#23 Wolfpack Hosts Tar Heels Sunday Afternoon

February 9, 2018

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RALEIGH – The No. 23/23 NC State women's basketball team (19-6, 8-4 ACC) will seek a regular-season sweep of rival UNC-Chapel Hill Sunday afternoon when the Tar Heels visit a sold-out Reynolds Coliseum. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. from Kay Yow Court with live television coverage provided by the Atlantic Coast Conference's Regional Sports Network affiliates (Fox Sports South in Raleigh).

Sunday's sellout is the second since historic Reynolds Coliseum was renovated and reopened prior to the 2016-17 season. Following Sunday's game, the Wolfpack concludes the home portion of the regular season on Sunday, Feb. 18 vs. Wake Forest at noon in the 13th annual Play4Kay Game.

SUNDAY PROMOTIONS
-Red out Reynolds Coliseum. Fans encouraged to wear red.
-Lunar New Year Celebration: Confucius Institute will have displays and activities available at the arena. Free tee shirts featuring "Wolfpack" in Mandarin given away while supplies last.
-Student Wolfpack Club Event.
-Boy Scout Day.
-Postgame autographs with Wolfpack seniors.

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
-Be the 882nd win in program history (881-458).
-Be the 664th win of head coach Wes Moore's career (663-218).
-Be NC State's 356th ACC win (355-235).
-Be Moore's 106th win at NC State (105-49).
-Be the Wolfpack's 64th home win under Moore (63-14).
-Be the Wolfpack's 56th win over UNC (55-50).
-Be the Wolfpack's 28th home win over UNC (27-15).
-Mark the 26th season of 20+ wins in program history.
-Be Moore's 24th time earning 20+ wins in a season.
-Be the Wolfpack's third straight win over UNC.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK (19-6, 8-4)
-Ranked 22nd in the RPI as of games played Feb. 8.
-Ranked 23rd nationally in both polls.
-Won seven of its last eight games.
-Fourth nationally in rebound margin (+11.0).
-Seventh nationally in FT attempts (542).
-17th nationally in rebounds per game (43.3).
-21st nationally (first in the ACC) in scoring defense (55.9).
-26th nationally in FG percent defense (.364).

SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS (14-10, 4-7)
-Ranked 100th in the RPI as of games played Feb. 8.
-Presently on a four-game losing streak.
-36th nationally in assists per game (16.5).
-39th nationally in scoring offense (76.0).
-Guard Paris Kea ranks 38th nationally (third in the ACC) in points per game (19.8).

SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 55-50)
-In the last meeting between the teams, NC State won 66-53 at UNC-Chapel Hill on Jan. 18.
-NC State has won four of the last five meetings.
-The Wolfpack is 27-15 vs. UNC-CH in Raleigh.
-In the last Raleigh meeting between the teams, NC State won 80-60 on Feb. 23, 2017.
-NC State lost the first four meetings with UNC-CH after Moore took over, but has since gone 4-1 vs. the Tar Heels.

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 (10-0).
-Leading at the half (15-1).
-It outscores opponents in the paint (13-1).
-Games are decided by 10 points or more (17-2).
-Holding opponents to less than 40 percent shooting (15-2).
-It scores more fast break points than the other team (11-2).
-Four or more players score in double figures (10-2).
-Hitting five or more three-pointers (16-4).
-Outrebounding the opposition (16-5).

ACC TOURNAMENT APPROACHES
The ACC Tournament returns to the Greensboro Coliseum this season and runs from Feb. 28 - Mar. 4. If the Wolfpack defeats UNC-CH on Feb. 11, the team will earn a bye into at least the second round, which begins on Thursday, Mar. 1.

PRETTY TOUGH AT HOME
Presently in the fifth season under head coach Wes Moore, the Wolfpack is 63-14 at home since the beginning of the 2013-14 season. In conference games at home, Moore has led the Wolfpack to a 26-12 mark.

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 (19-6) through 25 games as last season (19-6). Despite preseason predictions of 10th (coaches) and eighth (media), the Wolfpack is currently tied for fifth in the ACC standings.

SHARP SHOOTER
Sophomore guard Aislinn Konig has hit 64 three-pointers this season. With four regular-season games remaining, she is just one away from cracking the program's top-10 list 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 four 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 48 blocks through 25 games this year, she is just three 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.

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