Thursday, January 6
Raleigh, N.C.
8 PM
NC State
vs
#19/15 North Carolina
#5 NC State Hosts #19 UNC for Sold Out Rivalry Matchup Thursday
1/5/2022 8:19:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game tips off at 8 p.m. on ACC Network
TICKETS SOLD OUT | DIGITAL PROGRAM | GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | ACC NETWORK
RALEIGH – Fifth-ranked NC State women's basketball (12-2, 3-0 ACC) makes its return to Reynolds Coliseum in fitting fashion as it prepares to host rival and 19th-ranked North Carolina (13-0, 3-0 ACC) in front of a sold out home crowd on Thursday night.
The Pack's first game of the 2022 calendar year is scheduled for an 8 p.m. tip on the ACC Network, and radio broadcasters Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers will also have the call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
RED OUT
Thursday's game is a Red Out, and the first 1,000 fans will receive a free NC State rally towel.
FAN INFO
Masks are required to be worn when not actively eating or drinking. Doors open at 7 p.m., and more information about mobile ticketing can be found here.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 979th win in program history (978-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 761st career win (760-236)
• Be Moore's 203rd win at NC State (202-67)
• Be Moore's 93rd ACC victory with the Pack (92-39)
• Be NC State's third over a ranked opponent in 2021-22 and its first ranked win at home this season
• Be the Wolfpack's 400th ACC win of all time
• Mark NC State's 12th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack a 4-0 start to conference play for the second season in a row and the third time in the last four years
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (12-2, 3-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 3-0 start to conference play after picking up December league wins against Pitt, Virginia and Clemson. The Wolfpack is one of three teams (North Carolina, Virginia Tech) tied atop the ACC standings with matching 3-0 conference records.
• The Wolfpack has won each of its first three conference games of the year by 27+ points. NC State has only won three ACC games by such margins in one other season under the leadership of Coach Moore (it won three ACC games by 28+ in 2018-19 but not consecutively).
• NC State has spent three straight weeks as the nation's No. 5 team in the Associated Press Top 25. The Wolfpack has been ranked fifth or higher every poll this season.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
2nd in three-point percentage (.419)
3rd in field-goal percentage (.482)
7th in scoring margin (+23.4)
13th in rebound margin (+11.3)
14th in scoring offense (81.2)
20th in defensive rebounds per game (30.1)
29th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.17)
29th in fewest turnovers per game (13.1)
• NC State's overall shooting percentage and three-point percentage lead the league.
• Elissa Cunane (13.1) and Diamond Johnson (12.8) both rank in the top 18 in the ACC in scoring. Cunane is also ninth in rebounding average (7.3).
• Raina Perez's 3.3 assists per game is good for 10th in the ACC, and she owns the conference's second-best assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.42. The graduate guard most recently dished out a season-high eight dimes at Clemson.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 60-53)
• Thursday's game marks the 114th 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.
• The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels have traded wins in each of the last seven matchups. Neither team has put together a multi-game streak since NC State won four games in a row against UNC between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
• NC State owns a 30-17 advantage in the series when playing on its home court. The Pack has won each of its last two home games against the Tar Heels.
• NC State and North Carolina last faced off on Feb. 21, 2021 inside Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack beat the Tar Heels by a final score of 82-63 with the help of 20+ point games from both Jakia Brown-Turner and Kayla Jones.
• Thursday's game will mark the first time that NC State and North Carolina have matched up as a pair of ranked teams since Feb. 16, 2014. In that game, the 17th-ranked Tar Heels beat the 10th-ranked Wolfpack 89-82 inside Reynolds Coliseum.
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RALEIGH – Fifth-ranked NC State women's basketball (12-2, 3-0 ACC) makes its return to Reynolds Coliseum in fitting fashion as it prepares to host rival and 19th-ranked North Carolina (13-0, 3-0 ACC) in front of a sold out home crowd on Thursday night.
The Pack's first game of the 2022 calendar year is scheduled for an 8 p.m. tip on the ACC Network, and radio broadcasters Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers will also have the call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
RED OUT
Thursday's game is a Red Out, and the first 1,000 fans will receive a free NC State rally towel.
FAN INFO
Masks are required to be worn when not actively eating or drinking. Doors open at 7 p.m., and more information about mobile ticketing can be found here.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 979th win in program history (978-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 761st career win (760-236)
• Be Moore's 203rd win at NC State (202-67)
• Be Moore's 93rd ACC victory with the Pack (92-39)
• Be NC State's third over a ranked opponent in 2021-22 and its first ranked win at home this season
• Be the Wolfpack's 400th ACC win of all time
• Mark NC State's 12th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack a 4-0 start to conference play for the second season in a row and the third time in the last four years
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (12-2, 3-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 3-0 start to conference play after picking up December league wins against Pitt, Virginia and Clemson. The Wolfpack is one of three teams (North Carolina, Virginia Tech) tied atop the ACC standings with matching 3-0 conference records.
• The Wolfpack has won each of its first three conference games of the year by 27+ points. NC State has only won three ACC games by such margins in one other season under the leadership of Coach Moore (it won three ACC games by 28+ in 2018-19 but not consecutively).
• NC State has spent three straight weeks as the nation's No. 5 team in the Associated Press Top 25. The Wolfpack has been ranked fifth or higher every poll this season.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
2nd in three-point percentage (.419)
3rd in field-goal percentage (.482)
7th in scoring margin (+23.4)
13th in rebound margin (+11.3)
14th in scoring offense (81.2)
20th in defensive rebounds per game (30.1)
29th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.17)
29th in fewest turnovers per game (13.1)
• NC State's overall shooting percentage and three-point percentage lead the league.
• Elissa Cunane (13.1) and Diamond Johnson (12.8) both rank in the top 18 in the ACC in scoring. Cunane is also ninth in rebounding average (7.3).
• Raina Perez's 3.3 assists per game is good for 10th in the ACC, and she owns the conference's second-best assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.42. The graduate guard most recently dished out a season-high eight dimes at Clemson.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 60-53)
• Thursday's game marks the 114th 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.
• The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels have traded wins in each of the last seven matchups. Neither team has put together a multi-game streak since NC State won four games in a row against UNC between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
• NC State owns a 30-17 advantage in the series when playing on its home court. The Pack has won each of its last two home games against the Tar Heels.
• NC State and North Carolina last faced off on Feb. 21, 2021 inside Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack beat the Tar Heels by a final score of 82-63 with the help of 20+ point games from both Jakia Brown-Turner and Kayla Jones.
• Thursday's game will mark the first time that NC State and North Carolina have matched up as a pair of ranked teams since Feb. 16, 2014. In that game, the 17th-ranked Tar Heels beat the 10th-ranked Wolfpack 89-82 inside Reynolds Coliseum.
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