#7 Wolfpack Visits Wake Forest Thursday Evening

January 30, 2019

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RALEIGH – The unbeaten and seventh-ranked NC State women's basketball team (20-0, 7-0 ACC) seeks to continue its winning ways when paying a visit to Wake Forest on Thursday evening. Tip-off from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem is scheduled for 7 pm with live streaming coverage provided by ACC Network Extra/WatchESPN.

A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 909th win in program history (908-461).
-Be head coach Wes Moore's 691st win (690-221).
-Be NC State's 366th ACC win (365-236)
-Be Moore's 133rd win at NC State (132-52).
-Be Moore's 59th ACC win at NC State (58-29).
-Be NC State's 38th true road win under Moore (37-24).
-Be NC State's 6th road win of the season (5-0).
-Continue the best unbeaten start in program history.
-Continue the longest winning streak in program history.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK (20-0, 7-0. RPI: 6. SOS: 39)
-Last remaining unbeaten team in the nation.
-7th in both the AP and USA Today polls.
-Off to the best unbeaten start in program history.
-Held 19 opponents to shooting .400 or below.
-Outscored all 20 opponents in the paint.
-3rd nationally in fewest fouls committed per game (12.3).
-3rd in defensive rebounds per game (32.0).
-4th in rebound margin (+12.7).
-6th in field goal percentage defense (.333).
-7th in rebounds per game (45.4).
-15th in scoring defense (55.5 points per game allowed).
-23rd in field goal percentage (.458).
-Freshman Elissa Cunane is the most accurate shooter in the ACC (.626).
-Aislinn Konig ranks 15th nationally in 3FG made (62) and 60th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.08).

SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS (10-10, 1-6. RPI: 104. SOS: 29)
-Returning four starters from last year's team that went 14-17.
-38th nationally in rebound margin (+6.4).
-46th in free throw percentage (.741).
-345th in turnover margin (-6.4).
-Lost their first six ACC games before winning 52-42 at Virginia on Jan. 27.
-The Demon Deacons are 7-5 at home this season.
-Wake Forest is coached by Jen Hoover, who is in her seventh season in charge of the program.

SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 70-14)
-NC State has won two straight in the series and is 8-2 against Wake Forest under Moore.
-The Wolfpack is 30-8 in games played at Wake Forest.
-In the last meeting, NC State won 74-61 on Feb. 18, 2018 in Raleigh.
-In the last meeting at Wake Forest, NC State won 82-68 in Winston-Salem on Jan. 25, 2018.

BEST ACC STARTS IN PROGRAM HISTORY
9-0 in 1977-78*
9-0 in 1979-80 *^
7-0 in 1988-89 and 2018-19
6-0 in 1997-98
5-0 in 1999-2000

*ACC regular-season champion
^ACC Tournament champion

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ON THE ROAD
37-24 (.606): NC State's true road record under Moore.
228-203 (.529): NC State's true road record from 1974-2013.

True road game = a game played at an opponent's facility and not a neutral site.

SUCCESS IN THE CONFERENCE
58-29 (.667): NC State's ACC record under Moore.
307-207 (.597): NC State's ACC record from 1977-2013.

FREQUENTLY IN FRONT
In conference games this season, NC State has led for 234:53 of a possible 285 minutes and only trailed for 32:36.

ELISSA'S BIG WEEK
Freshman center Elissa Cunane was named ACC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 28 and USBWA Freshman of the Week on Jan. 29. She averaged 14.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in wins over Clemson and Georgia Tech.

CAREER THREE-POINTERS MADE AT NC STATE
4. Tammy Gibson (1990-95) ... 230
5. Nicole Lehman (1987-91) ... 194
6. Aislinn Konig (2017-present) ... 182
7. Ashley Williams (2014-17) ... 168

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Players Mentioned

Elissa Cunane

Aislinn Konig

Ashley Williams