Saturday, December 16
Tampa, Fla.
7 PM
NC State
at
USF
#3 NC State Travels to USF Saturday for First Road Test of Season
12/15/2023 9:35:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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TAMPA, Fla. – NC State women's basketball faces its first true road test of the season Saturday night as the third-ranked Wolfpack (10-0) travels to Tampa, Fla., to take on South Florida (7-3).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Bulls is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the Yuengling Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps. The contest will be the first of three games in a row that the Pack will play away from home.
A WIN SATURDAY WOULD
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 2-0)
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (10-0)
TAMPA, Fla. – NC State women's basketball faces its first true road test of the season Saturday night as the third-ranked Wolfpack (10-0) travels to Tampa, Fla., to take on South Florida (7-3).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Bulls is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the Yuengling Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps. The contest will be the first of three games in a row that the Pack will play away from home.
A WIN SATURDAY WOULD
- Be the 1,029th win in program history (1,028-490)
- Be head coach Wes Moore's 811th career win (810-250)
- Be Moore's 253rd win at NC State (252-81)
- Give the Wolfpack an 11-0 start for the fourth time in 11 seasons of the Moore era and the fifth time in program history
- Keep NC State unbeaten all time against South Florida
- Mark the Pack's seventh win in a row against an unranked non-conference opponent
- Hand the Bulls their first home loss of the season and first home loss in non-conference action since Dec. 1, 2020
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 2-0)
- Saturday marks the third all-time meeting between NC State and South Florida. All of those matchups have occurred over the last four seasons.
- The squads squared off for the first time in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The Pack won that game by a score of 79-67 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, and both teams were ranked in the AP Top 25 for that game.
- The Wolfpack hosted the Bulls for their first regular-season matchup last December, winning that game 65-57.
- Saturday's game in Tampa will be NC State's first time taking on USF on the road.
NOTING THE WOLFPACK (10-0)
- Wolfpack freshman Zoe Brooks made history in the most recent game, becoming the second player in the program's 50-season history to post a triple-double. Her 14 points, team-leading 12 rebounds and team-best 10 assists marked the first triple-double for a member of the Pack since Feb. 21, 2001. She is the sixth NC State player across both the men's and women's programs to accomplish the feat.
- The Wolfpack is one of 18 remaining unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I women's basketball and one of 25 unbeaten teams across men's and women's hoops.
- NC State has three players averaging double figures in scoring (Aziaha James, Saniya Rivers, Madison Hayes) and another three (Mimi Collins, Zoe Brooks, River Baldwin) within a half a point of that average.
- Aziaha James' 16.4 points per game continues to pace the Pack, with her average ranking eighth in the ACC. Her .436 three-percent clip is second among league players, and the junior guard has hit multiple three pointers in seven contests this season, including each of the last three.
- Saniya Rivers (13.7 points per game) also ranks among the top 15 ACC players in scoring average this year.
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