James, Rivers help No. 3 seed NC State hold off No. 6 seed Tennessee to reach Sweet 16
Associated PressRALEIGH, N,C, — Tennessee didn’t wilt when North Carolina State built a 20-point lead. Aziaha James scored 22 points and had two critical late buckets as the third-seeded Wolfpack held off the sixth-seeded Volunteers 79-72 in Monday’s second round of the NCAA Tournament, a win that came after N.C. State had squandered nearly all of that huge third-quarter lead. After trailing 23-17 early, N.C. State outscored Tennessee 32-8 for the rest of the half — including a 16-2 burst that carried right into the locker room with reserve Maddie Cox’s catch-and-fire corner 3 giving the Wolfpack an 18-point margin. Mimi Collins scored in the first minute of the third quarter, pushing N.C. State to its biggest lead at 51-31 before the Lady Vols started the long climb back. SWEET PAIRING N.C. State men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts sat on a front-row seat behind the press tables for this one to see if the women’s team could join the men in the Sweet 16, that program’s first since 2015.
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River Baldwin leads No. 10 N.C. State women past No. 3 Colorado 78-60 at Paradise Jam
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Tennessee beats up Duke, wins 65-52 to advance to Sweet 16
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