NC State Closes Non-Conference Schedule at South Alabama Monday

December 18, 2016

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MOBILE, Ala. – The NC State women's basketball team (9-3) concludes non-conference play Monday evening at South Alabama. The first meeting between the two programs is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CT (6:30 p.m. ET) at the Mitchell Center with free live video coverage provided by JagNationTV.

A WOLFPACK WIN ON MONDAY WOULD...
-Be the 849th win in program history (848-446)
-Be the 631st win of head coach Wes Moore's career (630-206)
-Be Moore's 73rd win at NC State (72-37)
-Be NC State's first win over South Alabama (0-0)
-Be NC State's first true road win of the season (0-1)

LAST GAME
The NC State women's basketball team dropped a difficult road contest at Tulane (6-4) Saturday afternoon, falling 63-58 at Devlin Fieldhouse.

Despite leading for 29:13 of the game's 40 minutes, the Wolfpack let a late lead slip away during a fourth quarter in which Tulane outscored NC State 28-16 while shooting 9-15 from the field and 5-7 from distance. NC State held the 38th-best shooting team in the country in check for three quarters, but an explosive final stanza from Tulane proved to be the difference in the contest.

Chelsea Nelson led the way offensively for the Wolfpack with her fifth double-double (16 points, 11 rebounds) of the season. She was joined in double figures by freshman Aislinn Konig (14 points, 4-7 shooting from range). Morgan Kolby scored 27 points (6-8 shooting from distance) to lead Tulane. She was joined in double figures by teammate Leslie Vorpahl (15 points).

VERY ELITE COMPANY
Senior Miah Spencer achieved 1,300 career points during the Dec. 17 game at Tulane. She's now just six assists away from reaching 400 for her career. Upon her 400th assist, Spencer will become just the fifth player in program history to score 1,300 points and distribute 400 assists.

Andrea Stinson: 2,136 points and 402 assists
Danyel Parker: 1,368 points, 467 assists
Umeki Webb: 1,362 points and 445 assists
Angie Armstrong: 1,330 points and 608 assists
Miah Spencer: 1,300 points and 394 assists

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-NC State enters Monday's game the owner of a 9-3 record.
-All nine of NC State's wins have been by at least 14 points.
-NC State is 9-0 when three or more players score 10+ points.
-As of games played December 17, NC State ranks 20th in the nation in FG percentage defense (.340) and 19th in 3FG made per game (9.0).
-NC State has two wins over a top-100 RPI squad (Hampton - 77 and Indiana - 95). (As of games played Dec. 17.)

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
-South Alabama enters Monday's game the owner of a 5-4 record.
-The Jaguars' best win of the season was a 55-48 victory over Southern (RPI 181) on Dec. 12.
-Chyna Ellis (10.6 ppg) and Colby Davis (10.4 ppg) lead the team offensively.
-The Jaguars return three starters from a team that went 15-15 last season
-South Alabama was selected to finish fourth in the Sun Belt this season. The Jaguars are coached by Terry Fowler, who is in his fourth season at the helm of the program.

SERIES HISTORY
-Monday's game marks the first meeting between NC State and South Alabama.

COURT VISION
Best assist to turnover ratios on the team (min. 100 minutes):
Ashley Williams: 2.50
Miah Spencer: 2.27
Kaila Ealey: 2.00
Lucky Rudd: 1.91

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NC State Closes Non-Conference Schedule at South Alabama Monday

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Miah Spencer

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