PORTLAND, OR (WNCN) — The NC State women’s
basketball team will have to topple a giant in the sport to advance further in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 3 Wolfpack (29-6) face the No 2. Stanford Cardinal (30-5) Friday night at the Moda Center in Portland, OR. The game . Aziaha James has led NC State in the tournament so far, averaging 20.5 points per game, while Saniya Rivers has chipped in 18 points and 7 rebounds per game in the wins over No. 14 Chattanooga and No. 6 Tennessee. For the Cardinal, Kiki Iriafen scored 41 points in Stanford’s overtime win against Iowa State, contributing to her average of 29 points over the first two games of the tournament. Veteran star and Oregon native Cameron Brink has averaged 12.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in the wins against No. 15 Norfolk St. and the No. 7 Cyclones. The winner moves on to play either No. 1
Texas or No. 4 Gonzaga in the Elite 8 on Sunday.