Thursday, January 4
Raleigh, N.C.
7 PM
NC State
vs
#22/22 Florida State
#3 NC State Returns Home for Ranked ACC Matchup with #22 FSU
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RALEIGH – NC State women's basketball will return home for the first time in three and a half weeks on Thursday night as the third-ranked Wolfpack (13-0, 1-0 ACC) hosts a ranked conference matchup against 22nd-ranked Florida State (11-3, 2-0 ACC).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Seminoles is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. Doors open at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ACCNX, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps.
Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check SeatGeek, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.
GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS
The 2024 NCAA Championship trophy will be on site as part of a nationwide trophy tour. Fans can stop by the second floor of the Grand Hall before the start of the game to get photos with the trophy.
A WIN THURSDAY WOULD
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 34-17)
NOTING THE WOLFPACK
RALEIGH – NC State women's basketball will return home for the first time in three and a half weeks on Thursday night as the third-ranked Wolfpack (13-0, 1-0 ACC) hosts a ranked conference matchup against 22nd-ranked Florida State (11-3, 2-0 ACC).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Seminoles is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. Doors open at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ACCNX, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps.
Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check SeatGeek, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.
GAMEDAY PROMOTIONS
The 2024 NCAA Championship trophy will be on site as part of a nationwide trophy tour. Fans can stop by the second floor of the Grand Hall before the start of the game to get photos with the trophy.
A WIN THURSDAY WOULD
- Be the 1,032nd win in program history (1,031-490)
- Be head coach Wes Moore's 814th career win (813-250)
- Be Moore's 256th win at NC State (255-81)
- Give the Wolfpack a 14-0 start for the third time in 11 seasons of the Moore era and the fourth time in program history
- Extend NC State's home winning streak to 10 games, a streak that started on Feb. 16, 2023 against North Carolina
- Mark the Pack's third straight ACC win inside of Reynolds Coliseum
- Be NC State's sixth season in a row winning its ACC home opener
- Be the Wolfpack's third against an AP Top 25 opponent this season
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 34-17)
- Thursday marks the 52nd overall meeting between NC State and Florida State. With the exception of the 2020-21 COVID season, the teams have faced off at least one every season since 1991-92.
- The Pack last met the Seminoles in Tallahassee on Jan. 12, 2023, with Florida State winning that game 91-72. That 19-point difference was the Pack's largest margin of defeat in 2022-23 ACC play.
- Prior to that contest, NC State was on a five-game winning streak over the Seminoles. The Pack has won five of the last six games and seven of the last nine in the series between the squads.
- NC State is 17-7 when playing against Florida State on its home court.
- The Pack is 8-4 against the Seminoles under the leadership of Coach Moore.
- NC State has been ranked in 22 previous matchups with Florida State and has a 17-5 record in those meetings. The Pack has only been ranked in the top five for two of those matchups, one a 62-58 win in 1999-2000 and the other a 68-48 victory in 2021-22. NC State was ranked third nationally in both of those games.
- Thursday's game will be the seventh time that NC State and Florida State square off while both ranked in the AP Top 25. The Pack is 5-1 in such games.
NOTING THE WOLFPACK
- The Wolfpack is one of seven remaining unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I women's basketball and one of 10 unbeaten teams across men's and women's hoops (numbers through Jan. 1 games).
- NC State has six players averaging double figures in scoring —Aziaha James (15.5), Saniya Rivers (13.3), Madison Hayes (11.0), Mimi Collins (11.0), River Baldwin (10.5) and Zoe Brooks (10.0). The Pack is the only team in the nation that has six active players with such averages.
- James' scoring average continues to pace the Pack and is ranked ninth among all ACC players this season. The junior guard has scored 10+ points in all but two games in 2023-24.
- Rivers also ranks among the top 20 ACC players in scoring average this year while also owning top-10 league marks in assists per game, assist-to-turnover ratio and steals per game to lead NC State in all three of those categories.
- Baldwin (7.8) leads the way for four Pack players who average 6+ rebounds per game. That kind of rebound balance is also unmatched nationally.
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