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Season 45 | ACC Season 42 Brett Compton | Asst. Dir. of Athletics Communications Women’s Basketball Contact NC STATE WOLFPACK 919-740-8714 [email protected] WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GoPack.com | #GoPack 891 ALL-TIME WINS | 24 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 5 ACC REGULAR-SEASON TITLES | 4 ACC TOURNAMENT TITLES NC State (3-0) ACC 0-0, Home 3-0, Road 0-0, Neutral 0-0 GAME 4 - RADFORD Nov. 01 ANDERSON UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 83-57 Date ...................................November 18, 2018 Nov. 07 BELMONT W, 77-62 Site ............................................... Raleigh, N.C. Nov. 11 KENT STATE W, 78-61 Arena ................................Reynolds Coliseum Nov. 15 VANDERBILT W, 74-54 Tip Time ..............................................2 pm (ET) Nov. 18 RADFORD 2 pm Television ........................ACC Network Extra Nov. 22 vs. Michigan State% 6:30 pm Radio .............................................................N/A Nov. 23 vs. George Washington% 4 pm Nov. 29 MICHIGAN@ 7 pm #17/16 NC State Radford Dec. 02 OLD DOMINION 2 pm WOLFPACK (3-0) HIGHLANDERS (2-0) Dec. 05 HAMPTON 10:30 am PACK FACTS Dec. 08 at Georgetown 1 pm Dec. 15 MAINE 6 pm A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD... offensive rebounds that led to 16 second-chance Dec. 21 at Chattanooga 7 pm -Be the 892nd win in program history (891-461). points. Through three games this season, NC State is Dec. 30 DAVIDSON 2 pm -Be the 674th win in HC Wes Moore’s career (673-221). +8.7 on the boards. Jan. 03 --/#20 DUKE*^ 7 pm -Be NCSU’s 463rd win at Reynolds Coliseum (462-131). Jan. 06 at Boston College* 2 pm -Be Moore’s 116th win at NC State (115-52). BALANCED SCORING Jan. 10 PITTSBURGH* 7 pm -Be NCSU’s 22nd straight non-conference home win. Four Wolfpack players are averaging 9.0+ points per Jan. 13 at Virginia* 2 pm -Mark NC State’s eighth straight 4-0 start to a season. game so far this season. Starters Aislinn Konig, Kiara Jan. 20 VIRGINIA TECH*^ 12:30 pm Leslie, and Grace Hunter are all averaging 14.0+. Jan. 24 CLEMSON* 7 pm SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS (2-0) Jan. 27 at Georgia Tech* 2 pm -Radford returns three starters from a 2017-18 team BALANCED MINUTES Jan. 31 at Wake Forest* 7 pm that went 24-9 overall, 15-3 in the Big South, and All 12 of NC State’s active players have appeared in Feb. 03 UNC-CHAPEL HILL* 2 pm advanced to the second round of the Postseason in at least two of three games this season. Only two Feb. 07 at Florida State* 7 pm WNIT. (Konig and Leslie) are averaging more than 30 minutes Feb. 13 at #18/18 Syracuse* 7 pm -The Highlanders were selected to win the Big South of action per game. Feb. 18 #1/1 NOTRE DAME*^ (Play4Kay) 7 pm this season. Feb. 21 WAKE FOREST*^ 7 pm -Savannah Felgemacher leads the team by averaging VALUE THE BALL Feb. 24 at UNC-Chapel Hill*^ 12 pm 22 points and 16 rebounds per game. NC State has recorded a positive assist-to-turnover Feb. 28 at #5/4 Louisville* 7 pm -The Highlanders defeated South Carolina State (61- ratio in all three games this season. Mar. 03 #24/24 MIAMI*^ 2:30 pm 31) and ETSU (79-64) to begin the season. Mar. 06 ACC Tournament 1st Rd. TBD -Radford is coached by Mike McGuire, who is enter- NINE FOR NINE IN SPECIALITY STATS Mar. 07 ACC Tournament 2nd Rd. TBD ing his sixth season in charge of the program. In three games this season, NC State has outscored Mar. 08 ACC Touarment Qtrs. TBD its opponents in the paint, on the fast break, and in Mar. 09 ACC Tournament Semis TBD SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 2-0) bench production every time. Mar. 10 ACC Tournament Final TBD -NC State has defeated Radford in Raleigh in 2001 Mar. 22-23 NCAA Tournament 1st Rd. TBD and 2015. SOPHOMORE JUMP Mar. 24-25 NCAA Tournament 2nd Rd. TBD -In the last meeting between the teams, NC State Sophomores Kayla Jones and Kai Crutchfield have Mar. 29-30 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 TBD defeated Radford 67-52 at PNC Arena on Nov. 17, made massive jumps from their first to second years Mar. 31 NCAA Tournament Elite 8 TBD 2015. Then-freshman DD Rogers scored four points at NC State. Last season, the duo combined for 2.6 Apr. 5 NCAA Final Four TBD and pulled down four rebounds in nine minutes. points per game. This season? 18.0 Apr. 7 NCAA Championship TBD QUITE A STREAK STRONG BEGINNING NC State has won 21 consecutive non-conference Freshman center Elissa Cunane has scored 12, 9, All Times ET and subject to change games played at home. The Wolfpack’s last loss in and 10 points in her first three career games to aver- ^ Televised Raleigh to a non-ACC team came on Dec. 13, 2015. age 10.3 per outing. The Summerfield, N.C., native is % Cancun Challenge - Mexico also shooting .650 from the field and averaging 4.7 @ B1G/ACC Challenge - Raleigh, N.C. DOMINANT REBOUNDING rebounds per game. * ACC contest NC State out-rebounded Belmont 46-30 in its season- ACC Tournament - Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum opening win on Nov. 7. The Wolfpack collected 12 Rankings: AP/USA Today as of November 12 NC STATE PROBABLE STARTERS (with 2018-19 stats) No. Name Position Ht. Yr. PPG RPG FG% 1 Aislinn Konig G 5-9 Jr. 14.0 4.3 .469 23 Grace Hunter G 5-9 RJr. 14.7 2.7 .594 11 Kiara Leslie G 6-0 Gr. 14.3 8.7 .429 24 Erika Cassell F 6-2 Jr. 2.3 6.0 .300 21 DD Rogers F 6-1 Sr. 1.0 2.3 .333 WOLFPACK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOLFPACK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LAST MEETING - NC State vs. Radford NC State vs. Radford | TALE OF THE TAPE Nov. 17, 2015 NC State CATEGORY Radford RALEIGH – The NC State women’s basketball team (3-0) 76.3 POINTS PER GAME 70.0 continued its hot start to the 2015-16 season Tuesday night at PNC Arena, defeating visiting Radford (1-1) by a final score 59.0 OPP. POINTS PER GAME 47.5 of 67-52. .509 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .405 The win marked NC State’s fifth straight 3-0 start to a season .341 OPP. FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .318 and was the Wolfpack’s final game at PNC Arena this year, .433 THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .286 with the remaining 12 home contests to be played at Brough- ton High School’s Holliday Gymnasium while the $35 million .315 OPP. THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .263 renovation of Reynolds Coliseum continues. .595 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .582 On the same day it received three votes in the USA Today +8.7 REBOUNDING MARGIN +12.0 Coaches Poll, the Wolfpack was led in scoring by redshirt junior Dominique Wilson’s game-high 17 points. She was -1.3 TURNOVER MARGIN +1.0 joined in double figures by Miah Spencer (12) and Jennifer Mathurin (10). Spencer nearly notched a double-double in the PACK FACTS winning effort, slinging nine assists in addition to her 12 points on 5-7 shooting from the floor. CANADIAN SHARPSHOOTER Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, making that round Junior guard Aislinn Konig has hit at least one three- for the first time since 2007. The Wolfpack shot 11-25 (.440) from three-point range and pointer in 36 consecutive games dating back to Nov. 24-60 (.400) from the field and out-rebounded the Highland- 15, 2017. She hit 91 last season, setting a new program STRONG SCHEDULE ers 45-31. single-season record. The previous mark of 90 was In addition to the usual gauntlet of challenging ACC held by Jennifer Howard since the 1995-96 season. games, NC State will play a non-conference schedule Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics this season that features eight postseason teams Radford vs NC State 11/17/15 7 p.m. at PNC Arena (Raleigh, N.C.) REGULARLY EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS from a year ago and an average opponent RPI of 120. Radford 52 • 1-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds NC State has exceeded ACC coaches’ preseason ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 Aisha Foy * 4-9 1-2 6-8 0 2 2 3 15 1 2 0 1 31 expectations in four of the last five seasons. WOLFPACK ON TELEVISION 05 Jen Falconer * 2-11 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 5 1 2 0 2 32 14 Gaby Gilmore * 0-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 0 3 0 3 25 Every home game and all 16 league games will be 21 Janayla White * 3-7 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 2 8 0 2 1 1 19 22 Jayda Worthy * 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 3 4 2 1 1 1 19 2013-14: Predicted 10th … Finished 4th televised in one form or another this season. In addi- 02 Jordan Toohey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 Rachael Ross 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 20 Lydia Rivers 1-2 0-0 2-4 1 7 8 3 4 1 3 1 0 25 2014-15: Predicted 9th … Finished T9th tion to the usual streaming coverage of ACC Network 23 Alexis Jackson 3-10 1-2 3-4 0 1 1 1 10 0 1 0 1 26 50 Sydney Nunley 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 4 0 1 1 0 10 2015-16: Predicted 9th… Finished T6th Extra, the Wolfpack will appear on ESPN2 (Feb.