NC State pulls away from Liberty, 71-47

With the pall of Zoe Brooks’ injury lingering over the team, NC State pulled together without her and put together a dominant fourth quarter to down Liberty on Wednesday night. You would not guess it based on the final score, but Liberty was very much in this game, even into the last quarter.

But Liberty also did not score a point over the last eight minutes, which is not a recommended way to finish a game.

NC State did an excellent job on the offensive boards, led by Annsley Trivette, who had seven of those by herself, which helped the Pack’s somewhat listless offense. The defensive rebounding needs to be better and the effort in general was poor at times, but Liberty couldn’t find a hot…