Early Scores Season High, ‘Cats Battle at N.C. State

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Junior Hannah Early reached the 20-point mark for the first time this year and Davidson battled to the end, before falling 82-66 on the road at North Carolina State Friday night in historic Reynolds Coliseum in women's basketball action.

The Wolfpack used a 17-5 run in the first six minutes of the second half to pull away from Davidson in improving to 9-3.

Early hit 8-of-17 shots, including four from long range on her way to an even 20 points. She scored in double figures for the 10th game in a row, a career best, while reaching the 20-point mark for the ninth time in her career.

Mackenzie Latt finished with 16 points on 8-of-14 shooting and pulled in eight rebounds, while Dakota Dukes gave the Wildcats (3-7) a trio of double-figure scorers with 14 points off the bench.

Also having a solid game was Saadia Timpton, as the freshman hit for eight points, pulled in five rebounds and dished out three assists.

N.C. State's Len'Nique Brown netted a game-high 25 points and pulled in 10 rebounds for a double-double. The guard went 7-of-11 from the field, including 4-of-7 from behind the arc, and was 7-for-9 from the free-throw line. Brown scored eight of the Wolfpack's final 12 points, getting six of them at the line.

Carlee Schuhmacher chipped in 18 points (13 in the second half), getting nine of those during the game-changing run. Miah Spencer gave N.C. State three double-digit scorers with 14 points.

Davidson kept things close coming out of the break. A three-pointer by Early and then a Latt layup made it 43-42 with 17:42 on the clock. N.C. State then answered with a Schumacher jumper and she went on to score the next seven straight points. The Wolfpack finished off a13-0 scoring outburst and the 17-5 run to open the new half with a three-pointer to make it 56-42 with 13:58 remaining.

One last charge by the Wildcats got them within 10 at 66-56 on a Latt bucket inside with 4:42 left. Dukes and Timpton scored four each prior to Latts' bucket to help bring the 'Cats within striking distance.

Brown though helped seal the win by scoring eight of the next 12 N.C. State points to make it 78-62 with 1:32 remaining.

The first half went back and forth, capped off by a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Brown to give the Wolfpack a 39-37 lead. Brown and her backcourt teammate Spencer combined for 23 points and hit all five of N.C. State's first-half three-pointers.

Down 29-20 after N.C. State went on an 11-4 run midway through the half, Davidson charged back with a 17-7 run over a nine-minute stretch to take a brief 37-36 lead with 18 ticks left in the half. Dukes and Early, who had 14 first-half points, combined to score 12 during the run, with Dukes netting the final five points.

After hitting 47.1 percent of their first half shots, the Wildcats finished out at 44.4 percent for the game. N.C. State was held to 38.5 percent and just 6-of-28 from three-land, but made up for it by going 26-for-32 from the charity stripe.

Davidson will next head a few miles down Interstate 77 on Sunday to take on cross-county rival Charlotte at 2 p.m.

GAME NOTES: Davidson and N.C. State were playing for the sixth time and second year in a row … Early pushed her career game total of scoring in double figures to 38 … both teams used the paint to their advantage, scoring 30 points apiece … For the first time this year Davidson was held to under 10 offensive rebounds, closing with nine.

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