North Carolina State University Athletics
Women's Hoops Looks to Snap BYU's Winning Streak
12/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 20, 2005
PROVO, Utah -
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NC STATE (7-3) VS. BRIGHAM YOUNG (8-0)
Tip-off: 7 p.m. (MST), 9 p.m. in Raleigh, Dec. 21, 2005, Provo, Utah
All-Time Versus Brigham Young (H/A/N): 0-1 (0-1/0-0/0-0)
Streaks: 1 loss
Last Meeting Result: 12/14/02 in Raliegh, BYU 68, ST 57
Notable: This is the second meeting in three games with a Mountain West Conference opponent, the Pack lost to No. 22 Utah on Dec. 17 ... BYU is off to its best start in school history at 8-0.
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NC State Head Coach Kay Yow
All-Time Record vs: Same as above
Vs. Coach: Judkins leads 1-0
31st Season at ST: 624-292
35th Overall: 681-311
BYU Head Coach Jeff Judkins
All-Time Record vs. State: 1-0
Vs. Yow: 1-0
4th Season at BYU: 85-46
Career Record: same
NC State will finalize its three-game road trip at the 8-0 Brigham Young Cougars on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The Pack is 0-1 all-time against the Cougars, having lost in Raleigh, 68-57 back on Dec. 14, 2002. NC State went 1-1 at the Duel in the Desert, collecting a win over Arkansas State and a loss to then No. 22 Utah. Seniors Billie McDowell and Tiffany Stansbury have been solid offensively for the Wolfpack. Stansbury leads the squad with 14.5 ppg after posting double figure games in eight of 10 games. McDowell recorded a new season-high of 17 points to lead NC State over Arkansas State and has tallied double digits in five of her six games played. Sophomore Khadijah Whittington is leading the team in rebounds with 8.5 rpg after she posted a career-high 19 rebounds against Ark. State. She earned her second all-tournament team honor after she was named to the Duel in the Desert Gray Division tournament team. NC State has held its opponents to 38.5 percent from the floor and is outrebounding them by an average of 7.7 per contest.
With a record of 8-0 on the year, BYU is off to its best start in school history. The Cougars picked up an early solid win over previously ranked UCLA, 71-67 on Nov. 22 in Los Angeles. The team is led primarily by forward Ambrosia Anderson, who is averaging 21.3 ppg and 9.3 rpg. She is also averaging 42.1 percent from the three-point line and has made 16 total, which is second to the team's other leading scorer, Mallary Gillespie. Gillespie has made 17 threes, while averaging 10.8 ppg to go along with 28 total assists. BYU is not a great shooting team, having only made 43.1 percent of its shots from the floor and just 62.2 percent from the free throw line. The squad is also averaging 18.3 turnovers per game, while forcing 19.
All-Time vs. Mountain West
NC State is 0-2 against Mountain West opponents. The Pack lost to No. 22 Utah in the first game of the Duel in the Desert, Dec. 17, 73-62. NC State has also fallen to Brigham Young 68-57 in Raleigh on Dec. 14, 2002.
Up Next For NC State
NC State will take Dec. 22-26 off before continuing practice on Dec. 27. The Wolfpack will need to prepare for a tough George Washington squad on Dec. 30 before opening the ACC slate against Virginia Tech on Jan. 2. The Colonials are 5-3, which includes solid wins over No. 19 Purdue and Villanova, GW's only road win and road game played as of Dec. 21. Three players are averaging double figures, led by Sarah-Jo Lawrence, who is averaging 11.6 ppg. Kim Beck is close behind with 11.4 ppg and Jessica Simmonds is averaging 10.3 ppg. She does lead the team in rebounds with 10.3 rpg.
