Wolfpack to Host Hoosiers Thursday in ACC/B1G Challenge

November 30, 2016

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RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team returns to action Thursday evening by hosting Indiana in the 2016 ACC/B1G Challenge. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Kay Yow Court inside Reynolds Coliseum with live coverage of the game provided by ACC Network Extra.

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A WOLFPACK WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 845th win in program history (844-445)
-Be the 627th win of head coach Wes Moore's career (626-205)
-Be the 434th win at Reynolds Coliseum (433-127)
-Be Moore's 69th win at NC State (68-36)
-Be NC State's fifth home win this season (4-0)
-Be NC State's fourth win over Indiana (3-0)
-Be NC State's fourth ACC/B1G Challenge victory (3-6)

LAST GAME
The NC State women's basketball team led for nearly 31 minutes and held a 50-39 advantage entering the fourth quarter, but was undone by a late scoring drought and a game-winning three-pointer in the waning seconds of a 59-58 loss to LSU to end the 2016 Basketball Travelers' Paradise Jam Saturday afternoon inside the UVI Sport & Fitness Center.

The Wolfpack shot .455 or higher from the field in each of the first three quarters, but went cold in the fourth, connecting on just two of 11 attempts (.182) and did not make a field goal over the course of the game's final 6:31. Trailing by two (58-56), LSU rebounded a missed Wolfpack free throw with nine seconds on the clock and Raigyne Moncrief ran the length of the court to sink a long three-pointer at the top of the key to earn the win with three seconds remaining.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-NC State enters Thursday's game the owner of a 5-2 record after starting the season 4-0 and going 1-2 at the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas.
-Jennifer Mathurin leads the team in scoring with 11.8 points per game.
-As of games played Nov. 29, NC State's defense ranks 50th nationally in field goal percentage defense (.345) and 31st in points allowed per game (54.6).

SCOUTING THE HOOSIERS
-Indiana enters Thursday's game the owner of a 4-2 record.
-The Hoosiers began the season 3-0 but have dropped two of their last three, falling at Western Kentucky and Auburn.
-Indiana returns all five starters from a team that went 21-12 last season and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
-The Hoosiers were selected to finish third in the B1G this season.
-Indiana is coached by Teri Moren, who is in her third year at the helm of the program. She has led the Hoosiers to a 40-30 record.

SERIES HISTORY
-Thursday's game marks the fourth meeting between NC State and Indiana. NC State holds a 3-0 advantage in the series.
-The Wolfpack is 2-0 in Raleigh against the Hoosiers.
-The last meeting between the teams was a 93-91 NC State victory in Raleigh on Dec. 14, 2003.

NC STATE IN THE ACC/B1G CHALLENGE
December 3, 2015 ... 88-67 L at (RV) Nebraska
December 3, 2014 … 60-55 L vs. (RV) Minnesota
December 5, 2013 … 76-61 W at (RV) Northwestern
November 29, 2012 … 68-51 L vs. Michigan State
November 30, 2011 … 76-59 L at Northwestern
December 1, 2010 … 73-57 W at Illinois
December 3, 2009 … 53-48 L vs. Wisconsin
December 5, 2008 … 63-52 L at Michigan
November 29, 2007 … 61-47 W vs. Illinois

REACHING MILESTONES
Seniors Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson played in their 100th career games against College of Charleston on Nov. 19. Jennifer Mathurin's next appearance will mark her 100th. Marissa Kastanek (2009-13) holds the program record of 133 career appearances.

Wilson is 11 points from scoring 1,000 with the Wolfpack. Upon achieving this mark, she will be the 32nd player in program history to score 1,000 points in the NC State Red & White.

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Jennifer Mathurin

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