The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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102 ■ THE WOLFPACKER WOLFPACK BASKETBALL PREVIEW ■ Krystal Barrett 12 • Guard • 5-9 Senior • Dallas Career Highlights: Started all 33 games of the 2013-14 season and averaged 27.3 minutes per contest … Averaged 7.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game … Scored 10 or more points in eight games … Played the 100th game of her career in the ACC Tour - nament semifinal loss to No. 2 Notre Dame … Drove and dished out the game- winning assist in State's Feb. 23 win over Virginia … Tied a career high with eight as - sists in the win over Boston College … Tied a career high with eight rebounds at Miami … Recorded a game- high six assists and zero turnovers in the Nov. 16 win over Presbyterian … Scored a season-high 14 points in the win over SLU and matched it at Northwestern … Scored the 500th point of her career in State's win at Northwestern … Collected a season-high four steals in the win over No. 12 LSU … Scored 11 points, dished out six assists, grabbed seven rebounds and made three steals at No. 13 UNC … Played a career-high 38 minutes in the win over No. 17 FSU … Started 31 times and appeared in all 34 games in 2012-13 … Set career high in rebounding (3.76 per game) and then-career highs in scoring (6.5 points per game) and assists (2.4 per game) during the 2012-13 campaign … She notched double- digit scoring figures in three consecutive games at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas, where she averaged 11.7 points per game … Tallied at least 10 points in five ACC contests, including back-to-back efforts of 14 and 11 points against Wake Forest and Clemson, respectively … Was one of the first players off the bench and the top scoring reserve in 2011-12, her first season at NC State … Made her first and only start of the 2011-12 season against Longwood … Scored in double figures six times, including three games during ACC play … Scored all 14 points of her team-leading total in the second half against Miami … Posted 12 points against Boston College … Had 34 steals, tied for 13th most as an NC State freshman, and made 19 three- pointers, which also ranked as the 13th most for a Pack rookie … The product of Skyline High was regarded as the No. 22 guard and the No. 75 overall player in her class by ESPNU HoopGurlz … Was a 2011 McDonald's All-American nominee and a 2011 Texas McDonald's All- American … Was also selected as a Texas Girls' Coaches Association All-Star and all-state player … Tallied more than 1,200 points in her final two high school seasons … Averaged 21.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.6 steals, 2.9 assists and 1.4 blocks per game as a senior, helping her team to a 27-6 overall record … Averaged 16.7 points and 4.1 assists during the regular season of her junior campaign and was named District 9-5A Co-Offensive Player of the Year. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2011-12 34 6.2 2.5 0.9 2012-13 34 6.5 3.8 2.4 2013-14 33 7.4 3.4 2.6 Totals 101 6.7 3.2 1.9 ■ Sara Boric 15 • Center • 6-5 Freshman • Banja Luka, Bosnia Career Highlights: Prior to NC State, played high school basketball for Tehnicka Skola in Bosnia … Played in the 2014 U18 FIBA Women's European Championship in Romania … Represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in the 2013 U18 FIBA Women's Euro - pean Championship, helping her team achieve a fifth- place finish in Division B … Started all eight games in the 2013 European Championship, averaging 19.1 minutes per contest … Best game at the 2013 European Championship was a nine-point and eight-rebound per - formance in a 70-55 victory over Austria. ■ Len'Nique Brown-Hoskin 2 • Guard • 5-5 Fifth-Year Senior • San Antonio Career Highlights: Started all 33 games of the 2013- 14 season and averaged 30.8 minutes per contest … Averaged 8.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game … Notched nine games during the season in which she distributed six or more assists … Scored in double figures 12 times … Played a career-high 40 minutes in the win over Vir- ginia … Made a career-high 10 free throws at Georgia Tech … Scored the 500th point of her career in the win over No. 17 Florida State … Recorded the first double-double of her career (13 points and 11 rebounds), in State's lopsided victory over Towson … Set career highs in points (24) and field goals made (eight) in the game against Wright State … Doubled her career high with four three-pointers made during the win over No. 12 LSU … Tied her career high with nine assists at No. 13 UNC … Finished the season with a 1.8 assists-to-turnover ratio … Played in every game with 12 starts in her first year of eligibility at NC State in 2012- 13 … Started the final 12 games of the season at point guard and averaged 8.7 points and 5.3 assists per game during that span … On the year, averaged 7.2 points, 3.8 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game … Led the Pack and ranked 10th in the ACC in assists per game … Nearly tallied a triple-double on two different occasions … In a win over No. 19 Florida State, she posted 13 points, nine assists and seven rebounds … Against Auburn, she recorded 10 points, nine rebounds and seven assists … Reached double-digit point totals in eight different games, including a season-high 15 at North Carolina … Sat out the 2011-12 season due to NCAA transfer rules after making the move to Raleigh … Saw action in all 37 games at USC and made one start as a true freshman in 2010-11 … Helped the team to a 24-13 showing and an appearance in the WNIT championship game … Tallied 3.1 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 12.4 minutes of action per game … Scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds in a victory over NC State at Reynolds Coliseum … Was a four-time all-district first-team selec - tion at Karen Wagner High … Was named district MVP as a junior and senior … Earned a nod to the all-state first team as a senior … Averaged 12.5 points, 5.1 assists and 3.5 steals as a prep senior. CAREER STATISTICS Year GP PPG RPG APG 2010-11* 37 3.1 1.5 1.2 2011-12# — — — — 2012-13 34 7.2 3.6 3.8 2013-14 33 8.8 4.1 4.5 Totals 104 6.3 3.0 3.1 * At USC; # redshirted at NC State ■ Ashley Eli 10 • Forward • 5-11 Junior • Mansfield, Texas Career Highlights: Made the switch from guard to forward in 2013-14 … Played in 18 games through- out the season and averaged 8.4 minutes per contest … Averaged 0.8 points and 0.9 rebounds per game … Tied for the team lead with three assists in the season-open - ing win over St. Bonaventure … Played a season- and ca- reer-high 25 minutes in the ACC Tournament semifinal game against No. 2 Notre Dame … Played in 13 of 14 non-conference games … Was a perfect 4 of 4 from the free throw line on the year … Played in 31 games off the bench in 2012-13, her debut campaign at NCSU, and was also named to the All-ACC Academic team … Was regarded as the top backcourt defender on the team … Averaged 15.1 minutes, 2.7 rebounds, 2.4 points, 1.2 assists and 0.5 steals per contest … Netted a career-best 11 points against Longwood … Had never hit a three-pointer in her career before arriving at NC State, but shot 31.6 percent (6 of 19) from behind the arc … Ranked as a four-star recruit and the No. 24 wing player in the country by ESPN HoopGurlz … Rated No. 50 overall in her class by Blue Star Basketball … Named Fort Worth Star-Telegram Player of the Year and second- Meet The Pack Bios Of The 2014-15 Women's Basketball Team