No. 3 North Carolina State races past Georgia Tech 84-75
By GEORGE HENRYJanuary 1, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (AP) Jada Boyd scored a career-high 26 points, Jakia Brown-Turner added 19 and No. 3 North Carolina State cruised to an 84-75 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday night.
Kayla Jones finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds for N.C. State (9-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which used a strong second quarter and outscoring the Yellow Jackets 28-12 to pull away.
Lotta-Maj Lahtinen scored a career-high 30 points to lead Georgia Tech (4-2, 2-1), which also got 15 points from Lorela Cubaj. The Yellow Jackets outscored the Wolfpack 50-30 in the second half, but were never in the game.