North Carolina State University Athletics
No. 17/16 Pack Set to Play at Wake Forest
1/29/2025 10:39:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 17/16 ranked NC State women's basketball team is set to play at Wake Forest on Thursday, Jan. 30. That game will tipoff at 6 p.m. from LJVM Coliseum on ACC Network Extra.
ABOUT NC STATE
- ​NC State is coming off a dominating win over Virginia Tech, 85-57
- That win elevated the Wolfpack to a 12-0 record at home this season, as well as a 17-game home winning streak
- The Pack has won 12 of the last 13 games
- The Pack is tied with Duke for second in the ACC standings with an 8-1 mark
- The Pack's average opponent NET ranking is the fifth best in the country at No. 79, the third highest in the country, as well as the 21st toughest strength of schedule among P4 schools
- NC State is one of 17 schools in the country to have picked up at least three Quad 1 NET wins. The Pack is one of 11 schools to have at least nine top 100 wins
- NC State is No. 17 in the AP Poll. The Pack's four losses are to top 25 teams, including three to top 10 squads: No. 2 South Carolina, No. 7 LSU and No. 9 TCU. The Pack has been ranked in each WBCA Coaches Poll rankings, currently sitting at No. 16
- Saniya Rivers is coming off surpassing 1,000 career points after scoring 17 vs. Virginia Tech on Sunday. In her career, she has 1,000+ points, 500+ rebounds, 300+ assists, as well as nearly 200 steals and 100 blocks
- The Pack has four players who average double digits in scoring
- Aziaha James leads NC State with 17.4 points per game, which is No. 8 in the ACC, and 43 made 3-pointers. The senior was one of 25 named to the Wooden Midseason Watch List
- Madison Hayes paces the Pack with 6.8 rebounds per game and has had double-doubles in three of the last four contests
- Rivers leads the Pack in steals per game (1.8) and blocks per game (1.1)
- Zoe Brooks has a team-leading 4.1 assists per game
- Mallory Collier has a team's best .567 field goal percentage (38-67)
- The Pack leads the ACC and the country in least fouls per game (12.0). NC State is second in the ACC in turnovers per game (12.1) and defensive rebounds per game (29.5), which are 11th and 13th in the country, respectively. The Pack is also third in the ACC in rebounds per game (41.5), which is 22nd in the NCAA
SCOUTING WAKE FOREST
- Wake Forest was picked to finish 17th in the ACC Preseason Poll. The Demon Deacons finished 7-25, 2-16 in ACC, last season, and beat Virginia, 58-55, in the first round of the ACC Tournament before falling to Florida State, 70-53
- This season, Wake Forest is 8-12 with a 1-8 ACC mark, coming off a 69-59 win over Boston College
- Elise Williams leads the Demon Deacons with 11.4 points per game and 62 total assists
- Malaya Cowles and Demeara Hinds pace WF with 5.4 rebounds per game. Cowles also has a team's most 41 steals and 15 blocks
- Five players average 8.1 points per game or more
SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 79-14)
- The Pack and Demon Deacons will play for the 94th time in the all-time series
- The first meeting was in 1975 and both teams have played each year since then
- NC State is 33-8 on the road in Winston-Salem
- The Pack has a 10-game winning streak over WF
- NC State and WF are home-and-away opponents and will face one another for the 95th time in Raleigh in late February
LAST TIME OUT
- The Pack dominated in wire-to-wire fashion in its 85-57 win over Virginia Tech to snap a four-game losing streak to the Hokies and improve to 12-0 at home this season. NC State also extended its home winning streak to 17 games
- NC State won the battle in points off turnovers (16-2), points in the paint (50-28), fast breaks (20-5) and bench points (15-13)
- James led the Pack with her ninth 20-point game of the season behind 25 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals
- Rivers surpassed 1,000 career points and got her 1K point off a free throw in the third quarter. She finished the game with 17 points, six rebounds, three steals and one block
- Hayes logged 12 points, six rebounds and one steal
- Brooks had 12 points, eight rebounds, three assists and one steal
- Zamareya Jones and Collier scored seven and six points, respectively, off the bench
- All 11 players played at least six minutes in the game
UPCOMING
The Pack will play No. 10/10 Duke at home on Monday, Feb. 3 for the 20th annual Play4Kay game. That game will tipoff at 7 p.m. from Reynolds Coliseum on ESPN2.
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