The Wolfpack’s sophomore guard led the team with 30 points, putting N.C. State on her back after Zoe Brooks’ foul trouble and injury.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Zamareya Jones scored 15 of her career-high 30 points in the first half to help build a double-digit lead and seventh-seeded North Carolina State went on to beat 10th-seeded Tennessee 76-61 on Friday night in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament.

Who will take the court to start the Wolfpack's first game in the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament?

In game one of their top-15 match up, the Seminoles dropped a back-and-forth affair with the North Carolina State Wolfpack. The game was predicted to be a pitching duel with aces Wes Mendes and Ryan Marohn on the mound but both offenses touched up the starters for four earned runs each.

The FSU Seminoles lost their first game of the series against NC State, falling 6-4 on Friday night.

Wolfpack women's basketball is set to face the Volunteers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

NC State basketball's first March Madness appearance under Will Wade was a short one as the No. 11-seeded Wolfpack was eliminated from the NCAA tournament in a heartbreaker, falling to Texas on a last-second shot at the First Four play-in game in Dayton,