North Carolina State University Athletics
Hoops Travels to Wake Forest in ACC Road Opener
1/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 5, 2006
NC STATE (10-3) VS. WAKE FOREST (7-5)
Tip-off: 3 p.m., Jan. 7, 2006, Wake Forest, N.C.
All-Time Versus Wake Forest (H/A/N): 51-6 (26-3/22-3/3-0)
Streaks: 3 wins overall, 9 wins at Wake Forest
Last Meeting Result: 2/24/05, ST 64, WF 61 at Wake Forest
Notable: NC State has not lost in Winston-Salem since 1/23/96 ... A loss in Raleigh on Jan. 5, 2004 ended a 14-game winning streak dating from 1/29/97 to 2/23/03 ... Wake Forest is one of the Pack's three partner teams, meaning the two will meet at home and away, joining UNC and Boston College.
Radio: WKNC FM 88.1 with Patrick Kinas and Robin Pate
NC State Head Coach Kay Yow
All-Time Record vs: 50-6
Vs. Coach: Yow leads 2-0
31st Season at ST: 627-292
35th Overall: 684-311
WFU Head Coach Mike Petersen
All-Time Record vs. State: 0-2
Vs. Yow: 0-2
2nd Season at WF: 24-20
13th Season Career Record: 212-147
Quick Hits
NC State will play its next two games on the road, at Wake Forest and at Virginia on Jan. 13 ... The Wolfpack is currently riding a four-game winning streak overall and has won all seven of its home games ... NC State's RPI is currently fourth in the nation according to College Basketball News and sixth by CollegeRPI.com, which also has the Pack's strength of schedule as third in the nation ... NC State has gone 2-2 against Top 25 teams this season ... The Wolfpack is 16th in nation for assists per game (17.9) and 17th for blocks per game (5.6) after setting a school record 14 against No. 25 Virginia Tech on Monday ... Offensively, NC State has shot over 50 percent in four of its last seven games, including 50 percent versus the Hokies ... Four players are averaging double figures in scoring, led by senior Tiffany Stansbury's 14.8 ppg ... Collectively, NC State has finished with a better field goal percentage in 10 of 13 games, including the last four ... Defensively, the Wolfpack has never allowed an opponent to shoot better than 46 percent.
The Wolfpack will look to extend its overall winning streak to five when it travels to wake Forest on Saturday. In addition, NC State could also increase its current nine-game winning streak at Wake Forest to 10. The streak is the longest for the Pack at any ACC school. NC State has not lost at Wake Forest since Jan. 23, 1996. Sophomore Khadijah Whittington may be leading in the team in rebounds with 8.5 caroms per appearances, but she is also riding a five-game double-figure scoring streak and is second in the ACC in offensive rebounds with 3.54 a game. Senior Tiffany Stansbury continues to remain as the team's leading scorer with an average of 14.8 ppg. In addition to Stansbury and Whittington posting double figures in scoring, senior Billie McDowell and junior Ashley Key have also averaged double-digits. McDowell is third on the squad with 10.8 ppg, while Key is fourth with 10.7 ppg. Key also leads the team in assists with 4.23 per appearance.
About Wake Forest
Perhaps the key word for Wake Forest is consistency. After its point guard, Porsche Jones injured her achilles, the Demon Deacons have gone to Cotelia Bond-Young to lead the squad and she has done just that. The senior point guard is averaging a Deacons' best 17.5 ppg and leads the team in assists with 51 total, or an average of 4.25 a game. She is also leading the ACC in three-pointers made per game after posting 2.92 an outing. Wake has lost two of its last three, including the ACC season opener at No. 2 Duke, 100-54 on Jan. 2. A win over SEC opponent Kentucky sandwiched the Duke loss and a loss at Richmond on Dec. 28. Senior Liz Strunk is also carrying some scoring weight with her 15.2 ppg, while freshman Deidre Naughton is third on the squad with 12.5 ppg and leads the team in rebounding with her 5.8 boards per contest. The third, fourth and fifth leading scorers are all underclassmen. Behind Naughton, freshman Corinne Groves is averaging 6.3 ppg and sophomore Tara Tate is dropping in 3.8 ppg. In its five losses, Wake has been outscored by an average of 21.2 ppg. Two big losses, which included a 31-point defeat versus St. John's on Dec. 2 and the 46-point loss at Duke were the largest margins.
All-Time vs. ACC and WFU
NC State and head coach Kay Yow are 296-165 all-time (since 77-78 year) against the 12 teams of the Atlantic Coast Conference and are 51-6 all-time against Wake Forest, including a 22-3 record in Winston-Salem. Yow is 50-6 all-time versus Wake, after missing out on the first meeting with the Demon Deacons in 1975. The Wolfpack is also 158-50 all-time against ACC teams at home and 117-83. The last regular season loss to an ACC opponent was to then No. 8 North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Feb. 20, 2005 and the last loss at home was also to No. 8 North Carolina on Jan. 14, 2005. However the Wolfpack finished the year with three wins over ACC opponents in Reynolds. The Wolfpack swept the Demon Deacons last season. Associate Head Coach Stephanie Glance, who was in charge while head coach Kay Yow was ill with the flu, coached the win on the road, Feb. 24.
