turnovers for boston college. 5:56 left nc state so far making a statement. how about amber white. for the layup and a 20-9 lead. >> rich: look at miami. going down by a point in overtime. north carolina getting a road win at wake forest in overtime. florida state winning at home. i know you will be racing back to your hotel to watch duke. here are your acc standings. >> robin: boston college were hoping to be able to move up with a win here. perhaps tie with georgia tech if they lose right now. looks like nc state might be making the move. >> rich: legitimate shot at the ncaa tournament. there are nine teams in the top 58 rpi right now. which is good news/bad news. everybody is good in the top position. but the good news is if you can beat some of those teams they can only enhance your tournament resume. >> robin: absolutely. get some quality wins against the top of the conference and all of a sudden you're jumping from a 50 rpi into the 30s. >> rich: nc state with a good resume. kelly harper took her team twice to the ncaa tournament. strength >> robin: not terrific but not horrible rpis. they may be the first team out. >> robin: certainly a win over boston college. >> rich: offside rebound. >> rich: right now boston college can't hold on to the ball, they can't shoot the ball and they are really struggling on the road tonight. it should be a 20-point lead. rather than an 11 point lead. >> robin: nc state. full court pressure by boston college. handling the ball. nice jump ball pass. buries the shot. >> rich: murphy. to jaclyn thoman. she shuffles her feet. nc state doesn't have the traditional big kid and backboard as well. >> robin: they are a small team, absolutely. if you can see the way they are defending on the inside. they are sandwiching her. leaning on her. marissa kastanek was cheating all the way inside so they could help out. >> rich: do not adjust your set. that is 15 turnovers. murphy. finally finishes. >> robin: looking up the floor. one way they will be able to beat nc state down the floor. will have to do that transition. need that offensive rebound. >> rich: marissa kastanek step back three. how about that? >> robin: picco right there. marissa kastanek playing with so much confidence. you certainly wouldn't know she is a freshman. >> rich: good job. crashing the boards. a foul and whistle. 3 minutes left first half. nc state at home. fabulous freshman. marissa kastanek has buried 3 threes. [ ] 7 halcalo man the ♪ [ ma lf torie f all hamm ] gonnt liutte f and like. ♪ f floa a bly. stke a nnat l buty d sike ♪ inga... 7 ting a [ wohalfalor the wom] i kat's. >> rich: the defense right now for nc state is good as well. >> robin: forcing 14 turnovers on boston college. right there, carolyn swords. putting the ball on the floor in traffic. >> rich: picco off the inbounds. nifty shoft for a lefty. had to extend and flip it over the defense. >> robin: possessions. making the most of the possessions. wants more possessions for her squad. >> rich: ayla brown. a charge. we talked to kelly harper about defending the big for boston college. she said something curious. she said it is not us defending we do a better job when we choke the guard and prevent the ball from getting to the base. >> robin: wants to put as much pressure as she can on the ball handler and passer and make it possible to make the passes to the inside. give the defense time to rotate. >> rich: jaclyn thoman missing the three. 1 of 7 from beyond the arc is boston college. nc state. a foul on the drive by nikitta gartrell. >> robin: coming up against swords. swords right there to help out. got the help on the backside. sometimes you've got to lel it go. one more for nikitta gartrell. 14-point lead. i don't think anyone saw this coming. boston college 17-point win when they first met. ayla brown. ayla brown not giving her a lot of space. another turnover. 16. >> robin: nc state forces over 21 turnovers a game in acc play. they are third in the conference. but right now they are pushing that limit in the first halfle. >> rich: running the point right now. this is not a deep nc state team. they play just three off the bench in their rotation. shot clock. beal. good dish to. >> robin: when you get to the inside of the defense, forced to tip. shooting very well just inside the arc. >> rich: just 19 against baylor. 13 right now. johnson lines up a three. >> reporter: playing out her fifth year and working on a masters degree. brings experience. brings a lot of poise to the floor. you see that in the shot. >> robin: great shot clock by brown. needs to clear out some space not giving nc state second shot opportunities. >> rich: boston college. >> robin: fantastic high low look in transition. you hit your trailer and then you belt it back inside. doing a good job. ellison down low going on the backside. nice job on the pin. working very hard to defend that big side is taking a seat. >> rich: free throw is up and god. really helps someone to help sylvia crawley who was a premier post player itself being able to come in and work with both swords and murphy. >> robin: absolutely. she has the experience. she knows how it feels to be that post player. how it feels to be the big and constantly pounding on, battling on the inside. she can also stimulate other big players. >> rich: putback is good. this first half would end on another offensive rebound by nc state. >> robin: what a fantastically athletic move finding that. >> rich: kelly harper has to be happy with the effort from her ball club. they came out and they laid it on. boston college in the first half. half. nc state >> rich: kelly harper and wolfpack up at the half 31-19. kelly harper now. here it is. >> five. have to have five, okay. you can do it. i know you can. you've got to battle. post up a little bit higher. okay. glide your feet a little higher. we can go here and bounce it in. baseline corner over there. okay. keep battling and you will come up with it. on the other end. we are in red. hands up. don't go up. back up. go back here. hands up on number 50. get up on her. okay. then we have got to bring it out. i told her you're going to box out. i told her you're going to jump. call it if you do it. okay? we are good. come on. we have got to have 100% of those. when they miss a shot we have to have the rebound. if it is a layup, whatever shot, we have to have it. all right? an average bust out is not good enough. you can do it. kelly harper now a member of the tennessee women's basketball hall of fame and three-time national champion. halftime sta31-1 of arica f thatot ole. f i'lectew pds ll tces at as co... spokashi ston. anci tulsahom dagirlther warrchig wor man, monta ona flo son,nsin colown. fi thicture. [ nnou if nt covewe'v alentine's day, buy any smartphone after mail-in rebate d gemessphon ee after mail-in rebate. anncr vo: ...you can get help gwith a flat tire.... anncr vo: ...find a nearby tow truck or gas station... anncr vo: ...call emergency services... anncr vo: ...collect accident information. anncr vo: or just watch some fun videos. anncr vo: it's so easy, a caveman can do it. caveman: unbelievable... caveman: where's my coat? it was suede with the fringe. vo: download the glovebox app free at geico.com. >> rich: if you have never seen a taco walk or play basketball. he is doing it tonight. we have got tacos. one of the top, top freshmen in the acc. that would be marissa kastanek. andys hzzy f omedtrok ♪(whi tun n't be h♪ >> rich: i guess there are two ways to look at it here. this could be a 20, 25 point lead. boston college. >> robin: they are still in this and have not played well in the first half. i expect some significant ajudgements. namely get your big girls the ball a little bit more and whatever you need to make that happen. i like the way nc state is playing their defense and that in itself is what is making this happen for them. offensive not stellar. they haven't been extremely fantastic but they have done what they needed to on the defensive end to create some offense opportunities for themselves. >> rich: right. and kelly harper told us that we are going to get points from somebody and apparently that somebody tonight in the first half was nikitta gartrell. >> robin: she is doing a fantastic job on both end of the floor. putting herself into position to score. just receiving those passes and she has been doing a great job at just shooting within rhythm. she is three of three from the field right now. trouble getting her the ball. when they do let her go she can score. >> rich: carolyn swords leading scorer for boston college. what numbers jump out at you. >> robin: absolutely. take a look right here at the turnovers. 16 turnovers for boston college. highest first half number of turnovers in boston college this season. then the number of shots taken. field goals. opportunities. we heard sylvia crawley talk about that. carolyn swords at boston college on the road and down 31- 19. second half is coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> rich: 20 minutes of basketball left. this is the first of what could be an acc doubleheader for you. duke and george tech on many of these sports regional networks coming up. your leading scorers, boston college, carolyn swords with her seven. we told you another with 11 and the next 9. 19 points tying the season low at the half. 16 turnovers of the season high. boston college already had as many turnovers as shots. 19 shots in the first half and 16 turnovers. >> robin: possessions. offensive rebounds of which they have just three. and turning the ball you are losing possession and it is very difficult to score. >> rich: you were talking about sylvia crawley wanting to make significant adjustments. they were more than that. >> rich: nicely done by amber white. >> robin: boston college defenders up high. then appealing off that. amber white all the way into the lane. takes her time. shots off and over her. nc state leads. biggest lead in the ballgame is 16. that's another turnover. white. counting the buckets. this second half has started much like the first half for bc. >> robin: how about the way that amber white uses her body after she pushes the body down the floor shielding amber white has five points in the second half mile. nc state has their biggest lead of the game. picco. >> rich: nice pass over. >> robin: not missing a shot yet. >> rich: nick nicknikitta gartrell. picco has a player open. >> rich: very quiet offensively. very difficult for gill to get a shot off. gill underneath the basket. >> rich: this could be a very nice win for nc state to get them to 5 and 6. rpi would help the resume. carolyn swords. not your typical entry pass but it works. >> robin: great reed by carolyn swords. coming up overplaying at the top. taking away that reverse half. reads it well. back door cut. nice finish at the basket. >> rich: throws it in the seats. >> robin: a great set up. coming in as the trailer at the top. diving down to the basket. very nice set up. those are the plays that boston college needs. more interior passing. get the big girl the ball. >> rich: goes down and jaclyn thoman may have been distracted. >> robin: i think she wanted to give it to her and she was getting banged around on the inside. that time a little take down and she was trying to cut to the block. very physical play. nc state doing a good job of using their physicality against them. >> rich: frustrating night for murray missing that shot. nikitta gartrell in transition. murphy scoring combining for 35 points against wake forest. murphy has just two. swords has 11 in this one. nikitta gartrell. >> robin: over at the top. defenders. one of those being swords. all the way to theket. >> rich: picco. cutting the lead back down to a dozen. >> robin: was able to shake free by coming off the top of the screen getting some space between the defenders and finding herself open beyond the arc. >> rich: draws contact and a time-out. nikitta gartrell leading the n ] ha cal 7 [ mal th ♪ [ ma lf torie the [ ad a i'a flke arfly stin a b ♪ f floa a bly. fg liee. fgonnt liutte ing bee ♪ f stin a.. stin a b ♪ womalf torie e g. n #2 thaght. >> rich: senior out of austin, texas tying the number that that woman had at north carolina. a teammate of sylvia crawley playing on that national championship team in 1994. >> robin: and i remember what a fantastic shooter stephanie was. she was phenomenal and part of the reason they had that national championship. her ability on the perimeter to balance out the interior game of sylvia crawley. >> rich: we talked to sylvia crawley about coming in and playing in this great old building when she was a college player. she said back then the rivalry between north carolina and north carolina state was much bigger and much heavier than the north carolina duke rivalry because duke had not risen to prominence in the women's game yet. >> robin: absolutely. players here that have built the tradition for nc state. >> rich: white. department get a shot up. now she does. boston college ball. >> rich: harper trying to hang on to this lead right now. it is a 13-point lead. but nc state is in trouble late in the game. >> robin: she talked earlier today about learning how to finish and is very proud of the way the team finished against miami and learning how to win. how to be confident. how to take a lead and hang on to it and extend it. >> rich: if you saw halftime. great sequence looking at her team in the huddle and said you can do this. you guys can win. >> robin: and that's part of coming into a situation where the nc state had a tremendous number of very good seasons. continued to struggle a little bit. coming in and trying to rebuild that confidence. great shot. nc state out of transition. they are getting those baskets on the move. >> rich: tough go. hastler. 15-point lead. 17-point lead is the biggest in this one. we talked about lucy ellison a lot. she has gone a great job. murphy. lucy ellison has been able to deny and disrupt murphy and scorers throughout the night. >> robin: her work doesn't show up in the stats column. down and dirty. work horse on the inside. >> rich: got to give her a lot of credit in today's game especially if nc state comes up with the win. >> rich: picco. in traffic. travel. turnover number 19 for boston college. >> robin: swords working it on the inside. getting in and out. nice belt to the inside together. combination that works very well together. they are both good passers. swords not the primary scorer when murphy is getting her job down as well. >> rich: the problem sylvia crawley has right now this is not an up tempo team in boston college so you are down 13. not like you are a few fast breaks from getting back in it. >> robin: they like a moderate tempo. like to be in the half court where they can use their size. nc state doing a good job of altering tempo both offensively and defensively. >> rich: made the shot clock. was running down. she just turned and wanted to draw iron and she did and has got a fresh bucket and another possession. >> robin: reminds me of a freshman point guard from four years ago. ashley house who plays with georgia. just that constant ability to make things happen. >> rich: beal. really strong. >> robin: jaclyn thoman has been able to get to the baseline on the drive. she has been able to save some students and get the ball to her players. they have been successful. >> rich: who would think that the advantage that boston college has with size, that nc state would be able to crash the boards and dominate on the offensive play. >> robin: rebounding with a lot of heart and a lot of effort. finding the gap, trashing the boards. not content just to watch the ball. >> rich: they will get another. outstanding three-point shooter in the ballgame. jaclyn thoman. murphy missed a couple. >> robin: picco's foot. very effective. >> rich: this is a good team for that. nc state has had ball handling issues this year. >> robin: they will cough it up right here. marissa kastanek the turnover. >> rich: fields. brown. ayla brown got it. throwing a double. there is her dad. u.s. senator from massachusetts. made the trip. raleigh. another turnover and all of a sudden that has happened. boston college. 11. here in raleigh. phons ] hedy. hey,. how'oing 's u sha '. kin' yeahy. r! dude ! what 's u y. hey! ddy! rlin e! budd bel. aww. ddy! 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college and that's how nc state handles that run that will make a difference as we push to the end of this ballgame. >> rich: it was a 17-points lead for nc state and has brought them within nine. another turnover for nc state. their 11th on the night. boston college has momentum with 11.5 minutes left. finishing. that's what kelly harper has been trying to teach her team. >> robin: and bringing amber white back on the floor. lucy ellison bringing some of that experience. some of the upper classmen back on. settle things down on the offensive end. >> rich: harper was one of the all time great finishers. she was in all final fours in 1988. she seemed to save her best for when it mattered most. >> robin: she was a fun guard to watch. talking to her about her coaching style and perhaps what she may have picked up. you see stefanie murphy getting hot on the inside. she said when the game got tight, and she emulates a lot of that. we heard her. she talked very calmly to her team in the huddle she is i have poised and picked that up a year ago. >> rich: huge shot by nikitta gartrell. 8-0 run by bc. >> robin: firing them up. watching on the sidelines. >> rich: nice move by jaclyn thoman. getting to be a shootout now. >> robin: boston college trying to work themselves out of that big first half hole. >> rich: great look. shot block by brown. big block by ayla brown. >> robin: huge block by brown because thought for sure that was going to go in. >> rich: catch and shoot. picco missed it. and it is a foul. >> rich: johnson. another drive to the bucket. boston college. >> robin: one of the big differences in the temperature they have as many shot opportunities as nc state. >> rich: three-point game. and bc will stick to the full court pressure. it has been a problem for nc state. >> robin: we talked about the fact they have turned the ball over in this half. rehearsal of fortune. wolfpack with seven turnovers. a lot of that because of this full court pressure. >> rich: white. foul down low. >> robin: much more aggressive man-to-man defense by boston college. they are out in the grill of marissa kastanek. wherever she goes to the ball they have been hounding her. >> rich: white. oh, my. >> robin: are you kidding me. how she got in between the defenders and they got the ball up on the glass. murphy catch, shoot and score. snoop throws it. her fourth of the game. >> robin: look at marissa kastanek. that's a leader. going to be able to make an impact here for quite some time. >> rich: good shot by johnson. back to a nine-point lead. >> rich: nikitta gartrell. good minutes from ayla brown off the bench from bc. >> robin: absolutely. fantastic job offensively. working the glass very well. >> rich: johnson forced it. offensive foul. marissa kastanek. getting it done all welome, >> rich: explain power points. >> robin: power points are those points that are actually obtained when the poster receives the balls on the block. right there on the power move. in the second half they are coming alive for boston college. 13 power points. murphy and swords getting in position. using their bodies and their guards able to get them the ball when they are open. where they were struggling in the first half. i love the high low. post-to-post play and murphy doing such a good job of maneuvering around defenders. murphy. 11 points. >> rich: we told you earlier having sylvia crawley as your head coach the ability to tutor the big kid. kelly harper was a big time player. sylvia crawley was the mvp of the final 4 in 1994. she told us before this ballgame her team has had to change over the last two weeks from the hunter when they ousted north carolina and duke to the hunted when they lost to wake forest and here tonight they are the hunted with that target on their back. >> robin: that's a tough adjustment when you are used to being a team always coming from behind. looking up the ladder, up the standings and seeing who you can target and might be able to pick off. all of a sudden you're one of those top teams, it is different. you play with a little more of that factor. >> rich: this is ellison. great to see. breakaway lay up. >> robin: i love the way lucy ellison has played. she is just a hard nosed determined player. plays defense. tremendous effort. she gets some points and that's all great. >> rich: there is ellison again. in the paint. >> robin: absolutely. certainly giving up about 6, 7 inches in size to carolyn swords. >> rich: she just put her hand up and says enough. i need a rest. >> rich: that's how smart basketball fans are here in this area. ellison doesn't have the big numbers on the stat sheet but everybody knows what she has been doing all night long. when see comes out, what happens. >> robin: absolutely. they go to the inside and her breather on the bench will have to be a short one. perhaps just a couple ticks off the block. and then we will see her hop right back up. in the mean time players will have to get the job done. >> rich: picco. hand on it. ball is lose. shot clock runs down. white having to take a look at it. couldn't beat the clock. no bucket. >> robin: again, i credit ayla brown with that. came up last minute. another player that amber white had to get around and slow down the shot. did thought get it off in time. >> rich: it is amazing ayla brown has been able to play as well as she has done this year. with all that is going on in her life. her father winning that u.s. senate race. her singing career exploding. johnson. ball is out-of-bounds. and her father is here. her father scott. her mom is here as well. she sang the national anthem at fenway park before a hockey game. i suspect that this is going to be a boston college ball and the officials have corrected themselves. >> robin: collaboration with that. >> rich: 6 minutes left in this ballgame. it has tightened up. nc state leads. jaclyn thoman is back in. back court. shields. leading the turnover. >> rich: 23 turnovers on the night for boston college. >> robin: that time trying to draw baseline. a lot of white jerseys in between her and swords and they were able to take that ball away. read it perfect. >> rich: boston college ball. actually murphy coming back in. she will join swords and brown will sit down.