No. 23/22 Wolfpack Plays at No. 26/24 Syracuse Thursday Evening

January 11, 2017

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RALEIGH – Ranked 23rd in the AP poll and 22nd in the USA Today poll, the NC State women's basketball team (13-4, 3-1 ACC) returns to action at No. 26/24 Syracuse Thursday evening. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Carrier Dome and the game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra.

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A WOLFPACK WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 853rd win in program history (852-447)
-Be the 635th win of head coach Wes Moore's career (634-207)
-Be NC State's 339th ACC win (338-228)
-Be Moore's 77th win at NC State (76-38)
-Be Moore's 32nd ACC win at NC State (31-21)
-Be NC State's fifth win over Syracuse (4-3)
-Be NC State's first win at Syracuse (0-1)
-Be NC State's second straight 4-1 start to an ACC season.

LAST GAME
Led by a career-high 23 points from junior Chelsea Nelson and a dominant team defensive effort, the then-No. 29/23 NC State women's basketball team (13-4, 3-1 ACC) earned a 65-50 win at Wake Forest Sunday afternoon.

Trailing 14-12 at the end of the first quarter, the Wolfpack played incredible defense to close out the remainder of the half. For the entirety of the second quarter, NC State did not allow Wake Forest to make a single field goal (0-11) and outscored the Demon Deacons 15-1 in the period. Nelson scored nine points for NC State in the second quarter alone.

All told, the Wolfpack held Wake Forest without a made field goal for a stretch of 14:05 in the game, turning a 14-12 deficit into a 33-18 advantage. NC State would achieve a 20-point lead (45-25) with 3:15 remaining in the third quarter and withstood a fourth-quarter push from the Demon Deacons which saw them pull within 10 points on three occasions in the final stanza.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-NC State enters Thursday's game the owner of a 13-4 record, a 3-1 mark in ACC play, and the No. 23 (AP) and No. 22 (USA Today) national rankings.
-Eleven of NC State's 13 wins have been by at least 14 points.
-NC State is 12-1 when three or more players score 10+ points.
-The Wolfpack is 4-4 against teams in the RPI top 100.
-NC State ranks 15th nationally in FG% defense (.344), 15th in scoring defense (54.4), and 23rd in 3FG made per game (8.4).
-Starting senior guard Ashley Williams ranks 39th in the nation (2nd in ACC) with a .419 shooting percentage from distance.
-Starting junior Chelsea Nelson ranks 43rd in the nation (5th in ACC) with six double-doubles this season.

JUST THE TWO OF US
NC State and No. 1/1 UConn have something in common this season: as of NC State's win at No. 6/7 Florida State on Jan. 2, the Wolfpack and Huskies are the only teams to beat either or both Notre Dame and Florida State.

AND THE PLUS/MINUS WINNER IS...
Miah Spencer. In Spencer's 457 minutes played this season, the Wolfpack has outscored its opponents by a margin of 237 points. Classmate and fellow starter Ashley Williams is not far behind at +221.

QUARTER BREAKDOWNS
On average, NC State is outscoring its opponents in every quarter this season.

1Q: 18.0 - 11.3
2Q: 18.1 - 11.6
3Q: 19.2 - 14.6
4Q: 17.4 - 16.7

COURT VISION
Best assist to turnover ratios on the team (min. 100 minutes):

Ashley Williams: 2.57
Lucky Rudd: 2.00
Miah Spencer: 1.97
Kaila Ealey: 1.80
Dominique Wilson: 1.37

VERY ELITE COMPANY
Senior Miah Spencer achieved 1,300 career points during the Dec. 17 game at Tulane. She recorded her 400th assist in the win over No. 2 Notre Dame on Dec. 29, becoming just the fifth player in program history to score 1,300 points and distribute 400 assists.

Andrea Stinson: 2,136 points and 402 assists
Danyel Parker: 1,368 points, 467 assists
Umeki Webb: 1,362 points and 445 assists
Angie Armstrong: 1,330 points and 608 assists
Miah Spencer: 1,357 points and 421 assists

SENIOR MIAH SPENCER'S RECORD BOOK PROGRESS
Career Points
17th ... Khadijah Whittington (2004-08) ... 1493
18th ... Danyel Parker (1989-93) ... 1368
19th ... Umeki Webb (1993-97) ... 1362
20th ... Cristy Earnhardt (1976-79) ... 1359
21st ... Miah Spencer (2013-)... 1357
22nd... Shayla Fields (2005-09) ... 1335
23rd... Angie Armstrong (1980-93) ... 1330
24th ... Summer Erb (1998-00) ... 1221

Career Assists
4th ... Danyel Parker (1989-93) ... 467
5th ... Umeki Webb (1994-97) ... 445
6th ... Miah Spencer (2013-) ... 421
7th ... Myisha Goodwin-Coleman (2010-14) ... 415
8th ... Carla Hillman (1984-87) ... 402
8th ... Andrea Stinson (1989-91) ... 402

10-Point Games
18th ... Shayla Fields (2005-09) ... 73
19th ... Miah Spencer (2013-) ... 72
19th ... Danyel Parker (1989-93) ... 71
21st ... Umeki Webb (1993-97) ... 68
21st ... Kenyatta Williams (1995-99) ... 68
23rd ... Summer Erb (1998-00) ... 67

SCOUTING THE ORANGE
-Syracuse enters Thursday's game the owner of a 12-5 record, a 3-1 mark in ACC play, and the No. 26 (AP) and No. 24 (USA Today) national rankings.
-The Orange are 3-4 against teams in the RPI top 100.
-Syracuse ranks 2nd nationally in turnover margin (+9.94), 6th in 3FG made per game (9.6), 9th in offensive rebounds per game (18.0), and 12th in scoring offense (82.0).
-Guard Alexis Peterson ranks 6th in the nation (1st in ACC) with 22.7 points per game.
-Syracuse returns four starters from a team which went 30-8 last season and advanced to the NCAA Championship game against UConn.
-The Orange are coached by Quentin Hillsman, who is in his 11th season at the helm of the program (11th overall). He has posted a record of 231-121.

SERIES HISTORY
-Thursday's game marks the 8th meeting in the series.
-NC State leads 4-3.
-Syracuse has won three straight in the series.
-In the last meeting between the teams, then-No. 17 Syracuse defeated NC State 80-61 in the quarterfinal round of the 2016 ACC Tournament.
-In the last meeting between the teams in Syracuse, then-No. 23 Syracuse defeated NC State 66-49.

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No. 23/22 Wolfpack Plays at No. 26/24 Syracuse Thursday Evening

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