Sunday, January 16
Raleigh, N.C.
4 PM
NC State
vs
#16/21 Duke
#4 Pack Returns Home for Ranked Matchup with #16 Duke
1/15/2022 10:52:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Sold out game tips off at 4 p.m. on ACC Network
TICKETS SOLD OUT | DIGITAL PROGRAM | GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | ACC NETWORK
RALEIGH – Fourth-ranked NC State women's basketball (15-2, 6-0 ACC) kicks off a three-game home stretch on Sunday afternoon with a top-25 matchup against No. 16 Duke (11-3, 2-2 ACC).
The game is slated for a 4 p.m. tip from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum, and tickets for the top-25 matchup are sold out. Fans following from home can catch the action on the ACC Network, and radio broadcasters Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers will also have the call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
FAN INFO
Masks are required to be worn when not actively eating or drinking. Doors open at 3 p.m., and more information about mobile ticketing can be found here.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 982nd win in program history (981-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 764th career win (763-236)
• Be Moore's 206th win at NC State (205-67)
• Be Moore's 96th ACC victory with the Pack (95-39)
• Mark NC State's 15th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack a 7-0 start to conference play for the second time in the Wes Moore era
• Be the Wolfpack's fourth over a nationally-ranked opponent in 2021-22
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (15-2, 6-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 6-0 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 six league wins thus far.
• NC State has won its last 14 games played against conference opponents, with that mark including three 2021 ACC Tournament victories. Within that streak, the Wolfpack has won 11-straight regular-season ACC games, with nine of those decisions being by 19 points or more.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
1st in three-point percentage (.407)
3rd in scoring margin (+22.9)
4th in field-goal percentage (.477)
9th in three pointers made (146)
14th in scoring offense (79.5)
17th in rebound margin (+9.8)
20th in defensive rebounds per game (29.8)
25th in assist-turnover ratio (1.15)
27th in three pointers per game (8.6)
• NC State is the ACC and national leader in three-point percentage. The team is second in the league in field-goal percentage, scoring offense, scoring margin, free throw percentage, rebounding margin and three pointers per game.
• Elissa Cunane leads the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game, and Diamond Johnson is the only other player averaging double figures with 12.2 per game. Both players rank in the top 20 in the league in scoring.
• Three additional Wolfpack players average 8+ points per game and a total of six players average 7+ points.
• Cunane also leads the team in rebounding with a 7.6 average that ranks seventh in the ACC. Johnson and Jakia Brown-Turner follow her in that category with 4.8 per game.
• The Wolfpack averages 8.6 three pointers per game, and the team is also averaging 33.6 points in the paint.
1000 GAMES FOR MOORE
Coach Moore will coach his 1,000th career game on Sunday. He will be the 14th active NCAA Division I coach to hit that career milestone. Coming into Sunday, 272 of Moore's 999 career games have occurred during his tenure at NC State. As the fourth coach in 48 seasons of Wolfpack women's basketball, Moore will join the legendary Kay Yow (1,081 games) as the two NC State program leaders to coach at least 1,000 games in their careers.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 46-37)
• Sunday's game marks the 84th overall meeting between NC State and Duke as two varsity squads. The teams also met Feb. 15, 1974 before the Wolfpack was a varsity team in a home game that NC State won 64-44.
• NC State is 22-14 when playing against Duke at home.
• The Wolfpack fell in its most recent meeting with the Blue Devils, which was also a home game. Duke won 70-65 on Feb. 24, 2020, breaking a three-game winning streak in the series that NC State had coming into that contest.
• The Wolfpack is 6-3 against Duke under the leadership of head coach Wes Moore.
• NC State's largest margin of victory in program history was an 82-point win (125-43) over the Blue Devils on Jan 19, 1978.
• NC State has been a top-five team in five matchups against the Blue Devils and has won all five of those games. The Wolfpack has not been ranked in the AP Top 5 when playing Duke since it was twice in the 1990-91 campaign.
• Sunday is the 19th time that NC State and Duke will meet while both ranked in the AP Top 25. The teams own an even 9-9 record in the previous 18 games.
• The last time the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils met as a pair of ranked teams was in the 2018 ACC Tournament quarterfinal. The 23rd-ranked Wolfpack won that game over 18th-ranked Duke by a 51-45 score.
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RALEIGH – Fourth-ranked NC State women's basketball (15-2, 6-0 ACC) kicks off a three-game home stretch on Sunday afternoon with a top-25 matchup against No. 16 Duke (11-3, 2-2 ACC).
The game is slated for a 4 p.m. tip from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum, and tickets for the top-25 matchup are sold out. Fans following from home can catch the action on the ACC Network, and radio broadcasters Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers will also have the call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
FAN INFO
Masks are required to be worn when not actively eating or drinking. Doors open at 3 p.m., and more information about mobile ticketing can be found here.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 982nd win in program history (981-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 764th career win (763-236)
• Be Moore's 206th win at NC State (205-67)
• Be Moore's 96th ACC victory with the Pack (95-39)
• Mark NC State's 15th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack a 7-0 start to conference play for the second time in the Wes Moore era
• Be the Wolfpack's fourth over a nationally-ranked opponent in 2021-22
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (15-2, 6-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 6-0 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 six league wins thus far.
• NC State has won its last 14 games played against conference opponents, with that mark including three 2021 ACC Tournament victories. Within that streak, the Wolfpack has won 11-straight regular-season ACC games, with nine of those decisions being by 19 points or more.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
1st in three-point percentage (.407)
3rd in scoring margin (+22.9)
4th in field-goal percentage (.477)
9th in three pointers made (146)
14th in scoring offense (79.5)
17th in rebound margin (+9.8)
20th in defensive rebounds per game (29.8)
25th in assist-turnover ratio (1.15)
27th in three pointers per game (8.6)
• NC State is the ACC and national leader in three-point percentage. The team is second in the league in field-goal percentage, scoring offense, scoring margin, free throw percentage, rebounding margin and three pointers per game.
• Elissa Cunane leads the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game, and Diamond Johnson is the only other player averaging double figures with 12.2 per game. Both players rank in the top 20 in the league in scoring.
• Three additional Wolfpack players average 8+ points per game and a total of six players average 7+ points.
• Cunane also leads the team in rebounding with a 7.6 average that ranks seventh in the ACC. Johnson and Jakia Brown-Turner follow her in that category with 4.8 per game.
• The Wolfpack averages 8.6 three pointers per game, and the team is also averaging 33.6 points in the paint.
1000 GAMES FOR MOORE
Coach Moore will coach his 1,000th career game on Sunday. He will be the 14th active NCAA Division I coach to hit that career milestone. Coming into Sunday, 272 of Moore's 999 career games have occurred during his tenure at NC State. As the fourth coach in 48 seasons of Wolfpack women's basketball, Moore will join the legendary Kay Yow (1,081 games) as the two NC State program leaders to coach at least 1,000 games in their careers.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 46-37)
• Sunday's game marks the 84th overall meeting between NC State and Duke as two varsity squads. The teams also met Feb. 15, 1974 before the Wolfpack was a varsity team in a home game that NC State won 64-44.
• NC State is 22-14 when playing against Duke at home.
• The Wolfpack fell in its most recent meeting with the Blue Devils, which was also a home game. Duke won 70-65 on Feb. 24, 2020, breaking a three-game winning streak in the series that NC State had coming into that contest.
• The Wolfpack is 6-3 against Duke under the leadership of head coach Wes Moore.
• NC State's largest margin of victory in program history was an 82-point win (125-43) over the Blue Devils on Jan 19, 1978.
• NC State has been a top-five team in five matchups against the Blue Devils and has won all five of those games. The Wolfpack has not been ranked in the AP Top 5 when playing Duke since it was twice in the 1990-91 campaign.
• Sunday is the 19th time that NC State and Duke will meet while both ranked in the AP Top 25. The teams own an even 9-9 record in the previous 18 games.
• The last time the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils met as a pair of ranked teams was in the 2018 ACC Tournament quarterfinal. The 23rd-ranked Wolfpack won that game over 18th-ranked Duke by a 51-45 score.
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