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Game Notes and Info for NCAA First Round
3/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
NCAA Tournament First Round Game
Kansas City Region
No. 8 UCLA (24-8) vs. No. 9 NC State (20-13)
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Williams Arena
Minneapolis, Minn. - 9:30 p.m. ET
Live Audio // Live Stats
All-time series record: NC State leads 5-1 (First meeting in NCAA Tournament)
Last Meeting: W, 58-55, 11/25/94 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Streaks: NC State has won 7-of-9 games; UCLA has won 10-of-11 games
TV: ESPN2 and ESPNU
TV Crew: Clay Matvick and Leslie Hill
XM Radio: N/A
Sirius Radio: N/A
Radio: WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh) - Patrick Kinas and L'Tona Lamonte
Online Audio: www.GoPack.com (Pack Pass)
Online Video: None
Next game: vs. No. 1 Nebraska or No. 16 Northern Iowa, 3/23/10 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Head Coach: Kellie Harper (Tennessee, '99)
Records (at NC State / overall) 20-13 (First year) / 117-78 (Sixth year)
Wolfpack Fastbreak Points...
• NC State is making its 21st appearance in the NCAA Tournament (Tied with Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers)
• The Wolfpack is 19-20 all-time in the NCAA Tournament (13-7 in first round games)
• Kellie Harper has four-straight 20-win seasons; Three NCAA appearances in six seasons as head coach
• The Pack is 14-11 all-time vs. the Pac-10, including a 59-53 win at USC this season
• Bonae Holston and Nikitta Gartrell were named to ACC all-tournament first team; Kastanek on 2nd team
• NC State has won 20 games three of the last four seasons and 22 times overall
• The Wolfpack is 18-5 this year when allowing less than 70 points
• NC State has overcome double-digit deficits this season to earn wins over TCU, Va. Tech, Miami and BC
• The Pack is second in the ACC in Free Throw shooting at 74.2 percent
• Brittany Strachan leads the ACC in three-point shooting at 42.4 percent (48.6% in ACC only games)
• Nikitta Gartrell is now 21st on the all-time Wolfpack scoring chart with 1,163 points
• Kastanek joins Chasity Melvin (1995) and Katie Smrcka-Duffy (1997) as ACC Freshman of Year from NCSU
• Marissa Kastanek is the 2nd-leading freshman scorer in the ACC at 10.8 ppg (1st in ACC only games at 11.2)
• NC State's five losses in the non-conference season came by a total of 20 points
Additional information can be found by clicking the game notes link at the top of the page.
Kansas City Region
No. 8 UCLA (24-8) vs. No. 9 NC State (20-13)
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Williams Arena
Minneapolis, Minn. - 9:30 p.m. ET
Live Audio // Live Stats
All-time series record: NC State leads 5-1 (First meeting in NCAA Tournament)
Last Meeting: W, 58-55, 11/25/94 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Streaks: NC State has won 7-of-9 games; UCLA has won 10-of-11 games
TV: ESPN2 and ESPNU
TV Crew: Clay Matvick and Leslie Hill
XM Radio: N/A
Sirius Radio: N/A
Radio: WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh) - Patrick Kinas and L'Tona Lamonte
Online Audio: www.GoPack.com (Pack Pass)
Online Video: None
Next game: vs. No. 1 Nebraska or No. 16 Northern Iowa, 3/23/10 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Head Coach: Kellie Harper (Tennessee, '99)
Records (at NC State / overall) 20-13 (First year) / 117-78 (Sixth year)
Wolfpack Fastbreak Points...
• NC State is making its 21st appearance in the NCAA Tournament (Tied with Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers)
• The Wolfpack is 19-20 all-time in the NCAA Tournament (13-7 in first round games)
• Kellie Harper has four-straight 20-win seasons; Three NCAA appearances in six seasons as head coach
• The Pack is 14-11 all-time vs. the Pac-10, including a 59-53 win at USC this season
• Bonae Holston and Nikitta Gartrell were named to ACC all-tournament first team; Kastanek on 2nd team
• NC State has won 20 games three of the last four seasons and 22 times overall
• The Wolfpack is 18-5 this year when allowing less than 70 points
• NC State has overcome double-digit deficits this season to earn wins over TCU, Va. Tech, Miami and BC
• The Pack is second in the ACC in Free Throw shooting at 74.2 percent
• Brittany Strachan leads the ACC in three-point shooting at 42.4 percent (48.6% in ACC only games)
• Nikitta Gartrell is now 21st on the all-time Wolfpack scoring chart with 1,163 points
• Kastanek joins Chasity Melvin (1995) and Katie Smrcka-Duffy (1997) as ACC Freshman of Year from NCSU
• Marissa Kastanek is the 2nd-leading freshman scorer in the ACC at 10.8 ppg (1st in ACC only games at 11.2)
• NC State's five losses in the non-conference season came by a total of 20 points
Additional information can be found by clicking the game notes link at the top of the page.
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