NC State Heads West to Arizona

NC State (3-1) at Arizona (2-2)
November 24, 2006, 9 pm ET
McKale Center (14,545)

Tucson, Ariz.

Live Stats

Tip-off: 9 pm ET

All-Time series record: First Meeting

Streaks: NC State and Arizona both won its last game.

Radio: The NC State-Arizona game will be broadcast live on the Wolfpack Women Radio Network with Patrick Kinas (play-by-play) and Robin Pate (color) on the call.

The game can be heard regionally on the following stations

88.1-FM WKNC (Raleigh), 1490-AM WRMT (Rocky Mount), 1230-AM WFAY (Fayetteville)

A partial schedule can also be heard on 106.1-FM WNMX (Charlotte) and 1050-AM WGBR (Goldsboro)

NC State visits Arizona

The Wolfpack Women hits the road for the second time this year to take on the University of Arizona on Friday night at 10 pm in the East. It is the first meeting between the two clubs.

Wolfpack Women's Program records win No. 650

Last time out, the Wolfpack Women picked up its 650th win in the programs 33rd season of basketball dating back to the 1974-75 season. All toll, the program owns a 650-306 all-time record, a .680 winning percentage. The Pack becomes the third team in the ACC, joining Virginia and North Carolina as the only program's in the league to notch 650 wins.

Dickens Named to Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team

Senior Marquetta Dickens was named to the Preseason WNIT All-Tournament team after averaging 8.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in leading NC State to the semifinals of the tournament. Here is a look at the All-Tournament team.

MVP: Katie Gearlds, Purdue

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, Purdue

Bernice Mosby, Baylor

Danielle Wilson, Baylor

Dani Kubik Wright, BYU

Marquetta Dickens, NC State

Offensive Struggle

NC State has struggled with its field goal shooting the past three games, although the club has picked up wins over Iona and UNC Wilmington. The Wolfpack have combined to shoot just 29.8 percent (56-of-188) the past three games.

vs. Iona...................................30.8 percent (20-for-65)

at Purdue................................22.4 percent (13-for-58)

vs. UNC Wilmington................35.4 percent (23-for-65)

Making the Most of a Second Chance

With NC State having a tough time shooting the basketball from the field, there has been many opportunities for offensive rebounds and second-chance points. Through four games, the Pack is averaging 16 second-chance points, compared to only eight for its opponents. Against UNCW, NC State held a 25-7 lead in the second chances.

NC State Posts first win at RBC Center

NC State won its first game at RBC Center, 63-48, over UNC Wilmington last Friday, snapping a three-game losing streak in the building. However, the three losses have come to high-ranking teams in the Jimmy V Classic. The Wolfpack fell 78-50 to No. 6 Connecticut on November 24, 2002, 69-59 to No. 2 Texas on November 23, 2003 and a 64-54 loss to No. 1 Tennessee on November 21, 2004.

Pack scores all-time low 38 points at Purdue

NC State set a school record against Purdue by scoring only 38 points in the loss to the Boilermakers, marking the first time the Pack was held under 40 points. It snapped the old record of 44 points scored in a 70-44 loss at home to Virginia on January 15, 1994.

Wolfpack open season 2-0 for first time since 2001-02

It has been six seasons since the Wolfpack opened its campaign with back-to-back wins. It last happened during the 2001-02 season, when 10th ranked NC State downed Radford and Drake in its own tournament. The Pack would go on to open the year 6-0 in 2001-02.

Grab the Lead early

NC State has not trailed at any point in its three victories this season. Also, the Pack took a 5-0 lead in its only loss to No. 12 Purdue

Dramatic Improvement at the Charity Stripe

The Wolfpack finished last year as the worst free throw shooting team in the ACC at 62.2 percent. Through four games in 2006-07, NC State has shot 70.7 percent (58-for-82) from the charity stripe, which is the fifth best mark in the ACC. Junior Khadijah Whittington shot a mere 55.2 percent last year. So far this season, she has made 77.8 percent (14-of-18) of her attempts. Also, Marquetta Dickens, who shot 63.8 percent one year ago, is at 72.7 percent (8-of-11). Shayla Fields tops the club at 86.7 percent (13-of-15).

Solid Team Defense

NC State ranks fourth in the ACC after allowing an average of only 49.5 points per game in four games. The 35 points allowed against Iona on November 12 was the fewest given up by NC State since a 76-29 win over North Carolina A&T back on December 18, 2004.

Scoring at a Premium

When NC State and Iona hooked up in the second round of the Preseason WNIT on Sunday, the two teams had a tough time finding a decent shooting touch. In fact, Iona missed its first 11 shots of the game and only shot 22.4 percent (15-of-67) for the game. The two teams set a Reynolds Coliseum women’s basketball record by combining for only 93 points (59-34), snapping the previous record of 95 points, which was set in a 51-44 Pack win over North Carolina on February 10, 1987.

NC State against Ranked Opponents

The Wolfpack is now 0-1 against ranked opponents this year after falling 68-38 to No. 12 Purdue. The club is now 7-28 against the nation's elite over the past five seasons. NC State is 104-173 all-time against opponents ranked by the AP's national top 25. Additionally, the Wolfpack is 53-58 at home against ranked foes, 33-71 on the road and 18-44 on neutral courts.

NC State in Road Openers

The Wolfpack are now 6-5 over the last 11 seasons when playing its first true road game of the season after losing at Purdue, 68-38, on Wednesday night. Last year, the Pack fell, 54-52, at Saint Joseph's on November 20, 2005 in the second game of the year.

KD looks dominant in season-opening win

Junior forward Khadijah Whittington began the new season with an 18 point, 15 rebound performance in a 78-48 win over High Point on Thursday. She posted her eighth career "double-double". She cleaned up the boards in the first half with 10 alone in the initial 20 minutes of the contest. She then went to work after halftime on the offensive side, scoring 12 of her 18 points in the second half. All toll, the 15 rebounds was the third most in a game in her career, while she also recorded her 29th career double figure scoring game.

NC State vs. Pac-10 Opponents

Arizona State........................................2-0

California..............................................1-1

Oregon..................................................0-2

Oregon State........................................0-1

Stanford................................................1-2

UCLA....................................................5-1

Washington...........................................1-3

Washington State.................................1-0

Overall.................................................11-10

20 Straight Non-Conference Wins at Reynolds

NC State extended its non-conference winning streak at Reynolds Coliseum to 20 games on Sunday with the win over Iona. The Pack has gone the last three plus seasons withouth a non-conference loss at Reynolds. The last setback was a 69-57 loss to Brigham Young on December 14, 2002. In all, the Wolfpack have won 20 of its last 21 non-conference games overall at Reynolds.

Creme Selects Pack in Top-25

Charlie Creme, who has projected the NCAA Tournament bracket for ESPN.com the past four seasons, selected NC State No. 25 among his 64 teams he likes in 2006-07.

Pack Receiving Votes in AP Poll

NC State is receiving votes in the latest Associated Press Poll. This week the Pack garnered 15 votes, down from 17 the week before. The Wolfpack was out of the Preseason USA Today/ESPN Women’s Coaches’ Poll for the first time this season. See page six of the notes for the complete top-25 polls.

Yow's Countdown Begins - Nearing 700th win

Head coach Kay Yow notched win No. 696 last Friday in her 36th season overall on the sidelines and her 32nd with the Wolfpack. Her overall record of 696-321 (.684) puts her just four wins shy of eclipsing the 700 career win mark. She will become just the sixth Division I women's basketball coach to ever accomplish that feat, joining Tennessee's Pat Summitt (913), Texas' Jody Conradt (882), Rutger's Vivian Stringer (750), North Carolina's Sylvia Hatchell (717) and former LSU coach Sue Gunter (708). Yow's NC State record sits at 639-302 (.679). Her teams have advanced to the last three NCAA Tournaments and 19 of the 25 total.

Last Time Out - NC State 63, UNC Wilmington 48

RALEIGH, N.C. Khadijah Whittington scored a game-high 18 points to lead the NC State women’s basketball team to a 63-48 victory over UNC Wilmington on Friday night at RBC Center.

The victory marked the first for the Wolfpack Women in four chances at RBC Center. NC State (3-1) played another solid defensive effort by limiting its third opponent of the young season to less than 50 points, which all resulted in victories.

Shayla Fields added nine points in the first collegiate start for the sophomore from Salisbury, N.C. Ashley Key snapped out of a scoring drought with all eight of her points coming in the second half. Freshmen guard’s Megan Zullo and Nikitta Gartrell each came off the bench for the first time this year and tossed in seven points apiece.

Greta Luksyte led UNCW (0-2) with 16 points, while Sahsha Taylor added 12 points and three assists.

NC State’s defense set the tone early by shutting down the Seahawks’ offense. The visitors got off to a tough 2-for-12 start from the field, which allowed the Pack to take a 17-6 lead after a layup by freshman Lucy Ellison with 7:53 left in the first half. Freshman Amber White added her first collegiate 3-pointer a minute later and NC State was up 20-8.

A Zullo jumper gave the Pack its largest lead of the opening 20 minutes, 28-13, at the 3:25 mark, but an 8-3 run by UNCW to close the half made it 31-21 heading to the break.

Whittington, the junior from Roanoke, Va., scored 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the first half.

In the second half, a trey by Luksyte got UNCW to within eight, 42-34, with 12:51 remaining. The margin was still eight, 44-36, after an Alex Stewart layup, but the Wolfpack struck for a 9-2 run that put them up comfortably for good, 53-38, with 6:54 to go. Whittington started the spurt with a jumper and Zullo capped it with another 3-ball.

NC State owned a 44-34 rebounding advantage, including 21-10 on the offensive glass, which resulted in a 25-7 advantage in second chance points for the Pack.

Hoops For Hope ~ February 19, 2006

NC State’s head women’s basketball coach Kay Yow and the Susan G. Komen Foundation are teaming up again for the second edition of the “Hoops For Hope.” The event, scheduled for the Boston College game on Sunday, Jan. 28, will be a breast cancer awareness event, in addition to a fund raising opportunity for the foundation. Hoops for Hope is a basketball game centered around hope hope for early detection, hope for increased survival and hope for a cure.

Why the Pink Laces?

In honor of head coach Kay Yow, as well as all of those women who have been stricken with breast cancer, NC State is representing the battle and the cause of awareness by wearing pink shoelaces in its game shoes for the entire season. The tradition began in the 2004-005 season when Coach Yow discovered she had a recurrence of breast cancer, a disease in which she battled previously in 1987. Yow missed two games while undergoing a dietary modification program in Colorado Springs during an eight-day period in January of 2005. It was at that time that NC State's players decided to honor her by wearing the pink shoelaces. Yow completed radiation treatment in late November as part of her recovery and had removed the cancer surgically.

NC State to host NCAA First and Second Round

With the start of the college basketball season just underway, the NCAA has announced tentative game times for the 2006 NCAA Women’s Tournament First & Second Round games set to be held at the RBC Center in March. NC State will serve as the host institution to this exciting event, featuring a total of six games in a span of three days. The first round at the Raleigh site will begin on Sunday, March 18. Games will be at noon, 2:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m., and at 9:30 p.m. on that day.The winners will advance to play on Tuesday, March 20, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. For more information about the NCAA Tournament, including ticket information, go to GoPack.com.

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