Thursday, December 29
Raleigh, N.C.
8 PM
NC State
vs
Duke
#6 Pack Set for Sold Out Home Matchup with Blue Devils
12/28/2022 9:17:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team (10-1) returns to action on Thursday night as it hosts Triangle foe Duke (11-1) inside Reynolds Coliseum. Tip-off between the sixth-ranked Wolfpack and the Blue Devils is slated for 8 p.m.
Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check StubHub, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack. 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
Doors open at 7 p.m., and more information for fans can be found on the Women's Basketball Gameday Central page.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 1,010th win in program history (1,008-479)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 792nd career win (791-239)
• Be Moore's 234th win at NC State (233-70)
• Extend the team's current winning streak to eight games
• Extend NC State's home winning streak to 19 games, a streak that started on Dec. 19, 2021 against Virginia
• Mark the Pack's 19th straight ACC win inside Reynolds Coliseum
• Be NC State's third win in a row against Duke
• Be the Wolfpack's fifth season in a row starting conference play 2-0
ACC ACTION
• The Pack won its ACC opener against Clemson on Dec. 18. Since the league started regular-season conference play in 1977-78, NC State is 32-14 all-time in its first games against ACC opponents and 8-2 in such games in the Coach Moore era.
• NC State has won 18 straight home games in ACC action. The Pack has not lost a conference game played on Kay Yow Court since Feb. 24, 2020 after going 7-0 in such contests in 2020-21 and 9-0 in 2021-22.
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (11-1)
• NC State has been ranked in the national top 10 in six of eight AP polls this season. The Wolfpack reached a season-best ranking of No. 6 on Monday as it's in the midst of four-straight weeks in the Top 10.
• The Pack is riding a seven-game winning streak and remains a perfect 7-0 in games played at home this season.
• In its 11 wins in 2022-23, NC State has scored 70+ points in nine of those contests and limited its opponents to 60 or fewer points in the same number of games. The Pack has held its opponents to single digits in 15 of 48 quarters played this year.
• NC State has five players averaging 9+ points per game and seven players averaging 7+ points per game, and all of those women are shooting 40+ percent shooting. The Pack is one of six programs nationally that has seven or more players with those marks.
• The Wolfpack ranks in the top 25 nationally in fewest fouls per game (4th - 12.3), rebound margin (7th - +13.0), three-point percentage (8th - .398), field-goal percentage (12th - .480), blocks per game (14th - 5.3), scoring margin (16th - +23.0), rebounds per game (17th - 44.3), scoring offense (22nd - 80.3), three-point percentage defense (24th - .253).
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 48-37)
• Thursday's game marks the 86th overall meeting between NC State and Duke as two varsity squads. The teams also met on Feb. 15, 1974 before the Wolfpack was a varsity team in a home game that NC State won 64-44.
• With the exception of the 2020-21 COVID season, the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils have faced off at least once every season since NC State's first as a varsity team in 1974-75.
• NC State is 23-14 when playing Duke at home.
• The Blue Devils' most recent win against the Wolfpack was on NC State's home floor. Duke won that matchup on Feb. 24, 2020 by a 70-65 score.
• The Wolfpack is 8-3 against Duke under the leadership of head coach Wes Moore. NC State has come away with the victory in five of the last six meetings and 10 of the last 12.
• Duke has not managed to put together a winning streak in the series since winning three straight across the 2012-13 and 2013-14 campaigns.
• 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.
• The teams last faced off on Feb. 13 inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. NC State won by a 77-62 score.
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RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team (10-1) returns to action on Thursday night as it hosts Triangle foe Duke (11-1) inside Reynolds Coliseum. Tip-off between the sixth-ranked Wolfpack and the Blue Devils is slated for 8 p.m.
Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check StubHub, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack. 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
Doors open at 7 p.m., and more information for fans can be found on the Women's Basketball Gameday Central page.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 1,010th win in program history (1,008-479)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 792nd career win (791-239)
• Be Moore's 234th win at NC State (233-70)
• Extend the team's current winning streak to eight games
• Extend NC State's home winning streak to 19 games, a streak that started on Dec. 19, 2021 against Virginia
• Mark the Pack's 19th straight ACC win inside Reynolds Coliseum
• Be NC State's third win in a row against Duke
• Be the Wolfpack's fifth season in a row starting conference play 2-0
ACC ACTION
• The Pack won its ACC opener against Clemson on Dec. 18. Since the league started regular-season conference play in 1977-78, NC State is 32-14 all-time in its first games against ACC opponents and 8-2 in such games in the Coach Moore era.
• NC State has won 18 straight home games in ACC action. The Pack has not lost a conference game played on Kay Yow Court since Feb. 24, 2020 after going 7-0 in such contests in 2020-21 and 9-0 in 2021-22.
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (11-1)
• NC State has been ranked in the national top 10 in six of eight AP polls this season. The Wolfpack reached a season-best ranking of No. 6 on Monday as it's in the midst of four-straight weeks in the Top 10.
• The Pack is riding a seven-game winning streak and remains a perfect 7-0 in games played at home this season.
• In its 11 wins in 2022-23, NC State has scored 70+ points in nine of those contests and limited its opponents to 60 or fewer points in the same number of games. The Pack has held its opponents to single digits in 15 of 48 quarters played this year.
• NC State has five players averaging 9+ points per game and seven players averaging 7+ points per game, and all of those women are shooting 40+ percent shooting. The Pack is one of six programs nationally that has seven or more players with those marks.
• The Wolfpack ranks in the top 25 nationally in fewest fouls per game (4th - 12.3), rebound margin (7th - +13.0), three-point percentage (8th - .398), field-goal percentage (12th - .480), blocks per game (14th - 5.3), scoring margin (16th - +23.0), rebounds per game (17th - 44.3), scoring offense (22nd - 80.3), three-point percentage defense (24th - .253).
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 48-37)
• Thursday's game marks the 86th overall meeting between NC State and Duke as two varsity squads. The teams also met on Feb. 15, 1974 before the Wolfpack was a varsity team in a home game that NC State won 64-44.
• With the exception of the 2020-21 COVID season, the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils have faced off at least once every season since NC State's first as a varsity team in 1974-75.
• NC State is 23-14 when playing Duke at home.
• The Blue Devils' most recent win against the Wolfpack was on NC State's home floor. Duke won that matchup on Feb. 24, 2020 by a 70-65 score.
• The Wolfpack is 8-3 against Duke under the leadership of head coach Wes Moore. NC State has come away with the victory in five of the last six meetings and 10 of the last 12.
• Duke has not managed to put together a winning streak in the series since winning three straight across the 2012-13 and 2013-14 campaigns.
• 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.
• The teams last faced off on Feb. 13 inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. NC State won by a 77-62 score.
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