Maine Black Bears at NC State Wolfpack

No. 10 NC State women rout Maine 84-46

The Wolfpack routed Maine 84-46 on Saturday night behind a career-high 14 points from Kayla Jones.

Aislinn Konig and Elissa Cunane added 11 points apiece, and Kiara Leslie and Grace Hunter each scored 10 for the Wolfpack (11-0), who had an easy time extending the second-best start in program history.

N.C. State shot a season-best 56.9 percent and forced Maine into a season-worst 27 percent shooting. The Wolfpack made 15 of their first 20 shots, including six of their first eight 3-pointers, and led by 20 less than three minutes into the second quarter. They held the Black Bears without a field goal for the final 6 minutes of the first half while taking a 50-17 halftime lead.

Asked if he could remember a stronger start for his team, Moore quipped that "my memory isn't great."

"But I told the team, when you play like that, it's fun. It's fun for everybody," Moore said. "The ball was going in. That always helps."

Kelly Fogarty scored a season-best 13 points and Parise Rossignol added 10 for the Black Bears (7-3), who had their five-game winning streak snapped. Blanca Millan, who leads the America East with a 20.2-point average and was coming off a 36-point performance, was held to six points on 2-of-13 shooting.

Maine played a four-guard lineup with only one starter taller than 6 feet, and the 6-foot-5 Cunane took full advantage of those mismatches. Her most impressive play came when she hit a reverse stickback through contact, and the free throw that followed put N.C. State up by 30 with 1:28 before halftime.

BIG PICTURE

"N.C. State is a great team. They shot the ball well tonight, and we did not," Maine coach Amy Vachon said. "We didn't have a good night, but that happens. We just have to learn from this game and go from here and bounce back."

N.C. State: This is the Wolfpack's best start to a season since the 1999-2000 team won its first 14 games and rose to No. 3 in the national rankings under late Hall of Fame coach Kay Yow. With no ranked opponents on the schedule until a trip to No. 15 Syracuse on Feb. 13, that mark appears to be in serious jeopardy.

"By no means am I sitting here thinking we've arrived," Moore said. "We've got a long way to go."

KEY STAT

QUICK HITS

This was the first time Jones, a sophomore, reached double figures in scoring in her college career. ... N.C. State won its 26th straight nonconference home game, a string that dates to December 2015, and is 38-4 in its last 42 games at home. ... The Wolfpack's next victory will be the 900th in program history.

UP NEXT

Maine: Visits Northeastern on Dec. 22.

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How can I watch Black Bears vs. Wolfpack?

• TV Channel: Black Bears vs Wolfpack 2021 College Basketball, week 6, is broadcasted on ACC Extra.
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Venue: Reynolds Coliseum

Location: Raleigh, NC
Attendance: 2,755 | Capacity: