North Carolina State University Athletics
Yow to Coach 1,000th Career Game on Sunday
1/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 21, 2006
Game Notes in PDF Format
NC State women's basketball (11-6, 2-3 ACC) plays host to its final non-conference opponent this regular season with Dartmouth (10-3, 1-0 Ivy) on Sunday, Jan. 22. With the tip-off head coach Kay Yow will embark on her 1,000th career game and in doing so becomes just the fourth coach in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to achieve such a distinction. She is 685-314 in 999 coached games in her 35th season.
1,000 CAREER GAMES
Tonight's game also marks another milestone for head coach Kay Yow. She will be suiting up for the 1,000th time in her 35 years as an NCAA Division I head women's basketball coach and in doing so, will become just the fourth coach to accomplish such a distinction. Jody Conradt (Texas), Pat Summitt (Tennessee) and Sue Gunter (LSU) also reached the grand mark.
NC STATE (11-6, 2-3) VS. DARTMOUTH (10-3, 1-0 IVY)
Tip-off: 2 p.m. in Raleigh
All-Time Versus Dartmouth (H/A/N): 0-0 (0-0/0-0/0-0)
Streaks: First Meeting between two teams
Last Meeting Result: N/A, only second meeting all-time against Ivy team
Notable: Dartmouth has won its last four games, which included its conference opener against Harvard on Jan. 7 ... NC State has lost its last two games, which led to back-to-back losses for the first time this season ... Game versus Dartmouth marks first of three-straight at home for the Wolfpack.
Radio: WKNC 88.1 FM, 1:45 p.m. broadcast with Patrick Kinas and Demar Bonnemere
TV: none
NC State Head Coach Kay Yow
Yow's All-Time Record vs: First Meeting
Vs. Coach: First Meeting
31st Season at ST: 628-295
35th Overall: 685-314
Dartmouth Head Coach Chris Wielgus
All-Time Record vs. State: First Meeting
Vs. Yow: Same
21st Season: 302-215
23rd Season Career Record: 339-235
Quick Hits
When NC State hosts Ivy League Dartmouth on Sunday, it mark not only the first meeting between the two teams, but also just the second contest in NC State's 32-year history against an Ivy school. The other was versus Yale on Nov. 29, 1997, in which the Pack won 83-53. The Big Green of Dartmouth have won their last four games and own a record of 10-3 this season and are 6-2 on the road. NC State has faced just one other New Hampshire school, the University of New Hampshire and is 2-0 against the Wildcats.
About the Wolfpack (11-6, 2-3 ACC)
After facing two Top 5 teams in No. 2 Duke and No. 4 North Carolina, NC State steps out of the ACC for its final non-conference game this season comes when it hosts Dartmouth on Sunday. NC State is 9-3 against out-of-conference foes this season and is 6-0 at home, which adds to a 17-game home winning streak against them. Senior Tiffany Stansbury leads all scorers in non-conference games with 14.8 ppg, while sophomore Khadijah Whittington has posted 11.3 ppg and leads the team in rebounds with 8.3 rpg. Senior Billie McDowell adds an average of 11.9 ppg in non-conference games this season. Overall on the year Stansbury leads with 13.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg and a Wolfpack-best 29 blocks. McDowell is second with 11.9 and junior Ashley Key is third with 10.4 ppg. Whittington rounds out the double figure scorers with 10.2 ppg and grabs 7.9 rpg. In the Pack's last non-conference game this season back on Dec. 30, NC State defeated now nationally ranked George Washington, 76-71. Currently, McDowell is the only Pack player with consecutive double figure scoring games. She posted 14 points against No. 2 Duke and No. 4 North Carolina. She has nine double figure scoring games this season in 13 games played.
About Dartmouth
(10-3, 1-0 Ivy)
The Big Green of Dartmouth will visit the confines of Reynolds Coliseum and meet the Wolfpack for the first time in history on Sunday afternoon. This program is no stranger to success, although not likely mentioned in the same sentence as larger institutions such as Tennessee, the Big Green have won 14 Ivy League titles and have been to five NCAA Tournaments, all under the guidance of head coach Chris Wielgus (2005, 2000, 1999, 1995, and 1983). This season Dartmouth has 10-3 and has won its last four games and has not posted back-to-back losses yet. Two of its losses have come on the road, including a 62-47 loss at Texas A&M on Dec. 21. Part of Dartmouth's success could be do in part to the stellar three-point shooting from senior guard Jeannie Cullen, who is ranked second in the nation for long balls made in a game with 3.5 makes per game. And it's not just her makes, but her percentage as well. She is hitting 46.2 percent of her attempts, which is 19th in the country. Overall she leads the team in scoring with 15.2 ppg. Senior forward Krista Perry is the team's top rebounder with 6.9 rpg.
All-Time vs. Ivy Group
NC State is 1-0 all-time against the eight-member Ivy Group. The Pack has only faced Yale, back on Nov. 29, 1997, at a tournament hosted by DePaul. NC State won 83-53.
Other Ivy teams include Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Penn and Princeton.
