No. 16 NC State Women’s Basketball Wraps Up Homestand with Rhode Island

Sunday, November 23

Raleigh, N.C.

2 PM

NC State

Rhode Island

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No. 16 NC State Women’s Basketball Wraps Up Homestand with Rhode Island

11/22/2025 10:17:00 AM | Women's Basketball

RALEIGH – The No. 16 NC State women's basketball is set to finish its four-game homestand by hosting Rhode Island on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. The game at Reynolds Coliseum will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.

ABOUT NC STATE

NC State has started the season 3-2 behind one of the toughest schedules in the country with three of its first four games being against top 20 opponents
The Pack is ranked No. 16 in both the AP and WBCA Coaches Polls
NC State picked up a top 10 win over No. 8/9 Tennessee, 80-77, at the Ro Greensboro Invitational, and has gone 1-2 in its first three ranked matchups
Zoe Brooks leads the Pack with 14.0 points per game and 5.2 assists per game
Khamil Pierre paces the team in rebounds with 11.4 per game, which also leads the ACC
Tilda Trygger paces the Pack with 1.8 blocks per game and has a team's best field goal percentage a .514 (19-37)
Destiny "Ky'She" Lunan and Zamareya Jones tie for a team's most steals with 1.2 per game
NC State leads the ACC in least fouls per game (12.0) and defensive rebounds per game (33.80), which are seventh and eighth in the country, respectively. The Pack is also second in the league in rebounds per game (48.40), which is 11th in the NCAA
Brooks and Pierre were tabbed on the Wooden Award Watchlist

SCOUTING RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island was projected to finish fourth in the Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll. The Rams finished 17-16 with an 11-7 conference mark last season
Brooklyn Gray was chosen on the All-A-10 Preseason Second Team. She is coming off 12.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game last season. Ines Debroise was picked on the Preseason A-10 All-Defensive Team. She logged 7.7 per game with 28 steals last year
Palmire Mbu leads Rhode Island with 14.7 points per game and logs 8.0 rebounds per game with 10 total blocks
Albina Syla has a team's most 8.2 rebounds per game
Debroise leads with 21 total assists and Vanessa Harris has a team's most 11 steals

LAST TIME OUT

NC State bounced back to defeat Coastal Carolina, 71-58
The Pack held the Chants to a season-low 13 points and 16 percent shooting in the first half
Brooks and Jones had stellar overall statlines to lead the Pack. Jones logged 13 points, six rebounds, a career-high eight assists and four steals with a 19 +/-. Brooks logged 13 points, six rebounds, eight assists and one steal
Maddie Cox registered a career-high 11 points, all in the first half, with 4-of-7 shooting from the field and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc in her second career start with a career-high 32 minutes played
Pierre logged a near double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds with two assists
NC State won the battle in points off turnovers (28-19), points in the paint (30-26), fast breaks (21-7) and bench points (17-8)

SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 2-0)

NC State and Rhode Island will play for the third time in the all-time series
In the last meeting in fall of 2023, NC State won 67-58
NC State is 2-0 at home in the two games played vs. the Rams

UPCOMING
NC State will head to Mexico for the Cancun Challenge, as the Pack is set to play Green Bay on Thursday, Nov. 27 and Southern Miss on Friday, Nov. 28, both at 4 p.m. on FloHoops.