GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Aislinn Konig scored 19 points with five 3-pointers, Greensboro native Akela Maize had 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks and No. 23 North Carolina State beat North Carolina 77-64 on Thursday to advance to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals.
 
Kiara Leslie and Chelsea Nelson each added 13 points for N.C. State (23-7), which has won six of its last seven. Leslie picked up her fourth foul midway through the third quarter but still played 31 minutes. N.C. State has won six of the last seven meetings in the series, including three wins this season.
 
The fifth-seeded Wolfpack will play 18th-ranked and No. 4 seed Duke on Friday.
 
Paris Kea led 12th-seeded North Carolina (15-16) with four 3-pointers and 27 points. She scored 21 points on 4-of-5 shooting from distance in the first half but her team trailed 43-37. Jamie Cherry had 15 points on 3-of-15 shooting and nine rebounds.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: # 5 NC State 77, #12 North Carolina 64
Records: NC State 23-7; North Carolina 15-16
Location: Greensboro Coliseum; Greensboro, N.C.
Attendance: N/A
UNC Starters: Koenen, Cherry, Kea, Murray, Bailey
NCSU Starters: Ealey, Konig, Leslie, Nelson, Maize

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS
- Sophomore guard Aislinn Konig led the Wolfpack to victory with 19 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the floor, including a 5-for-7 effort from 3-point range … Konig has connected on 83 shots from beyond the arc this season and is closing in on the school single-season record of 90 set by Jennifer Howard during the 1995-96 season.
- Konig’s five made 3-pointers tied an ACC Tournament second-round record, and her .714 accuracy from 3-point range was the highest by a player in a second-round game (minimum three 3-pointers made).
- All-ACC Defensive Team member Akela Maize made her presence felt Thursday by blocking four UNC shots. The 6-5 Wolfpack senior has now recorded multiple blocked shots in 14 games this season and ranks among NC State’s all-time single-season leaders with 60 in 30 games.
- NC State is now 18-2 this season when holding its opponents to under 40 percent shooting from the floor. The Tar Heels shot 30.6 percent on Thursday.
- North Carolina junior Paris Kea, who went 4-for-5 from 3-point range in Wednesday’s opening-round win over Boston College, connected on three straight in the first 3:38 of Thursday’s game to stake UNC to an early 11-3 lead before the Wolfpack rallied.
- Kea finished with 27 points on Thursday (21 in the opening half) and averaged 27.5 points for her two 2017-18 ACC Tournament games. She has averaged 23.3 points in her four ACC tourney games over the past two seasons.
- NC State improved to 46-36 all-time in the ACC Tournament and to 2-0 in second-round games.
- UNC is now 62-32 all-time in ACC Tournament play and 2-2 in the second round.
- NC State has won six of the last seven matchups versus UNC and leads the series 57-50. The programs are even at 7-7 in their 14 ACC Women’s Tournament meetings.
- Thursday marked the first ACC Tournament meeting between NC State and UNC since the Tar Heels’ 60-54 victory in the 2007 championship game.

TEAM LEADERS
North Carolina
Points: Paris Kea 27
Rebounds: Jamie Cherry 9
Assists: Taylor Koenen 4, Jamie Cherry 4

NC State
Points: Aislinn Konig 19
Rebounds: Erika Cassell 10
Assists: Kailia Ealey 4

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Halftime: NC State, 43-37
Ties: 3
Lead Changes: 1
Largest Lead: NCSU by 16, 2nd – 0:40; UNC by 8, 1st – 6:22
UNC led for: 5:48
NCSU led for: 33:41
Game was tied for: 0:31

UP NEXT
NC State advances to face No. 4 seed and 18th-ranked Duke (22-7) in Friday’s 11 a.m. quarterfinal game. The Blue Devils defeated the visiting Wolfpack 69-56 when the teams met at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Jan. 7.