North Carolina State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Entertains Elon Tuesday
11/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Elon vs. NC State
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Reynolds Coliseum
Raleigh, N.C.
7 p.m.
All-time series record: 3-0
Last Meeting: W, 73-43, 12/3/05 at NC State Tournament, Raleigh, N.C.
Streaks: NC State has won two straight games; Elon lost its last game
TV/Webcast: None
XM Radio: None
Radio: Patrick Kinas and Demar Bonnemere
WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh), WRMT 1490 AM (Rocky Mount) & WCIE 1450 AM (Fayetteville)
Next game: vs. Yale - Nov. 22, Subway Classic, Minneapolis, Minn., 11 a.m.
Head Coach: Kay Yow (East Carolina, '64)
Records (at NC State / overall) 674-318 (34th year) / 731-337 (38th year)
Wolfpack Fast Breaks...
NC State won its Wolfpack Invitational last weekend with two wins
Has won 37 of the last 38 non-conference home games (lost to Xavier, 12/4)
NC State has not lost back-to-back non-conference home games since 2002
ESPN's Charlie Creme has NC State in his first Bracketology projection
NC State was selected 8th in the preseason ACC standings
NC State has now won at least 20 games in 22 seasons under Coach Yow
Held 69 of the last 71 opponents to less than 50.0 percent shooting
Has won 45 of the last 48 games when allowing less than 60 points
NC State Wins Wolfpack Invitational
The host Wolfpack took care of business over the weekend with victories over Milwaukee and Charlotte to take home the tournament title. State's Shayla Fields was named MVP after averaging 25.0 points per game, including a career-best 33 in the championship victory over Charlotte on Sunday. Nikitta Gartrell was also selected to the All-Tournament team by averaging 17.5 ppg.
Shayla Fields Fills It Up
Shayla Fields' career best 33 points Sunday was the most points scored by a NC State player since Summer Erb had 34 points against Mississippi State on March 13, 1999
Fields leads the ACC in scoring through its first weekend of play. She is tied for second in 3-pointers made with 3.0 per game and is tied for sixth with a .500 shooting percentage from beyond the arc.
Shayla Fields Forever
After leading the ACC in minutes played last season, senior Shayla Fields has picked up where she left off last season as sits third in the conference at 35.0 minutes per game over two games.
Here is a breakdown of what she did last year.
Led the ACC with 36.00 minutes per game.
Played 96.8 percent (542 of 560) of the total minutes in ACC contests
Had stretches of 245 and 202 consecutive minutes played
Played in 14 full contests this season
Pursuing 1,000 Points
Shayla Fields is now 137 points shy of 1,000 for her career. Not bad considering she ony scored three points during her freshman season. She tallied 810 points over her sophomore and junior seasons (11.7 points per game).
Beyond the Arc
Shayla Fields has knocked down three three-pointers in each game this season. She has taken over seventh place all-time in program history. She is already one of only eight to make over 100 in a career.
She Shoots, She Scores
NC State shot 56.0 percent (28-50) from the field in its opening season victory over Milwaukee. That represented the best shooting percentage in Reynolds Coliseum in nearly four years when the Pack shot 59.4 percent (38-64) in a 97-62 win over UAB on December 4, 2004.
One Chance to Make a First Impression
Freshman Bonae Holston came off the bench in the opener to score 18 points in the win over Milwaukee. That figure represents the most points by a freshman in a debut since Katie Smrcka-Duffy had 28 points against Appalachian State on Nov. 15, 1996.
Starting Five Stalwarts
NC State's five starters are likely to play a lot of minutes this season. Through two games, all five starters are averaging at least 24.5 minutes with three playing 30 or more minutes.
A Familiar Face on the Elon Bench
First-year Elon assistant coach Rachel Stockdale - who played for NC State from 2002-06. She ranks eighth all-time with 107 three-pointers. Before joining the Elon staff, Stockdale spent one season with Wake Forest as the team's videographer.
More Milestones for Coach Yow
Coach Yow is eight games shy of taking the court for the 1,000th time as the head mentor of the Wolfpack women. Only Tennessee's Pat Summitt and former Texas' coach Jody Condradt have coached more games at one school than Yow at the Division I level.
Coach Yow is also 19 wins away from 750 for her career, which only Summitt, Condradt, Vivian Stringer (Rutgers) and UNC's Sylvia Hatchell have accomplished.
Chow 4 Yow
The ACC head women’s basketball coaches have banded together in support of NC State head women’s basketball coach Kay Yow to develop the “Chow 4Yow - Dinner with the Coach” initiative.
The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund is the sole charity beneficiary of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). With 100 percent of the league’s women’s basketball coaches and administrative staffs supporting the initiative, each school will conduct a “Dinner with the Coach” fundraiser this upcoming 2008-09 season at his or her institution. All proceeds will be pooled together as a single donation to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
Regarding NC State, the dinner will be at Yow’s home in Cary on Friday, Dec. 12. The auction winner and three guests will be served a four-course meal, and a large helping of basketball history. The winner will also receive four courtside tickets for the NC State men’s game the next day against Winston-Salem State and four courtside seats for the Sunday, Dec. 14, women’s game against Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi. Both games will be played in historic Reynolds Coliseum.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Reynolds Coliseum
Raleigh, N.C.
7 p.m.
All-time series record: 3-0
Last Meeting: W, 73-43, 12/3/05 at NC State Tournament, Raleigh, N.C.
Streaks: NC State has won two straight games; Elon lost its last game
TV/Webcast: None
XM Radio: None
Radio: Patrick Kinas and Demar Bonnemere
WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh), WRMT 1490 AM (Rocky Mount) & WCIE 1450 AM (Fayetteville)
Next game: vs. Yale - Nov. 22, Subway Classic, Minneapolis, Minn., 11 a.m.
Head Coach: Kay Yow (East Carolina, '64)
Records (at NC State / overall) 674-318 (34th year) / 731-337 (38th year)
Wolfpack Fast Breaks...
NC State won its Wolfpack Invitational last weekend with two wins
Has won 37 of the last 38 non-conference home games (lost to Xavier, 12/4)
NC State has not lost back-to-back non-conference home games since 2002
ESPN's Charlie Creme has NC State in his first Bracketology projection
NC State was selected 8th in the preseason ACC standings
NC State has now won at least 20 games in 22 seasons under Coach Yow
Held 69 of the last 71 opponents to less than 50.0 percent shooting
Has won 45 of the last 48 games when allowing less than 60 points
NC State Wins Wolfpack Invitational
The host Wolfpack took care of business over the weekend with victories over Milwaukee and Charlotte to take home the tournament title. State's Shayla Fields was named MVP after averaging 25.0 points per game, including a career-best 33 in the championship victory over Charlotte on Sunday. Nikitta Gartrell was also selected to the All-Tournament team by averaging 17.5 ppg.
Shayla Fields Fills It Up
Shayla Fields' career best 33 points Sunday was the most points scored by a NC State player since Summer Erb had 34 points against Mississippi State on March 13, 1999
Fields leads the ACC in scoring through its first weekend of play. She is tied for second in 3-pointers made with 3.0 per game and is tied for sixth with a .500 shooting percentage from beyond the arc.
Shayla Fields Forever
After leading the ACC in minutes played last season, senior Shayla Fields has picked up where she left off last season as sits third in the conference at 35.0 minutes per game over two games.
Here is a breakdown of what she did last year.
Led the ACC with 36.00 minutes per game.
Played 96.8 percent (542 of 560) of the total minutes in ACC contests
Had stretches of 245 and 202 consecutive minutes played
Played in 14 full contests this season
Pursuing 1,000 Points
Shayla Fields is now 137 points shy of 1,000 for her career. Not bad considering she ony scored three points during her freshman season. She tallied 810 points over her sophomore and junior seasons (11.7 points per game).
Beyond the Arc
Shayla Fields has knocked down three three-pointers in each game this season. She has taken over seventh place all-time in program history. She is already one of only eight to make over 100 in a career.
She Shoots, She Scores
NC State shot 56.0 percent (28-50) from the field in its opening season victory over Milwaukee. That represented the best shooting percentage in Reynolds Coliseum in nearly four years when the Pack shot 59.4 percent (38-64) in a 97-62 win over UAB on December 4, 2004.
One Chance to Make a First Impression
Freshman Bonae Holston came off the bench in the opener to score 18 points in the win over Milwaukee. That figure represents the most points by a freshman in a debut since Katie Smrcka-Duffy had 28 points against Appalachian State on Nov. 15, 1996.
Starting Five Stalwarts
NC State's five starters are likely to play a lot of minutes this season. Through two games, all five starters are averaging at least 24.5 minutes with three playing 30 or more minutes.
A Familiar Face on the Elon Bench
First-year Elon assistant coach Rachel Stockdale - who played for NC State from 2002-06. She ranks eighth all-time with 107 three-pointers. Before joining the Elon staff, Stockdale spent one season with Wake Forest as the team's videographer.
More Milestones for Coach Yow
Coach Yow is eight games shy of taking the court for the 1,000th time as the head mentor of the Wolfpack women. Only Tennessee's Pat Summitt and former Texas' coach Jody Condradt have coached more games at one school than Yow at the Division I level.
Coach Yow is also 19 wins away from 750 for her career, which only Summitt, Condradt, Vivian Stringer (Rutgers) and UNC's Sylvia Hatchell have accomplished.
Chow 4 Yow
The ACC head women’s basketball coaches have banded together in support of NC State head women’s basketball coach Kay Yow to develop the “Chow 4Yow - Dinner with the Coach” initiative.
The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund is the sole charity beneficiary of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). With 100 percent of the league’s women’s basketball coaches and administrative staffs supporting the initiative, each school will conduct a “Dinner with the Coach” fundraiser this upcoming 2008-09 season at his or her institution. All proceeds will be pooled together as a single donation to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
Regarding NC State, the dinner will be at Yow’s home in Cary on Friday, Dec. 12. The auction winner and three guests will be served a four-course meal, and a large helping of basketball history. The winner will also receive four courtside tickets for the NC State men’s game the next day against Winston-Salem State and four courtside seats for the Sunday, Dec. 14, women’s game against Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi. Both games will be played in historic Reynolds Coliseum.
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