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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

In a battle of two teams trying to move closer to the upper tier of the ACC, Boston College defeated North Carolina State 75-66 in Raleigh.

The win was the second in the row for the Eagles after they started 0-4 in their first year in the ACC.

Aja Parham's career high 24 points and 11 rebounds offset a bad night for BC's leading scorer. Brooke Queenan, who came in averaging a team-high 14.6 points and 8.7 rebounds, finished with two points on 1-for-6 shooting before fouling out in 18 minutes.

The Wolfpack were led by Billie McDowell's 16 points. But NC State and Head Coach Kay Yow have other things on their mind besides the game. Yow will soon find out if she still has cancer. And senior guard Monica Pope learned before the season that her father, Darrell, has colon cancer.

Yow's battle is the catalyst behind "Hoops for Hopes," a Feb. 19 game against Maryland. At the event survivors will be recognized and $5 of every ticket will be donated to the Triangle affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. So far, 2,000 tickets have been sold, the most "presales" anyone at NC State can remember.