Fourth-ranked NC State women's basketball (15-2, 6-0 ACC) kicks off a three-game home stretch on Sunday afternoon with a top-25 matchup against No. 16 Duke (11-3, 2-2 ACC).
The game is slated for a 4 p.m. tip from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum, and tickets for the top-25 matchup are sold out. Fans following from home can catch the action on the ACC Network, and radio broadcasters Andrew Sanders and Ernie Myers will also have the call on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh.
SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 46-37)
Sunday's game marks the 84th overall meeting between NC State and Duke as two varsity squads. The teams also met Feb. 15, 1974 before the Wolfpack was a varsity team in a home game that NC State won 64-44.
NC State is 22-14 when playing against Duke at home.
The Wolfpack fell in its most recent meeting with the Blue Devils, which was also a home game. Duke won 70-65 on Feb. 24, 2020, breaking a three-game winning streak in the series that NC State had coming into that contest.
The Wolfpack is 6-3 against Duke under the leadership of head coach Wes Moore.
NC State's largest margin of victory in program history was an 82-point win (125-43) over the Blue Devils on Jan 19, 1978.
NC State has been a top-five team in five matchups against the Blue Devils and has won all five of those games. The Wolfpack has not been ranked in the AP Top 5 when playing Duke since it was twice in the 1990-91 campaign.
Sunday is the 19th time that NC State and Duke will meet while both ranked in the AP Top 25. The teams own an even 9-9 record in the previous 18 games.
The last time the Wolfpack and the Blue Devils met as a pair of ranked teams was in the 2018 ACC Tournament quarterfinal. The 23rd-ranked Wolfpack won that game over 18th-ranked Duke by a 51-45 score
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