UTC women’s basketball team falls to former coach Wes Moore’s N.C. State squad for second straight year

North Carolina State women's basketball coach Wes Moore faced his former program for the second straight season as UTC visited the ninth-ranked Wolfpack on Thursday night. The game was tied at 13 when N.C. State started a 23-0 run that helped it cruise to a 74-38 victory and remain undefeated through its first 11 games this season. / AP file photo by Gerry Broome North Carolina State women's basketball coach Wes Moore faced his former program for the second straight season as UTC visited the ninth-ranked Wolfpack on Thursday night. The game was tied at 13 when N.C. State started a 23-0 run that helped it cruise to a 74-38 victory and remain undefeated through its first 11 games this season. / AP file photo by Gerry Broome

By Associated Press December 19, 2019 4 min read

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina State women’s basketball coach Wes Moore beat his old team again, this time on his home court.

Elissa Cunane scored 17 points, and the No. 9 Wolfpack had a 23-0 second-quarter run in a 74-38 victory over the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday night.

Moore was head coach at UTC from 1998 to 2013, guiding the Mocs to nine NCAA tournament berths before heading to Raleigh. He led the Wolfpack to a 78-58 victory in Chattanooga last season, and this year it was his turn to host his former UTC player and assistant Katie Burrows, who is in her second season as head coach of the Mocs.

“I saw a lot of people who really mean a lot to me,” Moore said. “UTC is a place I’ll always love, so I wish them the best.”

Grace Hunter added 14 points for the Wolfpack (11-0) in their final nonconference game of the regular season.