CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Diamond Johnson (22 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals) and Kayla Jones (17 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals) battled all night to keep No. 5 NC State close or slightly ahead and the Wolfpack pulled away in overtime to survive a scare against the Boston College Eagles, 85-78, Thursday at Conte Forum.
BC, which is 15-9 overall and 6-7 in the ACC and had already proven it can hang with the nation’s best while at home, reached its biggest lead of 14 at the 6:21 mark of the second quarter. The fourth was back-and-forth with nine lead changes and three ties. BC’s Ally VanTimmeren made a layup off a pass from Marnelle Garraud to tie the game with one second left and force overtime.
In OT, the Wolfpack (22-3, 13-1 ACC) went on a 13-1 run from 3:23 to 0:30 that took the score from 74-72 BC to 85-75 NC State. The run featured six points from Johnson and five points from Kai Crutchfield.
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