Sunday, November 16
Raleigh, N.C.
1 PM
NC State
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TCU
No. 10/9 NC State Women’s Basketball Set for Ranked Matchup in Reynolds vs. No. 17/12 TCU
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RALEIGH – The No. 10/9 NC State women's basketball is set for its third ranked matchup in the first four games, as the Pack hosts No. 17/12 TCU on Sunday. The Pack and Horned Frogs will tipoff at 1 p.m. on ESPN at Reynolds Coliseum.
ABOUT NC STATE
- NC State has a 24-game home winning streak, which is the fourth active longest streak in the country
- NC State has started the season 2-1
- The Pack is ranked No. 10 in the AP Poll and No. 9 in the WBCA Coaches Poll one week into the season
- NC State picked up a top 10 win over No. 8/9 Tennessee, 80-77, at the Ro Greensboro Invitational and has gone 1-1 in games vs. ranked opponents to begin the season after dropping to No. 18/16 USC, 69-68
- Zoe Brooks leads the Pack with 17.0 points per game and 4.5 assists per game
- Khamil Pierre paces the team in rebounds with 14.0 per game, which leads the ACC, along with 1.3 steals per game, which is tied for the most with Brooks. She logs 16.3 points per game through the first three
- Tilda Trygger paces the Pack with 1.7 blocks per game
- NC State leads the ACC in defensive rebounds per game (37.0), which is third in the country. The Pack is also second in fouls per game (11.0) and rebounds per game (52.0), which are both sixth in the NCAA
- NC State was picked to finish second in the ACC in the preseason poll after finishing 28-7 and making the program's sixth NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance in the past seven tournaments and winning a share at the ACC Regular Season Championship in 2024-25
- The team had two players on the 10-person Blue Ribbon Panel Preseason All-ACC Team. Zoe Brooks had the second most votes on the preseason team and Pierre also made a spot on the team
SCOUTING TCU
- TCU was projected to win the Big 12 in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, receiving 10 first-place votes
- Olivia Miles was tabbed Preseason Newcomer of the Year after spending the previous four years at Notre Dame as a two-time All-American. She averaged 15.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game for the Irish last season
- TCU won the Big 12 last season with a 16-2 league mark and went 34-4 overall with an NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance
- TCU has started the season 3-0 and has beaten its opponents by an average of 54.7 points per game
- Miles leads TCU with 18.3 points per game with 26 total assists and nine total steals
- Kentucky transfer, 6-7 center Clara Silva paces the Horned Frogs with 8.7 rebounds per game
- Kennedy Basham has a team's most 10 blocks on the team that is fourth in the country with 9.0 blocks per game
LAST TIME OUT
- The Pack got back on the right track with a 66-47 win over Maine on Tuesday
- NC State led wire-to-wire and outrebounded the Black Bears 54-36, while dominating in points in the paint (42-22)
- Pierre finished with her third straight double-double with 18 points (8-of-14 FG) and 10 rebounds. She registered 12 of those points in the second half
- Brooks finished just shy of a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds with two steals
- Zamareya Jones stuffed the statsheet with 10 points, a career-high seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks
- Trygger matched a career-high three blocks and added six points and six boards
- All 11 players saw at least seven minutes on the court and nine scored
SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 2-1)
- NC State and TCU will play one another for the fourth time of the all-time series and second in the last two years with the home-and-home deal
- In the last meeting on Nov. 17, 2024, TCU defeated NC State 76-73 in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU was unranked at the time of beating the No. 13 Wolfpack
- Last year's meeting between the two squads was the first in 13 years
- In the first meeting, NC State defeated the Horned Frogs 76-62 at home on Dec. 6, 2009
- The Pack is 1-0 at home vs. TCU
UPCOMING
NC State will continue its four-game homestand with a matchup against Coastal Carolina on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network from Reynolds Coliseum. Tickets for the game can be purchased HERE.
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