#15/18 Wolfpack Plays at Boston College Thursday Evening

February 15, 2017

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RALEIGH – The No. 15/18 NC State women's basketball team (19-6, 9-3 ACC) takes its penultimate regular-season road trip of 2016-17 this week, traveling northeast to play at Boston College Thursday evening. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Conte Forum with live coverage provided by ACC Network Extra.

Following NC State's trip to Boston College, the Wolfpack hosts Wake Forest in the 12th annual Play4Kay Game on Sunday, Feb. 19. A very limited number of tickets remain.

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A WOLFPACK WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 859th win in program history (858-449)
-Be the 641st win of head coach Wes Moore's career (640-209)
-Be NC State's 345th ACC win (344-230)
-Be Moore's 83rd win at NC State (82-40)
-Be Moore's 38th ACC win at NC State (37-23)
-Be NC State's 14th win over Boston College (13-8)
-Be NC State's sixth true road win of the season (5-3)
-Be NC State's fourth win at Boston College (3-6)
-Be NC State's third straight win over Boston College
-Be NC State's first win at BC since Feb. 23, 2012

LAST GAME
Fueled by a second quarter in which the team outscored its opponent 31-8, NC State picked up its third consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference win with a comfortable 85-71 victory over the visiting Virginia Tech Hokies Sunday afternoon on Kay Yow Court inside Reynolds Coliseum.

NC State was led by 23 points from Miah Spencer on 11-16 shooting. The senior also chipped in nine rebounds and six assists against zero turnovers. Classmate Dominique Wilson joined her in double figures, scoring 19 points while dishing out seven assists.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-NC State enters Thursday's game the owner of a 19-6 record, a 9-3 mark in ACC play, and the No. 15/18 national rankings.
-Twelve of NC State's 19 wins have been by at least 14 points.
-The Wolfpack has eight wins over teams in the RPI top 100.
-NC State ranks 26th nationally in scoring margin (+13.8), 30th in FG% defense (.360), and 34th in 3FG made per game (8.0).
-Starting senior guard Ashley Williams ranks 30th in the nation (2nd in ACC) with a .414 shooting percentage from distance.
-Redshirt senior Dominique Wilson ranks 24th in the nation in FT percentage (.871).

STRONG DEFENSE
NC State has held opponents to .399 shooting or lower in 16 games this season. The Wolfpack is 13-3 in these contests.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
NC State's Feb. 12 win over Virginia Tech was the Wolfpack's 13th home win of the season. This marks just the eighth time in 43 seasons (second under HC Wes Moore) that NC State has won 13 or more games at home.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON THE ROAD
In three completed seasons under head coach Wes Moore, the Wolfpack has earned 18 true road wins (six per season). In the prior eight seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13, the Wolfpack earned 32 true road wins (four per season).

TEN OR MORE? BEEN THERE BEFORE
The five players in NC State's normal starting lineup have individually scored 10+ points in an astounding 245 games. Miah Spencer leads all starters with 10+ points in 78 of her 122 career games.

WOLFPACK AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS
NC State is currently 4-2 against ranked opponents this season, with all four wins coming over teams ranked within the top 15. The last time NC State won four games against top-15 foes was the 1997-98 season, when the team advanced to the Final Four.

JUST THE TWO OF US
NC State and No. 1/1 UConn have something in common this season: the Wolfpack and Huskies are the only teams to beat both Notre Dame and Florida State.

SHE'S THE ONLY ONE
Miah Spencer (1,471 points and 464 assists) is the first player in the 42.5 season history of the NC State women's basketball program to score 1,400 points and dish out 450 assists in a career. She currently ranks 18th in scoring and fifth in assists.

NC STATE CAREER THREE-POINTERS MADE
4th ... Tammy Gibson (1990-95) ... 230
5th ... Nicole Lehman (1987-91) ... 194
6th ... Shayla Fields (2006-09) ... 162
7th ... Ashley Williams (2013-present) ... 153
8th ... Dominique Wilson (2014-present) ... 149
9th ... Tynesha Lewis (1998-01) ... 142
9th ... Billie McDowell (2002-06) ... 142

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
-Boston College enters Thursday's game the owner of a 9-17 record (2-11 ACC).
-Sophomore center Mariella Fasoula leads the team with 15.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.
-Kelly Hughes has hit more than 50 percent of the Eagles' three-pointers this season (68), and ranks 51st nationally with 2.62 made per game.
-The Eagles are 0-12 against teams in the RPI top 100.
-Boston College is 6-7 at Conte Forum this season.

SERIES HISTORY
-Thursday's game marks the 22nd meeting between NC State and Boston College. The Wolfpack holds a 13-8 lead in the series.
-NC State has won two straight games against the Eagles, beating them 74-63 in Raleigh on Feb. 11, 2016, and 76-60 at the ACC Tournament in Greensboro on March 3, 2016.
-In NC State's last trip to visit the Eagles, the Wolfpack fell 64-59 in overtime on Feb. 16, 2015.
-NC State is 3-6 in nine meetings at Boston College.

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