brooke thomas to the free-throw line. it doesn't sound like there is a lot of crowd here is because there is not. there's a lot of snow and ice on the road. she expected a big crowd and it's a shame the weather has prevented it. williams can't believe she lost that ball out of bounds. debbie, i've been impressed with the minutes of wake forest in the first half. >> debbie: they have done a good job of containing monica wright early on and built their game plan around defending her. >> mike: williams will be whistled for the foul. williams, another young player with a lot of upside. last year's north carolina high school player of the year. and it will send paulisha kellum, red-shirt freshman from new jersey to the free-throw line. >> debbie: what is surprising to me about paulisha's figures this year she has only been in double figures one time. i think they is give virginia more on the offensive end. she has some experience playing in the acc. >> mike: secily ray picks up her first foul. it sends kellum back to the free-

brooke thomas brings up the ball. or. >> right away, you can see the pressure by nc state, the defense on the perimeter. thomas tried a little jumper. couldn't get it to go. and amber white manages to save it after a little confusion there for the wolfpack. >> you can see courteney morris is going to have the assignment of guarding nikitta gartrell. >> she tries to take it inside. and the shot from outside by gartrell. she falls down. no whistle, though. brittany waters coming after a great game last night against miami. and there's freshman garcia inside. >> nc state came over. they'll try to contain her in the half court. but that time, garcia goes right through and scores a two. nc state goes inside and back out to amber white. and she knocks it down. >> that one tipped out of bounds by white. wake forest ball, 17 seconds left on the shot clock. >> you can already see both teams double teaming in the post. wake forest may also look to extend their double teams on some of the pick-and-rolls if nc state plays aggressi

we know that brooke thomas has some foul trouble.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

kks brooke thomas down in the lane and nowhere to go with it. here's ray. garcia miss the three-point attempt. she has not been very good out there this year. thomas leads it short. >> debbie: they go 1-4 low and thomas goes one-on-one. >> mike: here is shine. trying to get it into simone egwu, couldn't do it. ray is number 23 and you expect her to be the leader offensively. there is brittany waters. you talked to her in the open. she hits the deacons first bucket. >> debbie: it's important that waters knocks down a couple of early shots to get her confidence back. they have an advantage with garcia on the inside even though she is just a freshman. >> mike: and the block is called as wright trying to drive baseline. >> debbie: rain is running interference and waters comes off that screen ready to score. see, that time, monica wright caught the ball in the corner and garcia rotated over to double-team her. the defensive game plan is centered around trying to eliminate mob monica wright's opportunity to get touches. >> mike: the foul is courteney morris, her s

. >> mike: brooke thomas has been kind of up and down at times this year, but when she plays like this and also tiffany roulhac coming off the bench, what a lift it gives wake forest. >> debbie: there's not many games that brooke thomas has had more assists than turnovers. when she takes care of the ball, they are very solid in what they run. i said it in the first half she can take this entire wake forest team to another level when she executes and runs their stauf because mike ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ! me! ut. i toit. i tothe efor outh. co ale refot call yoa beng mx! theionsme! tahim,. i d, ieir foulwhen boun te'thrne, e. ce galex coac gol. >> mike: our geico play of the game. one of the key players for wake forest here today. >> debbie: i think garcia has been outstanding all game. her movement without the basketball, her read on the slip, the facing that wake forest create with their execution. soon dra garcia has had a fantastic basketball game and we said it at the beginning that she and waters had to have big games at home if wake forest was going to move above .500 and into fourth place in the

brooke thomas sending the ball in. officials turn it over. >> remember, when a team is in the zone, you got to set that pick on the outside, so, as wake forest gets ready with only six seconds on the shot clock, they got to execute and here, they're going to switch up he's going to inbounds the ball. >> they do it on the side rather than under the basket remember, just five on the shot lock. quick to the basket is williams. collision inside. we'll see what the call is, it is going to go against the demon deacons. asia williams, the freshman, picked up her second foul on that drive to the basket. the wolfpack have had one field goal in their last nine possessions. kastanek had the hot hand early. it looks like a foul is going to be called on wake forest. they potentially be clearing up some clock issues, we'll let you know exactly what the call is here in a second, once we figure it out. mike petersen wants to know as well. of course, if they're ready for it. >> both teams will gather with their coaches. >> and coaches

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government, bray from the national governors' association, the peterson institute, thomas rice from ucla, alice from the brookingsion, and build from cigna. two lead us to these questions we will be led by margaret brennan, a reporter and anchor for bloomberg television. i'm especially happy to introduce market because she's a graduate with a major and foreign affairs, my home department. and she received her be a in 2002. all of you you the a students, when you wonder what you can do and contemplate what you can do with a major in foreign affairs, here's your answer. [laughter] margaret. >> thank you. and am still trying to explain to my parents what i'm doing with foreign affairs and minor in arabic and i'm still trying to figure that out myself some having fun because i get to talk to one of ali smart accomplish people like the panel we have today. right before the session i was reading headlines on my blackberry and i saw that house majority leader steny hoyer has said they will vote next week on raising the debt level to either 1.8 or $1.9 trillion so as we have been talking the can has been kicked further d

christian kastrop from the government, ray scheppach from the government, thomas rice from ucla, alice rivlin from the brookings institution and hoagland from this institute. we will be led by margaret speed, reporter and anchor for lubber television tv and i am especially happy to introduce margaret because she is a graduate with a major in foreign affairs, my home department, and she received her bachelor's in 2002. all of you students out there and you wonder what you can do or when you contemplate what you can do with a major in foreign affairs here is your answer. [laughter] >> margaret? >> thank you. i'm still trying to explain to my parents i'm doing my be a in foreign affairs and minor in arabic and i still trying to figure it out myself but having fun doing it because i get to talk to wonderfully smart and accomplished people like the panel we have today. right before the session i was reading headlines on my blackberry and i saw house majority leader steny hoyer has now said they are going to vote next week on raising the debt level to either 1.8 or $1.9 trillion, so as we have all been talking the ca