Thursday, January 9
Berkeley, Calif.
10 PM
NC State
at
California
Pack Plays Cal for First of Two Games in California
1/8/2025 12:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State women's basketball team is ready for a top 25 matchup against No. 24 California on Thursday at 10 p.m. Eastern. NC State and Cal will face off as ACC opponents for the first time, as well as the third time overall in school history. The Pack and Golden Bears will tipoff at 10 p.m. Eastern on ACC Network Extra.
ABOUT NC STATE
- ​The Wolfpack is on a seven-game winning streak and started 2025 with a 91-52 win over Boston College to begin 3-0 in ACC play
- The Pack is one of five schools in the ACC to start 3-0 in league play
- The Pack's average opponent NET ranking is the second best in the country (trailing Villanova), the highest of all Power 4 schools, as well as the 12th toughest strength of schedule in the country, which is No. 7 of all Power 4 teams
- NC State is one of 14 schools in the country to have picked up at least two Quad 1 NET wins and one of 36 with at least one. The Pack is one of nine schools to have at least seven top 100 wins
- NC State is No. 21 in the AP Poll. The Pack's three losses are to top 11 teams: No. 2 South Carolina, No. 6 LSU and No. 11 TCU. The Pack has been ranked in each WBCA Coaches Poll rankings, currently sitting at No. 19
- The Pack has five players who average 9.3 points or more per game
- Aziaha James leads NC State with 16.5 points per game and 29 made 3-pointers. She was just tabbed to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List
- Saniya Rivers leads the Pack in rebounds per game (6.5), steals per game (1.5) and blocks per game (1.1)
- Zoe Brooks has a team-leading 3.3 assists per game and a .477 field goal percentage
- Head coach Wes Moore has coached over 1,100 games in his career, having coached his 1,100th vs. James Madison
- The Pack leads the ACC and the country in least fouls per game (12.2). NC State also leads the league in field goal percentage defense (35.3), which is 19th in the country. NC State is second in the ACC in defensive rebounds per game (30.2) and third in rebounds per game (43.3), which are 13th and 18th in the NCAA, as well as fifth in blocks per game (4.6), three-point percentage defense (27.8) and scoring defense (60.2)
SCOUTING CAL
- Cal was picked to finish 14th in the ACC Preseason Poll. The Bears are coming off a 19-15 season, 7-11 in PAC 12 play. Cal made it to the second round of the NCAA WBIT, beating Hawai'i, 65-60, before falling to Saint Joseph's, 63-61
- This season, the Bears are ranked No. 24 in the AP Poll, sitting with a 14-2 record and 2-1 mark in the ACC
- Cal is also 9-0 at home this season
- Ioanna Krimili leads Cal with 15.8 points per game
- Ugonne (Michelle) Onyiah paces the way with 7.3 rebounds per game and 24 total blocks
- Kayla Williams has a team's most 73 assists and 26 steals
- Five players average double digits in points per game and the Bears have a league's most 161 made 3-pointers
SERIES HISTORY (NC STATE TIED 1-1)
- The Pack is 0-1 in its lone road game of the series, resulting in an 88-67 loss for the Pack in 1987
- NC State beat Cal 100-68 in its last meeting in 1989
- This marks the third game of the series, first as ACC opponents
LAST TIME OUT
- NC State led in wire-to-wire fashion for its largest margin of victory on the year with a 39-point win over Boston College, 91-52
- The Pack won the battle in points off turnovers (20-9), points in the paint (46-16) and fast breaks (33-5)
- NC State outrebounded BC, 51-44, for its fifth 50+ rebound game this season
- The Pack had six players in double figures, including all five starters and two players with a double-double
- Rivers paced the Pack with her third double-double of the season with 23 points and 11 rebounds. She added four assists, four steals and one block
- Brooks earned her first double-double on the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds with five assists and four steals
- James registered 17 points and four assists
- Madison Hayes recorded 13 points and five boards
- Tilda Trygger logged her second consecutive start, finishing with her first 10+ point game with 10 points, three rebounds and one block
- Devyn Quigley reached double figures in scoring for the second time of her career with 11 points and six rebounds in 26 minutes played off the bench
UPCOMING
The Pack will stay on the West Coast to play Stanford on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. Eastern. That game will be broadcast on ESPN.
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