NC State
#19/19 Syracuse
#12 NC State Women’s Hoops Hosts #19 Syracuse Thursday Night
2/28/2024 1:39:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – Following back-to-back road contests, No. 12 NC State women's hoops (23-5, 11-5 ACC) returns to Raleigh for a Thursday night ranked matchup against No. 19 Syracuse (23-5, 13-4 ACC).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Orange 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 streamed live 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 first 200 students at the game will receive free Chick-fil-A sandwiches.
A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
- Be the 1,042nd win in program history (1,041-495)
- Be head coach Wes Moore's 824th career win (823-255)
- Be Moore's 266th win at NC State (265-86)
- Mark the Wolfpack's eighth in a row over Syracuse and be the team's fourth home victory in a row against the Orange
- Be NC State's seventh against an AP Top 25 opponent this season (6-2)
- Mark the Pack's 163rd all-time victory over an AP Top 25 team (162-258)
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 11-4)
- Thursday marks the 16th overall meeting between NC State and Syracuse. The teams have met at least once every season since 2013-14 which was the Orange's first year in the ACC.
- The Wolfpack has won seven games in a row against Syracuse.
- The Pack's most recent matchup with the Orange was in the 2023 ACC Tournament second round.
- NC State and Syracuse also met on the Orange's home floor last season to kick off the 2023 calendar year. The Wolfpack overcame a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit in that game to gut out the 56-54 New Year's Day win.
- Syracuse's last win in the series was an 85-75 decision inside the then Carrier Dome on Jan. 12, 2017.
- The Pack is 9-4 against the Orange under the leadership of Coach Moore.
- NC State is 4-1 all-time when hosting Syracuse.
- NC State has also won three straight home games against Syracuse. The Orange has not earned a win inside Reynolds Coliseum since Feb. 14, 2016.
- This will be just the second time that NC State and Syracuse face off as a pair of ranked teams. The Pack won the one other such matchup, a Feb. 13, 2019 game at 16th-ranked Syracuse that 12th-ranked NC State won 77-73.
