Thursday, January 20
Raleigh, N.C.
7:30 PM
NC State
vs
#3/2 Louisville
#4 NC State Hosts #3 Louisville in Top-Five ACC Matchup Thursday Night
1/19/2022 11:13:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game tips off at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
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RALEIGH – No. 4 NC State women's basketball (16-2, 7-0 ACC) is prepped for its third top-five matchup of the 2021-22 season as it hosts an ACC showdown against No. 2 Louisville (15-1, 5-0 ACC) inside Reynolds Coliseum on Thursday night.
The matchup between the top two teams in the league standings is set to tip off at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. 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 6:30 p.m., and more information about mobile ticketing can be found here. The first 750 fans to arrive at Thursday night's game will receive a free "Light It Red" T-shirt, and the first 250 students will receive free NC State basketball bucket hats.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 983rd win in program history (982-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 765th career win (764-236)
• Be Moore's 207th win at NC State (206-67)
• Be Moore's 97th ACC victory with the Pack (96-39)
• Mark NC State's 16th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack an 8-0 start to conference play for the second time in the Wes Moore era
• Be the Wolfpack's fifth over a nationally-ranked opponent in 2021-22 and second over a top-five opponent this season
• Be NC State's third in a row over the Cardinals
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (16-2, 7-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 7-0 start to conference play. The Wolfpack is currently in sole possession of first place in the ACC standings as the only team with seven league wins thus far, and Louisville is not far behind with its 5-0 ACC mark.
• NC State has won its last 15 games played against conference opponents, with that mark including three 2021 ACC Tournament victories.
• NC State has spent back-to-back weeks ranked 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 field-goal percentage (.409)
3rd in scoring margin (+22.9)
4th in field-goal percentage (.476)
12th in three pointers made (153)
13th in scoring offense (79.7)
16th in defensive rebounds per game (30.1)
16th in rebound margin (+9.7)
21st in assist-turnover ratio (1.18)
29th in three pointers per game (8.5)
30th in field-goal percentage defense (.354)
• NC State is the ACC and national leader in three-point percentage and also leads the league in scoring offense. The team is second in the league in field-goal percentage, scoring margin, free throw percentage, rebounding margin, assist-turnover ratio and three pointers per game.
• Looking just at ACC games, NC State is the conference leader in scoring offense (78.3), scoring margin (+25), field-goal percentage defense (.333), three-point percentage (.396), rebounding margin (+8.1) and three pointers per game (9.0).
• Elissa Cunane leads the team in scoring with 14.1 points per game, and Diamond Johnson is the only other player averaging double figures with 12.0 per game.
• Cunane is ranked eighth in the ACC in scoring and is sixth in rebounding with 7.6 boards per game. Johnson (4.8), Jakia Brown-Turner (4.6) and Jada Boyd (4.5) follow her in that category.
• The Wolfpack averages 8.5 three pointers per game, and the team is also averaging 34 points in the paint.
• NC State has out-shot each opponent that it has defeated this season and has only been out-rebounded in one of its 16 victories.
• NC State has defeated four top-20 opponents (No. 2 Maryland, No. 6 Indiana, No. 19 UNC, No. 16 Duke) in its first 18 games of 2021-22. In those ranked wins, Cunane (16.8), Perez (12.2) and Johnson (12.0) have led the Wolfpack with their scoring averages.
SERIES HISTORY (Louisville leads 8-5)
• Thursday's game marks the 14th meeting between NC State and Louisville.
• NC State won both of the matchups between the two teams during the 2020-21 campaign. The Pack's regular-season road win at then-No. 1 Louisville snapped the Cardinals' six-game winning streak in the series. The Wolfpack then went on to defeat Louisville in the ACC Tournament championship game to complete the season sweep.
• NC State has hosted Louisville four previous times in Raleigh. The Wolfpack is 1-3 in those games, with its only home win over the Cardinals coming in the first all-time meeting between the two squads during the 1985-86 season.
• Louisville's last win in the series was during the 2019-20 regular season. The Cardinals beat NC State inside Reynolds Coliseum in that Feb. 13, 2020 matchup before going on to win the regular season crown.
• Thursday marks the sixth meeting in a row that NC State and Louisville will face off as a pair of top-10 teams and the third time that both squads are ranked in the national top five.
• Eight out of the 13 previous matchups between NC State and Louisville have occurred when both teams were ranked in the AP Top 25. NC State is 3-5 in those games.
STRENGTH IN THE PACK
Since the renovation of Reynolds Coliseum was completed in August 2016, NC State has gone 80-11 (.879) when playing at home. That record includes 42 out of 44 possible non-conference wins (both losses were to top 25 opponents) and 34 out of 43 possible league wins. NC State is averaging 4,315 fans in a 5,550 seat arena through 11 home outings this year.
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RALEIGH – No. 4 NC State women's basketball (16-2, 7-0 ACC) is prepped for its third top-five matchup of the 2021-22 season as it hosts an ACC showdown against No. 2 Louisville (15-1, 5-0 ACC) inside Reynolds Coliseum on Thursday night.
The matchup between the top two teams in the league standings is set to tip off at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. 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 6:30 p.m., and more information about mobile ticketing can be found here. The first 750 fans to arrive at Thursday night's game will receive a free "Light It Red" T-shirt, and the first 250 students will receive free NC State basketball bucket hats.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 983rd win in program history (982-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 765th career win (764-236)
• Be Moore's 207th win at NC State (206-67)
• Be Moore's 97th ACC victory with the Pack (96-39)
• Mark NC State's 16th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack an 8-0 start to conference play for the second time in the Wes Moore era
• Be the Wolfpack's fifth over a nationally-ranked opponent in 2021-22 and second over a top-five opponent this season
• Be NC State's third in a row over the Cardinals
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (16-2, 7-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 7-0 start to conference play. The Wolfpack is currently in sole possession of first place in the ACC standings as the only team with seven league wins thus far, and Louisville is not far behind with its 5-0 ACC mark.
• NC State has won its last 15 games played against conference opponents, with that mark including three 2021 ACC Tournament victories.
• NC State has spent back-to-back weeks ranked 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 field-goal percentage (.409)
3rd in scoring margin (+22.9)
4th in field-goal percentage (.476)
12th in three pointers made (153)
13th in scoring offense (79.7)
16th in defensive rebounds per game (30.1)
16th in rebound margin (+9.7)
21st in assist-turnover ratio (1.18)
29th in three pointers per game (8.5)
30th in field-goal percentage defense (.354)
• NC State is the ACC and national leader in three-point percentage and also leads the league in scoring offense. The team is second in the league in field-goal percentage, scoring margin, free throw percentage, rebounding margin, assist-turnover ratio and three pointers per game.
• Looking just at ACC games, NC State is the conference leader in scoring offense (78.3), scoring margin (+25), field-goal percentage defense (.333), three-point percentage (.396), rebounding margin (+8.1) and three pointers per game (9.0).
• Elissa Cunane leads the team in scoring with 14.1 points per game, and Diamond Johnson is the only other player averaging double figures with 12.0 per game.
• Cunane is ranked eighth in the ACC in scoring and is sixth in rebounding with 7.6 boards per game. Johnson (4.8), Jakia Brown-Turner (4.6) and Jada Boyd (4.5) follow her in that category.
• The Wolfpack averages 8.5 three pointers per game, and the team is also averaging 34 points in the paint.
• NC State has out-shot each opponent that it has defeated this season and has only been out-rebounded in one of its 16 victories.
• NC State has defeated four top-20 opponents (No. 2 Maryland, No. 6 Indiana, No. 19 UNC, No. 16 Duke) in its first 18 games of 2021-22. In those ranked wins, Cunane (16.8), Perez (12.2) and Johnson (12.0) have led the Wolfpack with their scoring averages.
SERIES HISTORY (Louisville leads 8-5)
• Thursday's game marks the 14th meeting between NC State and Louisville.
• NC State won both of the matchups between the two teams during the 2020-21 campaign. The Pack's regular-season road win at then-No. 1 Louisville snapped the Cardinals' six-game winning streak in the series. The Wolfpack then went on to defeat Louisville in the ACC Tournament championship game to complete the season sweep.
• NC State has hosted Louisville four previous times in Raleigh. The Wolfpack is 1-3 in those games, with its only home win over the Cardinals coming in the first all-time meeting between the two squads during the 1985-86 season.
• Louisville's last win in the series was during the 2019-20 regular season. The Cardinals beat NC State inside Reynolds Coliseum in that Feb. 13, 2020 matchup before going on to win the regular season crown.
• Thursday marks the sixth meeting in a row that NC State and Louisville will face off as a pair of top-10 teams and the third time that both squads are ranked in the national top five.
• Eight out of the 13 previous matchups between NC State and Louisville have occurred when both teams were ranked in the AP Top 25. NC State is 3-5 in those games.
STRENGTH IN THE PACK
Since the renovation of Reynolds Coliseum was completed in August 2016, NC State has gone 80-11 (.879) when playing at home. That record includes 42 out of 44 possible non-conference wins (both losses were to top 25 opponents) and 34 out of 43 possible league wins. NC State is averaging 4,315 fans in a 5,550 seat arena through 11 home outings this year.
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