No. 6 Miami-Florida downs NC State
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Riquna Williams scored a game-high 24 points, Florida defeated North Carolina State, 73-61, on Thursday.
The Hurricanes (24-3, 12-1 ACC), who have won 12 straight games, got 17 points and 17 rebounds from Shawnice Wilson and 12 points from Stefanie Yderstrom.
Myisha Goodwin-Coleman had 14 points to pace the Wolfpack (15-12, 4-9), losers of six of their last eight. Marissa Kastanek chipped in 12 points and Bonae Holston finished with 19.
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The Hurricanes, who won at Reynolds Coliseum for the first time in seven tries, held a slim 27-26 lead late in the first half before reeling off a 17-6 run to take a 44-32 advantage into the break.
Williams scored 11 straight points during the burst.
The Wolfpack were within six, 49-43, early in the second half on a Goodwin- Coleman three-pointer, but Williams and Wilson responded with consecutive buckets and the Hurricanes led by double digits for the rest of the game.