North Carolina State University Athletics
Thursday, February 8
Raleigh, N.C.
8 PM
NC State
vs
#16/18 Virginia Tech
#3 Pack Hosts Third Straight Ranked Opponent, #16 VT, Thursday Night
2/7/2024 11:32:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH – Wolfpack women's basketball rounds out its stretch of three straight home games against ranked opponents on Thursday night when fifth-ranked NC State (20-2, 8-2 ACC) hosts 16th-ranked Virginia Tech (18-4, 9-2 ACC).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Hokies is set for 8 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. Doors open at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network, 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.
A WIN THURSDAY WOULD
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 26-5)
RALEIGH – Wolfpack women's basketball rounds out its stretch of three straight home games against ranked opponents on Thursday night when fifth-ranked NC State (20-2, 8-2 ACC) hosts 16th-ranked Virginia Tech (18-4, 9-2 ACC).
Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Hokies is set for 8 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. Doors open at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on the ACC Network, 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.
A WIN THURSDAY WOULD
- Be the 1,039th win in program history (1,038-492)
- Be head coach Wes Moore's 821st career win (820-252)
- Be Moore's 263rd win at NC State (262-83)
- Extend the Wolfpack's current winning streak to six games
- Extend NC State's home winning streak to 15 games and be the Pack's eighth straight ACC win inside of Reynolds Coliseum
- Be NC State's sixth against an AP Top 25 opponent this season (5-1)
- Mark the Pack's 162nd all-time victory over an AP Top 25 team (161-257)
- Be the Wolfpack's third win in a row over a ranked team
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 26-5)
- Thursday marks the 32nd 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 has been ranked in 16 previous matchups with Virginia Tech and has a 13-3 record in those meetings.
- Thursday's game will be the fifth time that NC State and Virginia Tech square off while both ranked in the AP Top 25. The Pack is 2-2 in such games.
- This matchup marks the 13th straight meeting between NC State and Virginia Tech during which at least one of the two teams is ranked in the AP Top 25.
- NC State played Virginia Tech for the first time in its inaugural season as a varsity team, winning that Feb. 18, 1975 road game by a 70-67 score.
- This is the second of two regular-season meetings between the squads. Virginia Tech won the first with a last-second shot, beating the Pack 63-62 in that game in Blacksburg on Jan. 7.
- The Hokies have won each of the last three games in the series between the squads. Last season marked their first time sweeping a season's meetings with the Wolfpack.
- The Pack's last win over Virginia Tech was in the 2022 ACC Tournament semifinal. NC State beat the Hokies 70-55 en route to winning its third-straight ACC Tournament title that year.
- NC State is 12-1 in home games against Virginia Tech.
- The Pack is 13-5 against the Hokies under the leadership of Coach Moore.
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