North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Brings in Demon Deacons for ACC Showdown
2/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 8, 2006
NC STATE (13-9, 3-6) VS. WAKE FOREST (10-11, 2-7)
Tip-off: 7 p.m. in Raleigh, Feb. 9, 2006
All-Time Versus Wake Forest (H/A/N): 51-7 (26-3/22-4/3-0)
Streaks: One loss overall, one win in Raleigh
Last Meeting Result: at Wake Forest, WF 65, ST 64
Notable: The loss at Wake Forest ended a nine-game winning streak in Winston-Salem ... The Pack has won three of its last four against WFU and is 17-2 in the last 19 games ... NC State is 0-2 against conference partner North Carolina, 0-1 versus Wake Forest and 0-1 versus Boston College.
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NC State Head Coach Kay Yow
Yow's All-Time Record vs: 50-7
Vs. Coach: 2-1
31st Season at ST: 630-298
35th Overall: 687-317
WFU Head Coach Mike Petersen
All-Time Record vs. State: 1-2
Vs. Yow: 1-2
2nd Season at WF: 27-26
13th Season Career Record: 215-153
Quick Hits
NC State will look to end a three-game losing streak when it hosts Wake Forest for the 30th time in school history this Thursday, Feb. 9, in Reynolds Coliseum. The game marks the first of two this week at home for the Wolfpack. NC State hosts Georgia Tech on Sunday. The Pack still has yet to face Clemson and Maryland before its final game of the regular season, at Boston College, on Feb. 24. NC State is looking forward to hosting Hoops For Hope, a Breast Cancer Awareness Event, to help raise money for the triangle area Susan G. Komen Foundation, on Sunday, Feb. 19, when the Pack hosts No. 6 Maryland. NC State has not lost three-straight since the 2003-04 season, when it started out 0-5 in conference play. The Pack then won eight of its next nine games. Senior shooting guard Billie McDowell is pacing the Wolfpack with 11.9 ppg in ACC games only, while averaging 11.7 ppg overall. Junior point guard Ashley Key has posted double figure scoring performances in three of the last four games and recently tied a career best seven rebounds in the Florida State game.
About the Wolfpack (13-9, 3-6 ACC)
NC State is 2-2 in home conference games and 9-2 on the year. The losses have both come against ranked opponents, then No. 4 North Carolina and No. 23 Boston College. The Wolfpack returns home for the first time since hosting BC on Jan. 30. Junior Ashley Key has led the way for the Pack with her back-to-back double figure scoring performances and three of the last four. She is averaging 10.7 ppg overall and 10.2 ppg in ACC contests. She is also dishing out a team-best 4.00 assists in that time. The Pack has struggled on the boards lately, allowing its last four opponents win the rebound battle and six of the last seven. Turnovers continue to drop however, which is a positive to consider. NC State had just 15 at Florida State. The Pack has had fewer than 20 in its last six games, including a conference low 11 against Boston College. Sophomore Khadijah Whittington is leading the Pack's rebound effort with 7.2 rpg in conference play and 7.9 rpg overall, which is fifth among the conference leaders. Teammate, senior Tiffany Stansbury is second in the ACC for her offensive rebounds a game, 3.19.
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 three ACC schools in the Top 10 RPI (UNC 2nd, Duke 4th and 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 3-6 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 seventh in the ACC standings.
About Wake Forest (10-11, 2-7 ACC)
Wkae Forest is currently riding a five-game losing streak in conference play, having only defeated NC State in its ACC home opener back on Jan. 7 and in overtime against Virginia Tech on Jan. 19. The Demon Deacons have yet to win an ACC game on the road and are 0-4 in those attempts. WFU is last among the 12 teams in the league standings. The majority of its scoring comes from its starters. Four of the five are averaging double figures, led by point guard Cotelia Bond-Young's 16.4 ppg in conference games. She also leads the team in steals with 16 total. Forward Liz Strunk is pacing the Deacs on the boards with 6.2 rpg, while averaging 12.1 ppg.
All-Time vs. ACC
NC State and head coach Kay Yow are 298-167 all-time (since 77-78 year) against the 12 teams of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Wolfpack is also 159-52 all-time against ACC teams at home and 118-87 on the road.
