North Carolina State University Athletics
Thursday, January 8
Clemson, S.C.
8 PM
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NC State Travels to Clemson for Road ACC Contest
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RALEIGH – The NC State women's basketball team will travel to Clemson to face the Tigers on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. The game at Littlejohn Coliseum will now be streamed on ACC Network Extra (moved from previously being on ACC Network due to the College Football Playoff).
ABOUT NC STATE
- NC State has started the ACC season 4-0, one of four teams in the league to do so, and is 11-4 going into Thursday's game
- The Wolfpack is coming off a sweep over the West Coast teams with a 71-60 win over Cal and a 74-46 victory over Stanford to win 15 straight home ACC games
- NC State will play at Clemson for the 95th time of the all-time series with the Pack having the 64-30 edge and go into the game with a 16-game winning streak
- NC State is No. 25 in the NET with two Quad 1 wins and three quad 2 wins, which combined for five is tied for the most in the ACC (tied with Stanford)
- With one of the toughest schedules in the country, NC State has the best average opponent NET ranking (68), which leads the country by 12, and has the sixth best NET SOS, fourth among P4 schools
- Khamil Pierre leads the team in scoring (15.2) and rebounding (11.9), while also leading the league in defensive rebounds (8.3). She is fourth in the country in rebounding and has the sixth most double-doubles in the NCAA (8)
- Zoe Brooks paces the Pack with 4.3 assists per game and 1.3 steals per game and has averaged 14.5 points per game
- Zamareya Jones has made a team's most 29 3-pointers and has averaged 13.9 points per game
- Tilda Trygger paces the Pack with 1.4 blocks per game and has a team's best field goal percentage a .523 (58-of-111), averaging 11.2 points per game
- Three different Pack players rank in the top 15 in scoring per game in the ACC with Pierre (8th - 15.2, Brooks (9th - 14.5) and Jones (12th - 13.9) and two rank in the top 10 in rebounding with Pierre (1st - 11.9) and Trygger (10th - 7.8)
- NC State leads the league in rebounds per game (46.07) and defensive rebounds per game (32.9), which are sixth and second in the country, respectively. The Pack also leads the league in least turnovers per game (12.1), which is No. 17 in the country, and 3-point percentage defense (.253), No. 21 in NCAA
SCOUTING CLEMSON
- Clemson was chosen to finish 11th in the Preseason ACC Poll. The Tigers finished 14-17 overall and 6-12 in the ACC last season
- The Tigers are 11-5 and 2-2 in the ACC and ranked No. 40 in the NET ranking
- Georgia Tech transfer Rusne Augustinaite leads Clemson with 12.2 points per game
- Hadley Periman paces Clemson with 6.4 rebounds per game
- Mia Moore has a team's most 88 assists and 25 steals, along with averaging 11.7 points per game
- Seven players average 6.0 points per game or more
LAST TIME OUT
- NC State took down Cal 71-60 on Sunday, separating itself in the third quarter with a 19-9 edge and a 14-1 run in the latter part of the frame
- Pierre led the Pack with 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists
- Brooks registered 19 points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals
- Qadence Samuels registered a season-high 13 points with six rebounds, two assists and three steals
- Jones had 12 points and a game-high seven assists
- The Pack won the battle in points off turnovers (23-7), forcing 20 turnovers in the game and posting an 18:6 assist/turnover ratio
SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 64-30)
- ​​NC State and Clemson will play for the 95th time in the all-time series, tied for Wake Forest as the second longest all-time series with NC StateÂ
- The first meeting between the two teams came in 1976, resulting in a 94-82 win for the Pack
- The Pack is on a 16-game winning streak over Clemson, a streak that started on Jan. 19, 2012, a 62-46 win on the road
- NC State is 21-18 on the road at Clemson
- In the game against Clemson last year, the Pack pulled out an 83-79 victory despite the Tigers making a school record 15 3-pointers. Brooks logged 18 points and Trygger earned her first career start and finished with six points and three boards
UPCOMING
NC State will return back home to host SMU on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 6 p.m. at Reynolds Coliseum. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.
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