North Carolina State University Athletics
State Looks To Upend Duke Sunday in Durham
1/7/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 7, 2012
Game 16: NC State (10-5, 0-2 ACC) at Duke (11-2, 2-0 ACC)
Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 • 2 p.m. ET • GoDuke.com Video Broadcast
Durham, N.C. • Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Radio: WKNC 88.1 FM
Radio Crew: Patrick Kinas and L'Tona Lamonte
Video Broadcast (subsription based from GoDuke.com)
GoPack All-Access: Audio
Live Stats | @PackWomensBball | Game Notes
The NC State women's basketball team finishes off a grueling first week of the conference season on Sunday at No. 7/6 Duke in Durham at 2 p.m.
It would be hard to argue that no team will play a tougher first three games within the ACC as the Wolfpack. It began with a home date against Georgia Tech on Monday, a club sitting just outside the top-25, and then playing at No. 12 Miami on Thursday, before completing the trifecta against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday.
State dropped a pair of 10-point contests to the Yellow Jackets and Hurricanes, and will look for its first win at Duke since the 1995-96 campaign.
Senior Bonae Holston rose another spot on the all-time scoring list last game and now sits 15th with 1,374 career points. This season she ranks 18th in the ACC with 12.1 points per game, and sixth with 7.9 rebounds per game.
Junior Marissa Kastanek leads the team in scoring, and is 14th overall in the league with a 12.9 per game average. Additionally, sophomore Kody Burke is 23rd in the conference with 10.9 ppg. Burke also ranks fifth in blocks with 1.7 a game.
For more on the Wolfpack women click the Game Notes link above.
State returns home Thursday to host Boston College at 7 p.m., at Reynolds Coliseum.
Wolfpack Fastbreak Points...
• State is 39-31 all-time against Duke; 15-16 on the road against the Blue Devils
• The Pack 0-2 in the ACC for the first time under third-year head coach Kellie Harper
• By Sunday the Pack will have played six games in a stretch of 12 days dating back to Dec. 28
• The Wolfpack is 8-0 this season when allowing less than 70 points in a game
• Kellie Harper has beaten four ranked teams since taking over at NC State in 2009-10
• NCSU (18.7) is the top offensive rebounding team in the ACC; third overall at 45.5 rpg
• NC State ranks third in the ACC with 5.3 three-pointer per game
• State is averaging 75.2 points in its 10 wins; 63.6 ppg in its five losses
• Kody Burke Named College Sports Madness National & ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 19
• Holston is 2nd among active players in the ACC with 21 career double-doubles
• Holston NCSU ranks: 15th in points (1,374) and 9th in rebounds (754)
• Junior Marissa Kastanek has made 141 career three-pointers (7th most at NCSU)
