BLACKSBURG – Chanette Hicks scored the 1,000th point of her career in the fourth quarter Thursday, part of her 12 on the afternoon, but it wasn’t enough for the Hokies (11-3), who dropped the opening game of the conference season.
Hicks became just the 25th player in program history to accomplish that feat.
NC State (12-2, 1-0) used a 56-31 advantage on the glass to spark the victory, the first for a visitor to Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum this season.
The Hokies led 13-12 after the first quarter, but surrendered a 7-0 run midway through the second frame giving State a six-point advantage that they did not relinquish.