Also in North Carolina, a much closer game that got a bit less attention: Duke needed overtime to beat N. C. State. It was State's second overtime loss in two games, and the Blue Devils' fourteenth consecutive win.

Chante Black scored 17, all after halftime; the Wolfpack lost guard Sharnise Beal to a head injury during the first half.

NCSU still have no wins in the ACC, despite having played two of the nation's top ten teams even for 40 minutes apiece.

Interim coach Stephanie Glance is proud of her team's efforts, despite the results: ""To battle like we battled and be short-handed once again.... and have to play people out of position -- we were actually playing post players out on the perimeter -- it's just such a credit to this team.

"The one thing we were going to do," Glance continued, "is represent Coach Yow's fight. And to me, we could not have represented that in any greater way than we did today."