Wolfpack Hosts No. 23/22 Louisville Sunday

Sunday, January 17

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2PM

NC State

#23/22 Louisville

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RALEIGH – Currently on a four-game Atlantic Coast Conference winning streak after Thursday's 65-62 win at No. 22/19 Duke, the NC State women's basketball team (13-5, 4-1 ACC) returns to action Sunday afternoon at home against red-hot No. 23/22 Louisville. Tipoff between the Wolfpack and Cardinals is set for 2 p.m. from Holliday Gymnasium.

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A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD...
-Be the 833rd win in program history (832-437)
-Be the 615th win (614-197) of head coach Wes Moore's career
-Be the 330th ACC win in program history (329-222)
-Be Moore's 57th win (56-28) at NC State
-Mark NC State's second five-game ACC winning streak under Moore
-Be NC State's third win over Louisville (fourth meeting)
-Be NC State's first ACC win over Louisville (second meeting)

SERIES HISTORY
-Sunday's game marks the fourth meeting between NC State and Louisville. It will be the second time the teams have met as members of the ACC. NC State holds a 2-1 advantage in the series.
-In the last meeting between the teams, Louisville won at home 65-58 on January 14, 2015.
-NC State is 1-0 at home against Louisville, winning 72-53 on December 27, 1985.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-The Wolfpack owns the No. 48 RPI as of January 15.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (1-3), vs. RPI 51-100 (3-2), vs. RPI 101-200 (5-0), vs. RPI 201+ (4-0).
-Junior guard Miah Spencer surpassed 900 career points in the team's ACC opener at Miami on December 30. She has now scored 961 throughout her career. Her 22-point performance in the win at Pittsburgh marked the 50th time in her career that she had scored 10+ points in a single game.
-Spencer ranks first in the ACC and 25th in the NCAA with 93 total assists.
-The Wolfpack ranks 13th in the NCAA with 261 made FTs and 13th with 138 3FGs made.

SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
-Louisville enters Sunday's game the owner of a 13-5 record which includes a spotless 5-0 mark in ACC play.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (3-3), vs. RPI 51-100 (4-2), vs. RPI 101-200 (3-0), vs. RPI 201+ (3-0).
-The Cardinals have won 10 straight games.
-Louisville's top win of the season was a 79-69 victory over Florida State (RPI 20).
-The Cardinals rank 10th in the nation in turnover margin (+5.83).
-Leading scorer Myisha Hines-Allen (15.4 ppg.) ranks fifth in the ACC.
-The Cardinals were selected to finish third in the ACC this season, receiving two first-place votes.

IF THE SEASON ENDED TODAY...
NC State would sit fourth in the ACC standings and would have a double-bye to the quarterfinal round of the ACC Tournament on March 4.

STREAK!
NC State is currently on a four-game ACC winning streak, the second such run of Moore's tenure in Raleigh. Prior to Moore's arrival at NC State, the last time a Wolfpack team won four consecutive regular-season games against league foes was during the 2006-07 season.

STREAK STOPPER
NC State's win at No. 22 Duke on January 14 marked the first time the Wolfpack had won in Durham since February 2, 1996. It also stopped a 152-game home winning streak for the Blue Devils against unranked opposition.

TOUGH STRETCH
The Wolfpack is one game into a six-game portion of its schedule which features an average opponent RPI of 51 (as of January 15). Up next for NC State is Louisville (RPI 19), a trip to Virginia Tech (63), Virginia (81), UNC-Chapel Hill (97), and a trip to Notre Dame (1).

LIKE THOSE ODDS
In games decided by nine points or less this season, NC State is 6-3. The Wolfpack is 2-2 in games decided by 1-5 points and 4-1 in games decided by 6-9 points.

RECEIVING VOTES
NC State received four votes in the January 12 USA Today Coaches Poll to sit ranked 36th in the nation.

50 TIMES
Junior guards Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson recently surpassed impressive career scoring milestones. Spencer scored 10+ points in a single game for the 50th time on January 10 at Pittsburgh while Wilson matched this feat one game later at No. 22 Duke.

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