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Season 44 | ACC Season 41 Brett Compton | Assistant Director of Athletics Communications NC STATE WOLFPACK Women’s Basketball Contact 919-740-8714 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL [email protected] GoPack.com | #GoPack 877 ALL-TIME WINS | 33 POSTSEASONS | 29 NCAA/AIAW TOURNAMENTS | 5 ACC REGULAR-SEASON TITLES | 4 ACC TOURNAMENT TITLES NC State (15-5) ACC 4-3, Home 10-2, Road 4-2, Neutral 1-1 GAME 21 - WAKE FOREST Nov. 02 LEE UNIVERSITY (EXH) W, 57-42 Nov. 10 JACKSONVILLE W, 64-44 Date ........................................................January 25, 2018 Nov. 12 DAVIDSON W, 73-49 Site ...................................................Winston-Salem, N.C. Arena ........... Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Nov. 15 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 87-55 Tip Time ...............................................................7 p.m. ET Nov. 17 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 71-50 Television ...................................RSN / ACC Network Extra Nov. 20 at Old Dominion W, 73-56 Radio ..........................................................WKNC 88.1 FM Nov. 23 vs. Alabama% W, 68-49 Nov. 24 vs. South Dakota State L, 67-75 NC State Wake Forest Nov. 30 at Rutgers@ L, 53-57 WOLFPACK (15-5, 4-3) DEMON DEACONS (10-10, 2-5) Dec. 03 TULANE W, 79-55 Dec. 10 GEORGETOWN W, 63-49 PACK FACTS Dec. 14 EAST TENNESSEE STATE W, 70-58 A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD... -In the last meeting at Wake Forest, NC State won 65-50 on Dec. 16 ELON W, 70-57 -Be the 878th win in program history (877-457). Jan. 8, 2017. Dec. 19 at Vanderbilt W, 83-72 -Be the 660th win of head coach Wes Moore’s career (659-217). Dec. 28 at --/#32 Virginia Tech* W, 68-51 -Be NC State’s 352nd ACC win (351-234). NC STATE IS MOST SUCCESSFUL THIS SEASON WHEN... Dec. 31 #3/4 LOUISVILLE*^ L, 47-55 -Be Moore’s 102nd win at NC State (101-48). -Shooting 40 percent or higher from the field (8-0). Jan. 04 --/#36 VIRGINIA* L, 63-73 -Be NC State’s 69th win over Wake Forest (68-14). -Its bench outscores the opponent’s bench (8-0). Jan. 07 at #17/18 Duke*^ L, 56-69 -Be NC State’s 30th win at Wake Forest (29-8). -Leading at the half (13-1). Jan. 10 --/#29 GEORGIA TECH* W, 56-43 -Be NC State’s 30th true road win under Moore (29-22). -Games are decided by 10 points or more (14-2). Jan. 14 #29/26 SYRACUSE* W, 60-56 -Be NC State’s fifth true road win of the season (4-2). -It outscores opponents in the paint (11-1). Jan. 18 at UNC-Chapel Hill* W, 66-53 -Be NC State’s second straight win at Wake Forest. -Holding opponents to less than 40 percent shooting (12-2). Jan. 25 at Wake Forest*^ 7 p.m. -It scores more fast break points than the other team (10-2). Jan. 28 at Clemson* 3 p.m. NOTING THE WOLFPACK (15-5, 4-3) -Four or more players score in double figures (8-2). Feb. 01 #8/8FLORIDA STATE* 7 p.m. -Ranked 18th in the RPI as of games played Jan. 22. -Outrebounding the opposition (13-4). Feb. 04 BOSTON COLLEGE* 2 p.m. -Receiving votes to rank 29th (AP) and 31st (USA Today) -Hitting five or more three-pointers (12-4). Feb. 08 at --/#36 Miami* 7 p.m. nationally. Feb. 11 UNC-CHAPEL HILL* 3 p.m. -Fifth nationally in rebound margin (+10.9). MAJOR REBOUNDING ADVANTAGE Feb. 18 WAKE FOREST*^ (PLAY4KAY) 12 p.m. -19th nationally in rebounds per game (43.7). In 20 games this season, NC State has won 17 rebounding con- Feb. 22 at Pittsburgh* 7 p.m. -23rd nationally in scoring defense (56.3). tests. The Wolfpack has three times this season out-rebounded Feb. 25 at #5/5 Notre Dame*^ 2 p.m. -Point guard Kaila Ealey has the second best assist-to-turnover its opponents by 20 or more (South Alabama, Georgetown, Feb. 28 ACC Tournament 1st Round 1/3:30/6:30 ratio in the ACC (2.17). and Virginia Tech). Mar. 01 ACC Tournament 2nd Round 11/2/6/8 Mar. 02 ACC Tournament Quarters 11/2/6/8 SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS (10-10, 2-5) THREE STRAIGHT ACC WINS Mar. 03 ACC Tournament Semifinals 12/2:30 -Ranked 103rd in the RPI as of games played Jan. 22. NC State’s current three-game ACC winning streak marks the Mar. 04 ACC Tournament Championship^ 2 p.m. -Returning four starters from a team that went 16-16 last sea- sixth time since Moore’s first season that the Wolfpack has won son and advanced to the second round of the postseason WNIT. three or more consecutive games against league opponents. -Selected to finish 11th (coaches) and 12th (media) in the ACC The longest streak of six was set during the 2013-14 season. this season. All Times ET and subject to change -18th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (16). LEAVE NO DOUBT ^ Televised -Elisa Penna leads the team with 15.4 points per game. Fourteen of NC State’s 15 wins this season have been by at least % Puerto Rico Clasico - Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -Alex Sharp is the team’s leading rebounder at 8.0 per game. 12 points. The largest margin of victory was 32 and eight have @ B1G/ACC Challenge - Piscataway, N.J. been by 15 points or more. * ACC contest SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE LEADS 68-14) ACC Tournament - Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum -Thursday’s game marks the 83rd meeting between NC State 100 WINS FOR @WOLFPACKWES Rankings: AP/USA Today as of January 16 and Wake Forest. The Wolfpack’s Jan. 14 win over Syracuse was head coach Wes -Since Moore took over at NC State, the Wolfpack is 6-2 against Moore’s 100th at NC State. Having accomplished this feat in the Demon Deacons. just 148 games, he is the third quickest active ACC head coach -NC State and Wake Forest have split the last four meetings. to achieve 100 wins at his school. (Joanne McCallie - 122 and NC STATE PROBABLE STARTERS (with 2017-18 stats) No. Name Position Ht. Yr. PPG RPG FG% 2 Kaila Ealey G 5-8 RSo. 8.5 5.4 .353 1 Aislinn Konig G 5-9 So. 10.1 2.7 .353 11 Kiara Leslie G 6-0 RJr. 11.5 5.7 .427 5 Chelsea Nelson F 6-2 Sr. 13.0 9.5 .430 32 Akela Maize C 6-5 Sr. 10.3 5.6 .572 WOLFPACK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOLFPACK WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LAST MEETING - NC State vs. Wake Forest NC State vs. Wake Forest | TALE OF THE TAPE February 19, 2017 NC State (ACC Rank) CATEGORY Wake Forest (ACC Rank) RALEIGH – The No. 15/18 NC State women’s basketball team (20-7, 66.8 (11th) POINTS PER GAME 69.2 (9th) 10-4 ACC) endured a tough loss Sunday afternoon during its 12th annual Play4Kay game, falling 89-77 to visiting Wake Forest (15-12, 6-8 ACC) on 56.3 (2nd) OPP. POINTS PER GAME 66.4 (13th) Kay Yow Court inside Reynolds Coliseum. .402 (13th) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .403 (12th) Miah Spencer led all players in scoring with 24 points in front of a sellout .362 (5th) OPP. FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .401 (13th) crowd of 5,500, but the Demon Deacons shot 31-61 (.508) from the field .310 (11th) THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .278 (13th) and 8-13 (.615) from distance en route to earning the win. .318 (11th) OPP. THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .309 (6th) Chelsea Nelson (18 points, 11 rebounds) and Dominique Wilson (18) joined .632 (15th) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .685 (8th) Spencer in double figures. Wake Forest’s entire starting lineup scored at least 10 points, with Elisa Penna’s 21 leading the way. Teammate Milan +10.9 (2nd) REBOUNDING MARGIN +4.0 (9th) Quinn scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her 11th double- double of the season. +0.0 (12th) TURNOVER MARGIN +0.8 (9th) PACK FACTS Jeff Walz - 147). member of the 1,000 point club at NC State. 350 WINS FOR THE WOLFPACK KEEP GETTING TO THE LINE The Wolfpack’s Jan. 14 win over Syracuse was the program’s NC State has nearly made as many free throws (270) as its Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics 350th Atlantic Coast Conference victory. NC State is just the opponents have attempted (291) through 20 games this Wake Forest vs #15/18 NC State 02/19/17 2:02 pm at Reynolds Coliseum (Raleigh, N.C.) fourth program to enter this elite club, joining Duke, Virginia, season. Wake Forest 89 • 15-12 (6-8) and North Carolina. Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min GREAT FIRST START 02 Amber Campbell * 7-12 1-2 4-6 2 1 3 3 19 3 2 0 1 34 14 Alex Sharp * 6-10 3-4 1-1 2 7 9 5 16 4 4 2 0 39 MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON THE ROAD Redshirt junior and recent Maryland transfer Kiara Leslie took 25 Ariel Stephenson * 3-6 2-3 2-2 0 1 1 4 10 2 1 0 0 31 32 Milan Quinn * 6-13 0-0 4-6 5 5 10 3 16 2 0 0 0 33 41 Elisa Penna * 7-17 2-4 5-6 2 4 6 2 21 2 2 0 1 40 Presently in the fifth season under head coach Wes Moore, the advantage of her first NC State start in the Wolfpack’s 79-55 15 Kortni Simmons 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 3 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 12 24 Kelila Atkinson 0-0 0-0 3-4 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 Wolfpack has earned 29 true road wins since the start of the win over Tulane on Dec.