NC State Hosts Georgia Tech Thursday Evening

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RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team (10-5, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) concludes a brief two-game home stand Thursday evening when Georgia Tech (10-5, 0-2 ACC) comes to town. Tipoff between the Wolfpack and Yellow Jackets is set for 7:30 p.m. at Holliday Gymnasium.

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CATCH UP
-Two Future Wolfpack Women Honored by McDonald's All-American Game
-Episode Two: Court Talk with Coach Moore
-Wolfpack Comfortably Wins ACC Home Opener

A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 830th win in program history (829-437)
-Be the 612th win (611-197) of head coach Wes Moore's career
-Be the 327th ACC win in program history (326-222)
-Be Moore's 54th win (53-28) at NC State
-Be NC State's 44th win over Georgia Tech (67th meeting)
-Be NC State's third straight win over Georgia Tech

SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS
-Georgia Tech enters Thursday's game the owner of a 10-5 mark which includes an 0-2 record in ACC play.
-The Yellow Jackets fell at No. 3 Notre Dame (85-76) to open ACC play and lost their league home opener to Louisville (78-65).
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (0-3), vs. RPI 51-100 (0-1), vs. RPI 101-200 (4-1), vs. RPI 201+ (6-0).
-Georgia Tech boasts the No. 37 scoring offense in the nation (No. 2 in the ACC) at 76 points per game. The Yellow Jackets rank seventh in the nation in steals, averaging nearly 12 per contest.
-Leading scorer Aaliyah Whiteside ranks 24th in the nation and first in the ACC with 20.1 points per game.
-The Yellow Jackets are a strong free-throw shooting team, ranking second in the ACC at 73 percent.
-Georgia Tech finished last season with a 19-15 record, advanced to the second round of the WNIT, and was selected to finish 11th in the ACC this season.

SERIES HISTORY
-Thursday's game marks the 67th meeting between NC State and Georgia Tech. The Wolfpack holds a 43-23 series lead.
-NC State has won two straight, winning at Georgia Tech 80-73 in 2014 and 65-64 in 2015. Thursday's game marks the first time NC State head coach Wes Moore will face the Yellow Jackets in Raleigh.
-The Wolfpack has won three of the last four meetings in the series.
-In Raleigh, NC State is 21-8 against Georgia Tech.
-NC State's last home win over Georgia Tech was a 54-46 victory on February 28, 2010.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-The Wolfpack owns the No. 78 RPI as of January 5.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (0-2), vs. RPI 51-100 (3-2), vs. RPI 101-200 (2-1), vs. RPI 201+ (5-0).
-Junior guard Miah Spencer surpassed 900 career points in the team's ACC opener at Miami on December 30. She has now scored 918 throughout her career and has recorded 10+ points in seven straight games.
-Junior forward Jennifer Mathurin is approaching 500 career points (489).
-Spencer ranks first in the ACC and 22nd in the nation with 79 total assists.
-The Wolfpack ranks 11th nationally in total rebounds, 15th with 114 three-pointers made, and 22nd with 211 made FTs.

A VERY FAMILIAR FOE
Wolfpack freshman DD Rogers will see a familiar face on the other side of the court Thursday evening: her older sister, Roddreka Rogers. A senior on Georgia Tech's team, Roddreka Rogers is averaging 12.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game this season.

REBOUNDING BATTLE
NC State and Georgia Tech are two of the top rebounding teams in the ACC this season. The Wolfpack ranks fifth in rebounding margin at +7.0 per contest while the Yellow Jackets are third at +7.7.

PASSES ALL AROUND
Junior guard Miah Spencer has dished out 79 assists this season (5.3 per game). In seven 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 53-28 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) 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 48 times in her career while Wilson has achieved this feat on 47 occasions.

SOPHOMORE SUCCESS
Sophomore forward Chelsea Nelson has improved multiple facets of her game this season. The Tennessee native is averaging 2.5 more points and 1.8 more rebounds per game than her freshman season and has improved her FG percentage from .455 to .470.

LAYING IT ALL ON THE LINE
NC State players have taken 33 charges through the first 15 games of the 2015-16 season. Jennifer Mathurin leads the team with 16, while Ashley Williams (10), Spencer (5), and Wilson (2) have taken the others.

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Players Mentioned

Jennifer Mathurin

Chelsea Nelson

DD Rogers

Miah Spencer

Ashley Williams

Dominique Wilson