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March 4th, 2007

State has three players named to All-Tournament teams

At the conclusion of today’s women’s ACC Tournament championship in which No. 24 N.C. State (23-9, 10-4) lost to No. 4 North Carolina (30-3, 11-3) 60-54, the ACC All-Tounament first and second teams were announced.

The Wolfpack, although bittersweet after losing minutes earlier, had three players named to the teams.

Both senior guard Ashley Key and junior forward Khadijah Whittington were named to the first team while senior center Gillian Goring was included on the second team.

Key finished the tournament averaging 16.3 points per game, including a personal ACC Tournament career-high 21 points in State’s upset of No. 1 Duke in the semifinal round. Key led the Pack in scoring in both the Duke and Carolina game, where she scored 14 points.

Whittington battled through several bumps and bruises over the weekend, including a busted lip and twisted ankle, to average 9.3 points per game and grab 36 rebounds, the fifth most in tournament history. The record is held by Maryland’s Vicky Bullet who pulled down 40 rebounds in teh 1989 tournament.

Joining Key and Whittington on the first team were Duke sophomore guard Abby Waner who made 11-of-18 three-point shots in two games, Carolina senior center Erlana Larkins and tournament MVP senior guard Ivory Latta.

Latta finished the tournament with 12 three pointers, a record for a three-game run. Also, the 12 three pointers pushed her career tournament three-point total to 36, the best all-time.

Goring finished the tournament averaging 12.7 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game. Goring scored a game-high 22 points and pulled down a game-high 19 rebounds in the quarterfinal game against Florida State. Goring played a limited role in today’s championship game due to illness, scoring only four points in 22 minutes.

Goring was joined on the second team by Carolina senior forward Camille Little, Duke senior center Alison Bales, and Maryland sophomore guard Marissa Coleman and junior center Crystal Langhorn.

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