2 0 0 3 - 0 4 W o m e n ’ s B a s k e t b a l l 16 NCAA Appearances • Sweet 16, 10 Times • Elite Eight in 1998 • Final Four in 1998 THE SERIES BROADCASTS TV: ESPN2 (Play x Play:Dave O’Brien, Color: Ann Meyers, Sideline:Doris Burke) 12:04 p.m. tip NCState vs. Texas: Fifth meeting; Texas leads 4-1 Radio: Wolfpack-Capitol Sports Radio Network — 4 Stations (WKNC- 88.1 FM Flagship and 850 The Buzz); Cover- THE COACHES age begins 10 minutes prior to tip-off. Patrick Kinas (play-by-play), Que Tucker (color), stats help from Daniel Barton. On The Internet: www.gopack.com NCSTATE Kay Yow (East Carolina, ‘64) Overall (32nd year) 637-285 (.690)mary Tip-Ins at NCState (29th year) 580-266 (.685) vs. Texas 4-1 Wolfpack Notes: NCState kicked off its 2003-04 campaign with a solid 84-50 win over visiting Loyola Marymount on Friday, Nov. 21 ... Senior center Kaayla Chones led all scorers with 16 points, 13 points of which were earned in the sec- LOYOLAMARYMOUNT ond half ... NCState improved its home opening record to 14-1 overall since 1974 ... The opening win was the first to hap- JodyConradt pen at the RBC Center ... NCState has beaten Texas just one time, it was a home game as well on January 10, 1981 ... Overall (35th year) 818-264 After two overtimes, NCState took the victory at 91-89 ... NCState has gone with the same starting lineup the past two at Texas (18th year) 701-202 games (Chones, Mendeng, Brown, Rivers and Bell) ... NCState was victorious in its only exhibition game, which was held vs. NCState: 4-1 onNov. 16, 81-79 ... The last time NCState faced Texas onjan. 23, 2000, Chones and James were sophomores and sen- ior Nanna Rivers was a freshman ... Chones played 29 minutes, had seven points and eight rebounds ... James played 24 2003-04 NCState Schedule/Results min., with five points, three assists and four rebounds ... Rivers did not play. Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result 11/16 Premier Players (exh.) W, 81-79 Texas Notes:The Texas Longhorns are coming a solid 85-77 win over No. 3 Duke at the State Farm Tip-off Classic at host 11/21 Loyola Marymount W, 84-50 Purdue in Indiana onSunday, Nov. 16 ... Five players finished in double-figures, including three with 15 points each ... 11/23 Texas # (ESPN2) 12 p.m. Heather Schreiber, Nine Norman and Tiffany Jackson each took away the digits ... The other two starters, forward Kala 11/28 vs. Sacramento State % 9 p.m. Bowers had six, while guard Jamie Carey had 14 points on 4-of--7 shooting and hit two, three-pointers ... The difference 11/29 at Oregon % 11 p.m. between a win and aloss in this game may have been a the free throw line, Duke was 18-of-31, while UTwent 27-of-36 ... 12/3 East Carolina 7 p.m. Also the Longhorns made four, three-pointers, compared to just one by Duke ... The team has seven upperclassmen, 12/6 at Georgia 1:30 p.m. including the front-back court combination of Stacy Stephens and Jamie Carey, a duo that helped to lead the group to the 12/14 Indiana 2 p.m. NCAAFinal Four last season ... Shreiber and Bowers are two juniors that were also leaders to the event. 12/17 Florida A&M 7 p.m. 12/20 vs. Eastern Michigan ^ 2 p.m. The Essentials 12/21 at UP-Mayaguez ^ 2 p.m. NCState Records: 1-0, 0-0 in ACC 12/22 vs. Baylor ^ 4 p.m. Texas’ Records: 1-0, 0-0 Big 12 12/29 at Connecticut & 7 p.m. 12/31 AppalachianState 2 p.m. National Rankings: Texas, No. 2/2 1/2 at Maryland * 7 p.m. The Series: Texasleads 4-1 1/5 Wake Forest * 7 p.m. Series Streaks: Texas three wins 1/8 North Carolina * (RSN) 7 p.m. Last Meeting: (ACC/Big 12 Challenge) Jan. 23, 2000 at UT,Texas won 81-77, 1/11 at Clemson * 2 p.m. Coaches Head to Head: Texas coachConradt leads 4-1. 1/15 Virginia * 7 p.m. 1/19 at Florida State * (RSN) 4:30 p.m. 1/25 Maryland * (RSN) 1 p.m. AQUICK LOOK AT THE WOLFPACK 1/30 at Duke * (RSN) 7 p.m. No. Player Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG 2/1 Georgia Tech * 2 p.m. 1 Terah James** G 5-8 Sr. Riviera Beach, Fla. 7.0 1.0 3.0 2/5 at Wake Forest * 7 p.m. 2 Rachel Stockdale* G 5-11 R-So. High Point, N.C. 12.0 6.0 3.0 2/8 at North Carolina * (FSN) 5:30 p.m. 2/12 Clemson * 7 p.m. 3 Keisha Brown F 6-0 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. 6.0 5.0 2.0† 2/15 at Virginia * (RSN) 1 p.m. 4 Sasha Reaves C 6-0 Fr. Mullins, S.C. 3.0 5.0 0.0 2/19 Florida State * 7 p.m. 10 Liz Bailey** G 5-8 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. 3.0 0.0 1.0 2/26 at Georgia Tech * (RSN) 7 p.m. 3/1 Duke * (RSN) 7 p.m. 11 Monica Pope G 5-7 So. Atlanta, Ga. 2.0 0.0 0.0 3/5-8 ACC Tournament TBA 12 Marquetta Dickens F 6-0 Fr. Tarboro, N.C. 8.0 3.0 1.0 13 Billie McDowell* G 5-9 So. Lumberton,N.C. 3.0 6.0 1.0 RSN= Regional Sports Network (Comcast, Regional Fox and Sunshine Network), FSN (FOXSports Net); # 14 ©Nanna Rivers*** G 5-8 Sr. Wilmington, N.C. 4.0 1.0 1.0 - Women’s JimmyV Classic; % - OregonClassic; ^ 15 AshleyKey G 6-0 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. 2.0 1.0 2.0 San Juan Shootout Hosted by University of Puerto 20 Jennifer Filipowski F 6-2 R-Fr. Raleigh,N.C. 0.0 1.0 0.0 Rico-Mayaguez; & at the Hartford Civic Center; *ACC 25 Kamela Gissendanner F 6-0 Fr. Clairton,Pa. 2.0 2.0 0.0 Games; The ACC Tournament will be held in the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. 30 Kendra Bell** G 5-5 Jr. Fayetteville,N.C. 9.0 4.0 6.0 All times listed are EST. 34 Alvine Mendeng* F 6-1 Sr. Douala, Cameroon 7.0 10.0 3.0 42 Darline Jasmin F 6-2 Jr. Miami, Fla. 0.0 0.0 0.0 50 Kaayla Chones*** C 6-3 Sr. Pepper Pike,Ohio 16.0 6.0 1.0 BOLD denotes probable starter; † — blocks; * Letters earned; ©Team Captain NCState Athletic Media Relations • 112 Reynolds Coliseum • Box 8501 • Raleigh, NC 27695-8501 • 919-515-2102 • Fax 919-515-2898 2003-04 Associated Press Poll ABOUTTHELONGHORNS: The squad is much taller than that of NCState. Nine players are above 6-feet, including the 1. Connecticut 13.Minnesota 2. Texas 14. NorthCarolina 6-foot-5 freshman Kalee Carey ... Also, the team comes back with three players who averaged double-figures last season, 3. Tennessee 15.Rutgers 4. Duke 16. Ohio State including a team-high 16.8 ppg from Carey, 14.4 from Stephens and 14.3 fromShreiber ... Following the Jimmy V Classic, 5. Purdue Colorado Texas heads to host its own tournament (Austin-American Statesman) and will face UCLAon Nov. 25 ... Carey was recently 6. Stanford 18.UCSanta Barbara 7. Texas Tech 19. Utah granted an extra year of eligibility. 8. Kansas State 20. Notre Dame 9. Penn State 21. Oklahoma 2002-03 STATS 10. Georgia 22. Arizona No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School PPG RPG 11. Louisiana Tech 23. Texas Christian 12. LSU 24.Oregon 1 Tamra Cobbins G 5-4 So. Kansas City, Kan./F.L. Schlagle 1.7 0.6 25.Auburn 3 Jodybell F 6-2 Jr. Chestermere, Alberta/Chestermere 0.8 1.2 4 Kala Bowers G/F 6-2 Jr. Woodward,Okla./Woodward 9.0 5.2 11 Jamie Carey G 5-6 Jr. Thornton, Colo./Stanford 16.8 1.4 2003-04 ESPN/USA/WBCA Coaches Poll 12 Kalee Carey C 6-5 Fr. Canyon, Texas/Canyon NA 1. Connecticut 13.North Caroline 20 Janna Jespersen F 5-8 So. Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville 1.0 0.3 2. Texas 14. Louisiana State 21 Heather Schreiber F 6-2 Jr. Windthorst, Texas/Windthorst 14.3 8.2 3. Tennessee 15. Rutgers 22 Nina Norman G 5-6 So. Houston, Texas/Jersey Village 6.7 2.4 4. Duke 16. Colorado 23 Coco Reed G 5-11 R-So.Houston, Texas/Jersey Village 4.0 1.9 5. Texas Tech 17. Ohio State 6. Purdue 18. UCSanta Barbara 33 Tiffany Jackson F 6-3 Fr. Dallas, Texas/Duncanville NA 7. Stanford 19.Utah 41 StacyStephens F/C 6-5 Sr. Winnsboro, Texas/Winnsboro 14.4 9.1 8. PennState 20. Notre Dame 43 Annissa Hastings F 6-2 Sr. San Antonia, Texas/Sam Houston 2.7 3.7 9. Kansas State 21. Arizona 44 Katrina Robinson F 6-2 Fr. Grand Prairie, Texas/SouthGrand Prairie NA 10. Georgia 22.Oklahoma 53 Mercedes Williams F 6-2 Jr. Houston, Texas/Westfield 2.8 2.1 11. Minnesota 23. Texas Christian 12. Louisiana Tech 24. Virginia 25. George Washington Hitting the Hardwood Both the NCState men’s and women’s teams opened their seasons with victories on Friday night ... The men topped UNC -Ashville, 71-46 ..