Sunday, February 7
Chapel Hill, NC
2 PM
NC State
at
North Carolina
Fourth-Ranked Pack Wraps Up Road Stretch At UNC on Sunday
2/6/2021 9:34:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – The fourth-ranked NC State Wolfpack (12-1, 7-1 ACC) will wrap up its stretch of three-straight road contests on Sunday afternoon as it makes the short trip to rival North Carolina (8-8, 3-8 ACC). Tip-off from Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill is scheduled for 2 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
• Be the 957th win in program history (956-472)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 739th career win (738-232)
• Be Moore's 181st win at NC State (180-63)
• Be Moore's 85th ACC win at NC State (84-38)
• Be NC State's 60th all-time victory over North Carolina (59-52)
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (12-1, 7-1)
• Ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 but maintained its No. 2 ranking in the USA Today Coaches Poll after upending top-ranked Louisville on Monday night
• One of two ACC teams (Louisville) with just one conference loss but owns the tiebreaker in that head-to-head comparison
• No. 3 nationally and first in the conference in defensive rebounds per game (32.5)
• No. 8 nationally and first in the conference in field-goal percentage (.482)
• Also paces the league in rebound margin (17th nationally, +9.9) and field-goal percentage defense (21st nationally, .350)
• Also top-30 nationally in scoring margin (14th, +18.3), scoring offense (18th, 81.2), rebounds per game (18th, 44.3) and three pointers per game (26th, 7.5)
• Five members of the squad with scoring averages in double digits - Elissa Cunane (16.2), Jakia Brown-Turner (14.7), Kayla Jones (12.5), Jada Boyd (11.3) and Raina Perez (10.2)
• Cunane and Brown-Turner both rank in the top 15 in the ACC with their scoring numbers
• Cunane (2nd - .598) and Brown-Turner (9th - .459) both ranked in the top 10 in the league in field-goal percentage
• Perez (2.50) and Brown-Turner (2.22) own the ACC's top two assist-to-turnover ratios, with Perez also ranking third in assists per game (4.8)
• Held five of its opponents to under 30 percent shooting and 10 of 13 opponents to under 40 percent
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS (8-8, 3-8)
• Stands at 12th in the league in front of just Boston College
• Ranked second in the league behind NC State in field-goal percentage defense, limiting its opponents to just .359 from the floor
• Posted an 8-3 record in home games this season
• Currently in the midst of a three-game losing streak, with its last victory coming on Jan. 24 at home against Notre Dame
• Janelle Bailey leads the team with 14.1 points (20th in the ACC) and 8.3 rebounds (8th in the ACC) per game. Petra Holešínská also scoring in double figures with 13.4 points per game
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 59-52)
• Sunday marks the 112th meeting between NC State and North Carolina.
• The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels have traded wins in each of the last four 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.
• Overall, UNC owns a 28-20 advantage in the series when playing in Chapel Hill. NC State's last road win inside Carmichael Arena was on Feb. 24, 2019, a game that the Pack won by a 74-69 score in the team's second meeting of the 2018-19 regular season.
• The squads last squared off on Jan. 26, 2020 inside Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack came away with the 76-68 victory in what was then its 15th-straight win on its home court.
LAST TIME OUT
• NC State bounced back from its first loss of the season by taking down top-ranked Louisville on the road on Monday. The Pack snapped its six-game losing streak to the Cardinals, picking up its first victory over them since Feb. 2, 2017.
• With the victory, NC State became just the third NCAA Division I women's basketball team in 119 tries in the last 20 seasons to play the AP No. 1 team twice in one year and come away with two wins. Out of those three teams, the Pack is the only to earn both of those top-ranked wins during the regular season and both on the road.
• The Pack put together another well-balanced scoring attack with four players scoring in double figures. Brown-Turner, Boyd and Cunane posted 16 apiece, and Perez tallied 15.
• NC State dominated the glass, out-rebounding Louisville 44-29 for its second-largest rebound margin (+15) in ACC play this season.
• Jones led the Wolfpack in rebounding for the second game in a row with 13. She also added a team-leading four assists and three steals.
• The Wolfpack did a great job stifling Louisville's transition offense, giving up just seven fast break points on the night. The Cardinals shot a season-low 38.3 percent from the field, and NC State also dominated the paint with a 36-18 advantage in points scored there.
• Louisville senior and reigning ACC Player of the Year Dana Evans tied her career high with 29 points but no other member of the Cardinal squad scored in double figures.
BROWN-TURNER BALLING OUT
Jakia Brown-Turner is the only member of the Wolfpack squad to score in double figures in all 13 games this season, and she is one of just three players in the entire Atlantic Coast Conference to accomplish that feat. She joins seasoned veterans and seniors Aisha Sheppard (Virginia Tech) and Dana Evans (Louisville) on that list.
Brown-Turner averages nearly five points per game more this season than last season (9.4 in 2019-20 to 14.7 in 2020-21). She averaged 10.1 points per game in league action last year and has ramped that number up to a whopping 16.4 points per ACC game this season, which ranks seventh in the league.
PACK ATTACK
NC State is currently the only team in the ACC that has five players averaging double figures in scoring. In total, the Pack has had at least four players post 10+ points in 11 of 13 games.
COMING UP
NC State vs. Clemson • Thursday, Feb. 11 • 4 p.m. • RSN
NC State vs. Notre Dame (Play4Kay Game) • Monday, Feb. 15 • 5 p.m. • ESPN2
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RALEIGH – The fourth-ranked NC State Wolfpack (12-1, 7-1 ACC) will wrap up its stretch of three-straight road contests on Sunday afternoon as it makes the short trip to rival North Carolina (8-8, 3-8 ACC). Tip-off from Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill is scheduled for 2 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
• Be the 957th win in program history (956-472)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 739th career win (738-232)
• Be Moore's 181st win at NC State (180-63)
• Be Moore's 85th ACC win at NC State (84-38)
• Be NC State's 60th all-time victory over North Carolina (59-52)
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (12-1, 7-1)
• Ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 but maintained its No. 2 ranking in the USA Today Coaches Poll after upending top-ranked Louisville on Monday night
• One of two ACC teams (Louisville) with just one conference loss but owns the tiebreaker in that head-to-head comparison
• No. 3 nationally and first in the conference in defensive rebounds per game (32.5)
• No. 8 nationally and first in the conference in field-goal percentage (.482)
• Also paces the league in rebound margin (17th nationally, +9.9) and field-goal percentage defense (21st nationally, .350)
• Also top-30 nationally in scoring margin (14th, +18.3), scoring offense (18th, 81.2), rebounds per game (18th, 44.3) and three pointers per game (26th, 7.5)
• Five members of the squad with scoring averages in double digits - Elissa Cunane (16.2), Jakia Brown-Turner (14.7), Kayla Jones (12.5), Jada Boyd (11.3) and Raina Perez (10.2)
• Cunane and Brown-Turner both rank in the top 15 in the ACC with their scoring numbers
• Cunane (2nd - .598) and Brown-Turner (9th - .459) both ranked in the top 10 in the league in field-goal percentage
• Perez (2.50) and Brown-Turner (2.22) own the ACC's top two assist-to-turnover ratios, with Perez also ranking third in assists per game (4.8)
• Held five of its opponents to under 30 percent shooting and 10 of 13 opponents to under 40 percent
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS (8-8, 3-8)
• Stands at 12th in the league in front of just Boston College
• Ranked second in the league behind NC State in field-goal percentage defense, limiting its opponents to just .359 from the floor
• Posted an 8-3 record in home games this season
• Currently in the midst of a three-game losing streak, with its last victory coming on Jan. 24 at home against Notre Dame
• Janelle Bailey leads the team with 14.1 points (20th in the ACC) and 8.3 rebounds (8th in the ACC) per game. Petra Holešínská also scoring in double figures with 13.4 points per game
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 59-52)
• Sunday marks the 112th meeting between NC State and North Carolina.
• The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels have traded wins in each of the last four 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.
• Overall, UNC owns a 28-20 advantage in the series when playing in Chapel Hill. NC State's last road win inside Carmichael Arena was on Feb. 24, 2019, a game that the Pack won by a 74-69 score in the team's second meeting of the 2018-19 regular season.
• The squads last squared off on Jan. 26, 2020 inside Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack came away with the 76-68 victory in what was then its 15th-straight win on its home court.
LAST TIME OUT
• NC State bounced back from its first loss of the season by taking down top-ranked Louisville on the road on Monday. The Pack snapped its six-game losing streak to the Cardinals, picking up its first victory over them since Feb. 2, 2017.
• With the victory, NC State became just the third NCAA Division I women's basketball team in 119 tries in the last 20 seasons to play the AP No. 1 team twice in one year and come away with two wins. Out of those three teams, the Pack is the only to earn both of those top-ranked wins during the regular season and both on the road.
• The Pack put together another well-balanced scoring attack with four players scoring in double figures. Brown-Turner, Boyd and Cunane posted 16 apiece, and Perez tallied 15.
• NC State dominated the glass, out-rebounding Louisville 44-29 for its second-largest rebound margin (+15) in ACC play this season.
• Jones led the Wolfpack in rebounding for the second game in a row with 13. She also added a team-leading four assists and three steals.
• The Wolfpack did a great job stifling Louisville's transition offense, giving up just seven fast break points on the night. The Cardinals shot a season-low 38.3 percent from the field, and NC State also dominated the paint with a 36-18 advantage in points scored there.
• Louisville senior and reigning ACC Player of the Year Dana Evans tied her career high with 29 points but no other member of the Cardinal squad scored in double figures.
BROWN-TURNER BALLING OUT
Jakia Brown-Turner is the only member of the Wolfpack squad to score in double figures in all 13 games this season, and she is one of just three players in the entire Atlantic Coast Conference to accomplish that feat. She joins seasoned veterans and seniors Aisha Sheppard (Virginia Tech) and Dana Evans (Louisville) on that list.
Brown-Turner averages nearly five points per game more this season than last season (9.4 in 2019-20 to 14.7 in 2020-21). She averaged 10.1 points per game in league action last year and has ramped that number up to a whopping 16.4 points per ACC game this season, which ranks seventh in the league.
PACK ATTACK
NC State is currently the only team in the ACC that has five players averaging double figures in scoring. In total, the Pack has had at least four players post 10+ points in 11 of 13 games.
COMING UP
NC State vs. Clemson • Thursday, Feb. 11 • 4 p.m. • RSN
NC State vs. Notre Dame (Play4Kay Game) • Monday, Feb. 15 • 5 p.m. • ESPN2
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