Wolfpack Heads South for Sunday Afternoon Meeting with Hurricanes

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RALEIGH – Riding a three-game winning streak into the weekend, fifth-ranked NC State women's basketball (13-2, 4-0 ACC) makes the trip to Coral Gables, Fla., for a Sunday afternoon matchup with Miami (7-4, 0-1 ACC).

Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Hurricanes is scheduled for 2 p.m. from the Watsco Center, and the game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network. Andrew Sanders will also have the radio call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.

SCHEDULE CHANGES
The NC State-Miami game was originally scheduled for Jan. 27 but has been moved up following the postponements of the NC State at Notre Dame game and the Louisville at Miami game, which were both slated for Sunday. Louisville and Notre Dame are adhering to COVID protocols, and the league will look to reschedule that postponed game between the Wolfpack and the Fighting Irish.

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 980th win in program history (979-476)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 762nd career win (761-236)
• Be Moore's 204th win at NC State (203-67)
• Be Moore's 94th ACC victory with the Pack (93-39)
• Mark NC State's 13th in a row overall against a conference opponent (including three 2021 ACC Tournament wins)
• Give the Pack a 5-0 start to conference play for the second season in a row and the third time in the last four years
• Be NC State's fourth in a row over Miami

NOTING THE WOLFPACK (13-2, 4-0 ACC)
• NC State is off to a 4-0 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 four league wins thus far.
• The Wolfpack has won each of its first four conference games of the year by 27+ points. The last time NC State won at least four ACC games by such a margin was the 1979-80 season when it defeated five league opponents by 27 or more.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
  4th in field-goal percentage (.477)
  4th in three-point percentage (.411)
  4th in scoring margin (+23.6)
  9th in rebound margin (+11.4)
  11th in defensive rebounds per game (30.7)
  12th in scoring offense (80.6)
  19th in rebound average (43.7)
  27th in three pointers per game (8.8)
• NC State is the ACC leader in three-point percentage, scoring offense and rebounding margin, and the team is second in the league in overall shooting percentage, scoring margin, free throw percentage and three pointers per game.
• Looking just at ACC games, NC State is the conference leader in scoring offense (80.5), scoring margin (+29.0), rebounding margin (+13.5) and three pointers per game (10.5).
• Elissa Cunane leads the team in scoring (13.5) and rebounding, and Diamond Johnson joins her in double figures to rank second in points (12.4) and rebounds (5.3) per game.
• Five Wolfpack players average 8.5+ points, and six average 7+ points in a well-balanced attack. Six players average 19+ minutes per game, and 10 players average 10+ minutes per game. No one averages more than 28 minutes.
• The Wolfpack has shot 50+ percent from the field in seven games and 40+ percent in all but one game.

SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 13-11)
• Sunday's game marks the 25th meeting between NC State and Miami. The teams have met at least once a season every year since 2004-05.
• Both Sunday's game and last season's Dec. 20, 2020 matchup are games that were moved up from their originally-scheduled spot just days before due to the uncertainties that come with the COVID-19 pandemic.
• NC State has visited Miami a total of 11 times ahead of Sunday's matchup. The Pack is 4-7 in those games.
• The team's last trip to Coral Gables (Feb. 20, 2020) marked its first road win over the Hurricanes since the 2006-07 season. In that game, NC State overcame a fourth-quarter deficit, and then-freshman Jakia Brown-Turner hit the game-winning shot with two seconds remaining to lead the Pack to the 50-48 victory.
• The Wolfpack hosted the Hurricanes on Dec. 20, 2020 for the most recent matchup between the two teams. NC State won that game by a 78-47 score with four players (Cunane, Kayla Jones, Brown-Turner, Kai Crutchfield) scoring in double figures.

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Wolfpack Heads South for Sunday Afternoon Meeting with Hurricanes

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Jakia Brown-Turner

Kai Crutchfield

Elissa Cunane

Diamond Johnson

Kayla Jones