North Carolina State University Athletics
WBB Takes Part in Minnesota's Subway Classic
11/21/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Subway Classic
Hosted by the University of Minnesota
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22 & 23
Minneapolis, Minn.
Williams Arena
Saturday Tip-off: 11 a.m. (Central) vs. Yale
Sunday Tip-off: 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. (Central) vs. American or Minnesota
All-time series record:
NC State leads 1-0 vs. Yale
First meeting vs. American
NC State leads 3-0 vs. Minnesota
Last Meeting:
Yale - W, 83-53, 11/29/97 at Depaul Classic, Chicago, Ill.
Minnesota - W 108-100, 11/30/91 at Ronald McDonald Wolfpack Classic
Streaks:
NC State has won its three games
Yale lost its last game
American has won its three games
Minnesota won its last two games
Radio: Patrick Kinas and Kristen Gillespie
WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh), WRMT 1490 AM (Rocky Mount) & WCIE 1450 AM (Fayetteville)
Next game: vs. Florida International
Nov. 28, FIU Thanksgiving Tournament, Miami, Fla., 6 p.m.
Head Coach: Kay Yow (East Carolina, '64)
Records (at NC State / overall) 675-318 (34th year) / 732-337 (38th year)
NC State Wins Wolfpack Invitational
The host Wolfpack took care of business last 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 last Sunday against Charlotte was the most points scored by a NC State player since Summer Erb had 34 points against Mississippi State on March 13, 1999.
Fields led the ACC in scoring at 25.0 ppg through the first weekend of play. She was limited to just two points in the victory over Elon Tuesday night and fell to fifth in the ACC at 17.3 ppg.
Shayla Fields Forever
After leading the ACC in minutes played last season, senior Shayla Fields has picked up where she left off last season - sitting fourth in the conference at 33.0 minutes per game over three 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 135 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 combined (11.7 points per game).
Gartrell Showing Newfound Consistancy
Nikitta Gartrell has had a tremendous start to her third season with the Wolfpack by scoring at least 14 points in each game and leads the league in minutes played at 36.7 minutes per game. Here is a breakdown where the Atlanta native's stats hold up in the ACC.
Category Stat Rank
Points 16.3 T7th
Assists 5.0 T4th
Assist/TO Ratio 3.8 3rd
Free Throws 87.5 10th
Minutes 36.7 1st
Bell, Strachan Step up Against Elon
The combination of sophomore's Tia Bell and Brittany Strachan, two new players in Coach Yow’s starting lineup this year, combined for 29 points and 19 rebounds against Elon on Tuesday. Bell had her first double-double of her career with 17 points and 13 rebounds and had five blocks, while Strachan added 12 points and a career-best five assists and five steals.
Second Half Adjustments
NC State is only giving up 25.7 points in the second half of its three games this season - 27 against UW-Milwaukee and 25 against both Charlotte and Elon.
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 is 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 starters will play a lot of minutes this season and through three games, all five starters are averaging at least 22.0 minutes with three players ranking in the top-eight in the ACC - Gartrell (36.7 - 1st), Fields (33.0 - T4th) and Strachan (31.7 - 8th).
More Milestones for Coach Yow
Coach Yow is seven 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 18 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 final bids continued right down to the 3 p.m. deadline on Thursday in NC State's "Chow4Yow" on-line auction and the winning bid came in at $3,300. All money raised by each school in the ACC will go to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. The winner of the auction will receive dinner for four with Wolfpack Hall of Fame coach Kay Yow and her staff at Yow's home on Dec. 12, four courtside tickets to the NC State men's basketball game against Winston-Salem State on Dec. 13 and four courtside seats to the women's game on Dec. 14 against Mississippi. Both games will be played at historic Reynolds Coliseum.
Hoops 4 Hope ~ February 15, 2009
NC State head coach Kay Yow and the entire Wolfpack family is proud to host the fourth annual "Hoops 4 Hope" game on February 15, 2009. For the second straight season this event will be broadcast live on ESPN2.
This season's matchup features two Hall of Fame Head Coaches that have both fought the battle against cancer. Virginia's Debbie Ryan had surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2000 and remains cancer-free, while Yow is currently fighting her third bout of breast cancer.
The event is a breast cancer awareness event, in addition to a fund raising opportunity for the foundation. Hoops 4 Hope is a basketball game centered around hope hope for early detection, hope for increased survival and hope for a cure.
Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in partnership with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, announced the launch of the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. This is the first time in its 26-year history that the WBCA has instituted a health initiative, with the Fund serving as the newest women’s initiative launched at The V Foundation.
NC State head coach, Kay Yow, established the Fund in partnership with The V Foundation as a 501 c(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against cancer through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.
Donations can be made at www.JimmyV.org or by calling 1-800-4JimmyV. All donations are tax deductible.
Wolfpack Women's Program Nearing 700 Wins
The Wolfpack Women's basketball team has compiled an all-time record of 696-328 in 35 incredible years dating back to 1974-75.
The program picked up its 650th win with a 63-48 victory over UNC Wilmington on November 17, 2006. North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and NC State are the only ACC schools to have notched 650 wins in program history.
Hosted by the University of Minnesota
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22 & 23
Minneapolis, Minn.
Williams Arena
Saturday Tip-off: 11 a.m. (Central) vs. Yale
Sunday Tip-off: 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. (Central) vs. American or Minnesota
All-time series record:
NC State leads 1-0 vs. Yale
First meeting vs. American
NC State leads 3-0 vs. Minnesota
Last Meeting:
Yale - W, 83-53, 11/29/97 at Depaul Classic, Chicago, Ill.
Minnesota - W 108-100, 11/30/91 at Ronald McDonald Wolfpack Classic
Streaks:
NC State has won its three games
Yale lost its last game
American has won its three games
Minnesota won its last two games
Radio: Patrick Kinas and Kristen Gillespie
WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh), WRMT 1490 AM (Rocky Mount) & WCIE 1450 AM (Fayetteville)
Next game: vs. Florida International
Nov. 28, FIU Thanksgiving Tournament, Miami, Fla., 6 p.m.
Head Coach: Kay Yow (East Carolina, '64)
Records (at NC State / overall) 675-318 (34th year) / 732-337 (38th year)
NC State Wins Wolfpack Invitational
The host Wolfpack took care of business last 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 last Sunday against Charlotte was the most points scored by a NC State player since Summer Erb had 34 points against Mississippi State on March 13, 1999.
Fields led the ACC in scoring at 25.0 ppg through the first weekend of play. She was limited to just two points in the victory over Elon Tuesday night and fell to fifth in the ACC at 17.3 ppg.
Shayla Fields Forever
After leading the ACC in minutes played last season, senior Shayla Fields has picked up where she left off last season - sitting fourth in the conference at 33.0 minutes per game over three 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 135 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 combined (11.7 points per game).
Gartrell Showing Newfound Consistancy
Nikitta Gartrell has had a tremendous start to her third season with the Wolfpack by scoring at least 14 points in each game and leads the league in minutes played at 36.7 minutes per game. Here is a breakdown where the Atlanta native's stats hold up in the ACC.
Category Stat Rank
Points 16.3 T7th
Assists 5.0 T4th
Assist/TO Ratio 3.8 3rd
Free Throws 87.5 10th
Minutes 36.7 1st
Bell, Strachan Step up Against Elon
The combination of sophomore's Tia Bell and Brittany Strachan, two new players in Coach Yow’s starting lineup this year, combined for 29 points and 19 rebounds against Elon on Tuesday. Bell had her first double-double of her career with 17 points and 13 rebounds and had five blocks, while Strachan added 12 points and a career-best five assists and five steals.
Second Half Adjustments
NC State is only giving up 25.7 points in the second half of its three games this season - 27 against UW-Milwaukee and 25 against both Charlotte and Elon.
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 is 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 starters will play a lot of minutes this season and through three games, all five starters are averaging at least 22.0 minutes with three players ranking in the top-eight in the ACC - Gartrell (36.7 - 1st), Fields (33.0 - T4th) and Strachan (31.7 - 8th).
More Milestones for Coach Yow
Coach Yow is seven 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 18 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 final bids continued right down to the 3 p.m. deadline on Thursday in NC State's "Chow4Yow" on-line auction and the winning bid came in at $3,300. All money raised by each school in the ACC will go to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. The winner of the auction will receive dinner for four with Wolfpack Hall of Fame coach Kay Yow and her staff at Yow's home on Dec. 12, four courtside tickets to the NC State men's basketball game against Winston-Salem State on Dec. 13 and four courtside seats to the women's game on Dec. 14 against Mississippi. Both games will be played at historic Reynolds Coliseum.
Hoops 4 Hope ~ February 15, 2009
NC State head coach Kay Yow and the entire Wolfpack family is proud to host the fourth annual "Hoops 4 Hope" game on February 15, 2009. For the second straight season this event will be broadcast live on ESPN2.
This season's matchup features two Hall of Fame Head Coaches that have both fought the battle against cancer. Virginia's Debbie Ryan had surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2000 and remains cancer-free, while Yow is currently fighting her third bout of breast cancer.
The event is a breast cancer awareness event, in addition to a fund raising opportunity for the foundation. Hoops 4 Hope is a basketball game centered around hope hope for early detection, hope for increased survival and hope for a cure.
Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in partnership with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, announced the launch of the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. This is the first time in its 26-year history that the WBCA has instituted a health initiative, with the Fund serving as the newest women’s initiative launched at The V Foundation.
NC State head coach, Kay Yow, established the Fund in partnership with The V Foundation as a 501 c(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against cancer through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.
Donations can be made at www.JimmyV.org or by calling 1-800-4JimmyV. All donations are tax deductible.
Wolfpack Women's Program Nearing 700 Wins
The Wolfpack Women's basketball team has compiled an all-time record of 696-328 in 35 incredible years dating back to 1974-75.
The program picked up its 650th win with a 63-48 victory over UNC Wilmington on November 17, 2006. North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and NC State are the only ACC schools to have notched 650 wins in program history.
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