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SEASON 46 • ACC SEASON 43 #GoPack // #WeWin /WolfpackWomen NC State @PackWomensBball women’s basketball packwomensbball 940 ALL-TIME WINS • 25 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • 5 ACC REGULAR-SEASON TITLES • 4 ACC TOURNAMENT TITLES #8/11 NC STATE game 29: VIRGINIA Overall: 24-4 ACC: 13-4 | Non-Conference: 11-0 Date ..............................................................March 1, 2020 #8/11 nc state City.......................................................Charlottesville, Va. virginia Home: 13-3 | Away: 9-1 | Neutral: 2-0 wolfpack Court .......................................................................................... cavaliers Arena ..........................................John Paul Jones Arena Date Opponent Time/Result 24-4 (13-4 ACC) Time ..............................................................................2 p.m. 13-15 (8-9 ACC) 10/31 ANDERSON (EXH.) W, 76-47 Head Coach: Radio ............................................................WKNC 88.1 FM Head Coach: Wes Moore Broadcast Information ............................................RSN Tina Thompson 11/6 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W, 80-44 11/10 UNCW W, 80-40 11/14 LAMAR W, 81-40 PACK FACTS 11/19 MAINE (Education Day) W, 62-34 A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD... NC State, however, has won each of the last two games played in John 11/24 at Saint Mary’s W, 87-70 • Be the 941st win in program history (940-471) Paul Jones Arena. 11/29 vs. Texas % W, 84-73 • Be head coach Wes Moore’s 723rd career win (722-231) • The squads met for the first time this regular season on Jan. 5. NC State 11/30 at Hawaii % W, 68-59 • Be Moore’s 165th win at NC State (164-62) did not trail in that game that it eventually won by an 80-60 score inside 12/1 vs. North Texas % W, 76-65 • Be Moore’s 77th ACC victory at NC State (76-37) Reynolds Coliseum. 12/5 #9/9 MARYLAND @ W, 66-59 • Be NC State’s third win in a row over the Cavaliers 12/15 ELON W, 62-49 • Secure the most single-season conference victories in program history, PACK TRACKS bettering the 13 that the Wolfpack won during the 1984-85 season • The Pack is coming off of a 69-60 Senior Night win over the visiting 12/19 CHATTANOOGA W, 74-38 Syracuse Orange. Four NC State players scored in double figures in what 12/29 at Boston College * W, 72-54 NOTING THE WOLFPACK (24-4, 13-4 ACC) was a well-balanced scoring attack for the team. 1/2 VIRGINIA TECH * W, 76-69 • Locked up a second-place regular season finish in ACC play with its • All four seniors earned the start in that game, and three of those 1/5 VIRGINIA * W, 80-60 most recent win against Syracuse seniors scored 10+ points in the final regular-season home game of their 1/9 at North Carolina * L, 60-66 • No. 6 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (30.7) careers. Aislinn Konig led the way with 13 points, Erika Cassell added 12 1/12 at Notre Dame * W, 90-56 • No. 2 in personal fouls per game (12.3) points and Grace Hunter scored 10 points. 1/16 #13/13 FLORIDA STATE * W, 68-51 • No. 9 in rebound margin (+9.6) • Cassell’s 12 points were a season high, and the senior was one rebound 1/19 WAKE FOREST * W, 59-45 • No. 17 in scoring margin (+15.5) away from posting a double-double. 1/23 at Pittsburgh * W, 88-44 • No. 16 in rebounds per game (42.8) • Konig continues to lead the ACC with her 2.43 assist-to-turnover to 1/26 NORTH CAROLINA * W, 76-68 • No. 18 in field-goal percentage defense (.349) ratio in conference games. Through 17 league outings, the senior guard 1/30 at Clemson * W, 79-60 • No. 22 in scoring defense (56.1) has dished out 68 assists to just 28 turnovers. She averages just one 2/2 at Duke * W, 63-60 • No. 25 in three-pointers per game (8.3) turnover per game against ACC competition. • Team holds the conference lead in: field-goal percentage defense, • The Wolfpack shot 44.6 percent (26-of-56) from the field in its most 2/6 at Virginia Tech * W, 71-59 rebounding offense, rebounding margin, defensive rebounds per game, recent game, marking its third time in the last four games shooting bet- 2/13 #9/9 LOUISVILLE * L, 59-66 defensive rebound percentage, three-point field goals made ter than 40 percent from the field. NC State has 11 40+ percent shooting 2/16 GEORGIA TECH * L, 61-65 • Three players average double figures in ACC play - Elissa Cunane (16.8), games in conference play. 2/20 at Miami * W, 50-48 Kayla Jones (10.8) and Aislinn Konig (10.7) • Elissa Cunane notched her 13th double-double of the year and her 10th 2/24 DUKE * (Play4Kay / Big Monday) L, 65-70 20-point game of the season as she scored 23 points and hauled in 12 2/27 SYRACUSE * W, 69-60 SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS (13-15, 8-9 ACC) rebounds against Duke on Feb. 24. She shot 8-of-10 from the floor on the 3/1 at Virginia * 2 p.m. • Currently ranked ninth in the conference with one game remaining in night, with her first miss not coming until the fourth quarter, and also 3/4 ACC Tournament 1st Round TBD the regular season went 6-of-6 from the charity stripe. 3/5 ACC Tournament 2nd Round TBD • Played the nation’s toughest non-conference schedule. Sunday’s game • Cunane was lights out in both of the Pack’s meetings with Duke. In 3/6 ACC Tournament Quarterfinal TBD will be Virginia’s seventh game of the season against a top-15 opponent those two regular-season matchups, the sophomore center averaged 3/7 ACC Tournament Semifinal TBD • Won its last two conference games coming into the matchup with 25 points on 16-of-19 (.842) shooting. She also missed just two of her 19 free throws in those outings. 3/8 ACC Tournament Final TBD the Pack • Posted a 9-4 home record in 2019-20 • Freshman Jada Boyd added 15 points against the Blue Devils on 6-of-9 • Preseason All-ACC honoree Jocelyn Willoughby ranks atop the ACC and shooting. She scored 10 of those points in the fourth quarter alone. All times (ET) are subject to change 15th nationally in scoring with 19.8 points per game. • Konig set a new career high in assists in the Pack’s game against Duke % Hawaii Tournament on Feb. 24 She dished out seven of NC State’s 16 on the night and did @ Big Ten/ACC Challenge SERIES HISTORY (Virginia leads 40-37) not turn the ball over once. * ACC contest • Sunday’s game is the 78th overall meeting between NC State and • The Wolfpack lost three-straight home games for the first time since it # Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Virginia. fell to Duke (Jan. 3, 2013), North Carolina (Jan. 10, 2013) and Florida State Rankings: AP/USA Today as of Feb. 24 • The Pack has won four of its last five meetings with Cavaliers, including (Jan. 24, 2013) at the start of 2012-13 conference play. NC State’s loss each of the last two games against Virginia. to Georgia Tech on Feb. 16 snapped the team’s 12-game home winning MEDIA INFORMATION • Head coach Wes Moore is 6-3 against Virginia in his time at NC State. streak against unranked opponents. RSN (FOX SPORTS SOUTH IN RALEIGH) • Virginia owns a 20-14 advantage in games played in Charlottesville. • As a team, NC State has drawn 462 fouls this season. Cunane alone has Play-by-Play.............................................................Tom Werme drawn 164 (35.5 percent) of those fouls. She converted on a season-high Analyst......................................................................Kelley Deyo POSSIBLE starters (2019-20 stats) RADIO (WKNC 88.1 FM) Play-by-Play.........................................................Patrick Kinas No. Name Position Ht. Yr. PPG RPG FG% Analyst............................................................................................ 1 Aislinn Konig G 5-9 Sr. 10.3 2.8 .375 3 Kai Crutchfield G 5-8 Jr. 7.7 5.4 .367 NC STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Matti Smith 11 Jakia Brown-Turner W 6-0 Fr. 9.3 3.4 .426 Assistant Director of Communications 25 Kayla Jones F 6-1 Jr. 10.3 7.1 .474 Cell Phone : (919) 880-3413 Email : [email protected] 33 Elissa Cunane C 6-5 So. 16.6 9.9 .552 game 29: virginia game notes LAST MEETING - NC State vs. Virginia NC State vs. Virginia | TALE OF THE TAPE (2019-20 season stats) NC STATE CATEGORY VIRGINIA January 5, 2020 71.6 POINTS PER GAME 61.7 RALEIGH – The ninth-ranked NC State women’s basketball team 56.1 OPPONENT POINTS PER GAME 62.5 (14-0, 3-0 ACC) continued to build on its perfect start to the 2019-20 season with an 80-60 victory over Virginia Sunday .435 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .399 afternoon on Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds .349 OPPONENT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .383 Coliseum. .353 THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .310 With the victory, the Wolfpack remained the only unbeaten team .283 OPPONENT THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .296 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. .716 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .725 NC State never trailed in the game and owned a lead from two 42.8 REBOUND AVERAGE 36.0 minutes into the first quarter until the final buzzer. The Pack +9.6 REBOUNDING MARGIN +0.1 nailed 11 three-pointers in the game and shot just over 49 percent (28-of-57) from the field. 14.2 TURNOVERS PER GAME 17.1 14.6 ASSISTS PER GAME 12.3 The Wolfpack also did a tremendous job of sharing the ball and set a new season high in assists.