Wolfpack vs. Tar Heels: Round Two Sunday on ESPN2

February 19, 2016

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RALEIGH – Heading down the stretch run of the 2015-16 regular season, the NC State women's basketball team (17-9, 8-5 ACC) plays at local rival UNC-Chapel Hill Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 as a part of ESPN's Play 4Kay Week.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
ESPN2 – Beth Mowins and Debbie Antonelli
WKNC 88.1 FM – Patrick Kinas and Rachel Stockdale

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
-Be the 837th win in program history (836-441)
-Be the 619th win (618-201) of head coach Wes Moore's career
-Be the 334th ACC win in program history (333-226)
-Be Moore's 61st win (60-32) at NC State
-Be NC State's 53rd win over UNC-CH (52-49)
-Be NC State's first win at UNC-CH since February 21, 2010.
-Mark the first time NC State swept UNC-CH in a single season since the 1999-2000 campaign.

SERIES HISTORY
-Sunday's game marks the 102nd meeting between NC State and UNC-CH. The Wolfpack holds a 52-49 edge in the series.
-NC State earned a 78-49 victory over the Tar Heels in the last meeting between the teams on January 31 in Raleigh. The 29-point win was the largest achieved by the Wolfpack in the series since February 19, 1978.
-The Wolfpack is 16-25 in 41 prior games played in Chapel Hill.
-UNC-CH has won eight of the last ten meetings.
-NC State's last win in Chapel Hill was a 74-63 victory on February 21, 2010.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-The Wolfpack owns the No. 47 RPI as of February 19 and is receiving four points in the latest USA Today Poll.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (1-6), vs. RPI 51-100 (5-2), vs. RPI 101-200 (9-1), vs. RPI 201+ (2-0).
-Best win: 65-62 at Duke (RPI 45) on January 14.
-Worst loss: 63-58 at Wake Forest (113) on February 7.
-Junior guards Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson each recently scored 10+ points for the 50th time in their careers. They also each achieved 1,000 career points scored during the win over Virginia.
-Wilson ranks sixth in the ACC points per game (15.7) and has scored 20+ points eight times this season. In conference games, she ranks second in the league with 17.7 points per game.
-Wilson was named ACC Player of the Week on February 1. This was the first ACC POTW honor earned by a Wolfpack player since Markeisha Gatling in December 2013.
-Wilson ranks 50th in the nation with a .844 FT percentage.
-The Wolfpack has held 12 opponents this season to fewer than 60 points.

RECORD BOOK PROGRESS
Spencer is making rapid progress through the NC State record book in two scoring categories. The junior has scored 1085 career points (27th all-time) and has recorded 10+ points 57 times (20th all-time).

STAND YOUR GROUND
NC State players have taken 64 charges through 26 games this season. Jennifer Mathurin (26) and Ashley Williams (19) are the team leaders. Of the 429 opponent turnovers forced by the Wolfpack this season, 15 percent have come from charging calls.

NOT BAD LOSSES
NC State's nine losses this season have come to teams with an average RPI of 43 as of February 19. Only one of NC State's losses came against a team outside the RPI top 100 (Wake Forest).

IF THE SEASON ENDED TODAY...
NC State would sit sixth in the ACC standings and earn the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament. The Wolfpack would receive a bye to the second round of the tournament on Thursday, March 3 and await the winner of UNC-CH and Boston College.

NC STATE BY THE QUARTERS
1st: On average, the Wolfpack is outscoring opponents 18-14 in first quarters this season.
2nd: NC State's best second quarter of conference play was a 28-point outburst against No. 23 Louisville.
3rd: The Wolfpack has shot .600 or better in three ACC third quarters this season: Georgia Tech (7-11, .636), at Virginia Tech (9-15, .600), and vs. UNC (10-15, .667).
4th: Miah Spencer has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.13 during fourth quarters this season.

LOT OF BASKETBALL STILL TO BE PLAYED
Just 26 games into the 2015-16 season, NC State has already exceeded its regular-season win total (16) from last season. The Wolfpack is still guaranteed at minimum four more games this year (three regular season + one ACC Tournament).

SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS
-UNC-CH enters Sunday's game the owner of a 14-14 record which includes a 4-9 mark in ACC play.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (1-7), vs. RPI 51-100 (2-2), vs. RPI 101-200 (5-4), vs. RPI 201+ (6-1).
-Best win: 77-73 vs. Syracuse (RPI 17) on January 7.
-Worst loss: 66-65 vs. Gardner-Webb (202) on November 13.
-Destinee Walker and Jamie Cherry lead the league in minutes played per game, averaging 37.2 and 36.3, respectively.
-The Tar Heels rank 15th nationally in FTs made and 22nd in blocked shots.
-Cherry ranks eighth nationally in free throws made.

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Players Mentioned

Jennifer Mathurin

Miah Spencer

Ashley Williams

Dominique Wilson