Wolfpack (12-5, 3-1 ACC) Plays at No. 22/19 Duke Thursday

Thursday, January 14

Durham, NC

7PM

NC State

#22/19 Duke

Wolfpack (12-5, 3-1 ACC) Plays at No. 22/19 Duke Thursday

1/13/2016 10:47:00 AM | Women's Basketball

By: NC State seeks second straight win over Blue Devils

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RALEIGH – Currently on a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference winning streak, the NC State women's basketball team (12-5, 3-1 ACC) travels to nearby rival No. 22/19 Duke for a Thursday evening game. Tipoff between the Wolfpack and Blue Devils is set for 7 p.m. in Durham with coverage provided by RSN/ESPN3.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
RSN/ESPN3 (full list of TV stations) – Tom Werme (PxP), Debbie Antonelli (Color)
WKNC 88.1 FM

A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 832nd win in program history (831-437)
-Be the 614th win (613-197) of head coach Wes Moore's career
-Be the 329th ACC win in program history (328-222)
-Be Moore's 56th win (55-28) at NC State
-Be NC State's 42nd win over Duke (41-35)
-Be NC State's second straight win over Duke

SERIES HISTORY
-Thursday's game marks the 77th meeting between NC State and Duke. The Wolfpack holds a 41-35 advantage in the series.
-In the last meeting between the teams, NC State picked up a 72-59 win over No. 10 Duke in NC State's 10th annual Hoops 4 Hope game on February 22, 2015.
-Duke has won nine of the last 11 meetings between the teams.
-NC State is 15-18 in 33 games played in Durham. The Wolfpack's last win at Duke was an 80-74 victory on February 2, 1996.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-The Wolfpack owns the No. 64 RPI as of January 12.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (0-3), vs. RPI 51-100 (2-1), vs. RPI 101-200 (6-1), vs. RPI 201+ (4-0).
-Junior guard Miah Spencer surpassed 900 career points in the team's ACC opener at Miami on December 30. She has now scored 932 throughout her career and has recorded 10+ points in nine straight games. Her 22-point performance in the win at Pittsburgh marked the 50th time in her career that she had scored 10+ points in a single game.
-Junior forward Jennifer Mathurin (506 points) surpassed 500 in the win at Pittsburgh.
-Spencer ranks first in the ACC and 21st in the NCAA with 92 total assists.
-The Wolfpack ranks 13th in the NCAA with 250 made FTs and 16th with 128 made 3FGs.

SCOUTING THE BLUE DEVILS
-Duke enters Thursday's game the owner of a 12-5 record which includes a 1-2 mark in ACC play. The Blue Devils are ranked 22nd in the latest AP Poll and 19th in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (0-5), vs. RPI 51-100 (3-0), vs. RPI 101-200 (5-0), vs. RPI 201+ (4-0).
-Duke's Azura Stevens (17.8 points, 9.1 rebounds per game) ranks second in the ACC in scoring and first in rebounding.
-The Blue Devils were selected to finish fourth in the ACC.

RECEIVING VOTES
NC State received four votes in the January 12 USA Today Coaches Poll to sit ranked 36th in the nation.

TWO FOR 20
Scoring 22 and 21 points in the 3OT win at Pittsburgh, respectively, Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson became the first two players to score 20+ points each in a single game since the same duo (Wilson 24, Spencer 21) combined to score 45 in a January 8, 2015 win over Virginia Tech.

REBOUND DOMINANCE
Jennifer Mathurin pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds in the 3OT win at Pittsburgh on January 10. In doing so, she became the first Wolfpack player to record 15+ rebounds since Kody Burke grabbed 16 in an ACC Tournament win over Syracuse on March 6, 2014. In the game at Pittsburgh, Mathurin's defensive rebounding total (9) alone was higher than the combined rebounding totals of 17 of 19 players.

PASSES ALL AROUND
Junior guard Miah Spencer has dished out 92 assists this season (5.4 per game). In nine games, she has recorded six or more. Should she keep up this pace, Spencer would end the season with the highest number of assists per game since Krissy Kuziemski dished out 5.3 per game in 1992-93.

RACE TO 50
NC State head coach Wes Moore is 55-28 in the midst of his third season at NC State. With the December 6 win over Charlotte, he ranks fourth among active ACC coaches for the fewest games required (75) to earn 50 wins at their current school. Only Jeff Walz (Louisville - 63 games), Joanne McCallie (Duke - 64), and Muffet McGraw (Notre Dame - 74) have achieved this feat quicker than Moore.

RACE TO 50, PART TWO
Spencer and Dominique Wilson are nearing impressive scoring milestones for the Wolfpack Women. Both junior guards, Spencer has scored 10+ points 50 times in her career while Wilson has achieved this feat on 49 occasions.

LAYING IT ALL ON THE LINE
NC State players have taken 38 charges through the first 17 games of the 2015-16 season. Jennifer Mathurin leads the team with 19, while Ashley Williams (10), Spencer (5), Wilson (2), Carlee Schuhmacher (2) have taken the others.

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