North Carolina State University Athletics
Sunday, January 18
Raleigh, N.C.
1 PM
NC State
vs
Louisville
Wolfpack Back at Home to Face No. 9/10 Louisville
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RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team is back at Reynolds Coliseum to host No. 9/10 Louisville on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.
ABOUT NC STATE
- NC State has started the ACC season 6-1 and is No. 3 in the league's current standings behind Duke and Louisville who are 7-0
- The Wolfpack overcame a 15-point deficit at Wake Forest and used a 32-point third quarter to surge to a 95-77 win on the road
- NC State faces a tough task with No. 9/10 Louisville coming to town, its first ranked opponent since playing at No. 9/9 Oklahoma on Dec. 3. NC State has a 9-8 advantage going into the game and has won the last six matchups
- NC State, who is currently unranked, is looking for its first win over a ranked opponent while being unranked since 2023 when the Pack beat No. 2/2 UConn
- The Pack is No. 25 in the NET with two Quad 1 wins and three quad 2 wins
- With one of the toughest schedules in the country, NC State has the best average opponent NET ranking (73), which leads the country by three, and has the sixth best NET SOS. NC State has the third best WAB (wins above the bubble) mark in the ACC at 2.73
- Khamil Pierre leads the team in scoring (15.8) and rebounding (12.0), while also leading the league in rebounds and defensive rebounds (8.4). She is third in the country in rebounding and has the sixth most double-doubles in the NCAA (11)
- Zoe Brooks paces the Pack with 4.6 assists per game and has averaged 14.4 points per game
- Zamareya Jones has a team's best 1.3 steals per game and a team's most 37 3-pointers, while also averaging 14.4 points per game
- Tilda Trygger paces the Pack with 1.4 blocks per game and has a team's best field goal percentage a .549 (78-142), averaging 12.3 points per game
- Four different Pack players rank in the top 25 in scoring per game in the ACC with Pierre (7th - 15.8), Brooks (10th - 14.4), Jones (10th - 14.4) and Trygger (24th- 12.3), and two rank in the top 10 in rebounding with Pierre (1st - 12.0) and Trygger (7th - 8.5)
- NC State leads the league in rebounds per game (45.67) and defensive rebounds per game (32.5), which are fifth and third in the country, respectively. The Pack also leads the league in least turnovers per game (11.8), which is No. 10 in the country
SCOUTING LOUISVILLE
- Louisville was projected to finish fourth in the ACC Preseason Poll with two first-place votes. The Cardinals finished 22-11 and 13-5 in ACC play last season with a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed
- Tajianna Roberts and Laura Ziegler were named to the Preseason All-ACC Team, one of three schools with two players selected
- The Cardinals are red hot, starting the season 17-3 and atop of the league standings at 7-0 and on a 10-game winning streak
- Louisville is one of the most balanced teams in the country with eight players averaging 6.3 points per game or more
- Roberts leads the Cardinals with 12.7 points per game
- Ziegler has a team's most 7.5 rebounds per game and is also averaging 10.7 points per game
- Reyna Scott leads Louisville with 55 assists, Skylar Jones has a team's most 39 steals and Anaya Hardy has the most blocks with eight
- Imari Berry is also averaging double digits in scoring at 10.3 points per game
LAST TIME OUT
- NC State overcame a 15-point deficit midway through the second quarter at Wake Forest to defeat the Demon Deacons, 95-77
- The Pack outscored Wake Forest 32-13 in the third quarter
- Pierre led the Pack with a season-high 26 points with 14 rebounds for her third straight double-double
- Trygger also earned her third straight double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds with two blocks
- Jones nailed down a career-high six 3-pointers, finishing with an ACC-high 20 points with five assists
- Brooks registered 16 points with nine assists on no turnovers
- Qadence Samuels delivered eight points, six rebounds and a career-high five assists
- The Pack made a season-high 11 3-pointers, outrebounded Wake Forest 42-21 and had 24 assists with just eight turnovers
SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 9-8)
- NC State and Louisville will meet for the 18th time in the all-time series, 16th time as ACC opponents
- The first meeting was in 1985, resulting in a 72-53 win for the Pack at home
- The Pack is on a six-game winning streak vs. the Cardinals
- NC State is 3-3 in games played at home vs. Louisville
- Last season, the Pack won 72-42 on the road. Jones came off the bench with a game-high 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting, Brooks finished with 11 points and Trygger pulled down 10 boards
UPCOMING
NC State is set to hit the road again to play at Virginia on Sunday, Jan. 25 at noon. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.
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