The Wolfpack next ventures to Old Dominion on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Tipoff from Norfolk, Va. is set for 6:30 p.m.

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+.

Third-ranked Wolfpack women's basketball (11-0) heads to Norfolk, Va., to close out the non-conference portion of its schedule at Old Dominion (8-1) on Wednesday night.

Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Monarchs is set for 6:30 p.m. inside Chartway Arena. 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.

SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 23-13)
Wednesday marks the 37th all-time meeting between NC State and Old Dominion. The teams played for the first time in 1974-75, meeting twice in that season that marked the Pack's first as a varsity team.

The Wolfpack is on a four-game winning streak against the Monarchs. Old Dominion has not defeated NC State since Dec. 30, 2002, with that matchup taking place on ODU's home court.

NC State is 7-5 in its previous road games at Old Dominion.
The Pack has come away with the win in its last two trips to Norfolk, Va., beating the Monarchs 73-56 on Nov. 20, 2017 and winning 62-52 on Nov. 23, 2009.

NC State and Old Dominion last squared off on Dec. 2, 2018 to round out a home-and home-series with the Monarchs. That game was played inside Reynolds Coliseum with the Pack winning 85-56.

One or both teams have been ranked in 27 of their 36 previous matchups. Wednesday's game will mark NC State's fourth time being an AP Top 5 team when it takes on Old Dominion, and the Pack is 1-2 in such games coming into this contest.

NC State is 5-1 when being ranked while taking on an unranked Monarchs squad.

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North Carolina State at Old Dominion ESPN+, 6:30 p.m.

Game faces on.

⏰ 6:30 PM
🆚 Old Dominion
📍 Norfolk, Va.
ℹ️ https://t.co/OaXLv91HZg#GoPack pic.twitter.com/QwvCBL63KG

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) December 20, 2023

Radio last game said this will be 3rd game in a row NC State WBB has played in a designated ugly Christmas Sweater game

Ernie said he was taking his ugly Christmas sweater to wear tonight

1Q
Media timeout
4:49
NC State 11
Old Dominion 8

Saniya Rivers out
Cox starts in place of Collins, Coaches decision. Collins will play

1Q
NC State 18
Old Dominion 13

2Q
Media timeout
4:45
NC State 23
Old Dominion 19

2Q
Old Dominion timeout
2:44
NC State 29
Old Dominion 21

Halftime
NC State 36
Old Dominion 21

3Q
Media timeout
4:22
NC State 51
Old Dominion 27

3Q
NC State 62
Old Dominion 33

More history: @zoebrooks35

The first Pack player in the last 15 seasons to have two 10+ assist games in the same year.

More history: @zoebrooks35 👀

The first Pack player in the last 15 seasons to have two 10+ assist games in the same year. pic.twitter.com/3cJdDN0kBz

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) December 21, 2023

4Q
Media timeout
4:57
NC State 74
Old Dominion 35

4Q
NC State timeout
2:02
NC State 80
Old Dominion 44

Final
NC State 87
Old Dominion 50

For the fifth time in program history, NC State women's basketball secured a perfect regular-season non-conference record as the third-ranked Wolfpack (12-0) took care of business in an 87-50 road win at Old Dominion (8-2).

NC State made a statement against one of the best defensive teams in the nation, hitting more threes (10), scoring more points (87) and posting the highest field-goal percentage (.537) of any of the Monarchs' 10 opponents in 2023-24.

As has become its signature way, the Pack put together an incredibly balanced effort on its way to handing ODU its first home loss of the season. Six NC State players scored in double figures for the second time this year.

Madison Hayes led the way with her season-high 17 points, knocking down four three pointers to to tie her career high. She finished two rebounds away from a double-double with her eight, and River Baldwin was in the same boat with 12 points and nine boards.

In her homecoming, Virginia Beach native Aziaha James tallied 16 points, and Laci Steele (11 points) and Mimi Collins (10 points) added in solid efforts off the bench.

After making history with a triple-double in her first career start two games ago, rookie guard Zoe Brooks posted a double-double in her third start in a row. She finished the night with 13 points and 11 assists, becoming the first Pack player in at least 15 years to have 10+ assists in two games in the same season.

The Wolfpack used a big back half of the second quarter to build up a comfortable lead and position itself for the eventual win. After ODU scored the first six of the second to go up 19-18, NC State limited the Monarchs to just one made shot in the final eight and a half minutes of the period. That stretch saw the Pack score 17 of the final 19 of the opening half to lead 36-21 at the break.

NC State pushed its lead over 20 by rallying off the first eight points of the second half and kept that much of a cushion for the final 16:13 of the victory. Within that stretch, the Pack scored 20 unanswered from the 2:11 mark of the third quarter to the 5:45 mark of the fourth quarter.

Following a break for the holidays, the Wolfpack will return to action on Sunday, Dec. 31 for its final of three-straight road games and its ACC opener. NC State makes the trip to Virginia for that contest that is set for a 6 p.m. start on the ACC Network.


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Homecoming for @YoungBuc_2021 🥰#GoPack pic.twitter.com/XBYBRFX8hv

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) December 22, 2023