really not capitalizing on them right now. both teams making it extremely defensively. they're double teaming in the post. we haven't seen the ball go to the post a lot in the last few minutes. it's been more guard play. doubling on the wing for wake forest. full-court pressure. mixing it up. >> well, and it's been three minutes since either team has been able to knock home a field goal. you talked about the defense. that's impressive for a team like nc state. if you look at their lineup, they're fairly undersized. they do a good job of keeping that paint defended. >> they have done a tremendous job so far in this game. limiting gar see who was very active early. but since then, hasn't been able the do a lot. and you see nc state even in a zone look right now. and that's a good shot for the senior camille collier, she's

there to knock down shots. when she comes into into the game, she'll be looking for >> it not so sure if it's her rule. actually a very good three-point shooter. 42% this season. she's really improved from three-point range. >> she's one of the players for this nc state team that's transitioned well with coach harper and understands her role and you can see her comfort level and her confidence level increasing as the season is wearing on. >> there, you see marissa kastanek, the acc rookie of the week, on the bench right now with two personal fouls. both of these teams having to be careful with some of their key players picking up early fouls in this game drive to the hoop by wake forest, that one doesn't hit the rim. shot-clock violation.

good defensive stand there by the wolfpack. >> and nc state is doing a great job of sitting on secily ray's left hand. she's left-hand shooter. she drives to the left. we have seen travel twice. on that one, not a very good shot. give credit to nc state defense making it tough for her. >> ray has been unable to make an impact in this game. 0 of 2 from the floor. six on the shot clock now for nc state. nice look inside by white. holston can't get it to go. but she'll get a trip to the free-throw line as garcia picked up her second foul. >> bonae holston returning as the nc state player of the year last year. she did her job on the floor. but also in the classroom and i think if nc state can establish her, on that possession, wake

laid off a little bit, they got the inside look. i think holston's the answer to put some points on the board for nc state. >> she's averaging 11.7. 6.5 on the boards. just about an assist a game. from the free-throw line, she's a 75% shooter. >> holston, another player who likes to set her game up in acc conference play. last year, she had five double-doubles in the season, all of them in conference play. >> that's not a bad time to get things rolling. the first free throw for the wolfpack in this game. it was good. >> wake forest has got to close the gap on rebounding. they are taken a hit there and nc state's getting second and third-chance opportunities. there's your girl, holston,

didn't get a second free throw to go. but she made the jumper. and nc state has opened up a six-point lead. wake forest has really gone cold from the field, just 1 of 9 since that good start as the wolfpack are on a 6-0 run. what do you think has been the major difference, in this run for nc state? >> it's got to be the rebounding. they recognized they're not putting the first shot in the hole but you got to get to the boards and wake forest is not able to run or get into any transition, because they're not getting the rebound and that's really what they want to do. >> 17-7, the rebounding numbers in favor of the wolfpack. think it's going to have to change for wake forest if they want to make a run here. thomas back in the game now, she, again, was on the bench for a stretch for the demon deacons. room to pressure. wake has broken it thus far.

good hustle back by nc state. >> one thing that you got to credit, if you don't get a steal, look at how deep into the shot clock, they don't get into their half-court offense until there's about 150 seconds left on the clock. >> they have to work their way up the floor. morris with wonderful awareness. ray not able to finish. and nc state defender got to her and knocked the ball away from her just in time. >> maybe this could get secily ray going. not a great percentage from the line for the season. just over 55%. >> and ray is coming off of a 16-point performance against miami. first double-scoring game in 2010. it was sort of a breakout game. coach petersen looking for

points from her tonight. >> wake forest bringing some pressure. with the trap. >> nice isolation with holston. >> she's feeling it now, i think the turnaround goes for holston and she has seven. >> she has power when she puts the ball on the floor and when she rises up to take her shot, she's got a very soft touch. >> thomas able to get wake forest down the floor a little faster this time. waters has been quiet. thomas from outside, that one's too strong. great hustle inside by the senior morrison. she gets the little roll. her first two points and nc state quickly down to the other end. holtz top, she has the hot hand, not on this one.

sharnise beal launches one from three that's not good. holston loses it. thomas dives to the floor. >> it's been rough and tumble. you can tell these teams understand the importance of this win. they vice president played since sunday. they both had days off. thinking about it. played so well in conference season. >> wake forest is coming off a big win over miami. was ranked 25th. nc state a tough loss in their last game against florida state. and you talked about it a lit bit earlier, the depth of wake forest. >> coach petersen is so excited. six of the players are freshmen or sophomores.

so, there's a learning curve there. he has some options. you think about his senior class, they should, could be playing more minutes. but they understand the talent of the freshmen and sophomores. at the end of the day, they're selfless. they love to play. they have the experience but they also understand talent. >> a couple of extra steps there by thomas for the turnover. six for the demon deacons but nc state is in control so far in this one with just under 4 minutes to go. ♪ ♪

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, this c state wolfpack lead by five here in the first half from raleigh and one of the big story lines so far has been the rebounding just completely dominated by nc state, 19 rebounds to just 8 for wake forest. and equally a big discrepancy there on the offensive boards. 9 for nc state and 2 for wake forest. but the wolfpack really not getting a lot of second-chance points. >> i know that coach harper loves the effort. we talked about her recruiting philosophy, she would have recruited any one of these players that she inherited. she wants players who love the game, you can see the passion and the desire to win in the offensive rebounding for, this c state in the game. they want it. >> one of the hustle plays that you can judge a player's heart by. tasler, no good on that three and there's rebound there for

the demon deacons. waters to the hole but good defense. but white. she's out of bounds, though, when she got the ball, from bitny waters. amber white colling off an injury from last season. tore her achilles, didn't play all year. not easy to do coming off the injury. >> good battle between those two point guards. the out of bounds lines are proving to be a difficult defender for both teams here. >> and the players are hitting the deck left and right. this is what acc basketball is all about. every possession is a battle. it's going to come down to which team wants it more and which team can execute down the stretch. >> their coaches talked aboto u about consistency.

another offensive foul called there on amber white, her first, although we have seen a couple of calls like that in this game against nc state. >> and white was running brooke thomas off the screen. brooke already has two fouls with the contact that she could have gotten called for that. but she got the nod that time. >> nc state will make you play when you put the ball on the floor. brittany waters almost lost one there. >> and the demon deacons have gone cold from the field. 1 of their last 9. >> right at the rim, it just rolled off. wasn't able to put it in. >> and it looked like, again, another offensive foul has been called. this one on tia bell. really taking the wolfpack

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, this c state leading by two, so far here in the first half. first half complete. second half on the way. reynolds coliseum. la china, both teams started off pretty well. but then defense took over. >> defense has been the tempo in this game. it's dictated what teams have done. it's been consistent. >> well, we that both teams started strong for wake forest, that meant getting it inside to sandra garcia. >> gar see scored early. the only two baskets she had in

the ball game. wouldn't out of the game with two fouls there. they were maintain somewhat but wake forest went on a scoring drought. have to give the credit to nc state, their defense was really, really great wake. they did a little zone. they did some trapping and here we see, they can also score the basketba basketball. >> we'll have see some more good offense to go along with that defense. neither team shooting a great percentage so far in this game. >> it's difficult when you're a very good defensive teams. which both of these teams are. wake forest is second in scoring defense. it's hard to cut back that energy on that offensive end. you're still going, going, trying to create turnovers. you have to get on offense and calm down. >> we hope to see more good shots coming up in the second

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the nc state wolfpack went on a 7-2 to end the first half. to take a two-point lead. the demon deacons have four players each with four points. and bonae holston leading the way for the wolfpack. gartrell right behind her with five. as we go towards the second half, gartrell is one of those players you think needs to step up. >> i think gartrell will for nc state and for wake forest, i want to see garcia make a difference. the scoring is balanced right now. but i think we'll see some leaders step up in the second. >> another player to talk about as you see garcia there, another one of the freshman we mentioned at the start of this game, kastanek, for nc state, has yet to score in the game because she, too, picked up a couple of fouls there early.

>> kastanek, when you're a freshman, people haven't seen you play that much. you're not sure how you're getting opened. great job by the wake forest staff of limiting kastanek and not letting her a good look. >> they get wise to your ways very quickly here in the acc. the wolfpack can get started. they go to gartrell, she can't get it to fall. garcia battles for the rebound but kastanek comes up with it. can kastanek's third foul. >> and that's a possession where wake forest has got to maintain possession of the basketball, garcia bringing it out therefore, kastanek with a chance to set up and brooke thomas is called for the foul. you're right. that's going to hurt wake forest.

>> see what the wolfpack can do with a fresh shot clock here. they lead the demon deacons by two. holston the leading scorer in the first half, adds to her total that's nine for bonae. >> and holston starts at the 4 position. but she can do what you just saw do very well. she can come off the screen. she's strong down there. she can also catch and shoot. >> wake forest, that's a nice play to get things started here in the second half. >> when you're pressuring the wing and the back door is something that you got to be weary of. nc state didn't communicate and there wasn't any help defense there to help wi. >> amber white drives to the basket for the wolfpack.basket. there is a whistle, though, on

the rebound. secily ray slow to get up. >> and you see amber white, what a quick first step. we know that brooke thomas has some foul trouble. she can't be aggressive there defensively. >> holston picked up that foul. her first. good offensive possession for wake forest to start the half. we'll see how they follow up. ray. tries to make it 2 for 2. in the second period. she'll go to the line. quick second foul there on holston. she picks up two fouls in matter of second and that's a mismatch of sort there. holston and ray, ray got the quickness advantage on holston. >> nice look. the back door. the wolfpack can get it done on this end. >> and waters was thinking about going to a double team.

but before she could get there, nice path, nc state with the easy layup. >> she finds ray, who seems determined to take it to the bucket. we saw back-door play from wake forest to start the half and then nc state, anything you can do, i can do better. >> gartrell keeps it alive. you saw waters. a great pass and awareness by nikitta gartrell. >> secily ray on the line. demon deacons now 2 of 5 from the free-throw line in this game. seven points now for ray. who averages 9 a contest. lefty gets the second one to fall. one under her season average.

kastanek draws the foul. as wake forest tried to bring some pressure in the trap. courteney morris picks up her second foul. i thought she was really a factor in the first half -- defensively, had some good active hands. garcia we just saw, still sitting on the bench. >> and i think watch petersen is trying to do is putting garcia and get a quicker lineup for wake forest. we have seen ray already able to take advantage in the post. >> there's that hustle defens e defensively by morris we talked about. she averages two steals a game. second on the team in steals with 32. remember, she played a lot of this season off the bench. they look for the long home-run ball up to thomas. she takes her time and puts that

one in. >> great play, great pass. what's happening here in this second half, jen, wake forest is making nc state pay for their pressure. they pressured there in the full court. on the long pass. they're playing smarter than they were in the first half against the pressure. >> that shot is way off by kastanek and i think you got to give the demon deacons some credit to adjusting from what they saw from nc state in the first half. they seem like a different team than what we saw in the ifirst half. that one goes down for boykin. and here's that last inbounds play. good arm down the floor by ray, she finds brooke thomas, who takes it all of the way to the hole and keeps her composure and the demon deacons on a little bit of a run here. >> they are. i like the move by boykin. that was a strong move. she elevated. she took the contact.

sometimes freshmen aren't to take the pressure and connect on the field goal. but boykin, you is see her athleticism. she's going to be a great player in this league. >> reversal there. bonae holston now with three fouls for nc state. >> pressure in there, man to man. they'll keep the pressure there. they have to watch the back door. wake forest has had a lot of success. >> wake tries the long back-door pass over the top. on the other side. that shot a little off the mark. nc state had that one defended a bit better. >> if you're coach petersen, you don't mind that. you're going to the boards hard. you understand in the first half, you're nowhere close of having the advantage. you have to show a lot of effort to try to close the gap there with nc state. >> the foul watch, morris now

has three as well as for wake forest, again, the shot off the mark for nc state. good hustle. kastanek tries to get it back to midcourt. but thomas takes care of the basketball. one of the keys you talked about in this game, her assist/turnover ratio seems directly correlated to wake forest's. >> the entire first half, that wouldn't be bad. but 11 minutes, nice pass. >> secily ray called hout her on three-point basket. she got off to a slow start, she has had the hot hand for the demon deacons lately. >> she owns the second half. give credit to the dribble penetration of wake forest. >> kastanek tries to go inside. she had trouble getting her shots to fall. but it's the 14th turnover,

instead, for nc state. >> and the difference in the second half is that nc state isn't really scoring until wake forest has live ball situations. on offense. and they're cashing in on it. >> morris is going to get called for that. that's lazy foul. she got beat, grabbed the jersey. but secily ray has had the hot íí

got to give us some movement right now. >> and you can hear right there, coach harper hit the nail on the head. nc state has got to move on the offensive end. it can't be the gartrell show. you can't wait around for kastanek to hit shots. everybody has to be active. you got to make the defenses play you and keep them honest to get open shots. >> we'll see how nc state responds as we take a look at your scouting report. >> the nine turnovers does concern me but both teams forcing the issue defensively and when you know that's going to be the case, you may see more

turnovers than you may have thought or anticipated. >> kastanek drives this one to the basket and draws the foul. that will go against brittany waters, her second, foul called on the floor. kastanek will take this shot and gets the friendly roll. for her first bucket of the game. so, maybe that's what gets her going a little bit. >> and with that basket, nc state can now set up in their defense. good look at the basket by walker, not a bad shot. >> you definitely see an improved effort on the glass. from the demon deacons. so far in this second half. such a big disparity in the first half, in favor of nc state. 21-12 and it was much moworse tn that at some point. kastanek, they're trying to get her going. that's five straight points for

the reigning acc rookie of the week. >> nc state that time with the dribble penetration, gartrell, you go to gartrell and she's on the same side of the floor as kastanek, you have the make a decision, are you going to help on the drive or watch kastanek for the three? >> improved effort on the glass by wake forest. results in a basket and a foul. by secily ray. >> and it has been the secily ratio in the second half. i thought initially she would be hard to guard until nc state has been able to grasp the left-hander. shi's been more aggressive and really looking for her shots. >> she knocks the free throw down. eight points now for secily in the second half. make that ten. take a couple away from her.

kastanek thought about it, stepped inside for three. and secily was there for the rebound. >> we saw a couple of the guards driving, going to the hole, they need that. >> no call there on the drive to the basket by holston. foul at the other end. big collision in the paint. remember, thomas is playing with three fouls.

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we have got a ball game here at reynolds coliseum. 37-34, wake forest, kellie harper wanted more movement out of her team and she got it on this last play. >> kastanek remind her as player. she takes a pointer from her coach and cuts to the basketball. nc state really needed that kind of movement in the half-court to open things up and that kastanek does exactly that and she gets the easy 2. >> cast neng has scored seven straight points for nc state. meanwhile on the the other end, the other 23 on the floor, secily ray has scored eight straight for her team. >> we both know how special that 23 can be. that might something to do with it. >> you have to be pretty good to wear that number, thanks to one mr. jordan who made it famous in this part of town.

>> that's the first thing you do, claiming your number. >> good fight there. by bell. >> that's if her first two points of this game and a hard-fought two they were. to pull nc state to within one. >> if bell gets going inside, coach petersen may have to bring garcia in. s we haven't seen her. she has the height to deal with bell inside. >> you thought that maybe coach petersen -- looking for a qui quicker lineup. seemed to have benefited wake forest so far. we have yet to see sandra garcia in this game. you talked about how kellie harper loved what she saw in her freshman kastanek, just being n

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breast cancer, just about a year ago. >> it seems like time has gone by so fast. i tell you, as a player in this conference, there is no one hands down that has had a better impact on my life with the game of women's basketball than coach yow, you can still feel her spirit here. the competitive environment on the court. friendly fan environment off the court. coach yow would have wanted that. >> the free throws there for walker. long outlet pass up the floor to kastanek. but you know, speaking of coach yow, talking to coach kellie harper about how much she

points for nc state turns into a great defensive play by ray. >> long arms and great anticipation is what made that play happen by brittany strachan. she showed emotion after that block. >> she's been energized player here in this second half. >> secily ray. >> she'll forgive you. you can call her whatever you want. >> holston.

too short. >> here comes courteney morris. >> wisely driven by morris. who didn't have numbers. two-on-three. wake forest set up in half-court. >> half-court execution could be the difference in the game. they looked inside to garcia but the foul is called on the floor first. it looks like that's going to go against bonae holston. that's her fourth. in a game where we have seen several players in foul trouble, she's the first to pick up four. >> and coach petersen went to that smaller lineup. they forced holston to come out of the paint and attempt to guard secily ray, ray a lot of credit, because she was aggressive in going to the rim. >> garcia makes that free throw, the demon deacons haven't been great at the charity stripe in

this game. 5 for 11 now. >> and it's not easy when you have been sitting on the bench as garcia has for much of this ball game to come in and hit a free-throw basket. coach petersen ended practice today with free throws and they shot a lot of them. >> he wouldn't let them leave. he said we have plenty of time until pregame. we're going to stay out here until you hit your goal. wake in front by one. >> more movement out of the motion offense by nc state. lot more active. >> strachan tries the long ball. it gets lodged up there. comes down to the demon deacons. quick pass inside to garcia, she gets it. >> and there is garcia. free-throw opportunities