North Carolina State University Athletics
Pack Visits Wildcats in Big Ten/ACC Challenge
5/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
May 19, 2011
GREENSBORO, N.C. - NC State will visit Northwestern on Wednesday, Nov. 30, as part of the annual Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge. Game times, as well as television and broadband coverage, will be announced at a later date.
NC State owns a 2-2 record in the four previous challenges between the two conferences, including a similar 1-1 slate in road games. Last season the Pack went on the road and disposed of Illinois, 73-67, in Champaign.
The Wolfpack will face Northwestern for just the second time in school history. The first matchup took place all the way back during the very first NCAA Tournament in 1982. The home standing Wolfpack earned a 75-71 victory over the Wildcats in the first round played at Reynolds Coliseum.
Northwestern is coming off a 19-14 season in 2010-11 that saw them finish eighth in the Big Ten with a 6-10 record. The Wildcats earned at at-large bid to the Postseason Women's NIT and advanced to the second round.
Four starters are expected back for NC State, and a highly-touted four-player recruiting class should help the program bounce back from a 14-17 record last season.
2011 CHALLENGE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, November 30
Boston College at Wisconsin
Nebraska at Georgia Tech
Michigan at Maryland
Florida State at Ohio State
North Carolina at Penn State
NC State at Northwestern
Virginia Tech at Iowa
Thursday, December 1
Illinois at Clemson
Purdue at Duke
Miami at Michigan State
Indiana at Virginia
Minnesota at Wake Forest
