Sunday, February 13
Durham, N.C.
2 PM
NC State
at
Duke
#5 NC State Makes Short Trip to Duke Sunday Afternoon
2/12/2022 11:24:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – The fifth-ranked NC State women's basketball team (22-3, 13-1 ACC) is set for the second of two regular-season meetings with Duke (15-8, 6-7 ACC) as it makes the trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils is set for 2 p.m., and the game will be televised on the ACC's Regional Sports Networks. 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 989th win in program history (988-477)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 771st career win (770-237)
• Be Moore's 213th win at NC State (212-68)
• Be Moore's 103rd ACC victory with the Pack (102-40)
• Give NC State its 14th ACC win of the season, tying a program record for the most league wins in a single season
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (22-3, 13-1 ACC)
• NC State is 13-1 in ACC play, marking the first time under Moore's leadership that the Wolfpack has compiled such a record through 14 league contests. The Wolfpack last had a 14-1 start to conference play in 1984-85.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
4th in three-point percentage (.384)
6th in scoring margin (+18.8)
8th in defensive rebounds per game (30.0)
15th in field-goal percentage (.458)
19th in rebound margin (+8.6)
21st in three pointers made (196)
23rd in scoring offense (75.9)
23rd in field goal percentage defense (.356)
23rd in rebounds per game (42.4)
• NC State leads the ACC in three-point percentage, scoring offense and rebounding margin. The team is second in the league in overall field-goal percentage, scoring margin and free throw percentage.
• Looking just at ACC games, NC State is the conference leader in scoring margin (+16.6), field goal percentage defense (.346) and rebounding margin (+7.0).
• Elissa Cunane leads the team in scoring with 13.2 points per game, and Diamond Johnson is the only other player averaging double figures with 11.8 per game.
• Cunane is ranked 14th in the ACC in scoring, fifth in rebounding (7.9) and third in free throw percentage (.851).
• The Wolfpack averages 7.8 three pointers per game, and the team is also averaging 32.5 points in the paint.
• In its 13 ACC wins, NC State has won nine of those by double figures and seven by 20+ points.
• NC State has defeated six top-20 opponents (No. 2 Maryland, No. 6 Indiana, No. 19 UNC, No. 16 Duke, No. 3 Louisville, No. 11 Georgia Tech) in 2021-22.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 47-37)
• Sunday's game marks the 85th overall meeting between NC State and Duke as two varsity squads. The teams also met Feb. 15, 1974 before the Wolfpack was a varsity team in a home game that NC State won 64-44.
• NC State is 17-19 when playing against Duke on the road. The Wolfpack won in its last trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Feb. 2, 2020.
• The Wolfpack is 7-3 against Duke under the leadership of Moore. NC State has come away with the victory in four of the last five meetings.
• 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.
• NC State has been a top-five team in six matchups against the Blue Devils and has won all six of those games.
• The teams squared off for the first of these two regular-season meetings on Jan. 16 inside Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack took advantage of a huge first half to win 84-60 in what was a top-20 matchup.
OFF THE GLASS
• NC State has out-rebounded its opponent in 21 of 25 games.
• The Pack's biggest rebound margin of the season was against Wofford on Nov. 15. NC State owned a +26 (51-26) advantage in rebounds in that game.
• NC State's largest rebound margin in ACC play is a +17 mark (47-30) it posted against Clemson on Dec. 30.
• The Wolfpack set a season-high in offensive rebounds as a team with 20 against Boston College. NC State has now had 13 games with 20 or more offensive boards in nine seasons of the Moore era.
• Graduate forward Kayla Jones hauled in nine offensive boards against the Eagles. The mark was the most by any ACC player this season and the most by a Wolfpack player since Chelsea Nelson had two games with nine offensive boards in 2017-18.
NC STATE & THE NET
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 10 teams ranked in the top 25 of the NET (7-3 record) and 19 ranked in the top 100 (16-3 record).
The Wolfpack's 10 games against opponents in the top 25 of the NET rankings is the most by any team in the nation, and the team's seven wins over such foes ties as the most in the nation.
The NCAA Tournament Committee did its second reveal of its current top-16 seeds on Thursday night. NC State was the No. 3 team and designated as the one-seed in the Bridgeport Region.
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RALEIGH – The fifth-ranked NC State women's basketball team (22-3, 13-1 ACC) is set for the second of two regular-season meetings with Duke (15-8, 6-7 ACC) as it makes the trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils is set for 2 p.m., and the game will be televised on the ACC's Regional Sports Networks. 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 989th win in program history (988-477)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 771st career win (770-237)
• Be Moore's 213th win at NC State (212-68)
• Be Moore's 103rd ACC victory with the Pack (102-40)
• Give NC State its 14th ACC win of the season, tying a program record for the most league wins in a single season
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (22-3, 13-1 ACC)
• NC State is 13-1 in ACC play, marking the first time under Moore's leadership that the Wolfpack has compiled such a record through 14 league contests. The Wolfpack last had a 14-1 start to conference play in 1984-85.
• The Wolfpack is nationally ranked:
4th in three-point percentage (.384)
6th in scoring margin (+18.8)
8th in defensive rebounds per game (30.0)
15th in field-goal percentage (.458)
19th in rebound margin (+8.6)
21st in three pointers made (196)
23rd in scoring offense (75.9)
23rd in field goal percentage defense (.356)
23rd in rebounds per game (42.4)
• NC State leads the ACC in three-point percentage, scoring offense and rebounding margin. The team is second in the league in overall field-goal percentage, scoring margin and free throw percentage.
• Looking just at ACC games, NC State is the conference leader in scoring margin (+16.6), field goal percentage defense (.346) and rebounding margin (+7.0).
• Elissa Cunane leads the team in scoring with 13.2 points per game, and Diamond Johnson is the only other player averaging double figures with 11.8 per game.
• Cunane is ranked 14th in the ACC in scoring, fifth in rebounding (7.9) and third in free throw percentage (.851).
• The Wolfpack averages 7.8 three pointers per game, and the team is also averaging 32.5 points in the paint.
• In its 13 ACC wins, NC State has won nine of those by double figures and seven by 20+ points.
• NC State has defeated six top-20 opponents (No. 2 Maryland, No. 6 Indiana, No. 19 UNC, No. 16 Duke, No. 3 Louisville, No. 11 Georgia Tech) in 2021-22.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 47-37)
• Sunday's game marks the 85th overall meeting between NC State and Duke as two varsity squads. The teams also met Feb. 15, 1974 before the Wolfpack was a varsity team in a home game that NC State won 64-44.
• NC State is 17-19 when playing against Duke on the road. The Wolfpack won in its last trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Feb. 2, 2020.
• The Wolfpack is 7-3 against Duke under the leadership of Moore. NC State has come away with the victory in four of the last five meetings.
• 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.
• NC State has been a top-five team in six matchups against the Blue Devils and has won all six of those games.
• The teams squared off for the first of these two regular-season meetings on Jan. 16 inside Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack took advantage of a huge first half to win 84-60 in what was a top-20 matchup.
OFF THE GLASS
• NC State has out-rebounded its opponent in 21 of 25 games.
• The Pack's biggest rebound margin of the season was against Wofford on Nov. 15. NC State owned a +26 (51-26) advantage in rebounds in that game.
• NC State's largest rebound margin in ACC play is a +17 mark (47-30) it posted against Clemson on Dec. 30.
• The Wolfpack set a season-high in offensive rebounds as a team with 20 against Boston College. NC State has now had 13 games with 20 or more offensive boards in nine seasons of the Moore era.
• Graduate forward Kayla Jones hauled in nine offensive boards against the Eagles. The mark was the most by any ACC player this season and the most by a Wolfpack player since Chelsea Nelson had two games with nine offensive boards in 2017-18.
NC STATE & THE NET
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 10 teams ranked in the top 25 of the NET (7-3 record) and 19 ranked in the top 100 (16-3 record).
The Wolfpack's 10 games against opponents in the top 25 of the NET rankings is the most by any team in the nation, and the team's seven wins over such foes ties as the most in the nation.
The NCAA Tournament Committee did its second reveal of its current top-16 seeds on Thursday night. NC State was the No. 3 team and designated as the one-seed in the Bridgeport Region.
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