North Carolina State University Athletics
Thursday, January 30
Clemson, SC
7PM
NC State
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Clemson
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#7 NC State Opens Three-Game Road Stint at Clemson
1/29/2020 10:37:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – The No. 7 NC State women's basketball team (19-1, 8-1 ACC) will play the first of three-straight road games on Thursday evening as it visits Clemson (7-13, 3-6 ACC). Tip-off from Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C., is set for 7 p.m., with live television coverage provided by RSN (Fox Sports South in Raleigh).
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
• Be the 936th win in program history (935-468)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 718th career win (717-228)
• Be Moore's 160th win at NC State (159-59)
• Mark the Wolfpack's 20th victory of the year and secure the team's fifth-straight 20-win season
• Be the Pack's 11th win in a row over the Tigers
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (19-1, 8-1 ACC)
• Ranked a season-high No. 7 in both the AP and USA Today polls
• Selected to finish second in the ACC this season and currently ranked second in the league halfway through the conference slate
• 19-1 record ties with the 1976-77 squad as the third-best overall start to a season in program history
• Team holds the conference lead in eight statistical categories
• No. 3 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (31.9)
• No. 5 in field-goal percentage defense (.334)
• No. 7 in rebound margin (+11.1)
• No. 10 in three-pointers per game (9.0)
• No. 12 in scoring margin (+20.3) and scoring defense (54.2)
• Four players averaging double figures in conference play - Elissa Cunane (17.8), Aislinn Konig (12.2), Kayla Jones (10.9) and Jakia Brown-Turner (10.4)
SCOUTING THE TIGERS (7-13, 3-6 ACC)
• Predicted to finish eighth in the conference this season
• No. 20 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (15.5)
• Last in the conference in turnovers per game (20.8)
• Three players averaging in double figures - Kobi Thornton (12.2), Amari Robinson (11.1) and Kendall Spray (10.3)
• Spray is ranked third in the conference with 52 threes this season for an average of 2.6 per game
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 58-30)
• Thursday's game is the 89th meeting between NC State and Clemson.
• The Pack has won its last 10 games against the Tigers. Clemson has not picked up a win in the series since 2011.
• NC State will be looking to even the mark in games played on Clemson's home court. The Tigers enter Thursday's game with a narrow 18-17 edge in contests played at their home.
• The squads last met on Jan. 24, 2019 inside Reynolds Coliseum. NC State came away with the narrow victory, beating the Tigers by a 54-51 score.
PACK TRACKS
• After its sole loss of the season on Jan. 9, NC State has responded by outscoring its last five opponents by an average of 23.4 points.
• Four Wolfpack players scored 10+ points in the team's win against North Carolina on Sunday. NC State has won all seven games in which at least four members of its squad scored in double figures.
• The Pack out-rebounded the Tar Heels 46-28 (+18) for its largest rebounding advantage in conference action this season.
• The Wolfpack has held five of nine ACC opponents to below 40 percent shooting this season.
• NC State has won its last 15 home contests, dating back to the late stages of the 2018-19 season. The Pack's last loss at home came at the hands of No. 5 Notre Dame on Feb. 18, 2019. After the three-game road stint and a bye date, NC State will return home to host No. 5 Louisville on Feb. 13.
MOVING UP
After spending six weeks as the nation's ninth-ranked team, the Wolfpack earned back-to-back season-high rankings and is now up to No. 7 in the Jan. 27 release of the AP Top 25. Monday's placement marked the program's best since Jan. 28, 2019 when NC State was also ranked seventh. Before then, the Pack had not been ranked No. 7 or higher since the 1999-2000 season.
#BIGSMILE
Cunane is one of 24 players in the nation and the lone player in the ACC to average a double-double on the season (17.0 points per game, 10.6 rebounds per game). Her 11 double-doubles ranks 10th nationally, and she also owns top-20 national marks in field-goal percentage (.596) and rebounding average.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ON THE ROAD
Now in season seven under head coach Wes Moore, the Wolfpack has earned 45 true road wins (averaging 7.0 per completed season) since the start of the 2013-14 campaign. In the prior eight seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13, the Wolfpack earned 32 true road wins (4.0 per season).
COMING UP
NC State at Duke • Sunday, Feb. 2 • 2 p.m.
#GoPack | @PackWomensBball
RALEIGH – The No. 7 NC State women's basketball team (19-1, 8-1 ACC) will play the first of three-straight road games on Thursday evening as it visits Clemson (7-13, 3-6 ACC). Tip-off from Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C., is set for 7 p.m., with live television coverage provided by RSN (Fox Sports South in Raleigh).
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
• Be the 936th win in program history (935-468)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 718th career win (717-228)
• Be Moore's 160th win at NC State (159-59)
• Mark the Wolfpack's 20th victory of the year and secure the team's fifth-straight 20-win season
• Be the Pack's 11th win in a row over the Tigers
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (19-1, 8-1 ACC)
• Ranked a season-high No. 7 in both the AP and USA Today polls
• Selected to finish second in the ACC this season and currently ranked second in the league halfway through the conference slate
• 19-1 record ties with the 1976-77 squad as the third-best overall start to a season in program history
• Team holds the conference lead in eight statistical categories
• No. 3 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (31.9)
• No. 5 in field-goal percentage defense (.334)
• No. 7 in rebound margin (+11.1)
• No. 10 in three-pointers per game (9.0)
• No. 12 in scoring margin (+20.3) and scoring defense (54.2)
• Four players averaging double figures in conference play - Elissa Cunane (17.8), Aislinn Konig (12.2), Kayla Jones (10.9) and Jakia Brown-Turner (10.4)
SCOUTING THE TIGERS (7-13, 3-6 ACC)
• Predicted to finish eighth in the conference this season
• No. 20 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (15.5)
• Last in the conference in turnovers per game (20.8)
• Three players averaging in double figures - Kobi Thornton (12.2), Amari Robinson (11.1) and Kendall Spray (10.3)
• Spray is ranked third in the conference with 52 threes this season for an average of 2.6 per game
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 58-30)
• Thursday's game is the 89th meeting between NC State and Clemson.
• The Pack has won its last 10 games against the Tigers. Clemson has not picked up a win in the series since 2011.
• NC State will be looking to even the mark in games played on Clemson's home court. The Tigers enter Thursday's game with a narrow 18-17 edge in contests played at their home.
• The squads last met on Jan. 24, 2019 inside Reynolds Coliseum. NC State came away with the narrow victory, beating the Tigers by a 54-51 score.
PACK TRACKS
• After its sole loss of the season on Jan. 9, NC State has responded by outscoring its last five opponents by an average of 23.4 points.
• Four Wolfpack players scored 10+ points in the team's win against North Carolina on Sunday. NC State has won all seven games in which at least four members of its squad scored in double figures.
• The Pack out-rebounded the Tar Heels 46-28 (+18) for its largest rebounding advantage in conference action this season.
• The Wolfpack has held five of nine ACC opponents to below 40 percent shooting this season.
• NC State has won its last 15 home contests, dating back to the late stages of the 2018-19 season. The Pack's last loss at home came at the hands of No. 5 Notre Dame on Feb. 18, 2019. After the three-game road stint and a bye date, NC State will return home to host No. 5 Louisville on Feb. 13.
MOVING UP
After spending six weeks as the nation's ninth-ranked team, the Wolfpack earned back-to-back season-high rankings and is now up to No. 7 in the Jan. 27 release of the AP Top 25. Monday's placement marked the program's best since Jan. 28, 2019 when NC State was also ranked seventh. Before then, the Pack had not been ranked No. 7 or higher since the 1999-2000 season.
#BIGSMILE
Cunane is one of 24 players in the nation and the lone player in the ACC to average a double-double on the season (17.0 points per game, 10.6 rebounds per game). Her 11 double-doubles ranks 10th nationally, and she also owns top-20 national marks in field-goal percentage (.596) and rebounding average.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ON THE ROAD
Now in season seven under head coach Wes Moore, the Wolfpack has earned 45 true road wins (averaging 7.0 per completed season) since the start of the 2013-14 campaign. In the prior eight seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13, the Wolfpack earned 32 true road wins (4.0 per season).
COMING UP
NC State at Duke • Sunday, Feb. 2 • 2 p.m.
#GoPack | @PackWomensBball
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