North Carolina State University Athletics
Sunday, January 29
Raleigh, N.C.
3 PM
NC State
vs
#7/7 Notre Dame
#20 Pack Welcomes #7 Notre Dame to Raleigh for Sold Out Showdown
1/28/2023 10:42:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – No. 20 NC State women's basketball (15-5, 5-4 ACC) will welcome a ranked opponent to Reynolds Coliseum for the first time this season as it hosts seventh-ranked Notre Dame (17-2, 8-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Fighting Irish is scheduled for 3 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check StubHub, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.
FAN INFO
Doors open at 2 p.m., and the first 3,500 fans in attendance will receive a red light baton to use during intros and throughout the game. More information for fans can be found on the Women's Basketball Gameday Central page.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 1,014th win in program history (1,013-483)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 796th career win (795-243)
• Be Moore's 238th win at NC State (237-74)
• Mark the Pack's first back-to-back wins over Notre Dame
• Be the team's second over a ranked opponent this season (1-2)
• Be the 35th against a ranked opponent (34-40) in the Moore era and 155th over a ranked opponent in program history (154-252)
• Mark the team's 15th top-10 win in the Moore era (14-20) and 54th over a top-10 opponent in program history (53-139)
• Be the Pack's first victory over a top-10 opponent since beating third-ranked Louisville at home on Jan. 20, 2022
NOTING THE WOLFPACK
• NC State has been ranked No. 20 in back-to-back releases of the AP Top 25. Its Jan. 18 ranking marked the team's first time being outside of the top 15 since it started the 2018-19 campaign at No. 17 for the first two weeks.
• NC State is ranked eighth in the ACC following Thursday night's games.
• The Wolfpack ranks in the top 30 nationally in fewest fouls per game (9th - 12.9), blocks per game (23rd - 4.8) and rebounds per game (27th - 41.9).
• NC State has defeated one ranked opponent in No. 10 Iowa. The Pack's tally in the 94-81 victory at Carver-Hawkeye Arena marked the most points it's scored in a road win since January 1996.
• Diamond Johnson is the only Wolfpack player averaging double figures in scoring with her mark of 12.8 pints per game. Johnson has a team-best three-point shooting percentage of .409 to rank 44th nationally.
• Johnson (11.0) and Saniya Rivers (10.1) average double figures against conference opponents. Those two players, in addition to Mimi Collins and Camille Hobby, have scored 10+ points in at least four ACC games this season.
• Looking just at the Pack's ACC wins, the team has four players averaging double figures in scoring - Collins (11.2), Jada Boyd (10.7), Rivers (10.0) and Madison Hayes (10.0).
• Nine players are averaging 6+ points per game in league action.
• NC State enters Sunday's contest on a two-game winning streak in conference play.
SERIES HISTORY (Notre Dame leads 8-3)
• Sunday's game marks the 12th overall meeting between NC State and Notre Dame.
• This will be Notre Dame's first trip to Raleigh since the 2018-19 campaign. The Pack was set to host the Fighting Irish in 2020-21, but that matchup was postponed and eventually canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Notre Dame program.
• NC State is 1-3 when hosting Notre Dame on its home court.
• The Wolfpack's only home win in the series with the Fighting Irish was when the team upset then second-ranked Notre Dame on Dec. 29, 2016, winning by a 70-62 score after never trailing in that outing.
• Notre Dame emerged victorious in its last trip to Raleigh as it won by a 95-72 score on Feb. 18, 2019.
• Each of the last two games between the Wolfpack and the Notre Dame have been decided by just three points.
• Notre Dame won last year's regular-season meeting between the squads, coming away with a 69-66 win in South Bend.
• NC State and Notre Dame most recently off in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen last season. The Pack mounted a fourth-quarter come- back to beat the Fighting Irish by a 66-63 score to advance to its first Elite Eight berth since 1998.
• The Wolfpack is 3-7 against Notre Dame in the Moore era.
• Sunday marks the third straight matchup and the eighth time overall in which both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25 at the time of competition. NC State is 1-6 in those previous seven meetings.
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RALEIGH – No. 20 NC State women's basketball (15-5, 5-4 ACC) will welcome a ranked opponent to Reynolds Coliseum for the first time this season as it hosts seventh-ranked Notre Dame (17-2, 8-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Fighting Irish is scheduled for 3 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check StubHub, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.
FAN INFO
Doors open at 2 p.m., and the first 3,500 fans in attendance will receive a red light baton to use during intros and throughout the game. More information for fans can be found on the Women's Basketball Gameday Central page.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 1,014th win in program history (1,013-483)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 796th career win (795-243)
• Be Moore's 238th win at NC State (237-74)
• Mark the Pack's first back-to-back wins over Notre Dame
• Be the team's second over a ranked opponent this season (1-2)
• Be the 35th against a ranked opponent (34-40) in the Moore era and 155th over a ranked opponent in program history (154-252)
• Mark the team's 15th top-10 win in the Moore era (14-20) and 54th over a top-10 opponent in program history (53-139)
• Be the Pack's first victory over a top-10 opponent since beating third-ranked Louisville at home on Jan. 20, 2022
NOTING THE WOLFPACK
• NC State has been ranked No. 20 in back-to-back releases of the AP Top 25. Its Jan. 18 ranking marked the team's first time being outside of the top 15 since it started the 2018-19 campaign at No. 17 for the first two weeks.
• NC State is ranked eighth in the ACC following Thursday night's games.
• The Wolfpack ranks in the top 30 nationally in fewest fouls per game (9th - 12.9), blocks per game (23rd - 4.8) and rebounds per game (27th - 41.9).
• NC State has defeated one ranked opponent in No. 10 Iowa. The Pack's tally in the 94-81 victory at Carver-Hawkeye Arena marked the most points it's scored in a road win since January 1996.
• Diamond Johnson is the only Wolfpack player averaging double figures in scoring with her mark of 12.8 pints per game. Johnson has a team-best three-point shooting percentage of .409 to rank 44th nationally.
• Johnson (11.0) and Saniya Rivers (10.1) average double figures against conference opponents. Those two players, in addition to Mimi Collins and Camille Hobby, have scored 10+ points in at least four ACC games this season.
• Looking just at the Pack's ACC wins, the team has four players averaging double figures in scoring - Collins (11.2), Jada Boyd (10.7), Rivers (10.0) and Madison Hayes (10.0).
• Nine players are averaging 6+ points per game in league action.
• NC State enters Sunday's contest on a two-game winning streak in conference play.
SERIES HISTORY (Notre Dame leads 8-3)
• Sunday's game marks the 12th overall meeting between NC State and Notre Dame.
• This will be Notre Dame's first trip to Raleigh since the 2018-19 campaign. The Pack was set to host the Fighting Irish in 2020-21, but that matchup was postponed and eventually canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Notre Dame program.
• NC State is 1-3 when hosting Notre Dame on its home court.
• The Wolfpack's only home win in the series with the Fighting Irish was when the team upset then second-ranked Notre Dame on Dec. 29, 2016, winning by a 70-62 score after never trailing in that outing.
• Notre Dame emerged victorious in its last trip to Raleigh as it won by a 95-72 score on Feb. 18, 2019.
• Each of the last two games between the Wolfpack and the Notre Dame have been decided by just three points.
• Notre Dame won last year's regular-season meeting between the squads, coming away with a 69-66 win in South Bend.
• NC State and Notre Dame most recently off in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen last season. The Pack mounted a fourth-quarter come- back to beat the Fighting Irish by a 66-63 score to advance to its first Elite Eight berth since 1998.
• The Wolfpack is 3-7 against Notre Dame in the Moore era.
• Sunday marks the third straight matchup and the eighth time overall in which both teams are ranked in the AP Top 25 at the time of competition. NC State is 1-6 in those previous seven meetings.
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