Sunday Marks 11th Annual Hoops 4 Hope

February 13, 2016

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RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team (17-8, 8-4 ACC) hosts the 11th annual Hoops 4 Hope game Sunday afternoon against No. 22 Syracuse. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. from a sold-out Holliday Gymnasium.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
GoPack.com/Watch (free live stream)
WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh radio)

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
-Be the 837th win in program history (836-440)
-Be the 619th win (618-200) of head coach Wes Moore's career
-Be the 334th ACC win in program history (333-225)
-Be Moore's 61st win (60-31) at NC State
-Be NC State's 12th home win of the season (11-2)
-Be NC State's fifth win over Syracuse (4-1)

SERIES HISTORY
-Sunday marks the sixth meeting between NC State and Syracuse. The Wolfpack leads the series 4-1.
-Syracuse defeated NC State in the last meeting, winning on its home court 66-49 on January 25, 2015.
-NC State is 2-1 against Syracuse since HC Wes Moore took over the program.
-The Wolfpack is 1-0 against the Orange in Raleigh.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-The Wolfpack owns the No. 39 RPI as of February 12 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 (7-1), vs. RPI 201+ (4-0).
-Best win: 65-62 at Duke (RPI 47) on January 14.
-Worst loss: 63-58 at Wake Forest (123) 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.
-Wilson ranks sixth in the ACC points per game (15.8) and has scored 20+ points eight times this season. In conference games, she ranks third in the league with 18.2 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 13-1 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 60 charges through 25 games this season. Jennifer Mathurin (26) and Ashley Williams (17) are the team leaders. Of the 414 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 45 as of February 12. 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 Tech 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 2.1 during fourth quarters this season.

LOT OF BASKETBALL STILL TO BE PLAYED
Just 25 games into the 2015-16 season, NC State has already exceeded its regular-season win total (16) from last season. The Wolfpack is still guaranteed at minimum five more games this year (four regular season + one ACC Tournament).

SCOUTING THE ORANGE
-Syracuse enters Sunday's game the owner of a 19-6 record (9-3 ACC). The Orange is receiving points in the AP Poll and is ranked 22nd in the USA Today Poll.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (3-5), vs. RPI 51-100 (4-0), vs. RPI 101-200 (8-1), vs. RPI 201+ (4-0).
-Best win: 57-51 at Miami (RPI 34) on February 1
-Worst loss: 73-77 at UNC (103) on January 7.
-The Orange was selected to finish fifth in the ACC this season.
-Syracuse ranks first nationally in turnover margin, second in steals per game, third in offensive rebounds per game, ninth in 3FGs made per game, and 18th in scoring margin.

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Players Mentioned

Jennifer Mathurin

Miah Spencer

Ashley Williams

Dominique Wilson