Wolfpack to Blacksburg Thursday for Televised Game

Thursday, January 21

Blacksburg, VA

7PM

NC State

(-/RV) Virginia Tech

Photo by: Greg Mintel

Wolfpack to Blacksburg Thursday for Televised Game

1/20/2016 1:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball

By: Two of last three meetings between NC State and Virginia Tech decided by one point

January 20, 2016

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RALEIGH – Currently receiving 14 top-25 votes in the January 19 USA Today Coaches Poll, the NC State women's basketball team (13-6, 4-2 ACC) travels to Blacksburg, Va., to take on Virginia Tech Thursday evening. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Cassell Coliseum and the action will be broadcast live on RSN/ESPN3.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
RSN/ESPN3 (full list of affiliates)
WKNC 88.1 FM

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A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD...
-Be the 833rd win in program history (832-438)
-Be the 615th win (614-198) of head coach Wes Moore's career
-Be the 330th ACC win in program history (329-223)
-Be Moore's 57th win (56-29) at NC State
-Be NC State's 16th win over Virginia Tech (15-1)

SERIES HISTORY
-Thursday's game marks the 17th meeting between NC State and Virginia Tech. The Wolfpack holds a commanding 15-1 advantage in the series.
-Virginia Tech won the last meeting between the teams, defeating NC State 57-56 in the first round of the 2015 ACC Tournament on a buzzer-beater.
-NC State is 7-0 in all games played at Virginia Tech.
-Five in total and two of the last three meetings between the teams have been decided by one point.
-In NC State's last trip to Blacksburg, the Wolfpack won 72-71 in overtime on a Len'Nique Brown-Hoskin buzzer-beater.

NOTING THE WOLFPACK
-The Wolfpack owns the No. 60 RPI as of January 19.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (2-4), vs. RPI 51-100 (1-2), vs. RPI 101-200 (7-0), vs. RPI 201+ (3-0).
-Junior guards Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson each recently scored 10+ points for the 50th time in their careers. They are now approaching 1,000 career points, with Spencer at 975 and Wilson at 970.
-Spencer ranks first in the ACC and 25th in the NCAA with 98 total assists.
-Wilson ranks 6th in the ACC with 15.5 points per game and has scored 20+ points five times this season.
-The Wolfpack ranks 5th in the NCAA with 295 FTs made, 13th in the NCAA with 148 3FGs made, and 14th in the NCAA with 798 total rebounds.

SCOUTING THE HOKIES
-Virginia Tech enters Thursday's game the owner of a 14-3 record which includes a 2-2 mark in ACC play. The Hokies are receiving seven votes in the January 19 USA Today Coaches Poll.
-RPI records: vs. RPI 1-50 (1-2), vs. RPI 51-100 (1-0), vs. RPI 101-200 (3-1), vs. RPI 201+ (9-0).
-Virginia Tech's top win this season came at No. 8 Tennessee on December 6, 57-43.
-In the Hokies' two ACC wins (Boston College and Clemson), they have won by an average margin of 27.5 points.
-The Hokies boast the No. 1 field goal percent defense in the nation and are holding opponents to 47.0 points per game.

IF THE SEASON ENDED TODAY...
NC State would sit sixth in the ACC standings and earn a bye to the second round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday, March 3. In this game, the Wolfpack would play the winner of Georgia Tech and Wake Forest.

THE EVOLUTION OF MATHURIN
Year by year, junior forward Jennifer Mathurin has improved significantly. In addition to the impressive improvements below, she has hit three 3FGs five times this season.

Jenn's Stats as a Freshman / Sophomore / Junior
PPG: 2.3 / 7.3 / 12.0
RPG: 2.4 / 5.4 / 6.7
FG%: .333 / .367 / .388
3FG%: .214 / .315 / .367
Minutes: 9.3 / 24.4 / 27.3

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.

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