The Wolfpack next travels to Tampa to take on USF on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m.

Wes Moore gave the media an update on Saniya Rivers: aggravated back. Should be fine for the Wolfpack's Tampa trip.

Wes Moore gave the media an update on Saniya Rivers: aggravated back. Should be fine for the Wolfpack's Tampa trip.

— Inside Pack Sports (@InsidePackSport) December 10, 2023

The Wolfpack will play its first true road game, the start of three in a row away from home, at South Florida on Saturday, Dec. 16. Tip-off from the Yuengling Center in Tampa is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

NC State women's basketball faces its first true road test of the season Saturday night as the third-ranked Wolfpack (10-0) travels to Tampa, Fla., to take on South Florida (7-3).

Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Bulls is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the Yuengling Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps. The contest will be the first of three games in a row that the Pack will play away from home.

SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 2-0)

• Saturday marks the third all-time meeting between NC State and South Florida. All of those matchups have occurred over the last four seasons.
• The squads squared off for the first time in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The Pack won that game by a score of 79-67 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, and both teams were ranked in the AP Top 25 for that game.
• The Wolfpack hosted the Bulls for their first regular-season matchup last December, winning that game 65-57.
• Saturday's game in Tampa will be NC State's first time taking on USF on the road.

https://gopack.com/news/2023/12/15/womens-basketball-3-nc-state-travels-to-usf-saturday-for-first-road-test-of-season

North Carolina State at South Florida ESPN+, 7 p.m.

Let’s hit the road running 💪

⏰ 7 PM
🆚 USF
📍 Tampa, Fla.
ℹ️ https://t.co/bmxkYshhgT#GoPack pic.twitter.com/9qIJ4xsyYa

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) December 16, 2023

Coach Moore radio pregame
Rivers back has not responded to treatment and is probably out

1Q
Media timeout
3:17
NC State 16
South Florida 14

1Q
NC State 22
South Florida 16

2Q
South Florida timeout
4:24
NC State 32
South Florida 24

2Q
South Florida timeout
2:12
NC State 38
South Florida 24

Halftime
NC State 40
South Florida 28

3Q
Media timeout
4:18
NC State 52
South Florida 38

3Q
NC State 59
South Florida 45

Score change
NC State 59
South Florida 44

4Q
Media timeout
4:56
NC State 63
South Florida 52

Final
NC State 66
South Florida 54

The third-ranked NC State women's basketball team (11-0) remained unbeaten on the 2023-24 season and handed South Florida (7-4) its first home loss of the year in 66-54 fashion on Saturday night.

The Wolfpack's 11-0 start is the fourth such start in 11 seasons of the Wes Moore era and the fifth in program history. Prior to the team's victory, the Bulls had not lost a non-conference game at home since falling to fourth-ranked Baylor on Dec. 1, 2020.

River Baldwin and Aziaha James tied for the team lead in scoring with 16 points apiece. Both of them put together a well-rounded night, with Baldwin shooting 7-of-8 and pulling down 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the year and James pacing the team with five assists and no turnovers.

Madison Hayes and Zoe Brooks both finished with 12 points to also hit double figures in scoring, and Mimi Collins finished just short of that with nine points.

The Pack led by 12 (40-28) at halftime after owning a +6 margin in both of the first two quarters. Baldwin and James combined for 18 of NC State's 22 first-quarter points and shot a collective 8-of-9 in the first 10 minutes of the game, leading the way for the Wolfpack's 66.7 percent (10-of-15) field-goal clip as a team in the period.

South Florida scored the first six of the second quarter to briefly tie it up but then went cold from there as the Pack held the Bulls to zero field goals for 6:44 to go up by as many as 14 (38-24) in the first half.

The Bulls burned two of their timeouts in that stretch and were never able to make up that distance in the second half. The squads pretty much traded shot for shot in the third quarter, and NC State managed to extend its lead to 15 (59-44) headed into the fourth. South Florida brought it within 10 after scoring the first five of the final period but never came closer down the stretch.

As a team, the Pack shot 28-of-56, its fourth time this season shooting 50+ percent from the floor. After giving up a pair of offensive rebounds to the Bulls in the first quarter, NC State went on to out-rebound USF 10-7 on the offensive glass and 42-28 (+14) overall. The Wolfpack also dominated the paint, scoring 42 of its 66 points there.

NC State plays another road game at Old Dominion on Wednesday, Dec. 20 before taking a break for the holidays. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Monarchs is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+.


https://gopack.com/news/2023/12/16/womens-basketball-3-wolfpack-beats-bulls-66-54-in-teams-first-road-game-of-2023-24