The Wolfpack will return to the court on Thursday, Feb. 29 at home against Syracuse.

NC State turns its attention to the last week of regular-season actions with a pair of home games. The Wolfpack next takes on Syracuse on Thursday night, with that game set for a 7 p.m. start inside Reynolds Coliseum. The game will be broadcast on ACCNX, and tickets are sold out but available for resale on SeatGeek, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.

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Following back-to-back road contests, No. 12 NC State women's hoops (23-5, 11-5 ACC) returns to Raleigh for a Thursday night ranked matchup against No. 19 Syracuse (23-5, 13-4 ACC).

Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Orange 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 streamed live 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 11-4)

Thursday marks the 16th overall meeting between NC State and Syracuse. The teams have met at least once every season since 2013-14 which was the Orange's first year in the ACC.

The Wolfpack has won seven games in a row against Syracuse.
The Pack's most recent matchup with the Orange was in the 2023 ACC Tournament second round.

NC State and Syracuse also met on the Orange's home floor last season to kick off the 2023 calendar year. The Wolfpack overcame a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit in that game to gut out the 56-54 New Year's Day win.

Syracuse's last win in the series was an 85-75 decision inside the then Carrier Dome on Jan. 12, 2017.

The Pack is 9-4 against the Orange under the leadership of Coach Moore.


NC State is 4-1 all-time when hosting Syracuse.
NC State has also won three straight home games against Syracuse. The Orange has not earned a win inside Reynolds Coliseum since Feb. 14, 2016.

This will be just the second time that NC State and Syracuse face off as a pair of ranked teams. The Pack won the one other such matchup, a Feb. 13, 2019 game at 16th-ranked Syracuse that 12th-ranked NC State won 77-73.

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1Q
Media timeout
3:24
NC State 15
Syracuse 16

1Q
NC State 21
Syracuse 25

2Q
Media timeout
4:35
NC State 29
Syracuse 31

Halftime
NC State 38
Syracuse 35

Syracuse with 10 points in second quarter

Overtime
NC State 66
Syracuse 66

Overtime
Timeout
2:03
NC State 68
Syracuse 69

Overtime
Timeout
0:20.5 srconds
NC State 72
Syracuse 69

Overtime
Timeout
0:17.1 seconds
NC State 73
Syracuse 69

Final
NC State 75
Syracuse 71

Free throws vs Syracuse
17-25
68%

Wolfer79 said:

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Free throws vs Syracuse
17-25
68%

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Not good Wolfer and it almost cost them. Now Rivers did miss one and we got possession and hit a 3, so that was a plus 2 for the miss. Had we shot better there would have been no OT, but luckily they did just enough despite the poor free throw shooting.

NC State women's basketball gutted out its fourth-straight overtime win and earned its seventh AP Top 25 victory of the season as the 12th-ranked Wolfpack (24-5, 12-5 ACC) defeated visiting 19th-ranked Syracuse (23-6, 13-5 ACC) on Thursday night.

With the victory, the Wolfpack clinched a double-bye in the 2024 ACC Tournament and is a victory away from securing the No. 2 overall seed for next week's event.

The Wolfpack trailed by three with just over a minute remaining before Saniya Rivers knocked one down from beyond the arc at the 1:12 mark of the fourth quarter. NC State forced a turnover after that and scored on its next possession to go up two (66-64), but a late foul call against the Pack sent Syracuse to the free throw line with 0.1 left in regulation where the Orange converted on both free throws to force overtime.

In the extra five minutes, Syracuse went up just once (69-68) with a three at the 2:03 mark, but NC State did not let the Orange knock down another field goal in overtime. NC State outscored the Orange 9-5 in overtime, with Rivers knocking down some crunch time free throws to seal the win.

Rivers put up 22 points to lead the team in scoring, and Mimi Collins and River Baldwin joined her in double figures with 15 and 13, respectively. Baldwin led all players on the floor with 13 boards, a new career high, in what was her second double-double in a row, and Madison Hayes also hauled in 10 boards.

Zoe Brooks was instrumental defensively against the NCAA's No. 5 all-time leading scorer and also tied Rivers for the team lead in assists dished out in the win.

In what was a game of runs during which neither team ever led by double digits, NC State led by three (38-35) after the first half after trailing by as many as eight points in the second quarter. With its deficit at 31-23 with 6:14 remaining in the first half, NC State went on an 8-0 run and ultimately scored 15 of the last 19 of the half to carry its narrow edge into the locker room.

Syracuse retook the lead with a run in the opening minutes of the third quarter, but NC State remained resilient and never let the Orange get ahead by more than six at any point in the third or fourth quarters. The Pack narrowly trailed for a five-minute span in the fourth before Rivers hit that three to tie it up.

NC State will close out its regular-season slate at home on Sunday, March 3 with a game against in-state foe Wake Forest. Tip-off between the Wolfpack and the Demon Deacons is set for 2 p.m. on ACCNX. Tickets are sold out but available for resale on SeatGeek, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of the Wolfpack.

The Wolfpack will honor three members of its senior class River Baldwin, Mimi Collins, Madison Hayes with a pregame ceremony that will begin at 1:40 p.m.

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