Thursday night the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team played their first game since the death of their beloved head coach, Kay Yow. While NC State lost to Boston College 62-51 that's OK for the Wolfpack are still grieving the loss of their head coach, their leader.
It's easy to say NC State was emotionally spent when the game began. The Pack only shot 14% from the field in the 1st half and were down 36-15 at halftime.
Fight and resiliency have always been trademarks of Kay Yow's teams. Down 50-19 and with over 4,000 fans in Reynolds Coliseum cheering to rally the troops, that trademark returned as NC State began to rally back.
Kay Yow would always remind her teams to never give up and this team didn't.
Shayla Fields channeled her emotions and sparked a 24-4 2nd half run to cut Boston College's lead to 11. Fields scored 15 of her team high 17 points in the 2nd half.
Though they gave their all toward the end NC State was emotionally spent and Boston College prevailed.
Disappointment in losing a game? Not now, the emotions were to raw for that. It was a victory just to suit up and play.
As for me, to quote the late, great Jack Buck "Pardon me as I stand up and applaud."
Here's a game story from the Raleigh News & Observer
And here's WRAL-TV's coverage as the Wolfpack community prepared for Yow's funeral Friday...
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