No. 13/12 Pack Plays at No. 20/20 Georgia Tech

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RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 13/12 NC State women's basketball team will take on its fourth ranked opponent in the last five games, as the Pack travels to Georgia Tech on Thursday. The Pack and Yellow Jackets will tipoff at 7 p.m. from McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta. This game will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.

ABOUT NC STATE

The Pack is ranked No. 13 in the AP Poll and No. 12 in the WBCA Coaches Poll
Four of the Pack's five losses have come to AP Top 10 teams: South Carolina (6), LSU (7), UNC (9) and TCU (10)
NC State has won 17 of the last 19 games with a total of three ranked wins
NC State is 14-0 at home and on an 19-game home winning streak (stretching back from last season), and has won five games on the road this year
NC State's 19-game home winning streak is the longest active streak in the ACC and eighth longest home streak in the country (fourth among Power 4 schools)
The Pack is second in the ACC standings with a 12-2 conference mark
The NCAA WBB Committee tabbed NC State a No. 2 seed, eighth overall, as it stands now (Birmingham Region)
NC State has an average opponent NET opponent ranking at No. 71, which is the third best in the country (trailing just South Carolina- 62 and Iowa- 70), as well as the 17th toughest strength of schedule in the country
NC State is one of 18 schools in the country to have picked up at least four Quad 1 NET wins. The Pack is one of nine schools to have at least 14 top 100 wins
Madison Hayes surpassed 1,000 career points vs. Miami, finishing that game with a team-high 19. The Pack now has three players who have surpassed 1,000 career points this season (Hayes, Aziaha James and Saniya Rivers)
The Pack has four players who average double digits in scoring
James leads NC State with 17.8 points per game, which is No. 6 in the ACC, and has 50 made 3-pointers. The senior was one of 20 named to the Wooden Late Midseason Watch List, is one of 30 on the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Midseason Player of the Year Team and one of 50 on the USBWA Midseason Player of the Year Watch List
Hayes paces the Pack with 7.0 rebounds per game and has a team's most 53 offensive rebounds
Rivers leads the Pack in steals per game (1.6) and blocks per game (1.3). She is on the USBWA Midseason Player of the Year Watch List and Cheryl Miller Midseason Top 10 Watch List
Zoe Brooks has a team-leading 4.0 assists per game
Mallory Collier has a team's best .592 field goal percentage (42-71)
Head coach Wes Moore achieved 850 career wins at Florida State (2/13). He has coached over 1,100 games in his 36-year coaching career
The Pack leads the ACC and is third in the country in least fouls per game (12.2). NC State is second in the ACC in turnovers per game (11.9) and defensive rebounds per game (29.2), which are 11th and 15th in the country, respectively. The Pack is also third in the ACC in rebounds per game (41.52), which is 18th in the NCAA

SCOUTING GEORGIA TECH

Georgia Tech was projected to finish 10th in the ACC Preseason Poll. The Yellow Jackets finished 17-16 with a 7-11 ACC mark last season, as well as made the NCAA WBIT before falling at Mississippi State in the first round, 84-47
This season, GT is 21-5, 9-5 in the ACC, after starting out the season undefeated with a 15-0 start
The Yellow Jackets are led by Kara Dunn, who averages 16.2 points per game and has a team's most 32 steals
Zoesha Smith paces GT with a 6.6 rebound average and 15 total blocks
Tonie Morgan has a team's most 150 assists
The Yellow Jackets have six players who average better than 6.0 points per game

SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 52-25)

The Pack and Yellow Jackets will meet for the 78th time of the all-time series
The first meeting was in 1980 and resulted in a 97-38 win at home for the Pack
NC State is 22-14 in games played on the road vs. GT
The Pack has won eight of the last 10 in the series
NC State is looking for its first win over GT in Atlanta since Dec. 31, 2020, when the Pack won 84-75

LAST TIME OUT

The Pack dropped a close battle to No. 12/12 North Carolina, 66-65 on Sunday
NC State won the rebounding battle, 55-35, as well as the battle in points off turnovers (9-8), points in the paint (38-26) and second chance points (18-2)
James paced the Pack with 16 points, all in the second half, with seven rebounds and four assists
Hayes logged her fourth double-double of the season behind 13 points and 11 boards
Rivers registered her fifth double-double of the season behind 14 points, a game-high 12 rebounds, four assists, two steals and a career-high four blocks
Brooks delivered 10 points and six boards with two steals
Tilda Trygger finished with eight points and six boards

UPCOMING
The Pack will host No. 1/1 Notre Dame on Sunday, Feb. 23 for a noon tipoff on ESPN. Raleigh will also be hosting College GameDay, and doors will open at 10:15 a.m. for fans, as GameDay will start at 11 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Zoe Brooks

Mallory Collier

Madison Hayes

Aziaha James

Saniya Rivers

Tilda Trygger