SEASON 46 • ACC SEASON 43 #GoPack // #WeWin /WolfpackWomen NC State @PackWomensBball women’s basketball packwomensbball 930 ALL-TIME WINS • 25 NCAA TOURNAMENTS • 5 ACC REGULAR-SEASON TITLES • 4 ACC TOURNAMENT TITLES #9/8 NC STATE game 16: notre dame Overall: 14-1 ACC: 3-1 | Non-Conference: 11-0 Date ........................................................January 12, 2020 #9/8 nc state City...........................................................South Bend, Ind. notre dame Home: 9-0 | Away: 3-1 | Neutral: 2-0 wolfpack Court .......................................................................................... fighting irish Arena .........................................................Purcell Pavilion Date Opponent Time/Result 14-1 (3-1 ACC) Time ..............................................................................4 p.m. 6-10 (1-3 ACC) 10/31 ANDERSON (EXH.) W, 76-47 Head Coach: Radio ............................................................WKNC 88.1 FM Head Coach: Wes Moore Broadcast Information ...........................ACC Network Muffet McGraw 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... inside the Purcell Pavilion. 11/24 at Saint Mary’s W, 87-70 • Be the 931st win in program history (930-468) • The squads last met on Feb. 18, 2019 inside Reynolds Coliseum. Notre 11/29 vs. Texas % W, 84-73 • Be the 713th win of head coach Wes Moore’s career (712-228) Dame came away with the 95-72 victory in that matchup. 11/30 at Hawaii % W, 68-59 • Be Moore’s 155th win at NC State (154-59) 12/1 vs. North Texas % W, 76-65 • Be Moore’s 67th ACC victory at NC State (66-34) PACK TRACKS 12/5 #9/9 MARYLAND @ W, 66-59 • Be the program’s second-ever victory over the Fighting Irish and the • Aislinn Konig matched a career mark with six three pointers against 12/15 ELON W, 62-49 Wolfpack’s first time beating Notre Dame on the road UNC on Jan. 9. She became the first Wolfpack player to have six or more threes in a game since Kiara Leslie did so against No. 16 Syracuse last 12/19 CHATTANOOGA W, 74-38 NOTING THE WOLFPACK (14-1, 3-1 ACC) season. Against North Carolina, Konig was just two points off of her 12/29 at Boston College * W, 72-54 • Ranked ninth in the AP Poll since Dec. 9. Moved up one spot to number career high of 26 points as she led all players on the floor with 24 (8-of- 1/2 VIRGINIA TECH * W, 76-69 eight in the USA Today Poll on Jan. 7 11 from the field and 6-of-9 from beyond the arc). 1/5 VIRGINIA * W, 80-60 • Selected to finish second in the ACC this season • Freshman Jakia Brown-Turner has made an immediate impact for the 1/9 at North Carolina * L, 60-66 • Opened 2019-20 by matching the second-best start to a season with a Wolfpack, especially during conference play. She has scored in double 1/12 at Notre Dame * 4 p.m. 14-0 record before falling on the road to rival North Carolina in its 15th figures in three of her first four ACC games and averages 10.0 points and 1/16 #11/11 FLORIDA STATE * 6 p.m. game of the year 3.3 assists per game against conference opponents. 1/19 WAKE FOREST * 2 p.m. • No. 3 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (32.1) • In addition to Brown-Turner, three other Wolfpack players are averag- 1/23 at Pittsburgh * 7 p.m. • No. 10 in rebounds per game (44.3) ing double figures in conference play - Elissa Cunane (18.5), Konig (15.5) 1/26 NORTH CAROLINA * 6 p.m. • No. 11 in field-goal percentage defense (.336) and Kayla Jones (10.0). 1/30 at Clemson * 7 p.m. • No. 11 in three-pointers per game (9.3) • Elissa Cunane posted two 26+ point games in a row against Virginia and 2/2 at Duke * 2 p.m. • No. 17 in scoring defense (54.7) Virginia Tech. She tallied a total of 54 points between those outings to • No. 20 in scoring margin (+19.2) average 27.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in the two victories. 2/6 at Virginia Tech * 7 p.m. • Owns conference lead in five of those categories: scoring margin, field- • As a team, NC State has drawn 248 fouls this season. Cunane alone has 2/13 #7/7 LOUISVILLE * 8 p.m. goal percentage defense, rebounding margin, defensive rebounds per drawn 83 of those fouls, just over 33 percent. 2/16 GEORGIA TECH * 2 p.m. game and three-pointers made per game • In the first two games of conference play, Konig came up big for NC 2/20 at Miami * 8 p.m. State in quite a few key moments. The senior went on a one-woman 8-0 2/24 DUKE * (Play4Kay / Big Monday) 7 p.m. SCOUTING THE FIGHTING IRISH (6-10, 1-3 ACC) run against Virginia Tech to help dig NC State out of its 14-point deficit. 2/27 SYRACUSE * 8 P.M. • Predicted to finish fourth in the conference this season She did the same in the Pack’s victory over Boston College when the 3/1 at Virginia * 2 p.m. • Notre Dame entered the year coming off of two-straight NCAA Eagles got as close as five points in the middle of the third quarter. 3/4 ACC Tournament 1st Round TBD Championships berths, including a title in 2018. The Fighting Irish lost • Kaila Ealey closed out non-conference play with one of her most pro- 3/5 ACC Tournament 2nd Round TBD all five of their 2018-19 starters for the 2019-20 season. ductive outings since returning from last season’s injury. She dished out 3/6 ACC Tournament Quarterfinal TBD • Ranked atop the conference in turnovers forced (18.5 per game) and eight assists in the Dec. 19 game against Chattanooga, just one assist 3/7 ACC Tournament Semifinal TBD third in steals per game (8.8) off of her career high, and did not turn the ball over a single time in over 3/8 ACC Tournament Final TBD • 322nd nationally and last in the ACC in rebound margin (-7.4) 20 minutes of time on the court. • 175th in scoring offense (65.8) THREE BALL All times (ET) are subject to change SERIES HISTORY (Notre Dame leads 7-1) NC State has knocked down 11+ three-pointers on seven occasions, % Hawaii Tournament • Sunday’s game marks the ninth overall meeting between NC State and including three of its last five games and both of its most recent ACC @ Big Ten/ACC Challenge Notre Dame. The teams have played each other at least once a year games. In its meeting against UNC on Jan. 9, the Wolfpack tied its sea- * ACC contest since 2013-14, the Fighting Irish’s first season as part of the ACC. son high with 12 makes from long range. # Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum • The Wolfpack has defeated the Fighting Irish just once in nine games Rankings: AP/USA Today as of Dec. 31 played in the series. NC State upset second-ranked Notre Dame at TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ON THE ROAD home on Dec. 29, 2016, winning by a 70-62 score after never trailing Now in season seven under head coach Wes Moore, the Wolfpack MEDIA INFORMATION in the outing. has earned 43 true road wins (averaging 7.0 per completed season) ACC NETWORK • NC State has made the trip to South Bend twice and has never won since the start of the 2013-14 season. In the prior eight seasons from Play-by-Play.........................................................Jenn Hildreth Analyst.........................................................LaChina Robinson projected 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. 11.2 2.8 .384 3 Kai Crutchfield G 5-8 Jr. 9.7 4.0 .398 NC STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Matti Smith 11 Jakia Brown-Turner W 6-0 Fr. 8.8 2.7 .408 Assistant Director of Communications 25 Kayla Jones F 6-1 Jr. 9.6 7.3 .482 Cell Phone : (919) 880-3413 Email : [email protected] 33 Elissa Cunane C 6-5 So. 16.9 10.6 .623 GAME 16: NOtre dame game notes LAST MEETING - NC State vs. Notre Dame NC State vs. Notre Dame | TALE OF THE TAPE (2019-20 season stats) February 18, 2019 NC STATE CATEGORY NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH – The No. 9/11 NC State women’s basketball team (22-3, 73.9 POINTS PER GAME 65.8 9-3 ACC) endured a 95-72 defeat to visiting No. 5/6 Notre Dame 54.7 OPP. POINTS PER GAME 68.9 (24-3, 11-2 ACC) Monday evening on Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. .446 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .408 A three-pointer by Aislinn Konig tied the game up at 47 apiece .336 OPP. FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .376 with 7:03 remaining in the third quarter, but Notre Dame scored 12 straight points in two-and-a-half minutes to take a lead that .366 THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .230 it would not relinquish. .288 OPP. THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .298 Elissa Cunane had a fantastic game for the Wolfpack, scoring a .673 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .650 career-high 28 points on 10-19 shooting and a 7-7 success rate from the free-throw line. She was joined in double figures by 17 +11.2 REBOUNDING MARGIN -7.4 points from Kiara Leslie.