Two Straight at Home: Wolfpack Hosts Eagles Thursday

February 10, 2016

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RALEIGH – With five games remaining in the regular season, the NC State women's basketball team (16-8, 7-4 ACC) returns home for two contests this week. Thursday evening features a home date with Boston College (7:30 p.m.) while Sunday marks the 11th annual Hoops 4 Hope game against No. 22 Syracuse.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
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WKNC 88.1 FM – Raleigh radio

A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 836th win in program history (835-440)
-Be the 618th win (617-200) of head coach Wes Moore's career
-Be the 333rd ACC win in program history (332-225)
-Be NC State's 12th win over Boston College (11-8)
-Be Moore's 60th win (59-31) at NC State
-Be NC State's 11th home win of the season (10-2)

SERIES HISTORY
-Thursday marks the 20th meeting between NC State and Boston College. NC State holds an 11-8 edge in the series.
-Boston College has won two of the last three meetings, including the last one, a 64-59 overtime home victory by Boston College on February 16, 2015.
-NC State is 6-2 in home games against the Eagles.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-The Wolfpack owns the No. 40 RPI as of February 10 and is receiving two points in the latest USA Today Poll.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (1-5), vs. RPI 51-100 (5-2), vs. RPI 101-200 (6-1), vs. RPI 201+ (4-0).
-Best win: 65-62 at Duke (RPI 41) on January 14.
-Worst loss: 63-58 at Wake Forest (128) on February 7.
-Junior guards Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson each recently scored 10+ points for the 50th time in their careers. They also each achieved 1,000 career points scored during the win over Virginia on January 27.
-Wilson ranks fifth in the ACC points per game (15.9) and has scored 20+ points eight times this season. In conference games, she ranks third in the league with 18.5 points per game.
-Wilson was named ACC Player of the Week on February 1. This was the first ACC POTW honor earned by a Wolfpack player since Markeisha Gatling in December 2013.
-NC State is 12-1 this season when committing fewer than 15 turnovers.
-The Wolfpack has held 11 opponents this season to fewer than 60 points.

STAND YOUR GROUND
NC State players have taken 56 charges through 24 games this season. Jennifer Mathurin (26) and Ashley Williams (15) are the team leaders. Of the 397 opponent turnovers forced by the Wolfpack this season, 14 percent have come from charging calls.

NOT BAD LOSSES
NC State's eight losses this season have come to teams with an average RPI of 47 as of February 10. All but one of the Wolfpack's losses have been to teams within the RPI top 75.

IF THE SEASON ENDED TODAY...
NC State would sit sixth in the ACC standings and earn the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament. The Wolfpack would receive a bye to the second round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday, March 3 and await the winner of Virginia and Boston College.

NC STATE BY THE QUARTERS
1st: On average, the Wolfpack is outscoring opponents 18-14 in first quarters this season.
2nd: NC State's best second quarter of conference play was a 28-point outburst against No. 23 Louisville.
3rd: The Wolfpack has shot .600 or better in three ACC third quarters this season: Georgia Tech (7-11, .636), at Virginia Tech (9-15, .600), and vs. UNC (10-15, .667).
4th: Miah Spencer has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.0 during fourth quarters this season.

LOT OF BASKETBALL STILL TO BE PLAYED
Just 22 games into the 2015-16 season, NC State had already matched its regular-season win total (16) from last season. The Wolfpack still has five games to play before heading to Greensboro for the ACC Tournament.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
-Boston College enters Thursday's game the owner of a 13-10 record which includes a 1-9 mark in ACC play.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (1-6), vs. RPI 51-100 (2-2), vs. RPI 101-200 (3-2), vs. RPI 201+ (7-0).
-Best win: 58-56 at Purdue (RPI 48) on December 3.
-Worst loss: 65-59 to Wake Forest (128) on January 24.
-The Eagles have lost five straight games, last winning at Pittsburgh on January 21.
-Boston College is led in scoring by 14.0 points per game from Kelly Hughes.
-The Eagles are the second best squad in the ACC from beyond the arc, hitting .374 of their attempts from distance.

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Jennifer Mathurin

Miah Spencer

Ashley Williams

Dominique Wilson