#25 Wolfpack and Demon Deacons will Play4Kay Sunday at Noon

February 16, 2018

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RALEIGH – The No. 25/25 NC State women's basketball team (20-6, 9-4 ACC) concludes the home portion of its regular season on Sunday when it hosts Wake Forest in the 13th annual Play4Kay Game at Reynolds Coliseum. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and Demon Deacons is scheduled for noon with live national television coverage provided by ESPNU.

Sunday's game will also serve as Senior Day, during which seniors Akela Maize and Chelsea Nelson will be honored in a pregame ceremony.

Doors at Reynolds Coliseum will open two hours prior to tip-off on Sunday. Fans are encouraged to arrive early to take part in the pregame silent auction and various other activities surrounding the game. Arriving early is also encouraged due to the fact that several other athletic teams will have events on campus on Sunday, and parking may take a few minutes longer than normally anticipated.

SUNDAY PROMOTIONS
-13th annual Play4Kay Game to raise awareness and money in the fight against women's cancers. Cancer survivors are encouraged to register for the halftime survivor celebration.
-Senior Day.

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
-Be the 883rd win in program history (882-458).
-Be the 665th win of head coach Wes Moore's career (664-218).
-Be NC State's 357th ACC win (356-235).
-Be Moore's 107th win at NC State (106-49).
-Be the Wolfpack's 65th home win under Moore (64-14).
-Be the Wolfpack's 70th win over Wake Forest (69-14).
-Be the Wolfpack's 37th home win over Wake Forest (36-5).
-Mark the 22nd season of 21+ wins in program history.
-Be Moore's 23rd time earning 21+ wins in a season.
-Be Moore's eighth win over Wake Forest at NC State (7-2).

NOTING THE WOLFPACK (20-6, 9-4)
-Ranked 19th in the RPI as of games played Feb. 14.
-Ranked 25th nationally in both polls.
-Won eight of its last nine games.
-Third nationally in rebound margin (+11.4).
-Eighth nationally in FT attempts (567).
-Ninth nationally in rebounds per game (43.8).
-23rd nationally in scoring defense (55.8).
-25th nationally in FG percent defense (.363).

SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS (12-14, 4-9)
-Ranked 106th in the RPI as of games played Feb. 14.
-28th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (15.0).
-47th nationally in blocked shots per game (4.5).
-Elisa Penna leads all scorers with 15.5 points per game.
-Own a 6-5 record away from home this season.

SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 69-14)
-In the last meeting, NC State won 82-68 in Winston-Salem on Jan. 25.
-NC State is 36-5 against Wake Forest in Raleigh.
-In the last meeting between the teams in Raleigh, Wake Forest won 89-77 during the 12th annual Play4Kay Game on Feb. 19, 2017.

NC STATE IS MOST SUCCESSFUL THIS SEASON WHEN...
-Shooting 40 percent or higher from the field (11-0).
-Its bench outscores the opponent's bench (11-0).
-Leading at the half (16-1).
-It outscores opponents in the paint (13-1).
-Games are decided by 10 points or more (18-2).
-Holding opponents to less than 40 percent shooting (16-2).
-It scores more fast break points than the other team (12-2).
-Four or more players score in double figures (11-2).
-Hitting five or more three-pointers (17-4).
-Outrebounding the opposition (17-5).

ACC TOURNAMENT APPROACHES
The ACC Tournament returns to the Greensboro Coliseum this season and runs from Feb. 28 - Mar. 4. With NC State's win over UNC-Chapel Hill on Feb. 11, the Wolfpack guaranteed a bye into the second round beginning Thursday, Mar. 1.

TOUGH AT HOME
Presently in the fifth season under head coach Wes Moore, the Wolfpack is 64-14 at home since the beginning of the 2013-14 season. In conference games at home, Moore has led the Wolfpack to a 27-12 mark.

LEAVE NO DOUBT
Eighteen of NC State's 20 wins this season have been by at least 12 points. The largest margin of victory was 32 and 11 have been by 15 points or more.

NEW FACES. SIMILAR RESULTS
Despite graduating four senior starters and their accompanying 43.5 points per game from the 2016-17 squad, the 2017-18 Wolfpack owns the same record (20-6) through 26 games as last season (20-6). Despite preseason predictions of 10th (coaches) and eighth (media), the Wolfpack is currently fifth in the ACC standings.

SHARP SHOOTER
Sophomore guard Aislinn Konig has hit 68 three-pointers this season. With three regular-season games remaining, she is T8th for most made in a single season. Jennifer Howard holds the program record of 90 made during the 1995-96 season.

BLOCK BY BLOCK
With three games remaining in the regular season, senior center Akela Maize is on pace to crack the top 10 of the single-season blocks list at NC State. With 49 blocks through 26 games this year, she is just two away from making the list. Maize has swatted two blocks or more on 11 occasions so far this year. Her season and career high mark of five came in the Nov. 23 win over Alabama and was tied in the win over No. 10 Florida State on Feb. 1.

LATEST BRACKETOLOGY
In the Feb. 12 edition of his Bracketology posts, Charlie Creme has the Wolfpack as a four seed in the Raleigh, N.C., region and hosting Mercer of the Southern Conference in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

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#25 Wolfpack and Demon Deacons will Play4Kay Sunday at Noon

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