#9/12 Wolfpack Hosts Demon Deacons Thursday Evening

February 20, 2019

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RALEIGH – The No. 9/12 NC State women's basketball team (22-3, 9-3 ACC) hosts Wake Forest on Thursday evening in its penultimate home game of the 2018-19 regular season. Tip-off from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum is scheduled for 7 pm with live television coverage provided by Raycom (Fox Sports South in Raleigh).

THURSDAY PROMOTIONS
-Celebrating Black Culture Night. NC State will honor Wolfpack great Trudi Lacey in between the first and second quarters. Lacey was the first African-American woman to earn an athletic scholarship at NC State and will be welcomed into the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame later this spring. The Wolfpack will also debut a new adidas uniform during the game.
-Giveaway: wolf ears to the first 200 fans.
-Halftime: mascot scrimmage.

A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 911th win in program history (910-464).
-Be head coach Wes Moore's 693rd win (692-224).
-Be NC State's 368th ACC win (367-239).
-Be Moore's 135th win at NC State (134-55).
-Be Moore's 61st ACC win at NC State (60-32).
-Be NC State's 14th home win of the season (13-2).
-Be NC State's fourth straight win over Wake Forest.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK (22-3, 9-3. RPI: 11. SOS: 27)
-Held 22 opponents to shooting .400 or below.
-Outscored 23 of 25 opponents in the paint.
-Top scoring defense in the ACC (58.7).
-Top FG percentage defense in the ACC (.350).
-Top rebounding margin in the ACC (+10.4).
-Kiara Leslie ranks 8th in the ACC in scoring (15.9) and 10th in rebounding (7.5).
-Elissa Cunane ranks 7th in the ACC in FG percentage (.589).
-Ace Konig is tied for 1st in the ACC in made 3FG per game (3.0).

SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS (10-15, 1-11. RPI: 120. SOS: 11)
-Returning four starters from last year's team that went 14-17.
-Lone ACC win of the season was a 52-49 victory at Virginia on Jan. 27.
-14th of 15 ACC teams in scoring offense (57.9).
-15th in the ACC in turnover margin (-6.3).
-Gained a recent boost with the return of starter Alex Sharp, who scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the team's most recent game.
-Have also had to endure multiple key injuries to starters this season.

SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 71-14)
-NC State has won three straight in the series and is 9-2 against Wake Forest under HC Wes Moore.
-The Wolfpack is 37-5 vs. the Demon Deacons in Raleigh.
-In the last meeting between the teams, NC State won 59-50 in Winston-Salem on Jan. 31 of this season.
-In the last Raleigh meeting, NC State won 74-61 on Feb. 18, 2018.

BEST ACC STARTS IN PROGRAM HISTORY
9-0 in 1977-78*
9-0 in 1979-80 *^
8-0 in 2018-19
7-0 in 1988-89
6-0 in 1997-98
5-0 in 1999-2000

*ACC regular-season champion
^ACC Tournament champion

TOP 16 REVEAL
NC State was listed as a No. 2 seed in the first top-16 reveal by the NCAA Selection Committee on Feb. 11. The Wolfpack was drawn with Oregon, Iowa, and Gonzaga.

FRESHMAN ON FIRE
Freshman center Elissa Cunane was named ACC Rookie of the Week for the third time this season on Feb. 18. In her last three games, she has achieved the following numbers:

at #24 Florida State: 25 points, 8 rebounds
at #16 Syracuse: 22 points, 12 rebounds
vs. #5 Notre Dame: 28 points, 6 rebounds

PLAY4KAY SELLOUT
For the third time in four seasons, NC State's annual Play4Kay game on Feb. 18 was a sellout. An annual event to raise awareness and money in the fight against women's cancers, NC State's game this year resulted in total donations to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund of more than $200,000. Through the support of fans and the university community, the NC State athletic department presented a check for $25,903 during the game and local business Bojangles' raised and donated more than $175,000 as well.

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 43-6 on its home court.

SUCCESS IN THE CONFERENCE
60-32 (.652): NC State's ACC record under Moore.
307-207 (.597): NC State's ACC record from 1977-2013.

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#9/12 Wolfpack Hosts Demon Deacons Thursday Evening

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