NCAAW
NCSU

84

6-0
Final
TEX

73

3-3
RecapBox Score
1 2 4 T
NCSU 18 21 45 84
TEX 18 14 41 73
Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu
Associated Press 4y

Konig, Crutchfield lead No. 12 NC State women over Texas

Women's College Basketball, Texas Longhorns, NC State Wolfpack

HONOLULU -- Aislinn Konig scored 25 points, Kai Crutchfield added 23, and No. 12 N.C. State beat Texas 84-73 on the opening day of the Rainbow Wahine Showdown Friday.

Texas cut the deficit to 56-50 with the opening basket of the fourth quarter, but N.C. State (6-0) responded with a 9-0 run powered by two 3-pointers from Konig.

Sug Sutton's 3-pointer for the Longhorns (3-3) got the deficit back to 76-69 with 1:20 left. The Wolfpack made 8 of 10 free throws to secure the win.

Konig and Crutchfield each finished with four 3-pointers for N.C. State, which was 11 of 22 from the arc. Texas was 5 of 22 from 3-point range.

Sutton scored 23 points for the Longhorns. Joyner Holmes had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Celeste Taylor added 12 points.

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