Sunday, February 19
Blacksburg, Va.
4 PM
NC State
at
#11/9 Virginia Tech
NC State Hits the Road for Matchup with #11 Hokies
2/18/2023 10:52:00 AM | Women's Basketball
GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | ESPN2
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The NC State women's basketball team (18-8, 8-7 ACC) kicks off a two-game road stretch at 11th-ranked Virginia Tech (21-4, 11-4 ACC) on Sunday afternoon. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 with tip-off scheduled for 4 p.m. from Cassell Coliseum.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 1,017th win in program history (1,016-486)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 799th career win (798-246)
• Be Moore's 241st win at NC State (240-77)
• Mark the Pack's fourth over a ranked opponent this season (3-3)
• Be the 37th against a ranked opponent in the Moore era (36-41) and the 157th over a ranked opponent in program history (156-253)
• Mark the team's first back-to-back wins over ranked opponents since January of 2022
• Be the Pack's second win over a ranked opponent on the road this season and first ranked ACC win away from home since beating the Hokies in last year's regular-season finale
NOTING THE WOLFPACK
• NC State has defeated three ranked opponents this season in No. 10 Iowa, No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 19 UNC. The Pack is 3-3 in games played against ranked teams this season.
• The Pack's is in the midst of a stretch of three-straight games that are against ACC teams ranked in the most recent AP Top 25 -- No. 19 North Carolina, at No. 11 Virginia Tech and at No. 9 Duke.
• The Wolfpack ranks in the top 40 nationally in fewest fouls per game (15th - 13.5), blocks per game (26th - 4.6), fewest turnovers per game (28th - 13.2), rebounds per game (36th - 40.9) and field-goal percentage defense (36th - .276).
• NC State scored 32 fast break points in its Thursday victory over the Tar Heels for the most in 10 seasons of the Moore era.
• The Wolfpack outscored rival North Carolina 32-11 over a 9:15 span in the fourth quarter and overtime to overcome a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit on Thursday.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 26-3)
• Sunday's game marks the 30th overall meeting between NC State and Virginia Tech. The teams have faced off at least once every season since the Hokies joined the ACC in 2004-05.
• The Wolfpack won its last trip to Cassell Coliseum on Feb. 27, 2022 to close out last regular season and secure the outright ACC regular-season title. NC State won that game by a 68-66 score.
• NC State is 11-1 in its previous 12 trips to Blacksburg.
• The Hokies won the first of the two regular-season matchups between the teams by a 73-61 score on Feb. 6. It marked Virginia Tech's first-ever win on the Pack's home court.
• Virginia Tech's win earlier this month snapped a four-game winning streak that NC State had over the Hokies. The Wolfpack had previously beat Virginia Tech in the 2021 ACC Tournament semifinal, both regular-season meetings in 2021-22 and the 2022 ACC Tournament semifinal.
• NC State is 13-3 against Virginia Tech in the Moore era.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – The NC State women's basketball team (18-8, 8-7 ACC) kicks off a two-game road stretch at 11th-ranked Virginia Tech (21-4, 11-4 ACC) on Sunday afternoon. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 with tip-off scheduled for 4 p.m. from Cassell Coliseum.
A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD
• Be the 1,017th win in program history (1,016-486)
• Be head coach Wes Moore's 799th career win (798-246)
• Be Moore's 241st win at NC State (240-77)
• Mark the Pack's fourth over a ranked opponent this season (3-3)
• Be the 37th against a ranked opponent in the Moore era (36-41) and the 157th over a ranked opponent in program history (156-253)
• Mark the team's first back-to-back wins over ranked opponents since January of 2022
• Be the Pack's second win over a ranked opponent on the road this season and first ranked ACC win away from home since beating the Hokies in last year's regular-season finale
NOTING THE WOLFPACK
• NC State has defeated three ranked opponents this season in No. 10 Iowa, No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 19 UNC. The Pack is 3-3 in games played against ranked teams this season.
• The Pack's is in the midst of a stretch of three-straight games that are against ACC teams ranked in the most recent AP Top 25 -- No. 19 North Carolina, at No. 11 Virginia Tech and at No. 9 Duke.
• The Wolfpack ranks in the top 40 nationally in fewest fouls per game (15th - 13.5), blocks per game (26th - 4.6), fewest turnovers per game (28th - 13.2), rebounds per game (36th - 40.9) and field-goal percentage defense (36th - .276).
• NC State scored 32 fast break points in its Thursday victory over the Tar Heels for the most in 10 seasons of the Moore era.
• The Wolfpack outscored rival North Carolina 32-11 over a 9:15 span in the fourth quarter and overtime to overcome a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit on Thursday.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 26-3)
• Sunday's game marks the 30th overall meeting between NC State and Virginia Tech. The teams have faced off at least once every season since the Hokies joined the ACC in 2004-05.
• The Wolfpack won its last trip to Cassell Coliseum on Feb. 27, 2022 to close out last regular season and secure the outright ACC regular-season title. NC State won that game by a 68-66 score.
• NC State is 11-1 in its previous 12 trips to Blacksburg.
• The Hokies won the first of the two regular-season matchups between the teams by a 73-61 score on Feb. 6. It marked Virginia Tech's first-ever win on the Pack's home court.
• Virginia Tech's win earlier this month snapped a four-game winning streak that NC State had over the Hokies. The Wolfpack had previously beat Virginia Tech in the 2021 ACC Tournament semifinal, both regular-season meetings in 2021-22 and the 2022 ACC Tournament semifinal.
• NC State is 13-3 against Virginia Tech in the Moore era.
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