Sunday, February 21
12 PM
NC State
vs
North Carolina
#4 NC State and UNC Will #Play4Kay Sunday Afternoon in Raleigh
2/20/2021 11:03:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Wolfpack and Tar Heels set to tip off at noon on ESPN2
PLAY4KAY | VIRTUAL SELLOUT TICKETS | GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | WATCH LIVE
RALEIGH – The fourth-ranked NC State women's basketball team (14-2, 9-2 ACC) will host the North Carolina Tar Heels (11-8, 6-8 ACC) on Sunday afternoon for its 16th Annual Play4Kay game. Tip-off is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum, and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
Due to health and safety recommendations and current state guidelines, home NC State women's basketball games are closed to the public.
PLAY4KAY
The Play4Kay Game is an annual event at NC State that celebrates the life of legendary head coach Kay Yow and all others who have battled cancer. The donations that are collected surrounding the event will be donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
With the general public unable to attend this year's game, the Wolfpack is hosting a Virtual Sellout via Zoom where those who purchase tickets can "gather" to watch the game together. Tickets for this event can be purchased here.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
• Be the 959th win in program history (958-473)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 741st career win (740-233)
• Be Moore's 183rd win at NC State (182-64)
• Be Moore's 87th ACC win at NC State (86-39)
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (14-2, 9-2)
• Ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 for the third week in a row and been ranked in the national top five since Dec. 7
• Stands at second in the ACC behind Louisville (20-1, 13-1 ACC)
• No. 2 nationally and first in the conference in defensive rebounds per game (32.2)
• Paces the league in rebound margin (19th nationally, +8.7) and field-goal percentage defense (21st nationally, .355)
• Also top-25 nationally in field-goal percentage (12th - .476), scoring margin (14th - +16.9), scoring offense (16th - 79.8), rebounds per game (18th - 43.8) and assist-to-turnover ratio (23rd - 1.23)
• Four members of the squad with scoring averages in double digits - Elissa Cunane (15.6), Jakia Brown-Turner (14.6), Kayla Jones (13.3) and Jada Boyd (11.0)
• Cunane and Brown-Turner both rank in the top 15 in the ACC with their scoring numbers
• Top seven scorers all averaging 40 percent or better shooting
• Cunane (2nd - .585), Jones (4th - .526) and Brown-Turner (9th - .435) all rank in the top 10 in the league in field-goal percentage, with Cunane's number also ranking 11th in the nation
• Raina Perez (2.74) owns the ACC's top assist-to-turnover ratios and also ranks second in assists per game (5.3)
• Held five of its opponents to under 30 percent shooting and 11 of 16 opponents to under 40 percent
• Averaging 39.1 points in the paint and also a threat from distance with an average of 7.3 made three pointers per contest
• Outscored in the paint on just one occasion and beating out its opponents in that category by an average margin of +14.0
• Put together three-point shooting percentages of 40 percent or better in seven outings
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS (11-8, 6-8)
• Riding a three-game winning streak coming into Sunday's matchup with the Wolfpack, a streak that started with its Feb. 17 upset over NC State
• Stands ninth in the ACC with three games remaining in its season
• 2-5 in road games this season
• Second in the league behind the Wolfpack in field-goal percentage defense, limiting its opponents to just 36.7 percent shooting
• Senior Janelle Bailey leads the team in scoring (13.8) and rebounding (7.9), with both of those numbers ranking top 20 in the league
• Petra Holešínská (12.7) and Stephanie Watts (11.1) also have scoring averages in double figures
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads, 59-53)
• Sunday marks the 113th meeting between NC State and North Carolina.
• The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels have traded wins in each of the last six matchups. Neither team has put together a streak since NC State won four games in a row against UNC between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
• NC State owns a 29-16 advantage in the series when playing on its home court. The Pack won its last home game against the Tar Heels, beating them 76-68 on Jan. 26, 2020.
• The squads last squared off exactly two weeks ago on Feb. 7 inside Carmichael Arena. The Tar Heels took advantage of some hot shooting from three-point range to close out the 76-69 upset over the fourth-ranked Wolfpack.
• UNC halted NC State's unbeaten starts to the season in 2018-19 (21-0) and 2019-20 (14-0) in addition to upsetting the Pack earlier this season.
LAST TIME OUT
• NC State won its seventh game in a row over Wake Forest on Thursday night as it picked up a 66-47 road win inside LJVM Coliseum. The win also marked the Pack's fourth straight on the Deacs' home court.
• The Wolfpack clamped down defensively on the Deacs, limiting them to 31 percent from the floor and 23.1 percent from long range. Wake Forest's 47 points tied as the fewest that an ACC opponent has scored against NC State this season.
• NC State turned the ball over just eight times, which was a season low for the squad. In the meantime, the Pack scored 12 fast break points to Wake Forest's one and tallied 13 points off of nine turnovers by the Deacs.
• Offensively, Brown-Turner led NC State with 21 points, just two shy of her career high. Jones posted 16 points in just 15 minutes of action, and Cunane added 15 points and 10 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the year.
STRENGTH IN THE PACK
Despite not having its sell-out home crowds of 5,500+ this season, the Pack has still put together a perfect 9-0 record on Kay Yow Court.
RALEIGH – The fourth-ranked NC State women's basketball team (14-2, 9-2 ACC) will host the North Carolina Tar Heels (11-8, 6-8 ACC) on Sunday afternoon for its 16th Annual Play4Kay game. Tip-off is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum, and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
Due to health and safety recommendations and current state guidelines, home NC State women's basketball games are closed to the public.
PLAY4KAY
The Play4Kay Game is an annual event at NC State that celebrates the life of legendary head coach Kay Yow and all others who have battled cancer. The donations that are collected surrounding the event will be donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
With the general public unable to attend this year's game, the Wolfpack is hosting a Virtual Sellout via Zoom where those who purchase tickets can "gather" to watch the game together. Tickets for this event can be purchased here.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
• Be the 959th win in program history (958-473)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 741st career win (740-233)
• Be Moore's 183rd win at NC State (182-64)
• Be Moore's 87th ACC win at NC State (86-39)
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (14-2, 9-2)
• Ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 for the third week in a row and been ranked in the national top five since Dec. 7
• Stands at second in the ACC behind Louisville (20-1, 13-1 ACC)
• No. 2 nationally and first in the conference in defensive rebounds per game (32.2)
• Paces the league in rebound margin (19th nationally, +8.7) and field-goal percentage defense (21st nationally, .355)
• Also top-25 nationally in field-goal percentage (12th - .476), scoring margin (14th - +16.9), scoring offense (16th - 79.8), rebounds per game (18th - 43.8) and assist-to-turnover ratio (23rd - 1.23)
• Four members of the squad with scoring averages in double digits - Elissa Cunane (15.6), Jakia Brown-Turner (14.6), Kayla Jones (13.3) and Jada Boyd (11.0)
• Cunane and Brown-Turner both rank in the top 15 in the ACC with their scoring numbers
• Top seven scorers all averaging 40 percent or better shooting
• Cunane (2nd - .585), Jones (4th - .526) and Brown-Turner (9th - .435) all rank in the top 10 in the league in field-goal percentage, with Cunane's number also ranking 11th in the nation
• Raina Perez (2.74) owns the ACC's top assist-to-turnover ratios and also ranks second in assists per game (5.3)
• Held five of its opponents to under 30 percent shooting and 11 of 16 opponents to under 40 percent
• Averaging 39.1 points in the paint and also a threat from distance with an average of 7.3 made three pointers per contest
• Outscored in the paint on just one occasion and beating out its opponents in that category by an average margin of +14.0
• Put together three-point shooting percentages of 40 percent or better in seven outings
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS (11-8, 6-8)
• Riding a three-game winning streak coming into Sunday's matchup with the Wolfpack, a streak that started with its Feb. 17 upset over NC State
• Stands ninth in the ACC with three games remaining in its season
• 2-5 in road games this season
• Second in the league behind the Wolfpack in field-goal percentage defense, limiting its opponents to just 36.7 percent shooting
• Senior Janelle Bailey leads the team in scoring (13.8) and rebounding (7.9), with both of those numbers ranking top 20 in the league
• Petra Holešínská (12.7) and Stephanie Watts (11.1) also have scoring averages in double figures
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads, 59-53)
• Sunday marks the 113th meeting between NC State and North Carolina.
• The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels have traded wins in each of the last six matchups. Neither team has put together a streak since NC State won four games in a row against UNC between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
• NC State owns a 29-16 advantage in the series when playing on its home court. The Pack won its last home game against the Tar Heels, beating them 76-68 on Jan. 26, 2020.
• The squads last squared off exactly two weeks ago on Feb. 7 inside Carmichael Arena. The Tar Heels took advantage of some hot shooting from three-point range to close out the 76-69 upset over the fourth-ranked Wolfpack.
• UNC halted NC State's unbeaten starts to the season in 2018-19 (21-0) and 2019-20 (14-0) in addition to upsetting the Pack earlier this season.
LAST TIME OUT
• NC State won its seventh game in a row over Wake Forest on Thursday night as it picked up a 66-47 road win inside LJVM Coliseum. The win also marked the Pack's fourth straight on the Deacs' home court.
• The Wolfpack clamped down defensively on the Deacs, limiting them to 31 percent from the floor and 23.1 percent from long range. Wake Forest's 47 points tied as the fewest that an ACC opponent has scored against NC State this season.
• NC State turned the ball over just eight times, which was a season low for the squad. In the meantime, the Pack scored 12 fast break points to Wake Forest's one and tallied 13 points off of nine turnovers by the Deacs.
• Offensively, Brown-Turner led NC State with 21 points, just two shy of her career high. Jones posted 16 points in just 15 minutes of action, and Cunane added 15 points and 10 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the year.
STRENGTH IN THE PACK
Despite not having its sell-out home crowds of 5,500+ this season, the Pack has still put together a perfect 9-0 record on Kay Yow Court.
Since the renovation of Reynolds Coliseum was completed in August 2016, NC State has gone 69-9 when playing at home. That record includes 40 consecutive victories over non-conference opponents and 29 out of 38 possible league wins.
COMING UP
NC State vs. Pittsburgh (Senior Day) • Thursday, Feb. 25 • 4 p.m.
NC State at Syracuse • Sunday, Feb. 28 • 12 p.m.
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