#17/18 Wolfpack Plays in ACC Tournament Quarterfinal Friday

March 2, 2017

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CONWAY, S.C. – The No. 17/18 NC State women's basketball team (22-7) opens play at the 2017 ACC Tournament in the quarterfinal round against No. 14/13 Louisville Friday morning. Tip-off is scheduled for 11 a.m. from the HTC Center in Conway, S.C.

Friday's game will be broadcast live on the ACC's regional sports network affiliates. It will also be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, but will be subject to blackouts.

A WOLFPACK WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD...
-Be the 862nd win in program history (861-450)
-Be the 644th win of head coach Wes Moore's career (643-210)
-Be Moore's 86th win at NC State (85-41)
-Be NC State's 46th ACC Tournament win (45-35)
-Be NC State's 22nd win in the ACCT quarterfinal round (21-14)

LAST GAME
NC State concluded the 2016-17 regular season with an important road victory on Sunday afternoon, winning 59-48 at Virginia inside John Paul Jones Arena.

Dominique Wilson led all players with 17 points on 5-12 shooting. She was joined in double figures by 12 points from Ashley Williams, who went 4-6 from distance. NC State was strong defensively, holding Virginia to 16-56 (.286) shooting and its lowest point total of the entire season.

ACC COACH OF THE YEAR
Head coach Wes Moore has been named the Blue Ribbon Panel Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, the league office announced Wednesday morning.

Wednesday's announcement marks the first time in the 34-year history of the official ACC Coach of the Year award that the honor has been claimed by NC State. Moore was named the ESPNW ACC Coach of the Year following his debut 2013-14 season in Raleigh, but Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw claimed the official league honor that season.

Moore has led the Wolfpack to 12 ACC wins this season, a mark last achieved when the 1997-98 squad advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. He has authored the upsets of four top-15 opponents, earning wins over No. 2/2 Notre Dame, at No. 6/7 Florida State, No. 12/15 Duke, and at No. 9/7 Louisville.

NC State has gone 85-41 since Moore took over the program, a mark which includes a 40-24 record in ACC games. With this season's 14-2 record inside Reynolds Coliseum, Moore has led the Wolfpack to 14 home wins in two of his four seasons. Prior to his arrival, this had only been achieved twice in 39 seasons.

WOLFPACK IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
-Friday's game marks the Wolfpack's 81st ACC Tournament contest in program history. The Wolfpack is 45-35 in previous games.
-Friday's game marks the Wolfpack's 36th time in the quarterfinal round (21-14).
-NC State ranks third among active league members with four ACC Tournament titles. The Wolfpack has been ACCT runner-up 10 times.

$100,000 RAISED AT PLAY4KAY GAME
February 19th was the 12th installment of the national Play4Kay movement that began at NC State under legendary head coach Kay Yow. Throughout the 11 previous games in Raleigh, the NC State community, Wolfpack supporters, and cancer survivors have combined to raise approximately $500,000 in donations to this worthy cause. Sunday's grand total of donations included $33,805 from the NC State community and $70,000 from Bojangles, bringing the day's total over $100,000.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-NC State enters Friday's game the owner of a 22-7 record, an12-4 mark in ACC play, and the No. 17/18 national rankings.
-Thirteen of NC State's 22 wins have been by at least 14 points.
-The Wolfpack has nine wins over teams in the RPI top 100.
-NC State ranks 27th in the nation in scoring margin (+12.9).
-Starting senior guard Ashley Williams ranks 12th in the nation (1st in ACC) with a .436 shooting percentage from distance.
-Redshirt senior Dominique Wilson ranks 37th in the nation (3rd in ACC) in FT percentage (.848).

WHAT A CLASS
NC State's senior class has posted an impressive 85-41 record heading into the ACC Tournament. With multiple games remaining on the schedule, the 2016-17 senior class has won the most games since the 2007-08 seniors finished their careers with an 86-43 mark.

Of 14 programs active in the ACC since the outset of the 2013- 14 season, NC State's senior class has achieved a win-loss record that ranks fifth in the league. Only Notre Dame, Florida State, Duke, and Syracuse have been more successful.

In the 126 games played since the beginning of the 2013-14 season, the Wolfpack has scored 8,870 points. An astounding 4,358 (49.1 percent) of these points have come from the current senior class. On this year's team, NC State's seniors have accounted for 59.0 percent of the scoring.

SCHOLARS AND ATHLETES
Seniors Ashley Williams and Jennifer Mathurin were awarded postgraduate scholarships from the ACC on Wednesday, Feb. 22. The duo was among just 54 student-athletes from across the conference to earn the honors.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
NC State's Feb. 23 win over North Carolina was the Wolfpack's 14th home win of the season. This marks just the fourth time in 43 seasons (second under HC Wes Moore) that NC State has won 14 or more games at home.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON THE ROAD
In 3.5 seasons under head coach Wes Moore, the Wolfpack has earned 25 true road wins (6.25 per season). In the prior eight seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13, the Wolfpack earned 32 true road wins (four per season).

TEN OR MORE? BEEN THERE BEFORE
The five players in NC State's normal starting lineup have individually scored 10+ points in an astounding 257 games. Miah Spencer leads all starters with 10+ points in 80 of her 126 career games.

WOLFPACK AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS
NC State is currently 4-2 against ranked opponents this season, with all four wins coming over teams ranked within the top 15. The last time NC State won four games against top-15 foes was the 1997-98 season, when the team advanced to the Final Four.

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#17/18 Wolfpack Plays in ACC Tournament Quarterfinal Friday

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Jennifer Mathurin

Miah Spencer

Ashley Williams

Dominique Wilson