North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack to Host No. 4 Maryland on Senior Day
2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 17, 2006
Gymnastics to host "Flip for Hope"
NC STATE (16-9, 6-6) VS. #4 MARYLAND (23-2, 9-2)
Tip-off: 1:06 p.m. in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006
All-Time Versus Maryland (H/A/N): 40-29 (20-4/13-14/7-11)
Streaks: One loss overall (ACC Tournament), two wins regular season, one win at home
Last Meeting Result: ACC Tournament 3/5/05, MD 63, ST 56
Notable: In regular season action, NC State has won its last two meetings against Maryland. The Pack upset the Terps, 67-55 in the Comcast Center last year, 1/23/05, and in the previous year defeated Maryland in Reynolds, 61-45 on Jan. 25, 2004.
TV: Mike Hogewood and Debbie Antonelli on FOX Sports South
Radio: Patrick Kinas and Demar Bonnemere on WKNC FM 88.1
NC State Head Coach Kay Yow
Yow's All-Time Record vs: 40-29
Vs. Coach: 3-3
31st Season at ST: 633-298
35th Overall: 690-317
MD Head Coach Brenda Frese
All-Time Record vs. State: 3-3
Vs. Yow: 3-3
4th Season at Maryland: 73-44
7th Season Career Record: 130-74
Ticket stubs from this game can be used to enter the gymnastics "Flip for the Cure" event taking place at 4 p.m. at the RBC Center. The meet welcomes No. 5 Florida and William & Mary. Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for youth, 17-under without a "Hoops for Hope" ticket stud. Parking is free.
Quick Hits
NC State has won its last three games overall and ended a three-game losing skid in ACC action with a win at Clemson on Thursday. The Wolfpack also snapped a four-game losing streak at Clemson. Sunday's game against Maryland is the regular season home finale' and will close out the home careers of five players, seniors Tiffany McCollins, Billie McDowell, Monica Pope, Tiffany Stansbury and Rachel Stockdale. The event is also "Hoops for Hope", a breast cancer awareness event, in which five dollars from each ticket sold will be donated to the Triangle Area Susan G. Komen Foundation. It was head coach Kay Yow's goal to raise over $25,000 at this event with a sellout crowd in Reynolds Coliseum. In recent years, the highest attendance in Reynolds Coliseum had been 9,517 against North Carolina on Feb. 3, 2000. The all-time highest attendance record is 11,520 against Virginia on Jan. 12, 1991. Junior Ashley Key has posted 16 double figure scoring games, including the last five games. Junior center Sasha Reaves has started the last four contests and in that time averaged 7.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg in 21 minutes of action.
About the Wolfpack (16-9, 6-6 ACC)
Sunday's game marks the final home game of the 2005-06 season for NC State women's basketball. The Wolfpack has won its last three games overall and last two at home. The regular season finale´ will be played at No. 18 Boston College on Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. Both of the Pack's season closers will be televised live on FOX Sports South. The squad has outrebounded its last three opponents by a margin of +10.3. Key has led all Wolfpack scorers with her 17.3 ppg in that time, while junior Marquetta Dickens has led in rebounding with an average of 10.5 rpg and is second in scoring with 12.0 ppg. All in all, senior Tiffany Stansbury leads the Pack in scoring with 12.8 ppg, but Key leads in conference games only with 12.3 ppg. McDowell is second in scoring with 10.8 ppg, while Stansbury is third with 10.6 ppg. Whittington is grabbing 7.7 rpg, which is fourth among the ACC's leaders in conference games. She totaled 27 boards over the last three games, which is an average of 9.0 rpg. The Pack is second in the ACC for conference games only with its field goal percentage defense. NC State has allowed its opponents to shoot just 39.1 percent from the floor in 12 games. Additionally, the Wolfpack is second in assist:turnover ratio, with .85 on 180 assists to 212 turnovers.
NC State in the ACC
With the Atlantic Coast Conference owning the nation's top RPI, NC State can say it has helped significantly. The Wolfpack is one of four ACC schools in the Top 10 RPI (Duke-4th, UNC-5th, Maryland-7th, NC State-10th). NC State's strength of schedule leads all ACC schools and is ranked first in the nation. NC State also finished its non-conference slate with a 10-3 record, with two of those losses coming to ranked teams (No. 6 Rutgers and No. 22 Utah). That winning percentage of 76.9 improved the ACC's overall non-conference winning percentage to 82.3 percent on the year. The Pack is 6-6 against ACC opponents this season, having lost to then No. 4 North Carolina and again as the No. 1 ranked team, then No. 2 Duke, at Wake Forest, No. 23 Boston College at home and at Florida State. NC State is currently sixth in the ACC standings.
About No. 4 Maryland (23-3, 10-2 ACC)
Maryland is coming off a convincing 86-59 win at home against No. 18 Boston College on Thursday, Feb. 16. The Terrapins saw a eight game winning streak stopped with a loss at No. 2 Duke on Feb. 13. In fact, only Duke has been able to stop the Terps in conference play. Maryland lost both games to the Blue Devils. The Terrapins have played in four overtime games this season, including three in ACC play. All three of those were on the road (At Virginia, At Wake Forest and At No. 1 North Carolina), but all three ended with Maryland victories. Sophomore Crystal Langhorne, last season's ACC Rookie of the Year, is leading the Terps in scoring and rebounding with averages of 16.6 ppg and 8.8 rpg. In conference games only her numbers are up slightly with 18.2 ppg and 8.8 rpg. She also leads the ACC in field goal percentage, hitting 66.4 percent of her field goal attempts. As a team, Maryland leads the ACC in free throw percentage (75.3), three-point field goal percentage (42.9), rebounding offense (45.2), rebounding margin (+13.6), and defensive rebounds (30.3).
All-Time vs. ACC
NC State and head coach Kay Yow are 300-171 all-time (since 77-78 year) against the 12 teams of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Wolfpack is also 161-52 all-time against ACC teams at home and 119-87 on the road.
