Wolfpack Visits Demon Deacons Thursday Evening

January 24, 2018

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RALEIGH – Currently on a three-game winning streak against Atlantic Coast Conference foes, the NC State women's basketball team (15-5, 4-3) travels to Winston-Salem this week for a Thursday evening game against Wake Forest. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and Demon Deacons is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum with live television coverage provided by the ACC's Regional Sports Network affiliates (Fox Sports South in Raleigh).

A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 878th win in program history (877-457).
-Be the 660th win of head coach Wes Moore's career (659-217).
-Be NC State's 352nd ACC win (351-234).
-Be Moore's 102nd win at NC State (101-48).
-Be NC State's 69th win over Wake Forest (68-14).
-Be NC State's 30th win at Wake Forest (29-8).
-Be NC State's 30th true road win under Moore (29-22).
-Be NC State's fifth true road win of the season (4-2).
-Be NC State's second straight win at Wake Forest.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK (15-5, 4-3)
-Ranked 18th in the RPI as of games played Jan. 23.
-Receiving votes to rank 29th (AP) and 31st (USA Today) nationally.
-Fifth nationally in rebound margin (+10.9).
-19th nationally in rebounds per game (43.7).
-23rd nationally in scoring defense (56.3).
-Point guard Kaila Ealey has the second best assist-to-turnover ratio in the ACC (2.17).

SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS (10-10, 2-5)
-Ranked 102nd in the RPI as of games played Jan. 23.
-Returning four starters from a team that went 16-16 last season and advanced to the second round of the postseason WNIT.
-Selected to finish 11th (coaches) and 12th (media) in the ACC this season.
-18th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (16.0).
-Elisa Penna leads the team with 15.4 points per game.
-Alex Sharp is the team's leading rebounder at 8.0 per game.

SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 68-14)
-Thursday's game marks the 83rd meeting between NC State and Wake Forest.
-Since Moore took over at NC State, the Wolfpack is 6-2 against the Demon Deacons.
-NC State and Wake Forest have split the last four meetings.
-In the last meeting at Wake Forest, NC State won 65-50 on Jan. 8, 2017.

THREE STRAIGHT ACC WINS
NC State's current three-game ACC winning streak marks the sixth time since Moore's first season that the Wolfpack has won three or more consecutive games against league opponents. The longest streak of six was set during the 2013-14 season.

NC STATE IS MOST SUCCESSFUL THIS SEASON WHEN...
-Shooting 40 percent or higher from the field (8-0).
-Its bench outscores the opponent's bench (8-0).
-Leading at the half (13-1).
-Games are decided by 10 points or more (14-2).
-It outscores opponents in the paint (11-1).
-Holding opponents to less than 40 percent shooting (12-2).
-It scores more fast break points than the other team (10-2).
-Four or more players score in double figures (8-2).
-Outrebounding the opposition (13-4).
-Hitting five or more three-pointers (12-4).

MAJOR REBOUNDING ADVANTAGE
In 20 games this season, NC State has won 17 rebounding contests. The Wolfpack has three times this season out-rebounded its opponents by 20 or more (South Alabama, Georgetown, and Virginia Tech).

LEAVE NO DOUBT
Fourteen of NC State's 15 wins this season have been by at least 12 points. The largest margin of victory was 32 and eight have been by 15 points or more.

100 WINS FOR @WOLFPACKWES
The Wolfpack's Jan. 14 win over Syracuse was head coach Wes Moore's 100th at NC State. Having accomplished this feat in just 148 games, he is the third quickest active ACC head coach to achieve 100 wins at his school. (Joanne McCallie - 122 and Jeff Walz - 147).

350 WINS FOR THE WOLFPACK
The Wolfpack's Jan. 14 win over Syracuse was the program's 350th Atlantic Coast Conference victory. NC State is just the fourth program to enter this elite club, joining Duke, Virginia, and North Carolina.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON THE ROAD
Presently in the fifth season under head coach Wes Moore, the Wolfpack has earned 29 true road wins since the start of the 2013-14 season. In the prior eight seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13, the Wolfpack earned 32 true road wins.

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Kaila Ealey