Unbeaten #9 Wolfpack Hosts Davidson Sunday

December 28, 2018

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RALEIGH – The unbeaten and ninth-ranked NC State women's basketball team (12-0) concludes the 2018 calendar year with a visit from Davidson on Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats and Wolfpack will meet on Kay Yow Court inside James T. Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum at 2 pm. Live video coverage will be provided by ACC Network Extra and WatchESPN.

NC State then opens Atlantic Coast Conference play at home against Duke on Thursday, Jan. 3.

SUNDAY PROMOTIONS
-Youth League Day.
-Sunday Funday Kids Zone: poster-making and coloring stations.
-Halftime: Wake Christian Academy Middle School.
-Postgame autographs with the full team.
-Hoke County High School Band will be performing.

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
-Be the 901st win in program history (900-461).
-Be head coach Wes Moore's 683rd win (682-221).
-Be NC State's 468th victory inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum (467-131).
-Be Moore's 125th win at NC State (124-52).
-Be NC State's 27th straight home non-conference win.
-Continue the second best start to a season in program history.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK (12-0)
-Current RPI is 5.
-10th in the AP and USA Today polls since Dec. 3. Moved up to 9th in both polls on Dec. 24.
-Off to a 12-0 start for the first time since 1999-2000 (14-0 start).
-One of just 9 remaining unbeaten teams.
-3rd nationally in defensive rebounds per game (32.0).
-7th in fewest fouls committed per game (13.0).
-8th in rebounds per game (45.7).
-8th in rebound margin (+13.1).
-16th in field goal percentage defense (.337).
-18th in shooting percentage (.470).
-Aislinn Konig ranks 10th nationally in 3FG made (40) and 12th in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.25).
-Four players averaging 11.8+ points per game.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS (6-6)
-Returning three starters from a team that went 12-18 last season.
-Four players averaging 11.7+ points per game.
-66th in assists per game (15.8).
-85th in rebounds per game (40.8).
-Kianna Speight ranks 19th nationally in 3FG made (38).
-Sarah Donovan ranks 33rd nationally with five double-doubles.
-Led by head coach Gayle Coats Fulks, who is in her second season at the helm of the program.

SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 7-1)
-NC State is 5-0 against Davidson in Raleigh.
-The Wolfpack's only loss to the Wildcats came in the first meeting in 1975.
-In the last meeting between the teams, NC State won 73-49 in Raleigh on Nov. 12, 2017.

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
Despite taking 3.2 fewer shots than its opponents per game (60.1 vs. 63.3), the Wolfpack is making 6.9 more per contest (28.2 to 21.3).

SECOND LONGEST STREAK IN THE NATION
Aislinn Konig has hit at least one three-pointer in 45 consecutive games dating back to Nov. 15, 2017. She hit 91 last season, setting a new program single-season record. The previous mark of 90 was held by Jennifer Howard since the 1995-96 season.

Konig's streak of 45 consecutive games with a three-pointer is behind only Presley Hudson of Central Michigan (49).

CAREER THREE-POINTERS MADE AT NC STATE
5. Nicole Lehman (1987-91) ... 194
6. Ashley Williams (2014-17) ... 168
7. Dominique Wilson (2014-17) ... 163
8. Shayla Fields (2006-09) ... 162
9. Aislinn Konig (2017-present) ... 160
10. Jennifer Mathurin (2014-17) ... 144

TOP NINE IN THE NATION
NC State was ranked ninth in both the AP and USA Today polls on Dec. 24. The last time NC State was ranked higher than No. 10 was when the Wolfpack was listed at No. 7 in the Feb. 14, 2000 AP Poll.

QUITE A STREAK
NC State has won 26 consecutive non-conference games played at home. The Wolfpack's last loss in Raleigh to a non-ACC team came on Dec. 13, 2015.

RECORD SINCE THE RENOVATION
Since the Wolfpack's 2016-17 return to Reynolds Coliseum following the completion of the $35 million renovation, the team is 38-4 on its home court.

900 WINS AND ELITE COMPANY
NC State's Dec. 21 victory at Chattanooga marked the 900th in program history, making the Wolfpack just the 31st program in the history of NCAA Division I women's basketball to reach this milestone.

NO EASY SHOTS
Through 12 games this season, NC State has held each opponent to shooting .393 or lower from the field.

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