Thursday, January 13
Charlottesville, Va.
7 PM
NC State
at
Virginia
#4 NC State Continues Road Stretch at Virginia Thursday Night
1/12/2022 11:38:00 AM | Women's Basketball
GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | ACCNX
RALEIGH – No. 4 NC State women's basketball (14-2, 5-0 ACC) makes the trip to Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday for its second 2021-22 regular-season matchup with the Virginia Cavaliers (3-9, 0-2 ACC).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Cavaliers is set for 7 p.m. from John Paul Jones Arena, and the game will be streamed live on ACCNX. Andrew Sanders will also have the radio call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 981st win in program history (980-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 763rd career win (762-236)
• Be Moore's 205th win at NC State (204-67)
• Be Moore's 95th ACC victory with the Pack (94-39)
• Mark NC State's 14th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack a 6-0 start to conference play for the second season in a row and the third time in the last four years
• Be NC State's fifth in a row over the Cavaliers
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (14-2, 5-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 5-0 start to conference play for the second season in a row. The Wolfpack is currently in sole possession of first place in the ACC standings as the only team with five league wins thus far.
• NC State has won its last 13 games played against conference opponents, with that mark including three 2021 ACC Tournament victories. The last time the Wolfpack won 13 games in a row against ACC opponents was between the 1984-85 and 1985-86 seasons. In that span, NC State won 15-straight games against conference foes.
• Within that streak, NC State has won its last 10 regular-season ACC games. Eight have been by 19 points or more.
• NC State moved up a spot to check in at No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 after spending three weeks in a row at No. 5. The Wolfpack has been ranked fifth or higher in every poll this season.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
1st in three-point percentage (.413)
2nd in field-goal percentage (.481)
6th in scoring margin (+22.9)
9th in three pointers made (140)
13th in scoring offense (80.3)
16th in rebound margin (+10.1)
18th in defensive rebounds per game (30.1)
23rd in three pointers per game (8.8)
30th in rebound average (42.8)
• The Wolfpack averages 8.3 three pointers per game, and the team is also averaging 33.9 points in the paint.
• Elissa Cunane (13.8) and Diamond Johnson (12.6) both rank in the top 20 in the league in scoring. They are shooting 55.5 percent (Cunane) and 48.8 percent (Johnson) to rank third and seventh in the ACC in that category (minimum 5FGM/G).
• Cunane (14.4), Diamond Johnson (10.6) and Raina Perez (10.6) all average double figures against ACC opponents this season.
SERIES HISTORY (Virginia leads 40-39)
• Thursday's game marks the 80th overall meeting between NC State and Virginia. The overall series is tipped slightly in Virginia's favor. An NC State win on Thursday would knot the series at 40 wins for each team.
• NC State is 15-20 when playing against Virginia on the road.
• The Wolfpack has won its last three road games against the Cavaliers. NC State has not lost in Charlottesville since Jan. 29, 2015.
• NC State is on a four-game winning streak in the series with Virginia. The last time the Cavaliers won was on Jan. 4, 2018, a 73-63 decision inside Reynolds Coliseum.
• In those four wins, NC State has defeated Virginia by 28 points, 20 points, 11 points, and 27 points for an average margin of victory of 21.5 points.
• The Wolfpack is 7-2 against Virginia under the leadership of head coach Wes Moore.
• Thursday is the second regular-season matchup between the Wolfpack and the Cavaliers. NC State took the first meeting of the season, played inside Reynolds Coliseum, by an 82-55 score on Dec. 19, 2021.
HISTORY MADE IN LAST TRIP TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
In its most recent road trip to Virginia (March 1, 2020), NC State set the NCAA Division I women's college basketball record for most consecutive made three pointers by a team. The Wolfpack started that game, its 2019-20 regular-season finale, shooting a perfect 13-of-13 from downtown before missing its first three of the game in the third quarter. Additionally impressive, seven different members of that Wolfpack squad contributed to the streak.
RAINING THREES
• NC State is shooting 41.3 percent from distance while averaging 8.3 triples per game. The team's three-point shooting percentage leads the nation.
• In total, NC State has seven games with 10+ threes, with two of those occurring against conference opponents.
• Four Wolfpack players (minimum 30 attempts) are shooting 40+ percent from three-point range this season - Kayla Jones (.487), Perez (.472), Kai Crutchfield (.471), and Johnson (.435). NC State is the only ACC school that has four players with such marks.
• The team has shot better than 35 percent from three in 13 games and better than 40 percent from three in eight games.
• Twelve different players have contributed to NC State's 140 threes made on the year. Five of those players average at least one triple per game.
• Johnson (1.9) leads the team in number of threes per game. She has hit a three in all but two games, has 10 games with multiple triples and five games with 3+ triples.
• Perez and Johnson have both knocked down 10 threes against ACC opponents to average two per game in 2021-22. Perez is operating at a 47.6 percent clip from distance, and Johnson is shooting 41.7 percent, with both of those numbers ranking top 10 in the ACC.
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RALEIGH – No. 4 NC State women's basketball (14-2, 5-0 ACC) makes the trip to Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday for its second 2021-22 regular-season matchup with the Virginia Cavaliers (3-9, 0-2 ACC).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Cavaliers is set for 7 p.m. from John Paul Jones Arena, and the game will be streamed live on ACCNX. Andrew Sanders will also have the radio call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 981st win in program history (980-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 763rd career win (762-236)
• Be Moore's 205th win at NC State (204-67)
• Be Moore's 95th ACC victory with the Pack (94-39)
• Mark NC State's 14th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack a 6-0 start to conference play for the second season in a row and the third time in the last four years
• Be NC State's fifth in a row over the Cavaliers
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (14-2, 5-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 5-0 start to conference play for the second season in a row. The Wolfpack is currently in sole possession of first place in the ACC standings as the only team with five league wins thus far.
• NC State has won its last 13 games played against conference opponents, with that mark including three 2021 ACC Tournament victories. The last time the Wolfpack won 13 games in a row against ACC opponents was between the 1984-85 and 1985-86 seasons. In that span, NC State won 15-straight games against conference foes.
• Within that streak, NC State has won its last 10 regular-season ACC games. Eight have been by 19 points or more.
• NC State moved up a spot to check in at No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 after spending three weeks in a row at No. 5. The Wolfpack has been ranked fifth or higher in every poll this season.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
1st in three-point percentage (.413)
2nd in field-goal percentage (.481)
6th in scoring margin (+22.9)
9th in three pointers made (140)
13th in scoring offense (80.3)
16th in rebound margin (+10.1)
18th in defensive rebounds per game (30.1)
23rd in three pointers per game (8.8)
30th in rebound average (42.8)
• The Wolfpack averages 8.3 three pointers per game, and the team is also averaging 33.9 points in the paint.
• Elissa Cunane (13.8) and Diamond Johnson (12.6) both rank in the top 20 in the league in scoring. They are shooting 55.5 percent (Cunane) and 48.8 percent (Johnson) to rank third and seventh in the ACC in that category (minimum 5FGM/G).
• Cunane (14.4), Diamond Johnson (10.6) and Raina Perez (10.6) all average double figures against ACC opponents this season.
SERIES HISTORY (Virginia leads 40-39)
• Thursday's game marks the 80th overall meeting between NC State and Virginia. The overall series is tipped slightly in Virginia's favor. An NC State win on Thursday would knot the series at 40 wins for each team.
• NC State is 15-20 when playing against Virginia on the road.
• The Wolfpack has won its last three road games against the Cavaliers. NC State has not lost in Charlottesville since Jan. 29, 2015.
• NC State is on a four-game winning streak in the series with Virginia. The last time the Cavaliers won was on Jan. 4, 2018, a 73-63 decision inside Reynolds Coliseum.
• In those four wins, NC State has defeated Virginia by 28 points, 20 points, 11 points, and 27 points for an average margin of victory of 21.5 points.
• The Wolfpack is 7-2 against Virginia under the leadership of head coach Wes Moore.
• Thursday is the second regular-season matchup between the Wolfpack and the Cavaliers. NC State took the first meeting of the season, played inside Reynolds Coliseum, by an 82-55 score on Dec. 19, 2021.
HISTORY MADE IN LAST TRIP TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
In its most recent road trip to Virginia (March 1, 2020), NC State set the NCAA Division I women's college basketball record for most consecutive made three pointers by a team. The Wolfpack started that game, its 2019-20 regular-season finale, shooting a perfect 13-of-13 from downtown before missing its first three of the game in the third quarter. Additionally impressive, seven different members of that Wolfpack squad contributed to the streak.
RAINING THREES
• NC State is shooting 41.3 percent from distance while averaging 8.3 triples per game. The team's three-point shooting percentage leads the nation.
• In total, NC State has seven games with 10+ threes, with two of those occurring against conference opponents.
• Four Wolfpack players (minimum 30 attempts) are shooting 40+ percent from three-point range this season - Kayla Jones (.487), Perez (.472), Kai Crutchfield (.471), and Johnson (.435). NC State is the only ACC school that has four players with such marks.
• The team has shot better than 35 percent from three in 13 games and better than 40 percent from three in eight games.
• Twelve different players have contributed to NC State's 140 threes made on the year. Five of those players average at least one triple per game.
• Johnson (1.9) leads the team in number of threes per game. She has hit a three in all but two games, has 10 games with multiple triples and five games with 3+ triples.
• Perez and Johnson have both knocked down 10 threes against ACC opponents to average two per game in 2021-22. Perez is operating at a 47.6 percent clip from distance, and Johnson is shooting 41.7 percent, with both of those numbers ranking top 10 in the ACC.
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