NC State (6-2) Hosts Charlotte (5-2) Sunday

December 5, 2015

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RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team (6-2) returns home for three straight games beginning Sunday when Charlotte comes to town. Tipoff between the Wolfpack and 49ers is set for 2 p.m. from Broughton High School's Holliday Gymnasium.

TOYS FOR TOTS
NC State Athletics encourages fans attending Sunday's game vs. Charlotte to bring new, unwrapped toys for collection. Marines will be present in the main lobby of Holliday Gymnasium to collect toys from those willing to donate.

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
-Be the 826th win in program history
-Be the 608th win (607-194) of head coach Wes Moore's career
-Be Moore's 50th win (49-25) at NC State
-Be NC State's seventh win over Charlotte (seventh meeting)

RECEIVING VOTES
NC State received votes in both the November 30 Associated Press Poll and the December 1 USA Today Coaches Poll.

NC STATE - CHARLOTTE SERIES HISTORY
-Sunday's game marks the seventh meeting between NC State and Charlotte. The Wolfpack holds a 6-0 lead in the series.
-NC State is 2-0 at home, 2-0 on the road, and 2-0 in neutral site games in the series.
-The teams last met on November 18 of last season. NC State came away with a 70-63 win in Charlotte. Prior to this meeting, the teams had not played one another since November 16, 2008.

SCOUTING THE 49ERS
-Charlotte enters Sunday's game the owner of a 5-2 record. The 49ers have collected wins over Ball State, Robert Morris, Mercer, Georgia State, and NC Central. The team's only two losses have come at the hands of Miami and Elon.
-The 49ers rank 17th in the nation with 6.1 blocked shots per game and 36th in the country with a .748 free-throw percentage.
-Charlotte returns two starters from a team which went 15-17 (10-8 in conference) last season.
-The 49ers were selected to finish sixth in Conference USA this season according to a preseason poll of the league's coaches.
-Charlotte returns 2014-15 Conference USA All-Second Team guard Lefty Webster.

PASSES ALL AROUND
Junior guard Miah Spencer has dished out 40 assists this season (5.0 per game). In half of this season's games, she has recorded six or more. Should she keep up this pace, Spencer would end the season with the highest number of assists per game since Krissy Kuziemski dished out 5.3 per game in 1992-93.

EFFICIENCY IS KEY
With a plus/minus rating of +9.62 points per game, Spencer is the most efficient player for NC State this season. When she is on the court, the Wolfpack has scored 421 points and allowed 344 (+77). Jennifer Mathurin (+8.62) and Dominique Wilson (+8.25) rank second and third. Among non-starters who have played at least 20 minutes this season, freshman Amber Richardson (+2.38) has the best rating.

RACE TO 50
NC State head coach Wes Moore is 49-25 in the midst of his third season at NC State. If the Wolfpack wins Sunday's game against Charlotte, he will rank fourth among active ACC coaches for the fewest games required (75) to earn 50 wins at their current school. Only Jeff Walz (Louisville - 63 games), Joanne McCallie (Duke - 64), and Muffet McGraw (Notre Dame - 74) have achieved this feat quicker than Moore.

STARTING HOT
NC State is outscoring opponents by 57 points (148-91) in the first quarter of games this season.

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Players Mentioned

Jennifer Mathurin

Amber Richardson

Miah Spencer

Dominique Wilson