to preserve the win.
The Pack returns to Reynolds Coliseum for two big ACC match-ups this weekend, hosting Wake Forest Friday night before facing UNC-Chapel Hill Monday, Jan. 25.
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