Pack Starts Southern Swing Saturday at Tulane

Saturday, December 17

New Orleans, LA

3 PM

NC State

Tulane

12/16/2016 1:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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By: NC State closes non-conference play at Tulane (Saturday) and South Alabama (Monday)

December 16, 2016

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NEW ORLEANS – A winner of four straight games and five of its last six, the NC State women's basketball team (9-2) closes non-conference play with a two-game southern swing beginning Saturday afternoon at Tulane. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and Green Wave is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT (3 p.m. ET) at Devlin Fieldhouse.

A WOLFPACK WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD...
-Be the 849th win in program history (848-445)
-Be the 631st win of head coach Wes Moore's career (630-205)
-Be Moore's 73rd win at NC State (72-36)
-Mark five straight wins for NC State
-Be NC State's second win over Tulane (1-1)
-Be NC State's first true road win of the season (0-0)

LAST GAME
Led by 26 points on 10-14 shooting from freshman guard Aislinn Konig and the Wolfpack's ninth-best defensive effort in program history, the NC State women's basketball team closed out home non-conference play with a dominating 83-33 victory over visiting North Carolina Central Wednesday evening on Kay Yow Court inside Reynolds Coliseum.

NC State took control of the game early, sprinting out to a 27-4 lead at the conclusion of the first quarter thanks to 11-15 (.733) shooting from the field. The Wolfpack extended the lead in every single quarter, holding the Eagles (1-7) to single-digit scoring totals in three quarters and ultimately tying the ninth-best defensive performance in 42.5 years of basketball by allowing just 33 points in a 40-minute game.

Chelsea Nelson (12 points and 10 rebounds) and Miah Spencer (10 points, 4 assists) joined Konig in double figures. The double-double was Nelson's fourth of the season and the fifth of her career. Freshman Lucky Rudd dished out a game-high seven assists, tying the combined assist total of the entire NCCU squad.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-NC State enters Saturday's game the owner of a 9-2 record and on a four-game winning streak.
-All nine of NC State's wins have been by at least 14 points.
-Over the course of the last three games, NC State has shot 89-172 (.517) from the field and 32-68 (.471) from distance.
-NC State is 9-0 when three or more players score 10+ points.
-As of games played December 15, NC State ranks 20th in the nation in FG percentage defense (.340) and 19th in 3FG made per game (9.1).
-NC State has two wins over a top-100 RPI squad (Hampton - 74 and Indiana - 92). (As of games played Dec. 15.)

SCOUTING THE GREEN WAVE
-Tulane enters Saturday's game the owner of a 5-4 record and the No. 102 RPI (as of games played Dec. 15).
-The Green Wave began the season with a 5-1 mark and has lost three straight contests, all of which have been against foes ranking within the top 130 of the RPI.
-Tulane ranks 38th in the nation with a .455 FG percentage.
-Kolby Morgan is the team's leading scorer at 17.2 points per game. All five starters on the team shoot at least .413 from the field.
-Last season, Tulane posted a 23-12 record and advanced to the third round of the WNIT. The Green Wave returns three starters from this team.
-Tulane was selected to finish fourth in the 11-team American Athletic Conference this season. The team is coached by Lisa Stockton, who is in her 23rd season at the helm.

SERIES HISTORY
-Saturday's game marks the third meeting between NC State and Tulane. The Wolfpack earned a 69-55 win in Raleigh on Nov. 24, 2013, and fell 51-60 in New Orleans on Nov. 24, 2014.

ACED HER EXAM
One day following the conclusion of NC State's 2016 fall semester finals week, freshman Aislinn (Ace) Konig scored 26 points on 10-14 shooting from the field in a 50-point win over NC Central. With a 6-9 success rate from behind the arc, Konig became just the second active player to hit six 3FGs in a single game (Ashley Williams – Feb. 8, 2015 vs. Wake Forest).

COURT VISION
Best assist to turnover ratios on the team (min. 100 minutes played):
Ashley Williams: 3.14
Miah Spencer: 2.30
Kaila Ealey: 2.00
Lucky Rudd: 1.91

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