#3 Wolfpack Visits Tar Heels Sunday Afternoon

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RALEIGH – Third-ranked NC State women's basketball (18-2, 9-0 ACC) takes a short trip down the interstate on Sunday afternoon for its second regular-season matchup with North Carolina (16-3, 6-3 ACC).

Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Tar Heels is set for 4 p.m. from Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, and the game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network. Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers will also have the radio call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 985th win in program history (984-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 767th career win (766-236)
• Be Moore's 209th win at NC State (208-67)
• Be Moore's 99th ACC victory with the Pack (98-39)
• Mark NC State's 18th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack a 10-0 start to the ACC regular season for just the second time in program history

NOTING THE WOLFPACK (18-2, 9-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 9-0 start to conference play for the first time in the Moore era and the third time in program history. The Wolfpack is currently in sole possession of first place in the ACC standings as the only unbeaten team in the league.
• The Wolfpack moved up a spot to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 after spending back-to-back weeks at No. 4. The team has been ranked fifth or higher in every poll this season.
• NC State has won its last 17 games played against conference opponents, with that mark including three 2021 ACC Tournament victories.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
3rd in three-point percentage (.400)
4th in scoring margin (+21.4)
10th in defensive rebounds per game (30.2)
12th in field-goal percentage (.465)
13th in rebound margin (+9.4)
14th in scoring offense (77.7)
19th in field goal percentage defense (.352)
20th in rebounds per game (42.9)
21st in three pointers made (163)
• NC State leads the ACC in scoring offense, three-point percentage and rebounding margin. The team is second in the league in field- goal percentage, scoring margin, free throw percentage, and three pointers per game.
• Looking just at ACC games, NC State is the conference leader in scoring margin (+21.1), field goal percentage defense (.332), rebounding margin (+7.9) and three pointers per game (8.1).
• NC State has defeated five top-20 opponents (No. 2 Maryland, No. 6 Indiana, No. 19 UNC, No. 16 Duke, No. 3 Louisville) in 2021-22.

SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 61-53)
• Sunday's game marks the 115th meeting between NC State and North Carolina. The teams have faced off at least twice every season since the 1974-75 campaign, the Pack's first year as a varsity team.
• NC State has won two in a row over the Tar Heels. It marks the first multi-game streak for either team since the Wolfpack won four games in a row against UNC between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
• Thursday is the second of two regular-season dates between NC State and UNC. Neither team has swept the regular-season meetings since the 2017-18 campaign. That year, the Wolfpack won both regular-season matchups and beat the Tar Heels in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.
• UNC owns a 29-19 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 teams' second meeting of the 2018-19 regular season.
• NC State and North Carolina faced off for the first time this season on Jan. 6 in Raleigh. The Wolfpack beat the Tar Heels by a final score of 72-45.
• This game marks the 10th one in a row that the Wolfpack is ranked in the AP Top 25 when taking on the Tar Heels. NC State has been a top-five team in 10 previous matchups against the Tar Heels and owns a 9-1 record in those games. The team is 38-11 against UNC when it is the only of the two teams ranked in the AP Top 25.

NC STATE & THE NET
As of Jan. 27, NC State is ranked second in the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) that is used to measure quality of performance and evaluate team resumes. Only South Carolina ranks higher than the Wolfpack. NC State has played seven teams ranked in the top 25 of the NET (6-1 record) and 14 ranked in the top 100 (11-2 record). The Wolfpack was ranked the No. 3 team in the first NCAA Tournament Committee Top-16 Reveal of the season on Thursday night.

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