NEXT: Thursday, 1/4 versus Florida State (7PM)

NC State returns home for the first time in three and a half weeks to host Florida State on Thursday, Jan. 4. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Seminoles is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ACCNX, and tickets for the game are sold out but available for resale on SeatGeek.

ACC WBB Player of the Week
Ta'Niya Latson

Posted back-to-back 30-point performances to lead @fsuwbb to a pair of conference wins over Georgia Tech and Wake Forest

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 ➡️ Ta'Niya Latson

🏀 Posted back-to-back 30-point performances to lead @fsuwbb to a pair of conference wins over Georgia Tech and Wake Forest

📰 https://t.co/8pLyoCV2lt pic.twitter.com/0CmMKkKWOq

— ACC Women's Basketball (@accwbb) January 2, 2024

NC State women's basketball will return home for the first time in three and a half weeks on Thursday night as the third-ranked Wolfpack (13-0, 1-0 ACC) hosts a ranked conference matchup against 22nd-ranked Florida State (11-3, 2-0 ACC).

Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Seminoles is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Kay Yow Court inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum. Doors open at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ACCNX, and live radio coverage will also be available on WKNC 88.1 FM in Raleigh and on the GoPack and Varsity Network apps.

Tickets for the matchup are sold out, but fans interested in attending can check SeatGeek, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.

SERIES HISTORY (NC State leads 34-17)
Thursday marks the 52nd overall meeting between NC State and Florida State. With the exception of the 2020-21 COVID season, the teams have faced off at least one every season since 1991-92.
The Pack last met the Seminoles in Tallahassee on Jan. 12, 2023, with Florida State winning that game 91-72. That 19-point difference was the Pack's largest margin of defeat in 2022-23 ACC play.
Prior to that contest, NC State was on a five-game winning streak over the Seminoles. The Pack has won five of the last six games and seven of the last nine in the series between the squads.

NC State is 17-7 when playing against Florida State on its home court.
The Pack is 8-4 against the Seminoles under the leadership of Coach Moore.
NC State has been ranked in 22 previous matchups with Florida State and has a 17-5 record in those meetings. The Pack has only been ranked in the top five for two of those matchups, one a 62-58 win in 1999-2000 and the other a 68-48 victory in 2021-22. NC State was ranked third nationally in both of those games.
Thursday's game will be the seventh time that NC State and Florida State square off while both ranked in the AP Top 25. The Pack is 5-1 in such games.

https://gopack.com/news/2024/1/3/womens-basketball-3-nc-state-returns-home-for-ranked-acc-matchup-with-22-fsu

Florida State at North Carolina State ACC Network Extra, 7 p.m.

Let’s get loud.

⏰ 7 PM
🆚 #22 Florida State
📍 Reynolds Coliseum
ℹ️ https://t.co/ahwR3lyHx3#GoPack pic.twitter.com/9wbJyh7ucW

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) January 4, 2024

Halftime
NC State 40
Florida State 34

74-74
Florida State ball
Under review
9.2 seconds left

74-74
Overtime

Overtime
NC State timeout
10 seconds
NC State 87
Florida State 80

Final
NC State 88
Florida State 80

CHICKEN!!! https://t.co/xzh5DpMPnL

— NC State Athletics (@PackAthletics) January 5, 2024

Third-ranked NC State women's basketball (14-0, 2-0) rang in 2024 with an 88-80 win over Florida State (11-4, 2-1) Thursday night in front of a sold-out Reynolds Coliseum crowd.

The Pack saw five members of its roster reach double digits in scoring led by River Baldwin with 21 points, with Aziaha James adding 18, Zoe Brooks tabbing a season-high 15, Saniya Rivers contributing 12 and Madison Hayes finishing the night with 11. Mimi Collins collected a game-high 11 rebounds for the Wolfpack, while NC State's offensive effort was aided by Rivers passing out a team-best four assists.

NC State is now 3-0 against AP Top 25 opponents this season and has won 10 straight home games in a streak that started on Feb. 16, 2023.

A back-and-forth first half saw eight lead changes with no team able to push its lead to more than six points. The Pack scored the final six points of the half to take a 40-34 lead at intermission.

The Seminoles countered the Wolfpack's run to close the second quarter with a spurt of their own to open the third frame, with Florida State using a 12-4 run out of the locker room to take a 48-44 lead less than five minutes into the second half.

NC State, however, was able to halt the Seminoles' momentum after that run, holding Florida State scoreless for 3:59 of action in the latter part of the third quarter and forcing four turnovers in that span. The Pack went on a 10-0 run to retake the lead at 54-48, proceeding to tab 15 of the period's final 18 points and hold its largest lead of the game to that point (59-51) as the third quarter came to a close. The Wolfpack went on to score the first two buckets of the fourth frame to gain a 63-51 edge, the largest advantage it held all night.

What proved to be a game of runs continued in the final period, with Florida State using a 13-4 run to trim the Pack's lead to just three points at 67-64 with 4:38 left in regulation. The Seminoles would outscore the Wolfpack 6-2 over the final two minutes of play to force overtime, and Florida State got the ball back with fewer than 10 seconds remaining and a chance to win before a defensive stop by the Pack forced overtime at 74-74.

NC State opened overtime with just its second three-pointer of the game to take a 77-74 lead and hit its third of the evening just 48 seconds later to move ahead 80-76 with 3:36 left in overtime. From that point on, the Wolfpack lead never shrunk to a possession as the Pack iced the contest by making six of its eight free throw attempts over the final 2:16 of play.

The undefeated Wolfpack will return to action on Sunday, Jan. 7, as NC State will travel to Blacksburg, Va. for another ranked ACC title with No. 13 Virginia Tech. Tip-off between the Pack and the Hokies h is slated for noon, with the game being broadcast nationally on the ACC Network.

https://gopack.com/news/2024/1/4/womens-basketball-3-womens-basketball-rings-in-2024-with-overtime-win-over-22-florida-state

First ACC win at the crib ✔️ pic.twitter.com/ANMrAjF3MR

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) January 5, 2024

Lots of love for @BaldwinRiver ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/34cUE4EdHd

— NC State WBB 🐺🏀 (@PackWomensBball) January 5, 2024