Basketball WBB: Louisville awaits Notre Dame in ACC semifinals | ACC Tournament Scores/Schedules

[Eric Hansen]

Eighth-seeded NC State turned up the defense and placed five players in double figures scoring as the Wolfpack blew out ninth-seeded Syracuse, 83-58, Thursday in the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament’s second round.

Next up top seed and 10th-ranked Notre Dame (24-4) Friday at 2 p.m. EST in the quarterfinals.

NC State (20-10) handed the ACC regular-season champion Irish one of their three league losses — a 69-65 upset in Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 29 — a game in which ND was without injured center Lauren Ebo.

The Wolfpack held Syracuse to .328 shooting from the field for the game, including .167 (3-of-18) in the fourth quarter.

Friday’s winner advances to play the Louisville/Wake Forest survivor Saturday at noon in the ACC semifinals. The 12th-seeded Demon Deacons pulled off the first upset of the tourney, with a 65-54 ambush of fifth seed Florida State.





ACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

SCORES/SCHEDULE

(All Times EST)

FIRST ROUND

Wednesday

(12) Wake Forest 68, (13) Virginia 57

(10) Clemson 71, (15) Pitt 53

(11) Boston College 62, (14) Georgia Tech 57

SECOND ROUND

Thursday

(12) Wake Forest 65, (5) Florida State 54

(8) NC State 83, (9) Syracuse 58

(7) North Carolina 78, (10) Clemson 68

(6) Miami 84, (11) Boston College 69

 

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