Sunday, February 2
Durham, NC
2PM
NC State
at
Duke
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#7 Wolfpack Continues Road Stretch with Short Trip to Duke
2/1/2020 10:27:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – The No. 7 NC State women's basketball team is set to make the short trip to Durham, N.C., on Sunday afternoon to take on Duke. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils is scheduled for 2 p.m. from Cameron Indoor Stadium, and the game will be streamed live on ACCNX.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
• Be the 937th win in program history (936-468)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 719th career win (718-228)
• Be Moore's 161st win at NC State (160-59)
• Be Moore's 73rd ACC victory at NC State (72-34)
• Tie with the 1977-78 squad as the second-best overall start to a season in program history
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (20-1, 9-1 ACC)
• Ranked a season-high No. 7 in the AP and USA Today polls
• Off to the third-best overall start to a season in program history behind 21-0 (2018-19) and 21-1 (1977-78) marks
• Holds conference lead in eight statistical categories
• No. 4 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (31.5)
• No. 8 in field-goal percentage defense (.336)
• No. 8 in rebound margin (+10.7)
• No. 9 in three pointers per game (9.2)
• No. 11 in scoring margin (+20.2)
• No. 15 in scoring defense (54.5)
• Four players average double figures in conference play - Elissa Cunane (16.8), Aislinn Konig (13.3), Kayla Jones (11.3) and Jakia Brown-Turner (10.6)
• Cunane one of two players in the ACC to average a double-double on the season and owns the league lead in field-goal percentage (.586) and rebounds per game (10.4)
• Konig ranks 35th nationally in three-pointers per game (2.7) and 23rd in total threes on the season (57)
SCOUTING THE BLUE DEVILS (11-9, 5-4 ACC)
• Predicted to finish seventh in the conference this season and currently in a tie for fifth place in the ACC
• Ranked first in the conference in steals (10.8 per game) and turnovers forced (18.6 per game)
• Won four of its last five games, including its last two over Syracuse and Georgia Tech
• Haley Gorecki (17.9) and Leaonna Odom (14.1) averaging double figures in scoring to lead Duke
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 45-36)
• Sunday's game is the 82nd meeting between NC State and Duke.
• The Pack has won five of the last six games against Duke, including two in a row coming into Sunday. Overall, Coach Moore is 5-2 against Duke in his NC State career.
• Duke holds a 19-16 advantage in games played inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Pack's last victory in Durham came on Jan. 14, 2016.
• The squads last met on Jan. 3, 2019 inside Reynolds Coliseum. NC State earned a 63-51 victory to beat Duke for the third time in a row in Raleigh.
BOUNCE BACK
After its sole loss of the season to rival North Carolina on Jan. 9, NC State has responded by outscoring its last six opponents by an average of 22.7 points.
20-WIN CLUB
With its victory against Clemson on Jan. 30, the Wolfpack secured its fifth-straight 20-win season. Coach Moore, who is in the midst of his seventh year at NC State, has led his Wolfpack teams to 20+ wins in all but one season at the helm of the program. The Pack is one of seven teams in the nation that has reached 20 victories.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ON THE ROAD
Now in season seven under the leadership of Coach Moore, the Wolfpack has earned 46 true road wins (averaging 7.0 per completed season) since the start of the 2013-14 season. In the prior eight seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13, the Wolfpack earned 32 true road wins (4.0 per season).
THREE BALL
NC State has knocked down 10+ threes on 10 occasions this season, including five ACC games. In its last game, the Wolfpack set a new season high with 14 baskets made from long range. Konig also set a new career mark with seven threes in that game. It marked the most treys by a player in a single outing since Myisha Goodwin-Coleman knocked down nine against Georgia Tech on Feb. 17, 2013
WHO DO YOU GUARD?
NC State's entire starting lineup is averaging 8.9+ points per game this season, including three Wolfpack players (Cunane, Konig, Jones) with scoring averages in double figures. Additionally, four of the Pack's starters are shooting 40 percent or higher from the field.
COMING UP
NC State at Virginia Tech • Thursday, Feb. 6 • 7 p.m
#GoPack | @PackWomensBball
RALEIGH – The No. 7 NC State women's basketball team is set to make the short trip to Durham, N.C., on Sunday afternoon to take on Duke. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils is scheduled for 2 p.m. from Cameron Indoor Stadium, and the game will be streamed live on ACCNX.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
• Be the 937th win in program history (936-468)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 719th career win (718-228)
• Be Moore's 161st win at NC State (160-59)
• Be Moore's 73rd ACC victory at NC State (72-34)
• Tie with the 1977-78 squad as the second-best overall start to a season in program history
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (20-1, 9-1 ACC)
• Ranked a season-high No. 7 in the AP and USA Today polls
• Off to the third-best overall start to a season in program history behind 21-0 (2018-19) and 21-1 (1977-78) marks
• Holds conference lead in eight statistical categories
• No. 4 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (31.5)
• No. 8 in field-goal percentage defense (.336)
• No. 8 in rebound margin (+10.7)
• No. 9 in three pointers per game (9.2)
• No. 11 in scoring margin (+20.2)
• No. 15 in scoring defense (54.5)
• Four players average double figures in conference play - Elissa Cunane (16.8), Aislinn Konig (13.3), Kayla Jones (11.3) and Jakia Brown-Turner (10.6)
• Cunane one of two players in the ACC to average a double-double on the season and owns the league lead in field-goal percentage (.586) and rebounds per game (10.4)
• Konig ranks 35th nationally in three-pointers per game (2.7) and 23rd in total threes on the season (57)
SCOUTING THE BLUE DEVILS (11-9, 5-4 ACC)
• Predicted to finish seventh in the conference this season and currently in a tie for fifth place in the ACC
• Ranked first in the conference in steals (10.8 per game) and turnovers forced (18.6 per game)
• Won four of its last five games, including its last two over Syracuse and Georgia Tech
• Haley Gorecki (17.9) and Leaonna Odom (14.1) averaging double figures in scoring to lead Duke
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 45-36)
• Sunday's game is the 82nd meeting between NC State and Duke.
• The Pack has won five of the last six games against Duke, including two in a row coming into Sunday. Overall, Coach Moore is 5-2 against Duke in his NC State career.
• Duke holds a 19-16 advantage in games played inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Pack's last victory in Durham came on Jan. 14, 2016.
• The squads last met on Jan. 3, 2019 inside Reynolds Coliseum. NC State earned a 63-51 victory to beat Duke for the third time in a row in Raleigh.
BOUNCE BACK
After its sole loss of the season to rival North Carolina on Jan. 9, NC State has responded by outscoring its last six opponents by an average of 22.7 points.
20-WIN CLUB
With its victory against Clemson on Jan. 30, the Wolfpack secured its fifth-straight 20-win season. Coach Moore, who is in the midst of his seventh year at NC State, has led his Wolfpack teams to 20+ wins in all but one season at the helm of the program. The Pack is one of seven teams in the nation that has reached 20 victories.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ON THE ROAD
Now in season seven under the leadership of Coach Moore, the Wolfpack has earned 46 true road wins (averaging 7.0 per completed season) since the start of the 2013-14 season. In the prior eight seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13, the Wolfpack earned 32 true road wins (4.0 per season).
THREE BALL
NC State has knocked down 10+ threes on 10 occasions this season, including five ACC games. In its last game, the Wolfpack set a new season high with 14 baskets made from long range. Konig also set a new career mark with seven threes in that game. It marked the most treys by a player in a single outing since Myisha Goodwin-Coleman knocked down nine against Georgia Tech on Feb. 17, 2013
WHO DO YOU GUARD?
NC State's entire starting lineup is averaging 8.9+ points per game this season, including three Wolfpack players (Cunane, Konig, Jones) with scoring averages in double figures. Additionally, four of the Pack's starters are shooting 40 percent or higher from the field.
COMING UP
NC State at Virginia Tech • Thursday, Feb. 6 • 7 p.m
#GoPack | @PackWomensBball
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