Monday, March 28
Bridgeport, Conn.
7 PM
NC State
vs
#5/6 UConn
Pack Preps for Elite Eight Matchup with UConn
3/27/2022 10:59:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The third-ranked and one-seeded NC State women's basketball team (32-3) will make its first NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance in 24 years on Monday night as it matches up against UConn (28-5). The Wolfpack and the Huskies will face off at 7 p.m. inside Total Mortgage Arena, and the winner will move on to the NCAA Final Four in Minneapolis.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPN with Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo, Holly Rowe and Andraya Carter on the call. Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers will also have the radio call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
A WIN ON MONDAY WOULD
• Secure NC State's second Final Four berth in program history and its first since the 1998 NCAA Tournament
• Be the 999th win in program history (998-477)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 781st career win (780-237)
• Be Moore's 223rd win at NC State (222-68)
• Be the Wolfpack's 30th NCAA Tournament win of all time (29-26)
• Extend NC State's winning streak to 14 games
• Mark the Pack's 10th over a nationally-ranked opponent this season, extending its single-season program record
COMEBACK PACK
• The Pack's Sweet 16 win over Notre Dame marked the team's third time this season coming back from a double-digit deficit to win a game. The team also accomplished that feat after trailing by 14 points in the fourth quarter against Louisville and by 12 points in the second quarter at UNC.
• Veteran players Elissa Cunane, Kai Crutchfield and Raina Perez provided the heroics in the fourth period of the win over the Fighting Irish. They combined for 17 of the Pack's 20 fourth-quarter points, and Perez and Crutchfield accounted for five of the team's six steals in the last 10 minutes.
• NC State went into a fullcourt press during the fourth quarter of Saturday's win. The team forced Notre Dame into seven turnovers in the fourth quarter alone and three in the final five minutes.
MONDAY STORYLINES
• Monday's game marks the first time that Coach Moore and Geno Auriemma will face off as head coaches. Moore was an assistant coach on Kay Yow's staff when the teams matched up during the 1994-95 campaign.
• NC State has faced three top-five opponents so far this season. The Wolfpack is 2-1 in those matchups, with its only loss coming to top-ranked South Carolina to start the year.
• Five Wolfpack players are averaging double figures scoring in the 2022 NCAA Tournament - Perez (12.7), Jakia Brown-Turner (11.0), Cunane (11.0), Diamond Johnson (10.7) and Kayla Jones (10.3).
• NC State has won 13 games in a row and is a perfect 6-0 in ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament action in 2021-22. The team has not lost since Feb. 1.
• Cunane tied Chasity Melvin's program record for most NCAA Tournament rebounds with 82 in just nine career games.
• Crutchfield set a program record for most NCAA Tournament games played with her 12th career game on Saturday. With the 2020 tournament being canceled due to the pandemic, Crutchfield accomplished that mark in four tournaments.
SERIES HISTORY (UConn leads 6-2)
• Monday's game marks the ninth overall meeting between NC State and UConn. It will be the fifth time that the teams square off in the NCAA Tournament.
• NC State is 1-3 in NCAA Tournament games against UConn.
• The Pack's only such win over the Huskies was in the 1998 NCAA Tournament regional final. NC State beat UConn by a 60-52 score in Dayton, Ohio to advance to its first and only NCAA Final Four.
• The Wolfpack owns just two wins in the all-time series between the squads. In addition to that 1998 win, NC State defeated UConn in a road game on Dec. 20, 1991.
• UConn is on a four-game winning streak in the series. NC State's last win in the series was that 1998 victory.
• Monday's contest marks the fifth time that NC State and UConn will meet as a pair of ranked squads. NC State is 2-3 in the previous such contests. The Wolfpack has been the higher ranked team in two of those games - its first-ever meeting against UConn (No. 7 Wolfpack vs. #13 Huskies on March 21, 1991) and its next meeting against them (#13 Wolfpack vs. #19 Huskies on Dec. 29, 1991).
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The third-ranked and one-seeded NC State women's basketball team (32-3) will make its first NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance in 24 years on Monday night as it matches up against UConn (28-5). The Wolfpack and the Huskies will face off at 7 p.m. inside Total Mortgage Arena, and the winner will move on to the NCAA Final Four in Minneapolis.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPN with Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo, Holly Rowe and Andraya Carter on the call. Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers will also have the radio call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
A WIN ON MONDAY WOULD
• Secure NC State's second Final Four berth in program history and its first since the 1998 NCAA Tournament
• Be the 999th win in program history (998-477)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 781st career win (780-237)
• Be Moore's 223rd win at NC State (222-68)
• Be the Wolfpack's 30th NCAA Tournament win of all time (29-26)
• Extend NC State's winning streak to 14 games
• Mark the Pack's 10th over a nationally-ranked opponent this season, extending its single-season program record
COMEBACK PACK
• The Pack's Sweet 16 win over Notre Dame marked the team's third time this season coming back from a double-digit deficit to win a game. The team also accomplished that feat after trailing by 14 points in the fourth quarter against Louisville and by 12 points in the second quarter at UNC.
• Veteran players Elissa Cunane, Kai Crutchfield and Raina Perez provided the heroics in the fourth period of the win over the Fighting Irish. They combined for 17 of the Pack's 20 fourth-quarter points, and Perez and Crutchfield accounted for five of the team's six steals in the last 10 minutes.
• NC State went into a fullcourt press during the fourth quarter of Saturday's win. The team forced Notre Dame into seven turnovers in the fourth quarter alone and three in the final five minutes.
MONDAY STORYLINES
• Monday's game marks the first time that Coach Moore and Geno Auriemma will face off as head coaches. Moore was an assistant coach on Kay Yow's staff when the teams matched up during the 1994-95 campaign.
• NC State has faced three top-five opponents so far this season. The Wolfpack is 2-1 in those matchups, with its only loss coming to top-ranked South Carolina to start the year.
• Five Wolfpack players are averaging double figures scoring in the 2022 NCAA Tournament - Perez (12.7), Jakia Brown-Turner (11.0), Cunane (11.0), Diamond Johnson (10.7) and Kayla Jones (10.3).
• NC State has won 13 games in a row and is a perfect 6-0 in ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament action in 2021-22. The team has not lost since Feb. 1.
• Cunane tied Chasity Melvin's program record for most NCAA Tournament rebounds with 82 in just nine career games.
• Crutchfield set a program record for most NCAA Tournament games played with her 12th career game on Saturday. With the 2020 tournament being canceled due to the pandemic, Crutchfield accomplished that mark in four tournaments.
SERIES HISTORY (UConn leads 6-2)
• Monday's game marks the ninth overall meeting between NC State and UConn. It will be the fifth time that the teams square off in the NCAA Tournament.
• NC State is 1-3 in NCAA Tournament games against UConn.
• The Pack's only such win over the Huskies was in the 1998 NCAA Tournament regional final. NC State beat UConn by a 60-52 score in Dayton, Ohio to advance to its first and only NCAA Final Four.
• The Wolfpack owns just two wins in the all-time series between the squads. In addition to that 1998 win, NC State defeated UConn in a road game on Dec. 20, 1991.
• UConn is on a four-game winning streak in the series. NC State's last win in the series was that 1998 victory.
• Monday's contest marks the fifth time that NC State and UConn will meet as a pair of ranked squads. NC State is 2-3 in the previous such contests. The Wolfpack has been the higher ranked team in two of those games - its first-ever meeting against UConn (No. 7 Wolfpack vs. #13 Huskies on March 21, 1991) and its next meeting against them (#13 Wolfpack vs. #19 Huskies on Dec. 29, 1991).
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