RALEIGH (Interstat) — Khamil Pierre recorded a double-double and North Carolina State used a dominant middle stretch to defeat Campbell 80-45 in a women’s NCAA Division I game Wednesday at Lenovo Center. Pierre finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Wolfpack, which improved to 2-0. Campbell fell to 0-2. The attendance was 4,912.

Campbell, known as the Fightin Camels, stayed with the Wolfpack early. Jasmine Felton made a 3-pointer, Kiaya Davis hit a driving layup and a 3-pointer, and Hana Predojevic converted a layup and a 3-pointer to help Campbell trail 21-16 after the first quarter. North Carolina State began to create separation in the second quarter. Ky’She Lunan made a driving layup, Qadence Samuels scored on a layup, and Pierre repeatedly scored inside as the Wolfpack pulled away. Peris Smith made a jumper for Campbell, but North Carolina State answered with Pierre layups, a pair of free throws from Maddie Cox and consecutive baskets from Samuels. Brooks closed the half with a jumper and a layup, sending the Wolfpack into halftime with a 43-23 lead.

The Wolfpack put the game away in the third quarter. Desiree Wooten opened the half with back-to-back layups, Brooks scored again, Khady Leye made two close-range baskets, and Pierre converted a layup and free throw that pushed the lead to 54-23 at the 6:55 mark. North Carolina State outscored Campbell 25-6 in the quarter and led 68-29 through three. The lead reached 41 points early in the fourth before Campbell closed with late layups from Genesis Schneeberg and a jumper from Felton. Annsley Trivette also contributed a layup early in the fourth for North Carolina State, and Zoe Brooks made a 3-pointer midway through the quarter.

North Carolina State received a strong all-around performance from Pierre. The 6-foot-2 forward from Queen Creek, Ariz., who previously played at Perry, finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 26 minutes. Brooks, a 5-foot-10 guard who previously played at Saint John Vianney, added 16 points, one rebound and five assists in 24 minutes. Wooten, a 5-foot-8 guard from Mansfield Timberview High School, contributed eight points, five rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes. Samuels, a 6-foot guard from Bishop McNamara High School, had eight points, five rebounds and one block in 19 minutes. Leye, a 6-foot-2 forward from SPIRE Academy, chipped in six points, five rebounds and one assist in 13 minutes. Lunan, a 5-foot-10 guard from Millennium High School, had five points, three rebounds and five assists in 30 minutes. Trivette, a 6-foot-3 forward from Abingdon High School, scored 10 points with three rebounds in 13 minutes.

For Campbell, Predojevic had 11 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 30 minutes. Felton, a 5-foot-11 guard from Northeastern High School, added seven points, four rebounds and one assist in 30 minutes. Schneeberg scored eight points with two rebounds in 19 minutes, and Davis provided early perimeter scoring for the Fightin Camels.

North Carolina State scored 80 points on 70 possessions for an offensive rating of 113.5. Campbell scored 45 points on 71 possessions for an offensive rating of 63.5. The Wolfpack shot 33 of 67 from the floor, 4 of 14 from 3-point range and 10 of 20 from the free-throw line. The Fightin Camels shot 19 of 51 from the floor, 3 of 10 from beyond the arc and 4 of 6 from the line. North Carolina State held a 15-7 advantage in offensive rebounds and a 20-5 edge in assists. The Wolfpack committed nine turnovers to Campbell’s 24 and blocked four shots to Campbell’s three.

North Carolina State opened the season with an 80-50 win over Wofford, while Campbell lost its opener to Austin Peay 62-47. The Wolfpack next host Kentucky on Sunday. The Fightin Camels visit Davidson on Sunday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of North Carolina State 65, Campbell 55. Interstat’s ELO system had projected North Carolina State with a 99.3 percent probability to win. North Carolina State had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 33.5. The total score of 125 went over the over/under line of 129.5.