North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Hosts No. 12 UNC-CH Thursday Evening on ESPN3
1/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – The NC State women’s basketball team (12-6, 3-2 ACC) returns to action at home on Thursday evening, hosting No. 12 UNC-Chapel Hill in the 100th all-time meeting between the two historic programs. Thursday’s game will tip off at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
ESPN3 (national broadcast)
WKNC 88.1 FM (Raleigh radio)
GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS
Red Out – Fans are encouraged to wear red
Student Wolfpack Club minute event
ACC Winter Sportsmanship Week
Red pom-pom giveaway while supplies last
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 814th win in program history
-Be the 596th win of head coach Wes Moore’s career
-Be NC State’s 426th win inside Reynolds Coliseum (425-124)
-Be NC State’s 322nd ACC win
-Be NC State’s 52nd win over UNC-CH
PROTECT HOME COURT
The Wolfpack is very strong when playing in the friendly confines of Reynolds Coliseum, both under second year head coach Wes Moore and throughout program history.
Home record under Moore: 22-3 (.880)
Home record all-time: 425-124 (.774)
APPROACHING 600 WINS AND VERY ELITE COMPANY
With a career head coaching record of 595-183 (.764), Wes Moore is just five wins away from his 600th victory. If the milestone is achieved within the Wolfpack’s next 22 games, Moore will become just the ninth coach in NCAA history to achieve 600 victories in 800 games or less. Among the notable coaches who have met this criteria: Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt. 
10 POINTS OR BUST
Sophomores Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson are the Wolfpack’s leading scorers at 14.6 and 14.3 points per game, respectively. Both of these guards have scored 10 points or more on 15 occasions this season.
FUTURE IS BRIGHT
Five future Wolfpackers from the class of 2015 - Rydeiah Rogers, Amber Richardson, Kaila Ealey, Jonquanae Cole, and Lena Niang - were nominated on Jan. 14 to play in the 2015 McDonald’s High School All-American Game on April 1. The final roster will be announced on Jan. 28.
DOUBLED UP BY NUMBER TWO
Len’Nique Brown-Hoskin leads the team in career double-doubles (3) on the Wolfpack’s active roster. Her last double-double (18 points and 10 rebounds) came in a narrow loss at No. 4 Louisville on Jan. 10.
SPENCER’S SCORING
Sophomore guard Miah Spencer just reached a significant scoring milestone in her second season at NC State. The Georgia native has scored in double figures 28 times in her 51 career appearances and is now sitting at 535 career points. She surpassed the 500 mark on Jan. 10 vs. Clemson and is the third active Wolfpacker on the roster to have achieved this mark (Barrett and Brown-Hoskin). Spencer has upped her scoring average from 8.3 points per game last season to 14.6 points per outing this year.
SERIES HISTORY
-Thursday’s game marks the 100th all-time meeting between NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill.
-The Wolfpack holds a 51-48 edge in the series.
-NC State last defeated UNC-CH on Feb. 21, 2011, winning 88-72 in Raleigh. The Tar Heels were ranked No. 13 in the nation at tip-off.
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS
-UNC-CH enters Thursday’s game the owner of a 16-3 record which includes a 3-2 mark in ACC play.
-The Tar Heels’ three losses this season have come to two ranked foes, Oregon State and Notre Dame, and unranked Pittsburgh.
-UNC-CH is led in scoring by Allisha Gray (16.6 ppg/7.7 rpg) and Stephanie Mavunga (13.8 ppg/8.5 rpg).
-As of games played Jan. 19, the Tar Heels boast the 17th best offense in the country at 78.0 points per game.
-UNC-CH is 4-1 on the road this season.
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