Madison Hayes scored 19 points with a season-high four 3-pointers and Zoe Brooks weaved through traffic for a go-ahead layup with 46 seconds remaining as No. 10 North Carolina State escaped with a 76-74 victory over Miami on Thursday at Raleigh, N.C.
Aziaha James scored 15 points and Tilda Trygger added 10 for the Wolfpack (20-4, 12-1 ACC), who extended their winning streak to nine games, while winning for the 16th time in their last 17 games. Hayes surpassed 1,000 points for her career.
Haley Cavinder scored 20 points with eight rebounds and six assists and Natalija Marshall added 17 points as the Hurricanes (13-11, 3-10) lost to the No. 10 team for the second consecutive game after falling to Duke on Sunday.
After trailing 69-62 with 9:18 remaining, Miami tied the game 74-74 on a layup by Cavinder. The teams went scoreless for nearly three minutes before Brooks split three defenders to put NC State on top. Cavinder missed a shot inside at the buzzer that would have tied the game.
Louisville 83, No. 23 Florida State 69
Tajianna Roberts scored 17 points with 10 rebounds and Jayda Curry also had 17 points as the visiting Cardinals won their third consecutive game with the victory over the Seminoles at Tallahassee, Fla.
Nyla Harris scored 14 points with nine rebounds for Louisville (18-7, 11-3 ACC), while Imari Berry added 11 points and Olivia Cochran had nine rebounds to reach 1,000 for her career.
Ta’Niya Latson scored 29 points, O’Mariah Gordon had 15 and Makayla Timpson had 10 for Florida State (19-6, 9-4), which went 3 of 20 (15.0 percent) from 3-point range and lost its second straight following a six-game winning streak.
–Field Level Media
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