Khamil Pierre Passes 1,500 Career Points With 21 and 11 as No. 25 NC State Beats Campbell 80-45

Photo: NC State Athletics. Official roster headshot of Khamil Pierre, senior, NC State women's basketball, 2026-27 season.

Khamil Pierre had 21 points and 11 rebounds and passed 1,500 career points as No. 25 NC State beat Campbell 80-45 on Wednesday night at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. It was her second straight double-double to start the season, per the Associated Press. The win was NC State's 1,100th, making it the 20th Division I program to reach that mark, per NC State Athletics.

Pierre shot 9 of 15 from the field and 3 of 3 at the line in 27 minutes, per ESPN's box score. She added three steals and two blocks. She scored 14 points in the first half and seven in the third quarter, by our count from ESPN's play-by-play. She did not score in the fourth.

19 straight points

Campbell stayed close early. Hana Predojevic and Kiaya Davis combined for 11 first-quarter points, and the Camels trailed 21-16 after one, per Campbell Athletics.

Pierre scored eight points in the second quarter, per the AP. Her tip-in with 2:22 left started an 8-0 run to end the half, and NC State led 43-23 at the break. She had three of NC State's 10 first-half steals, and the Wolfpack scored 12 points off 12 Campbell turnovers before halftime, per the AP.

NC State opened the third quarter on an 11-0 run to lead 54-23, per the AP. Together with the 8-0 finish to the half, that was 19 straight points, by our count. Campbell went 6 minutes and 12 seconds of game time without scoring, from 2:50 of the second quarter to 6:38 of the third, by our count.

Campbell scored seven points in the second quarter and six in the third. NC State shot 58.3% from the floor across those two quarters, per Campbell Athletics. Annsley Trivette's basket to open the fourth quarter made it 70-29, NC State's largest lead, per the AP.

Steals and layups

NC State had 20 steals, its most since Nov. 12, 2021, against Wofford, per NC State Athletics.

Team totals, per ESPN's box score:

| Category | NC State | Campbell | | --- | --- | --- | | Field goals | 33-67 (49.3%) | 19-51 (37.3%) | | 3-pointers | 4-14 | 3-10 | | Free throws | 10-20 | 4-6 | | Rebounds | 39 | 32 | | Offensive rebounds | 16 | 9 | | Assists | 19 | 10 | | Steals | 20 | 5 | | Turnovers | 9 | 24 | | Points off turnovers | 24 | 8 | | Points in the paint | 58 | 26 | | Fast-break points | 31 | 2 |

NC State scored 58 of its 80 points in the paint, 72.5%, by our count. It went 10 of 20 at the line. Campbell committed 15 more turnovers than NC State, by our count.

Zoe Brooks scored 16 points on 7 of 12 shooting with five assists and four steals. Desiree Wooten and Ky'She Lunan also had five assists each, so the three guards had 15 of the team's 19, per NC State Athletics. Lunan had a game-high five steals, per Campbell Athletics. Trivette, a freshman, scored 10 off the bench, her first double-figure game. Qadence Samuels and Wooten scored eight each.

Campbell's freshman

Predojevic, a freshman, led Campbell with 11 points, seven rebounds and two blocks on 4 of 8 shooting, per Campbell Athletics. Genesis Schneeberg and Peris Smith scored eight each, and Davis and Jasmine Felton had seven each.

The context

NC State is 2-0 for the first time since the 2023-24 season, per NC State Athletics. It beat Wofford 80-50 on Monday, per the AP. The Wolfpack were No. 25 in the AP preseason poll, their eighth ranked start in the last nine seasons, and Brooks and Pierre made the All-ACC preseason team for the second straight year.

Campbell (0-2) lost its home opener 62-47 to Austin Peay in its first game under coach Ali Jaques, per the AP. It was the first meeting between the programs since Feb. 18, 1978.

NC State plays No. 14 Kentucky on Sunday at the Ally Tipoff at Spectrum Center, per NC State Athletics. Campbell plays at Davidson on Sunday. The crowd was 4,912.

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Sources:

• NC State Athletics: No. 25 NC State Earns 1,100th Program Win with 80-45 Victory Over Campbell
• Campbell Athletics: No. 25 NC State tops Camels in road debut
• Associated Press: Khamil Pierre records another double-double as No. 25 N.C. State women beat Campbell 80-45
• ESPN: Campbell vs. NC State box score and play-by-play
• NCAA.com: AP Top 25 women's basketball poll