ACC/Big 10 Challenge Sends Pack to Michigan

ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Friday, Dec. 5
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Crisler Arena

Tip-off: 6:30 p.m.

All-time series record: NC State leads 1-0

Last Meeting: W 81-64 in NCAA Second Round, 3/17/90 (Raleigh, N.C.)

Streaks:
NC State lost its last two games
Michigan lost its last game 81-53 at USC

TV: Big Ten Network (Brent Stover and Vera Jones)
Check you local cable or satellite provider. In North Carolina, the game is available on Direct TV and Dish Network. Time Warner Cable subscribers in Raleigh/Durham can watch the game on Channel 287 (HD) or 323 (Digital Sports & Games Tier)

Radio: Patrick Kinas and Kristen Gillespie
WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh), WRMT 1490 AM (Rocky Mount) & WCIE 1450 AM (Fayetteville)

Next game: vs. Florida (Available Live on ACCSelect.com)
Sunday, Dec. 7 at Reynolds Coliseum, 2 p.m.

Head Coach: Kay Yow (East Carolina, '64)
Records (at NC State / overall) 676-321 (34th year) / 733-340 (38th year)

Wolfpack Fastbreaks...
NC State defeated Illinois 61-47 last season in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
The Wolfpack is 13-8 all-time against the Big Ten; 1-0 vs. Michigan
Program is three wins away from 700. Only UNC and UVa have as many in ACC
Coach Yow is three games shy of 1,000 games coached at NC State
Held 74 of the last 76 opponents to less than 50.0 percent shooting
Has won 46 of the last 50 games when allowing less than 60 points
Team has won 38 of the last 39 non-conference home games (Xavier, 12/4/07)
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 22 times under Coach Yow

53 away from 1,000 For Fields
Shayla Fields is 53 points shy of 1,000 for her career. Not bad considering she ony scored three points during her freshman season. She enters Friday's game the second leading scorer in the ACC at 19.1 points per game.

Gartrell, Fields Lead ACC in Minutes Played
Nikitta Gartrell (37.3) and Shayla Fields (35.9) are one and two in minutes played this season in the ACC. Fields has played the full 40 minutes the last three games and four times overall, while Gartrell has done it three times so far. See the next note - this is certainly nothing new for Fields.

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 second in the conference at 35.9 minutes per game.
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

Gartrell in Good Company
Junior Nikitta Gartrell joins Maryland All-American Kristi Toliver as the only two players in the ACC that rank among the top-20 scorers and top-five in assists this season.
Player, Points, Assists
Kristi Toliver, 16.4 (6th), 4.9 (1st)
Nikitta Gartrell. 12.4 (19th), 4.3 (5th)

Free Throw Shooting Goes South in Miami
NC State entered the Thanksgiving weekend leading the ACC in free throw shooting at 78.8 percent (67-for-85). But have since dropped to third in the league (72.0) after shooting just 45.4 percent (10-for-22) in two games in Miami, which included Shayla Fields, a career 77-percent shooter, going 4 of 11 from the line.

Fields Garners Three All-Tourney Team Honors
NC State played in three toournaments so far this season and Shayla Fields was named to the all-tournament team at each one, including earning MVP honors at the Wolfpack Invitational hosted by NC State during the campaign's opening weekend.

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